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July 17, 2019
(West Chester, PA – July 17, 2019): Just in time for back to school season, the Chester County Community Foundation (CCCF) is pleased to announce that it recently awarded 2.5 million in grants and scholarships. The CCCF Business Affairs team has been hard at work, processing $300,000 in scholarship awards awarded via 200 scholarships to promising students from various high schools, technical schools, and colleges within Chester County. CCCF is proud to help build strong minds by connecting donors with ... View Article
July 15, 2019
July 2, 2019 (Phoenixville, PA) – The Phoenixville Community Health Foundation’s Board of Directors has named Tamela Luce the new President and CEO effective August 5, 2019. Luce has more than two decades of philanthropic experience. She spent more than seven years as the Senior Program Officer for HealthSpark Foundation, a private foundation that works with health and human services organizations in Montgomery County to build a more resilient safety net. Prior to that role, Luce was the Director of ... View Article
June 28, 2019
The all-volunteer staffed Thrift Shop of Phoenixville, donated $54,000 to local non-profit organizations this year. Since opening in 1975, the shop has donated $950,000 in its 44 year history of giving back to the community. A large group of Thrift Shop volunteers, community members, and Phoenixville Hospital Leaders attended the donation ceremony and the reception that followed. Thrift Shop President, Elaine Locascio, presented representatives from each recipient organization with their donation checks. Following is a list of the 2019 recipients: ... View Article
June 5, 2019
Come and join the festivities at Camphill Kimberton! On Saturday, July 13th from 3-9 pm we are once again hosting our beloved annual Hootenanny Festival. Enjoy local organic food as well as live music outside in our biodynamic agricultural community. Additionally, there will be Vendors, Contra Dancing, Face Painting, Hayrides and a Bubble man! You might even spot some cows and chicken at our local dairy and see where your food was grown at our very own vegetable farm. All ... View Article
May 17, 2019
Phoenixville’s rebirth has been lauded as nothing short of remarkable. However, if the borough, appropriately named after a bird that obtains new life by rising from the ashes of its predecessor, were to fulfill its fate and have a second life after its steel mill closed and ushered in a period of economic hardship, something or someone had to be the catalyst. Phoenixville Federal Bank and Trust. The community bank with roots dating back to 1911 provided the spark that ... View Article
