News Categories for "Community"
July 29, 2022
(PHOENIXVILLE, PA – July 2022) The all-volunteer staffed Phoenixville Hospital Thrift Shop donated $57,200 to local non-profit organizations this year. Since opening in 1975, the shop has donated over $1 million in its 47-year history of giving back to the community. A group of Thrift Shop volunteers, community members, and Phoenixville Hospital Leaders attended the donation ceremony, including Thrift Shop President, Elaine Locascio, who will step down on July 30 th after four years in this role. Maggie Silva, a ... View Article
July 28, 2022
The Chester County Conference & Visitors Bureau (CCCVB) a not-for-profit, independent agency that serves as the official Tourism Promotion Agency (TPA) for Chester County, is researching how people who live and work in Chester County view tourism and the CCCVB. The information will be used to guide the approach for our new Community Outreach program. The purpose of this new program is to educate and inform our community on the positive impact tourism brings to Chester County. Some examples of this influence: jobs, quality ... View Article
July 13, 2022
PXVNEO Installs Lively Mural Promoting Progress Phoenixville’s Wastewater Treatment Plant Shows Off New Brand PHOENIXVILLE, PA – JULY 11, 2022 – Wasting no opportunity to involve the community in its ongoing progress, the Borough of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania invited a group of students from a local art camp to help install a lively new mural on the wall of the massive building that will house PXVNEO. PXVNEO is the first municipal treatment plant in North America to use the hydrothermal ... View Article
May 7, 2022
Phoenixville Hospital is one of 251 healthcare providers nation-wide to receive the “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Top Performer” designation (Phoenixville, PA) – May 2022, Phoenixville Hospital has received an evaluation of 90out of 100 and the designation of “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Top Performer” in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 15th anniversary edition of the HealthcareEquality Index (HEI), the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey of healthcare facilities on policies and practices dedicated to the equitable treatment and inclusion of theirLGBTQ+ patients, visitors and ... View Article
April 1, 2022
(WEST CHESTER, PA – March 28, 2022): On Monday, March 21 Chester County Community Foundation supporters converged at Whitford Country Club in Exton to sample the best-of-the-best created by Chester County’s finest dessert chefs and caterers at Sweet Charity. Attendees had the opportunity to sample eight delicious desserts while celebrating legacy philanthropy with the Community Foundation. The chefs held nothing back for this prestigious competition. The professional culinary judges awarded “Best Dessert” to John Serock Catering for their Sunny Side ... View Article
