Graduating Adams County seniors can apply for more than one hundred local scholarships through the Adams County Community Foundation Scholarship Program beginning January 1, 2023. To apply, students simply create their personal student profile and complete one application by March 15 to be automatically matched to local scholarships. Community Foundation scholarships support students furthering their
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The 2022 Adams County Community Foundation Giving Spree, held November 3, 2022, was another record breaking success with 2,475 donors making 9,754 separate gifts totaling $3,100,664.84 to benefit 90 Adams County nonprofits. Want to see how much your favorite nonprofits raised? Click here for a complete list of our participating nonprofits and their final totals:
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(Gettysburg, PA: 12/30/2022) — With gratitude to its generous donors, the Adams County Community Foundation distributed $201,500 in grants through its Adams County Grants program in 2022 to improve conditions for children and women suffering abuse, young people preparing for adulthood, people in recovery from substance abuse, low-income homeowners, and all who walk or bike
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The Adams County Community Foundation Giving Spree is happening now! Please join us by making a gift to support the nonprofits you care about most. It’s easy. Simply review the Giving Spree Guide for Donors for a list and description of participating nonprofits, then: Give online Visit www.ACCFGivingSpree.org on November 3 any time between 12:01 a.m. and
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The Adams County Community Foundation Barbara B. Ernico Fund forLeadership Development supported Adams Rescue Mission Executive Director BruceDietrick to attend the Liberty District Conference in September. “Networkingwith other faith-based shelter providers was invaluable,” Dietrick said. The Ernico Fundmakes an annual grant to help nonprofit executive directors and board membersbecome better at what they do.
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Will you? (Or won’t you?) Charitable Planning for Savvy Millennials and GenX Procrastinators According to forbes.com, more than 70% of people ages 18-41 who have a will said they created it as a direct result of Covid-19. The most common reason for not having a will? People think that they don’t have enough money
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Let’s not bury the lede: Scholarship Displacement, the practice of schools reducing a student’s financial aid by the amount of the student’s private scholarship, is now banned at Pennsylvania’s public colleges and universities. Banning this practice helps high achieving students with financial need earn a college degree and graduate without mortgaging their future with soul-crushing
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(Gettysburg, PA: 07/11/2022) – On Friday July 8, Governor Tom Wolf signed into law HB1642, a sprawling public school system bill which includes a ban on scholarship displacement at public colleges and universities. This makes Pennsylvania the fourth state in the country to eliminate the practice of public colleges and universities reducing a student’s financial
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When my nephew and his wife married five years ago, they emphatically announced there would be no children. He travels extensively for work and coaches football. She teaches elementary school and is working toward a PhD. They lead full, busy lives. No need for anyone (especially their moms) to repeatedly ask, “When are you two
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