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The Fund For Women And Girls Awards Impact Grants

The Fund for Women and Girls has awarded $20,500 in grants to three nonprofit organizations serving the needs of women and girls throughout Chester County. Recipients include Black Women of Chester County in Action (BWCCA), Orion Communities and The Alliance for Health Equity.

For the fourth year in a row, the fund awarded “Moving Her Forward” Impact Grants; this grantmaking program was established to focus on swift responses to pressing needs in the community. Impact Grants are intended to support systems-level changes and leverage impact through collaborative funding with other foundations/donors. The needs identified in the fund’s 2022 “Blueprint Report: Lighting a Path,” its fourth comprehensive research report on the state of women and girls in Chester County, are the focus of Impact Grant awards.

BWCCA received $3,000 to conduct its “Baker’s Dozen Listening Tour: Dessert for the Body and Soul,” a series of wellness programs for women of color (WOC) in Chester County. The series, led by a trained Black therapist and professional baker, will bring WOC together for baking sessions and discussions of mental and physical wellness, gathering data on the needs of WOC in Chester County for future strategic program planning.

The fund awarded $10,000 to Orion Communities, supporting the cost of one 16-week “Gettin’ Ahead in a Just Gettin’ By World” program. The series provides life skills and resiliency training primarily to underserved women, preparing them with language to advocate for themselves in the larger world and improve their economic and health outcomes. The fund joined with other partners to provide Orion with a total of $22,500 to complete a match challenge to fully fund the program this year.

The Alliance for Health Equity was awarded $7,500 to support the second cohort of its Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute. Founded in 2021, the institute provides a cohortbased series of seven workshops targeted at the nonprofit sector to self-assess and become socially responsible for unintentional inequitable practices, programs and processes within their organization’s culture. The Alliance for Health Equity will use Cohort 2, comprised of Chester County nonprofit service providers, as a model for developing curricula for implementation beyond Chester County.

Since 2020, the fund has

Members of Black Women of Chester County in Action

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Scan To Read Our Fall/Winter Edition Call 717-892-6818 or email advertising@engleonline.com for more information or to reserve your ad space. Deadline: Monday, March 27 R091819 awarded $116,000 in Impact Grants for 21 projects throughout Chester County. More Impact Grants will be awarded throughout the new year as time-sensitive priorities arise. Last year’s recipients included: Community Warehouse Project, Chester County Food Bank, Domestic Violence Center of Chester County and ChesPenn Health Services. Last fiscal year, the fund awarded $239,680 in grants to 30 nonprofit organizations. See a full list of last year’s grantees at www.thefundcc.org.

To date, the fund has directed more than $4 million to 86 nonprofit organizations to strategically address persisting needs, including homelessness, domestic violence and women’s health.

Gallo To Head County HR Department

Michelle Gallo

Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell, and Michelle Kichline have named Michelle Gallo the new director of human resources for the County of Chester. Gallo comes to the county from Lancaster County Government, where she served as the human resources director since March 2021. She previously spent nearly 12 years with Lancaster General Health, which is now part of Penn Medicine.

Gallo will oversee a department of 17 employees, which administers benefits to 2,400 county employees, recruits talent, develops wellness and training programs, and ensures the county complies with workplace safety regulations.

Gallo graduated from Millersville University, where she earned an undergraduate degree and a Master of Business Administration. She is married and has a teenage daughter.

ATGLEN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH: E.

Main and Dallas Sts., Atglen, PA. Joe Newsome, Interim Pastor. Join us Sundays at 11am as we preach Christ crucified, risen and coming again so all may come to a personal, saving relationship with Christ.

COMMUNITY OF LOVE LUTHERAN CHURCH

117 N. 4th Street, Oxford, PA 19363 Sunday Service 10 am(in-person & online) 610-998-0282 collutheranchurch@gmail.com For more info, visit www.collutheranchurch.org MANOR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA)

“Come find spiritual life in Christ for your family.” Cochranville: Rte. 926, halfway between Rte. 41 & Rte. 10.

Rev. Daniel Henderson, Pastor. Sunday

School for all ages at 9:30 am. Fellowship & Refreshments from 10:15-10:35 am. Worship with classes for infants-

Pre-K at 10:45 am Kidsworship for K5th is held during the sermon time.

Youth Group for 6th-12th grades twice a month at 6:30 pm 610-869-2402. www.manorpresbyterian.com

MAPLE GROVE MENNONITE CHURCH: 549 Swan Rd., Atglen. 610-593-6658,

Lead Pastor: Mike Clemmer, Music Minister: Matt Chambers. Sunday School 9am, Sunday Worship 10am, Children’s

Church, Nursery. Youth Group Wed., 7pm. Christian Preschool. Visit us online at www.maplegrovemc.com

MIDDLE OCTORARA PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH: 1199 Valley Road Quarryville. Sunday Services: Sunday

School 9 AM; Blended Worship 10:30

AM. 717-786-3402 Visit us online at www.middleoctorara.org

ENCOUNTER CHURCH: 300Hideaway

Drive, Quarryville, PA 17566

Sunday Service & Kid’s Church held at 8:30 am and 10:45 am. Church e-mail: office@encounterchurchpa.org

www.encounterchuchpa.org

Church phone: 717-786-2756

FAITH BIBLE CHAPEL: “Ordinary People

Serving An Extraordinary God.” Sunday

Worship 9:30 a.m. (Children’s Service during Pastor’s Message). Wednesday

Prayer Meeting at 6:30 p.m. We are locatedat 140 Bernard Ave., Cochranville.

