by Community Foundation of Fayette County | Apr 2, 2020 | CFFC News, Grants
Read the CFFC’s latest Building A Stronger Fayette feature about Adelphoi Village’s Career Exploration Lab! The Building A Stronger Fayette series shines a light on nonprofit organizations that have received CFFC grants and are helping make a positive impact on the Fayette County community. Learn more about other organizations and projects that the CFFC has funded on our Building A Stronger Fayette webpage and make sure to like and follow us on social media @cffayettepa for continued updates.
by Community Foundation of Fayette County | Apr 2, 2020 | Building a Stronger Fayette
Nearing their 50th anniversary, Adelphoi Village has been expanding their programming to better serve youth in over 30 counties, including Fayette County. The nonprofit serves youth who are at-risk, abused, neglected, delinquent, or struggling with academic or behavior issues. The Adelphoi Albert Gallatin Education Site received a Spring 2019 CFFC grant for the Career Exploration Lab, which provides STEAM programming to support a Career Preparation Initiative.
Adelphoi Village has found that tactile, hands-on learning is most effective and rewarding for the youth they serve and have combined that with preparing students for the workforce. “We want to give the students an opportunity to at least be exposed to various trades,” explained Kerry Ozmeleck, Career Readiness Supervisor/Education Services Liaison.
The Adelphoi Albert Gallatin Education Site serves K-12 students, and provided an Emergency Medical Responder career readiness course for students grades 9-12. All students are able to take the course and complete basic certifications, such as CPR certification, with the opportunity to complete additional certifications if they are interested in learning more, such as EMR certification. This course helps prepare students to work on an ambulance crew, which is an area that shows job growth in the coming years.
Joscelyn Gaston, Education Director, and Susan Takach, Education Supervisor, noted that students are excited to see their names on the certificates and that these hands-on experiences are a confidence-booster for students.
The Career Exploration Lab is equipped with a virtual reality welding system, residential wiring, AC/DC circuitry, an automobile brake training system, coding/robotics, Emergency Medical Responder and CPR training, and horticulture, and Adelphoi Village is expanding these materials to its other education sites as well. In addition to education services, Adelphoi Village operates residential group homes, foster and adoptive care, and in-home treatment options to provide a continuum of services to children, youth, and families.
Mission Statement: Offering outcome-based solutions for abused, neglected, delinquent and other at-risk children and their families through a continuum of treatment and education services that provide a foundation of hope for the future.
Learn more about Adelphoi Village at www.adelphoi.org.
by Community Foundation of Fayette County | Mar 26, 2020 | CFFC News, Scholarships
The 2020-2021 CFFC scholarship deadline has been extended to April 3, 2020 at midnight.
Students pursuing post-secondary education can review criteria and apply here!
As a result of the recent virus-relates school closures, the CFFC has changed some of its application requirements. In particular:
1. Letters of reference will not require an original signature. You may upload a letter with a computer-printed signature. It must still be on the recommender’s letterhead.
2. High school students may upload their own transcript. Just follow the directions in the Transcript Request section of the application.
3. If you cannot get an Official transcript, an unofficial transcript will be accepted.
Check out these helpful links for FAFSA:
FAFSA Form Tips for Parents YouTube Video
The Parent’s Guide to Filling Out a FAFSA Form Article
by Community Foundation of Fayette County | Mar 25, 2020 | CFFC News, News Releases
The Community Foundation of Fayette County (CFFC) has created the Emergency Relief Fund to provide grants to health and human service organizations serving Fayette County, PA in response to local disasters and emergencies.
Grants will be made from the Emergency Relief Fund to human service organizations and other nonprofits to address immediate needs, short-term needs and long-term needs of the community. Currently, the Emergency Relief Fund will respond to the needs related to the COVID-19 virus.
“The CFFC has created the Emergency Relief Fund in an effort to assist local organizations that provide services to the community during times of their greatest need. The current pandemic has various effects on Fayette County and its residents, and people are looking for ways to help,” said the CFFC Executive Director, Renee M. Couser.
Tax-deductible gifts to the Emergency Relief Fund may be made via the CFFC website at www.cffayettepa.org (through the Network for Good and the PayPal Giving Fund “Donate Now” buttons). Checks payable to “Community Foundation of Fayette County” may be mailed to 5 South Mt. Vernon Avenue, Uniontown, PA 15401. Please write “Emergency Relief Fund” on the memo line. For other types of gifts, including IRA Charitable Transfers, please contact the CFFC at 724-437-8600.
by Community Foundation of Fayette County | Mar 17, 2020 | CFFC News, Grants, News Releases, Scholarships
March 17, 2020, Fayette County, Pa. — Like all of you, we here at CFFC sincerely hope this health emergency will pass swiftly and with minimal harm and disruption. To that end, we are following the advice of public health authorities and taking proactive steps to stymie the advancement of (and hopefully the arrival of) COVID-19 in our community. As the governor has stated: ‘Stay calm, stay safe, stay home’. For that reason, the CFFC is avoiding large group gatherings and minimizing in-person contact. We believe this is an important moment for our community to show concern, compassion, and prudence by avoiding measures that could put any one of us at risk.
Currently, the office is open, and staff is working in the office and remotely. We will be available by phone and by e-mail. However, no visitors will be permitted in the office. If you need to meet with someone, or drop something off, please call ahead to schedule an appointment.
The following activities have been cancelled:
- Donor Reception (March 25)
- The Executive Director Bootcamp (April 1, 8, 15 and 22)
Due to the closure of Fayette County School Districts, our scholarship deadline has been extended to April 3.
- For questions about scholarships, contact Lee O’Neil at eoneil@cffayettepa.org or 724-437-8600 x202.
- For questions about your fund statement, contact Glenn Valdiserri at 724-437-8600 x201.
- For questions about Fayette Gives, go to https://www.fayettegives.org, or contact Rebecca Wardle at 724-437-8600 x203.
- For questions about existing funds or to open a new fund, contact Renee Couser at rcouser@cffayettepa.org or 724-437-8600 x1.
It is our mission to be here for our community: to help define charitable needs, connect donors with causes that matter to them, supports nonprofit organizations and invest charitable assets to make the community a better place to live.
We’ll be sharing news and informational updates on our Facebook page and at www.cffayettepa.org. Thank you all for your commitment to our community and for your understanding as we work through this new challenge and find the best way forward.
And please do remember to wash your hands, practice social distancing, and above all, if you can stay home, please do so. It’s a simple but critical way we can look out for one another.