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CPH’s Leanna Bird interviewed for Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge article

/ Center for Population Health, Childhood Development, Social Determinants of Health

An interview with Leanna Bird, project manager at the 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health, was recently featured on the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge blog. “If we can influence the nutrition of pregnant women, there’s a greater chance we can influence the nutrition of infants and children across the lifespan,” Bird says. Read the […]

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The Learning Lamp receives $500,000 grant from 1889 Foundation for child care services in Somerset

/ Childhood Development, Community & Economic Development, News, Social Determinants of Health

1889 Foundation today announced a $500,000 grant to The Learning Lamp (TLL) to support Child Care Works for Somerset, a major expansion of child care services in Somerset County. “Child care is a critical part of a healthy community – parents can’t be part of the workforce without it,” said Susan Mann, president of 1889

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2020-2021 Annual Community Report

/ Annual Reports, Center for Population Health, Childhood Development, Community & Economic Development, Creative Health Impact Grants, Events, Medical Education & Training, Mental & Behavioral Health, News, Physical Health & Wellness, Social Determinants of Health, United Way

Physical copies of our annual report, “Staying the Course,” have been mailed to our supporters this week, and a digital copy is provided at the button below. The report gives an overview of some of 1889’s funding initiatives in the last fiscal year!

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Audrey Hargreaves Bearer Scholarship fund established at 1889 Foundation

/ Medical Education & Training, News

1889 Foundation is delighted to announce that the Audrey Hargreaves Bearer Scholarship Fund has been established in memory of a local nurse who valued her education and the Conemaugh Health System. Born in Altoona, Audrey Foster was a nursing student at the Jefferson School of Nursing in Philadelphia when she met her future husband, William

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Creative Health Impact Grant Award recipients announced

/ Creative Health Impact Grants

The 1889 Foundation and Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance (PRAA) are pleased to announce the 2021-2022 recipients of the Creative Health Impact Grant (CHIG) Awards. The awards provide up to $50,000 in 1889 Foundation funds to support arts programs related to health and wellness in Cambria and Somerset Counties. “We are very excited to see how

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Community Care HUB meets with Senator Casey at Community Health Worker Roundtable

/ Center for Population Health

Representatives from the Community Care HUB, an initiative of the 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health, recently attended a roundtable discussion with U.S. Senator Bob Casey to discuss the positive impact Community Health Workers (CHWs) have had on our region and the need for sustainable funding to grow this workforce. CHWs Christy Berzonski and Caitlyn

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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

/ Medical Education & Training, News, Stories

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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