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1889 Foundation supports ‘Equitable Hearing Health’ with $20,000 grant

/ News, Physical Health & Wellness, Social Determinants of Health, Stories

1889 Foundation grants $20,000 to Easterseals Western and Central Pennsylvania (ESWCPA) to benefit “Equitable Hearing Health” initiative. The funds will be used to cover the cost of hearing aids, fittings, and follow-up appointments for qualifying patients in Cambria and Somerset counties. “Easterseals Western and Central Pennsylvania has served the Johnstown and Somerset areas since 1949.  […]

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1889 Foundation supports UPJ Communi-TEAMS with $16,000 grant

/ Childhood Development, Community & Economic Development, Events, Social Determinants of Health, Stories

Creating safe educational opportunities and supporting ongoing collaboration between organizations is important to 1889 Foundation. In support of these two ideas, 1889 Foundation has granted $16,000, over a two-year period, to continue the UPJ Communi-TEAMS program with Greater Johnstown School District. The Communi-TEAMS program provides safe spaces for underprivileged youth to be mentored and engaged

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Mosaic benches from Creative Health Impact Grants debut at Laurel View Village

/ Community & Economic Development, Creative Health Impact Grants, Stories

Laurel View Village has recently unveiled the results from their Creative Health Impact Grant (CHIG), a partnership between 1889 Foundation and the Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance. Laurel View, a local retirement community, used their grant funding to facilitate the creation of mosaic benches along a nature trail. Residents had the opportunity to work alongside a

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1889 Foundation announces the Alberta Simpson Gerber Nursing Scholarship

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1889 Foundation is delighted to announce that a Conemaugh School of Nursing scholarship has been set up by the Gerber family in honor and memory of their mother, Alberta Simpson Gerber, a 1947 graduate of the Conemaugh School of Nursing (Alberta is highlighted in her graduating nursing class in the image above). Although Alberta left

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Marjorie Farabaugh Nurse Practitioner Scholarship winners announced

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Cassandra Fisher and June Hutsky have been named the winners of the Marjorie Farabaugh Nurse Practitioner Scholarships by the Laurel Highland Nurse Practitioners Association (LHNPA). The scholarships are awarded annually from a fund administered by 1889 Foundation. Nurse practitioners are registered nurses who have completed a master’s or doctoral degree program and have advanced clinical

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1889 supports SEADS Garden Center

/ Community & Economic Development, Mental & Behavioral Health, News, Stories

Vince Lovenduski and his wife, Shelly, noticed that opportunities for socialization for their special needs son, Austin, became rarer and rarer as he became an adult. With 1889 Foundation support, they decided to do something about it by founding Sustainable Employment for Adults with Disabilities (SEADS) Garden Center, in the former Flower Barn facility in

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1889 Foundation supports Communities in Schools at Greater Johnstown School District

/ Childhood Development, Mental & Behavioral Health, News, Physical Health & Wellness, Stories

Today 1889 Foundation announced a grant of $200,000 has been awarded to the Greater Johnstown School District (GJSD) to fund an expanded partnership with Communities in Schools, the nation’s largest provider of technical assistance for the community schools model. (Photo above: Jim Cascio, president of 1889’s board of directors; Amy Arcurio, GJSD superintendent; Susan Mann,

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Greater Johnstown High School students win logo design challenge

/ Center for Population Health, Stories

A logo contest was recently conducted at Greater Johnstown High School with the goal of promoting Type 2 Diabetes prevention through lifestyle changes. The contest, which was sponsored by the 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health Conemaugh Health System as part of the Communities in Schools initiative, was open to art students at Greater Johnstown

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Scholarships awarded from Marjorie Farabaugh Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Fund

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1889 Foundation is proud of the 2019 recipients of the Marjorie Farabaugh Nurse Practitioner Scholarships! The scholarship fund is named for Marjorie Farabaugh, the region’s first family nurse practitioner. A Carrolltown native who spent much of her career serving rural Cambria County, Farabaugh paved the way for future nurse practitioners, who increasingly fill the critical

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