09 / 10
2018
READING, PA (September 10, 2018) – A new website is providing oral health advice and best practices to parents, students, educators, and medical and dental [...]
09 / 05
2018
READING, PA (September 5, 2018) – Explore conspiracy theories, fake news and the “media maze” in the next installment of Berks County Community Foundation’s “Consider [...]
08 / 31
2018
August 31, 2018 — As I wrote in this space a few weeks ago, it’s the little things that add up to revitalize a city. And [...]
07 / 31
2018
July 31, 2018 — It’s not always the big things that matter. In fact, when you’re revitalizing a struggling community, it’s often the little things. Berks [...]
07 / 05
2018
READING, PA (July 5, 2018) – Two funds of Berks County Community Foundation that assist K9 law enforcement units recently awarded a total of $32,000 [...]
06 / 14
2018
June 14, 2018 — We recently held our annual Scholarship Luncheon where we awarded $630,000 in scholarships to almost 300 students. Every year at this event, [...]
06 / 14
2018
READING, PA (June 14, 2018) – An inaugural round of grants was awarded recently by the First United Church of Christ Mission Fund of Berks [...]
06 / 12
2018
READING, PA (June 12, 2018) – As part of a larger effort to build on the increasing momentum to revitalize downtown Reading, Berks County Community [...]
06 / 06
2018
READING, PA (June 6, 2018) – A group of Berks County women has donated $35,660 to programs that aim to reduce teen pregnancy, increase leadership [...]
05 / 30
2018
May 30, 2018 — While we spend a lot of time worrying about what’s going wrong in the community, it’s important to stop every once in [...]
05 / 23
2018
READING, PA (May 23, 2018) – Three programs that aim to improve mental health among youth in Berks County are being awarded a total of [...]
04 / 30
2018
READING, PA (April 30, 2018) – In honor of their unwavering commitment to improving the quality of life for others, Berks County natives Carl D. [...]
04 / 18
2018
READING, PA (April 18, 2018) – P. Michael Ehlerman, Ramona D. Turpin and Alfred Weber have been re-elected to Berks County Community Foundation’s board of [...]
03 / 29
2018
March 29, 2018 — Berks County is a beautiful place, and Boyertown is an increasingly vibrant community that maintains its charm even as it makes [...]
03 / 08
2018
READING, PA (March 8, 2018) – The next installment of Berks County Community Foundation’s “Consider It” community discussion series has added two panelists to an [...]
02 / 22
2018
READING, PA (February 22, 2018) – As the U.S. Supreme Court takes up a landmark organized labor case (Janus vs. AFSCME) that could have far-reaching [...]
02 / 14
2018
READING, PA (February 14, 2018) – From designing synthetic biological devices to creating an outdoor classroom, students around Berks County are benefitting from grants for [...]
02 / 05
2018
February 5, 2018 — When you look back over a century’s worth of maps of congressional districts, you see a strange evolution. Back in the 1930s, [...]
01 / 19
2018
READING, PA (January 19, 2018) – Programs that immunize children, provide free medical and dental care, and teach children about and give them access to [...]
01 / 09
2018
READING, PA (January 9, 2018) – Three organizations and city officials have pledged more than $1.7 million to efforts to revitalize downtown Reading during the [...]