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WCU Students Demonstrate Benjamin Franklin’s Philanthropic Legacy through Annual Grant
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Grant Awarded to West Chester Public Library and The Garage Community & Youth Center
Youth Development
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The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia School announces $5M gift for laptops to get students online
Friday, March 27, 2020
The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia announced a $5 million contribution from Aileen and Brian Roberts, and their family, to give laptops to Philadelphia students so they can begin learning from home by mid-April.
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76ers Donate Funds to Purchase 10,000 Chromebooks for School District of Philadelphia Students
Monday, March 30, 2020
Funding from the Sixers will help get computers to students at home to allow distance learning during ongoing school closures due to COVID-19.
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Successful ‘Read To Succeed’ Summer Program Goes Virtual
Monday, June 22, 2020
Administered by The Fund for School District of Philadelphia, the program's goals of promoting literacy and preventing the phenomenon known as “summer slide” have been expanded to include countering the "COVID slide," this year's loss of school instruction time to the pandemic.
Event
20May2020
Weekly COVID-19 Funder Briefing #10
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
10:15am - 11:15am
Video Conference
Please join us for another weekly COVID-19 funder briefing for Greater Philadelphia. These briefings are open to all funders in the region.
Event
04Jun2020
Out-of-School Time (OST) Funders COVID-19 Meeting
Thursday, June 4, 2020
10:30am - 12:00pm
Video Conference
Registration now open! Join us for a discussion on grantmaking practices and what foundations are hearing from their grantees.
Event
08Apr2021
Out-of-School Time (OST) Funders Meeting
Thursday, April 8, 2021
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Video Conference
Join the Out-of-School Time Funders on Thursday, April 8th for an informal discussion and peer sharing on planning for summer.
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The Giant Company and its Customers Raise $3.3 Million to Fight Food Insecurity in Local School Districts
Monday, May 17, 2021
Through its new Feeding School Kids initiative, The GIANT Company announced that together with its customers, more than $3.3 million was raised to address the issue of childhood hunger throughout local public school districts in the communities it serves.
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Pottstown Area Schools Awarded Over $13,000 through Checklist Challenge
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation announced a total of $13,152 awarded to Pottstown area schools as part of the Medical University of South Carolina’s Boeing Center for Children’s Wellness (BCCW) School-Based Wellness Initiative.
Event
17Nov2022
Out of School Time Funders Community of Practice
Thursday, November 17, 2022
9:00am - 10:30am
Virtual via Zoom
Join the Out of School Time Funders Community of Practice to learn about state and local perspectives on recent OST trends, particularly at this stage of the pandemic.
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