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Helping the Helpers

A Connellsville nonprofit is renovating a space to provide local theater and youth activities.The Coker Council for the Arts and Activities plans to transform space in the former Woolworth’s store on West Crawford Avenue into a small event center and a black box theater.The organization’s ...

Give-A-Christmas total continues to grow

<strong>Total:</strong> $2,632<strong>Goal:</strong> $15,000The Give-A-Christmas total continues to grow, with another $2,021 donated over the past several days.“We’re continuing to climb toward our goal,” said campaign mascot ...

The four pillars of Blueprints, which calls itself a “change agency,” are the mind, the home, health and the wallet.And Blueprints assists thousands of residents of Washington and Greene counties and West Virginia through an abundance of programs that help them improve their lives and ...

In 2012, Megs Yunn, founder of Beverly’s Birthdays, asked a little boy at a domestic violence shelter what made birthdays so important.“He said, ‘Miss Megs, birthdays are about showing the world that you matter,’” she recalled.Yunn said she spoke to the boy shortly after launching the ...

For more than four decades, Washington Christian Outreach has been spreading the gospel and fulfilling the material and spiritual needs of the less fortunate in the community.Currently, those services include a soup kitchen and an on-site store that allows those who qualify to shop for ...

Washington County Gay Straight Alliance

For a decade, the Washington County Gay Straight Alliance has provided education, socialization, well-being and empowerment to the area's LGBTQ+ community.While an established organization, in some ways, the nonprofit is just getting started."We've been around quite a while," said WCGSA center ...