YCCF News
Innovative Approaches To Education
In 2009, the Community Foundation’s Fund for York County and the Women’s Giving Circle awarded grants to YorkCounts to support the application of a new charter school to the Commonwealth. Just two years later, York Academy Regional Charter School opened in downtown York with students in kindergarten, first, and second grades and with 200 children […]
Helping Children In Poverty
Children in poverty are burdened with stresses most of us can barely imagine. After researching ways to best help as many students as possible, YCCF joined the community schools movement, partnering with the United Way of York County, our Women’s Giving Circle, and community philanthropists to bring Communities In Schools to the City of York. […]
Leaving A Legacy No Matter Where You Are
Jeff and Cindy Lobach’s varied and eclectic volunteer service led them to create the Jeff and Cindy Lobach Community Fund at the Community Foundation. Jeff, a former Community Foundation board director, said, “I had a front row seat at the transformation of the Community Foundation to its present proactive and impactful state. With college in […]
Michael And Judy Rutter: Deep Community Roots
Michael and Judy Rutter’s York County roots run deep. Their family dairy business and farm store began as a retail dairy business in the 1920s. When Michael and Judy began working with their attorney to plan for retirement and create an estate plan, their deep roots tugged at them. They liked the idea of everlasting […]
York Is Home
Joe Wagman has philanthropy in his blood. His father taught him lessons of giving, passing along his own father’s simple adage: “You must attend to your family, your business, and your community, in that order of priority.” Joe and his wife, Susan, take that responsibility seriously. They are passionate about the York community, particularly its […]
Yorktowne Hotel Re-Imagined for a Vibrant Downtown
The historic Yorktowne Hotel has been a cornerstone of downtown York since 1925. However, in recent years the once elegant grand hotel has needed repairs and updating. When the property was placed on the market for sale, the community was concerned that potential uses for the building could be detrimental to current downtown revitalization efforts. […]
Everyone Wants to Age Well
At 88, Olivia Brown lives in her own home and likes staying active in the community and at home, most often in her garden. She is a frequent participant in programs at Crispus Attucks (CA), a nonprofit that provides education services, human services, community development, and affordable housing. Although Ms. Brown likes to drive just […]
What is Embracing Aging?
Embracing Aging is a long-term initiative that focuses on culture change and how people experience aging in York County. Its purpose is to make York County a great place to age by expanding understanding and caring about the needs and perspectives of older adults and reducing barriers to aging well. It launched in fall 2013 […]
Community Comes Together to Change Lives
“Be leaders. Stop being followers. I’m begging you – please, please stop the gun violence,” pleaded Mrs. Natalie Brown, an advocate and mother who lost her son to gun violence. Mrs. Brown was one of more than 50 community members who attended the first “call-in” of the York City Group Violence Intervention (GVI) initiative. Government […]
Call of the Wild
On a beautiful May day, 66 fifth grade students and their teachers flocked outside to study bird habitats and stream health at Kiwanis Lake and Noonan Park. The students, all from Jacob L. Devers School in York City, were part of an Audubon Pennsylvania program to get York City students excited about science and nature. […]
