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7/27/2010-
Marjorie
L. and Arthur P. Miller Fund Requests Grant Proposals for Open Space and the
Environment
The Chester County Community Foundation is pleased to announce that it is
now accepting applications for the Marjorie L. and Arthur P. Miller Fund.
One challenge grant of up to $2,500 is available each year to support a
Chester County based non-profit organization that provides creative
solutions to open space preservation and the wise use of environmental
resources. Recipients of each challenge grant are expected to include
incentive or matching funds in their plan.
Click
here for the full press release and FY 2011 grant proposal guidelines.
To learn more about this fund, please click
here.
6/21/2010-
Teresa
and John Garofalo of the Rhoads Six Foundation were recently interview by
the Channel 11 News at the Kentucky Oaks races. Click
here to view the full news
special.
5/26/2010-
The
4kids2see Fund and the Eagles Eye Mobile have teamed up
to assist serve children in need of vision care.
Recent accomplishments of the partnership were
featured in the latest issue of the Chester County Press. Click
here to read the full article.
5/26/2010-
The
12th Annual Valor Bowl, the #1
fundraiser for the Chester County Special Olympics, will honor the late
Daily Local News Sports Editor Greg Greenday. The winning coach of this
year's Valor Bowl game will be presented with a trophy in Greenday's honor.
Click
here for the full story.
4/23/2010-
On
April 20th, over 100 supporters joined forces in Harrisburg to
raise awareness for Traumatic Brain Injury.
Mike Miller, Chair of the PA Legislative Brain
Injury Caucus Committee, was the Master of Ceremonies. Those who joined
Milled at the podium included Rep. Stevenson (Co-Chair), Rep. Kortz
(Co-Chair), Rep. Briggs (sports concussion bill), Senator Dinniman
(Co-Chair), Senator Greenleaf (Co-Chair), and Rep. Barton (Veterans issues).
The Committee speakers—Barb Dively (ABIN-PA), Jane Keim (BIAPA), Deb Delgado
(Disability Rights Network), and Jack Poplar (PARF)—brought passion to the
cause and explained the urgent need for Legislative support.
The Laura Lee Hervey Foundation supplied lapel
pins in the shape of the brain to honor those who participated in the rally.
Click here for the full press release.
Winter 2010
Winter 2010,
Vol 7. Issue 2 "Penns' Abramson Report"
How a Foal
Came to Be Named “Rhoads Six”
A cancer ward and race horse that share the same name provide hope to
patients newly
diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia
From a very
early age, Teresa Garofalo has been around horses. She developed a love for
animals while growing up in Vermont and Tennessee. Becoming a veterinarian
and horse breeder were her lifelong goals. Teresa built a successful
veterinary practice and, along with her husband John, tended to the horses
that live on their picturesque West Chester farm. Life was good. But, in May
2007, Teresa began feeling unusually tired, and noticed fluid was building
in one of her knees. After a battery of tests, Teresa was diagnosed with
acute myeloid leukemia and was immediately admitted for treatment.
The news came as a shock to her and
John, but as any cancer patient and their family know, there is never a
“good” time for a cancer diagnosis. The Garofalos turned to Penn’s Abramson
Cancer Center for her care.
A few days after being admitted to Rhoads 6, while Teresa was receiving her
second dose of chemotherapy, she watched a live camera feed of their farm
with excited anticipation. As nurses looked on with curiosity, Teresa
coached her husband John through birthing the newest addition to their
family, a beautiful foal. They named the foal Rhoads Six after the floor
where Teresa was being treated at the hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania. Rhoads Six, affectionately called “Rhoady,” is now old enough
to race, and recently traveled to Maryland for six months of training.
After a challenging treatment regimen that included a bone marrow transplant, Teresa is now in remission and feeling more like herself again. Teresa says, “We are so grateful for the wonderful care I received at Penn, and particularly thankful to the entire staff of Rhoads 6 and Rhoads 7 for their compassion and attention during my extended stays. We want to give back to say thank you to the staff, but also to try and make life a little easier for the other patients going through what I did.”
