The President’s Journal by Kevin K. Murphy, On the Ground by Heidi Williamson, and blog posts from other staff members offer inside perspectives on work at the Community Foundation and life in Berks County.
08 / 05
2019
READING, PA (August 5, 2019) – There have been times when I’ve encountered individuals and I haven’t been sure if they were having an emotional [...]
07 / 10
2019
READING, PA (July 10, 2019) – In an earlier entry in The President’s Journal, I discussed the Community Foundation’s project to identify and catalog all [...]
07 / 03
2019
READING, PA (July 3, 2019) – This summer, the Community Foundation is hosting three interns to begin what may be a very long process. [...]
07 / 01
2019
READING, PA (July 1, 2019) – Today marks the end of an era for the Greater Reading region. After more than 150 years of family [...]
06 / 21
2019
READING, PA (June 21, 2019) – We’re very proud at the Community Foundation to, most years, host summer interns who become important contributors to our [...]
06 / 10
2019
READING, PA (June 10, 2019) – This year, Berks County Community Foundation is awarding $635,421 in scholarships to 283 students (mostly from Berks County) to help [...]
04 / 02
2019
READING, PA (April 2, 2019) – Locally-owned businesses are the strongest part of the fabric that makes up our business community. Many of our top [...]
12 / 10
2018
December 10, 2018 — When many of us look forward to the holidays, we anticipate treasured times with friends and loved ones. But it is also [...]
10 / 30
2018
October 30, 2018 — Pennsylvania’s decision to legalize the production and sale of medical marijuana makes it one of 31 states to decide that the drug [...]
10 / 04
2018
October 4, 2018 — A few years ago, the Community Foundation needed to hire a new accounting firm. It is a routine process that happens every [...]
09 / 21
2018
September 21, 2018 — At the Community Foundation, we frequently talk about how Berks County “shows up” at meetings with outsiders. It is not uncommon for [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
12 / 27
2017
December 27, 2017 — Every year, I try to end my blogging with a note about good things that are going on around our community. There’s [...]
12 / 20
2017
December 20, 2017 — Last year, BB&T Bank made a $2.5 million gift to create the BB&T Economic Growth Fund at Berks County Community Foundation. [...]
10 / 26
2017
October 26, 2017 — It is the nature of a job like mine that you visit a lot of places. Grantees want to show off [...]