Kevin Murphy, president of Berks County Community Foundation since 1994, invites you to read his journal.
02 / 11
2021
READING, PA (February 11, 2021) – I seldom make it through a day without someone reminding me that Reading was once the “poorest city in [...]
09 / 18
2020
READING, PA (September 18, 2020) – Berks County lost an incredibly influential philanthropist this week. But he has been active behind the scenes, so [...]
09 / 14
2020
READING, PA (September 14, 2020) – In February of this year, the Community Foundation team was flying pretty high with expectations that our investments in the [...]
06 / 26
2020
READING, PA (June 26, 2020) – Not a lot of things have brought a smile to my face over the past few weeks. There’s been no [...]
06 / 02
2020
READING, PA (June 2, 2020) – There’s a lot to love about Berks County. But, above all, I love Berks County's diversity. I love its [...]
03 / 21
2020
READING, PA (March 21, 2020) – It's a popular question these days. And the answer is surprisingly simple. The resources of our community are strained [...]
02 / 21
2020
READING, PA (February 21, 2020) – One of the many projects Berks County Community Foundation supports is Berks Vital Signs. It’s our effort to provide objective, [...]
02 / 18
2020
READING, PA (February 18, 2020) – These are the children who are among the most distressed residents in Berks County: the ones who are in [...]
02 / 10
2020
READING, PA (February 10, 2020) – In the spring of 2014, the City of Flint, Mich., switched the source of its water supply, but failed [...]
01 / 02
2020
READING, PA (January 2, 2020) – Many employees of nonprofit organizations confront tragedy and trauma every day. They may work with abused children or care [...]
12 / 30
2019
The Conrad Weiser Science Research Institute is one of many reasons that Berks County's future is looking bright. READING, PA (December 30, 2019) [...]
12 / 27
2019
READING, PA (December 27, 2019) – I’d pick up the phone. He’d start the conversation with something like an obscure (to me) quote from Shakespeare, [...]
12 / 23
2019
READING, PA (December 23, 2019) – It took a while to write this blog post. Several previous attempts are lying in the electronic trash [...]
12 / 17
2019
READING, PA (December 17, 2019) – In the 18 years that the Community Foundation has been working to ignite a spark to revitalize the [...]
08 / 21
2019
READING, PA (August 21, 2019) – As Berks County students head back to school, many will face new uncertainties in light of changes in immigration [...]
08 / 19
2019
READING, PA (August 19, 2019) – September will mark 10 years since Berks County Community Foundation moved into its current environmentally-friendly headquarters. When it opened [...]
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 [...]