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Sisters Place, Inc. Receives HUD Funding to Help Homeless Families

 Sisters Place, Inc. is excited to announce that HUD has awarded funding to support an additional five new homeless, single parent families.  The Day Light Housing Program is set to accept five new families beginning in August 2011 and will bring the total number of families served by Sisters Place each day to 32.  Sisters… Continue Reading

New Year’s Resolution to Volunteer?

North Hills Community Outreach will hold orientation sessions for prospective volunteers on January 6, 10 AM at NHCO Millvale, 416 Lincoln Avenue, and 6:00 PM at NHCO Allison Park, 1975 Ferguson Road. Contact Jennifer Drayton at 412-487-6316, option 2, x3210 for more information or to sign up. Volunteers are also needed to help senior citizens… Continue Reading

Auberle and Huntington Bank Presents Voices Carry for Auberle

Come watch local celebrities take the stage at the 6th Annual Voices Carry for Auberle. Voices Carry is an upscale event that aims to introduce businesses and the community to the mission of Auberle – all while having a good time.   This event takes place at Heinz Field-East Hall  on Tuesday, September 28th, from 6:30… Continue Reading

Tiger Pause Youth Ministry Summer Programs

Tiger Pause has a long history of serving the community of Beaver Falls through our after school programs, summer camps, and girls and boys groups. We are becoming increasingly aware that to best minister to the youth of Beaver Falls, we must encourage, support and minister to their families, as well. In an effort to… Continue Reading

Genesis, Helping With Unplanned Pregnancies and Creating New Beginnings

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy? An unplanned pregnancy at any age can be a trying situation.  How does she get the prenatal care she needs?  How about emotional support, counseling, life skills training?   What if she needs a place to stay during her pregnancy? Where can she turn to get the help she needs? She… Continue Reading

Focus On Renewal Halts Four Programs, Cuts Some Services

The Pennsylvania state budget impasse has created a financial crisis at Focus On Renewal (FOR), a nonprofit organization that this year marks its 40th year of providing comprehensive human services to the Sto-Rox community and beyond. Father Regis J. Ryan, Executive Director, today announced the immediate closure of four of the agency’s programs: Partners in… Continue Reading

Celebrate How Fatherhood Impacts Healthy Family Structure

Image by ???????? ? exams via Flickr   Fathers play an integral, irreplaceable role in their children’s lives.  Research has found that the absence of fathers in the home doubles the likelihood that sons will turn to crime, and that the tendency is not reversed even when a step-father enters the family.  Now is the… Continue Reading

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