Pastor Scott Althouse 610-593-6333 fbchapel@zoominternet.net

GAP COMMUNITY CHURCH: located at 835 Houston Run Drive, Gap PA 17527.

Sunday morning gathering at 10:00 am as well as streaming live.To learn more, please check out our website at:

http://gapcommunity.church

GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH: Dedicated to the serious preaching & teaching of

God’s Word. Traditional hymns & praise songs accompanied by guitar. Sunday

Service 10:40am. 53 Hurley Rd, Parkesburg, PA 19365. 610-593-7123. www. gracecommunitychurch-parkesburg.com for messages, ministries and directions

MT. VERNON CHRISTIAN CHURCH:

Growing Deeper, Reaching Farther. 1 Lighthouse Dr, Kirkwood. Pastor Tony

Murrin. Sunday School- all ages 9am,

Worship 10:00am. Handicap Access.

Phone: 717-529-4102. Visit us online at mtvernonchristianchurch.com

PARKESBURG BAPTIST CHURCH: 103

West St., (next to Parkesburg Library &

Minich Park). 610-857-9135 or Email: info@parkesburgbaptist.org. Pastor:

Rev. Mary C. Lewis. Sunday Worship 10:30 am - Nursery Care & Jr. Church provided.

HEALING SHEPHERD, ECC

Progressive, Inclusive, Democratic, Catholic! Sunday Mass: 10am 2109 Art School Road, Chester Springs, PA 19425 610-969-5932 www.healingshepherd.com

HIGHLAND BAPTIST CHURCH: 1 East Highland Rd., Parkesburg PA 19365 610-857-1670 www.highland-bc.org Sunday Services: Sunday School for all ages 9:30 am, Morning Service 10:45 am (nursery is available), Prayer Service 4 pm Wednesday Youth programs 6:30-8:00 pm. Thursday Ladies Bible Study 10:00 am

IMPACTCHURCH: Impacting lives with the

Hope of Jesus Christ. Sunday Gatherings at 9 am & 10:30 am. 101 East 1st

Ave., Parkesburg. Pastor Mike Bailey. 610-857-3887. Visit us online at

WWW.IMPACTPA.CHURCH

LITTLE BRITAIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

255 Little Britain Church Rd., Peach

Bottom (between 222 and 272). Sunday

School Classes all ages 9:15 a.m. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Youth Groups for Elementary, Jr. High and Sr. High,

Choir, Bell Choir, Small Groups. Rev.

Thomas Milligan, 717-548-2266.

Web site: www.littlebritainchurch.org

E-mail: lbpc1732@gmail.com

Hearing assistance devices. SANDY HILL COMMUNITY CHURCH: 420 S. Sandy Hill Rd., Coatesville 610-857-3959; www.sandyhill.net.

Sunday service: 10:15am; Bible teaching, music; Children’s classes, staffed nursery; Adult classes, 9:15am, Youth

Min., Sundays, 5:30-7:30pm. Small

Groups. A Friendly, Christ-centered church. Preschool: Enrolling-2 1/2-5 years, 610-857-1922

ST. CHRISTOPHER’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Where everyone can find a place to belong! 116 Lancaster Pike, Oxford (Rt. 472 at the Rt. 1 bypass ramps). Sunday in-person Holy Communion Service at 10:00 AM, also live-streamed. When people warmly welcome you, you will know you have found a church home where you can come just as you are. The Episcopal Church is Catholic in the way we worship and Protestant in the way we think. You’ll find beautiful music, good preaching, and an inclusive community in which to worship God. YOUBELONGHERE! Check out St. Christopher’s website, YouTube, or Facebook for updates and links. Rev. Dr. Mary Ann Mertz rector@stchrisoxford.org 610-932-8134 www.stchrisoxford.org

UPPER OCTORARA PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH (EPC): 1121 Octorara Trail (on Rt. 10 a mile south of Rt. 30),

Parkesburg. Christ-centered, Handicapped accessible. Sunday School all ages 9:30 am (Sept-May). Sunday Worship (Blended style) 10:30 am. Adult choir, mid-week Youth Group & a variety of adult groups. Bill Kelly, Pastor;

Bill Cliff, Asst. Pastor. (610)857-5787 www.uopc-epc.org Find us on Facebook. Christian Preschool: (610)8570236