Making Change http://www.accfound.org Armstrong County Community Foundation Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:53:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 MakingChangehttp://feedburner.google.com Your Foundation is VERY happy . . . http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingChange/~3/Ylm7kA5kRew/ http://www.accfound.org/2010/02/28/your-foundation-is-very-happy/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:53:32 +0000 mindy http://www.accfound.org/?p=779 . . . to welcome Jessica Coil to our staff.  Jessica joins us from 4 productive years at the Armstrong County Tourist Bureau.

Jessica will be a wonderful asset to the ACCF as our new Development Officer.  She has been very successful in business development, marketing, public relations, customer relations, and special events.  Jess has demonstrated the ability to come into a new situation and successfully learn the ropes in short order, and has won many friends as she tirelessly worked for the betterment of Armstrong County.   

WELCOME, Jess!

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]]> http://www.accfound.org/2010/02/01/can-you-spell-s-c-h-o-l-a-r-s-h-i-p/feed/ 0 http://www.accfound.org/2010/02/01/can-you-spell-s-c-h-o-l-a-r-s-h-i-p/ Helping Haiti http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingChange/~3/p_xWsPWz-C8/ http://www.accfound.org/2010/01/27/helping-haiti/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:52:14 +0000 mindy http://www.accfound.org/?p=741 The recent devastation in Haiti calls philanthropy to action. We can and should do our part in addressing the immediate rescue and relief aspects of this disaster. Then, we can and will consider how philanthropy engages in rebuilding and reconstruction, over time. 

Our hearts go out to the people in Haiti who are suffering from the recent earthquake there. Today, help is urgently needed for those organizations experienced in disaster relief and are on the ground in Haiti.

Among the many excellent agencies providing disaster relief or connected to providers are these nonprofit organizations:

American Red Cross
American Jewish World Service
Catholic Relief Services
CARE
Doctors Without Borders
Oxfam
Food for the Hungry      
Samaritan’s Purse

If you are a Community Foundation donor who is interested in donating to a specific, but less well-known relief agency and would like to ensure its legitimacy, please call the Community Foundation at 724.548.5897 or check the organization at the Charity Navigator website. Donor advisors interested in making a grant from their fund should call Mindy at the ACCF office.

Employers who wish to match their employees’ contributions to Haiti may call Mindy at 724.548.5897, and we will collect the donations and pass them through to the legitimate relief organization of your choice.  You MUST call Mindy first to assure proper procedures are followed for tax deductible donations! 

Let us help you help Haiti.

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]]> http://www.accfound.org/2010/01/04/who-cares/feed/ 0 http://www.accfound.org/2010/01/04/who-cares/ One Day Left to Give! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingChange/~3/oyR78nCQReY/ http://www.accfound.org/2009/12/30/one-day-left-to-give/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:54:12 +0000 mindy http://www.accfound.org/?p=709

 

Thanks so much to all of you who have already given this year.

If you haven’t had a chance to give yet, this is our last friendly reminder to please make a gift to the ACCF before the year is over by clicking the “Donate Using Just Give” button in the upper right corner of this page, or putting your check in the mail TODAY (mail postmarked by December 31 counts as a 2009 donation!)

Thank you for your support of the ACCF. We couldn’t do this work without you.

See you next year!

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True to our tagline “we make it easy to care about our community,” you can make your end-of-year gift online. Click on the “Donate” button in the upper right hand corner.

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Best wishes for a WONDERFUL holiday, a very MERRY CHRISTMAS, and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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