All of us are wishing Rhoady the best of luck in his races, especially since Teresa and John will be donating a percentage of his winnings to a recently created foundation benefiting patients diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia at the Abramson Cancer Center. The Rhoads Six Foundation will help provide items for patients and their families that are intended to make a difficult situation a little more bearable. Laptop computers for patients to use during their stay, DVD players, softer bedding, and parking vouchers for patients and their visitors are just a few ways that Teresa and John hope Rhoady’s winnings and additional outside donations will be used.
To learn more about the foundation and to follow Rhoady’s
progress, please visit The
Rhoads Six Foundation or contact Katie Dewees Detzel at the
Abramson Cancer Center at kdewees@upenn.edu or
(215) 896-1927.
1/7/2010-
The Rhoads Six Foundation has recently joined the popular social networking website, Facebook! Facebook offers many marketing and advertising options and provides a place where people can connect and share information with one another. To visit The Rhoads Six Foundation Facebook page, click the Facebook image below.
1/1/2010- The Dream Lives
On... Raising Awareness and Funding To Fight Childhood Brain Cancer
one step at a time...
In
partnership with Angerwear Apparel,
the
STANLEY'S Dream fund hosted the
2nd Annual 5k Run/Walk on
New Year's Day. Joined by Philadelphia's very
own heavy weight champion "Fast" Eddie Chambers, community members and
supporters came together to honor Stanley's legacy. Funds raised from the
event will be granted to CHOP's Cancer Research center.
"We wanted to continue the legacy of our son… he was a true fighter in every sense of the word.” In feature interview with CBS, Donna Edwards, Stanley's mother, described the exceptional and spirited character of her son Stanley and also provided information on the event. Click here to view the video footage.
John Rapchinski, the owner of the athletic performance sportswear company Angerwear, spoke of those participating in the event... "Talk about a group that really embraces the Angerwear philosophy of never quitting and never giving in." Click here for the full broadcast.
If you would like to learn more about STANLEY'S Dream, please visit http://www.stanleysdream.org/.
12/23/2009
Since
its induction to the Community Foundation just a year ago-- in December of
2008-- the
Capacity for Change Fund has truly become a family affair.
Click here
for the full press release.
12/18/09
The Ginger English Memorial Fund presented a $2,500 grant check to the Stepping Stones Education Center in support of their program. The English family, staff of The Stepping Stones Education Center Foundation, and representatives from the Chester County Community Foundation attended the morning check ceremony.
12/15/09
Laura
Meikle Koch Memorial Scholarship Foundation
-
Cameron Meikle and Beth Harper Briglia sign
paperwork for the fund's first donation. The donation was made to the
Chester County SPCA Guardian Angel Program.
10/12/09
Calico Cutters Quilt Guild--
located in West Chester, PA-- recently got together and sewed twenty quilts
with a Harvest Theme. This far, ten quilts have been sold with all of the
proceeds benefitting the Chester County Food Bank Fund. The proceeds
from the remaining quilts will benefit Philaabundance.
Quilt pictured:
"Empty Bowls Initiative: Blossoms into Bounty" by: Lisa O'Neill
10/6/2009
Also Featured as a spotlight in our 2009
Annual Report is the Francis J. Snyder Foundation.
Click here for a PDF Version.
10/6/2009
The Community Foundation is honored to spotlight Dr. Clifford E. DeBaptsite
and his many achievements in our 2009 Annual Report.
Click here for the PDF version.
8/ 2009
Monday, August
3 through Thursday, August 6
4:00 - 5:30 pm
Diane Matthews
School of Dance Arts
West Chester,
PA
The Samantha Zajac Memorial Fund of the Chester County Community Foundation is dedicated to developing a new dance program directed to children with physical disabilities in our community. Learn more...
6/2009
Laura Lee Hervey
of the
Laura Lee
Hervey Fund for Traumatic Brain Injury
was
recently featured in the Franklin & Marshall Magazine. Click
here
to view her story under the class of '83.
5/2009
Congrats to all those involved in the 11th Annual
Valor Bowl!!! Click
here
to view the Valor Bowl Fund page or, click
here for the
official Valor Bowl website.
1/2009
Alex's Lemonade Stand-
Foundation for Childhood Cancer- recently featured
Stanley Austin Edwards
an one of their
heros!
Click here for more information on
Stanley's Dream.
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