Posts in 'Partnership and Community Building'

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Over $140,000 in Grants Awarded to Montgomery County COVID-19 Relief Efforts
April 10, 2020
With its partners, HeathSpark awarded the first round of grants through the MontCoPA COVID-19 Response Fund two weeks after opening the Fund for grant...
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Early lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
April 2, 2020
By Russell Johnson, President and CEO The Covid-19 pandemic caught the world by surprise. While epidemiologists created scenarios of how a pandemic...
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Announcing the MontCoPA COVID-19 Response Fund
March 26, 2020
In coordination with our partners, HealthSpark Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of the MontCoPA COVID-19 Response Fund. This Fund will...
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Tackling food insecurity: Best practices from Bucks, Chesco, Delco and Montco
April 1, 2019
Chester County Food Bank manages raised bed gardens at Springton Manor Farm in Glenmoore, where volunteers help grow food specifically for the...
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HealthSpark pens article for Phila. Social Innovations Journal on the Resiliency Initiative
March 28, 2019
The Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal released its 54th issue, which includes an article written by Tamela and Russ entitled, "Mending a Frayed...
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HealthSpark welcomes John Ramirez, Jr. as its Controller
March 19, 2019
We are pleased to welcome and introduce John Ramirez, Jr. to our foundation staff. John joined HealthSpark in mid-January as the new Controller. In...
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Food Pantry Financial Management Toolkit (2018)
We commissioned Bee, Bergvall & Co. to create this toolkit to help food pantries better manage their finances and learn how to use their financial...
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New Food Pantry Advocacy and Volunteer Management Toolkits
June 26, 2018
Philabundance recently created two toolkits for food pantries and other organizations in the emergency food system: advocacy and volunteer management.
Jeff Olivet, senior advisor to the Center for Social Innovation shows data on the impact of homelessness on African American, Latino and white communities. Photo by Tamela Luce.
A focus on equity for the 6th annual your way home summit
June 14, 2018
“If we can figure out how to solve homelessness for a young, black trans woman, we can solve it for everyone else.” Jeff Olivet, a nationally...
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MontCo Anti-Hunger Network hosted 4th annual conference
June 8, 2018
On May 18th, over 80 people gathered for a day of conversation, learning and sharing in the 4th annual conference for emergency food providers in...