The BB&T now Truist Economic Growth Fund at the Lancaster County Community Foundation has provided nearly $850,000 to support seven higher education institutions committed to supporting career placement opportunities for Lancaster youth.
More than 18 months after beginning, SouthEast Lancaster City now has its newest monthly career fair as part of Project Activate's SouthEast Worx initiative.
Even the obstacles of a pandemic can't stop the extraordinary innovation of our business sector! For nearly 10 years, the Community Foundation is proud to support ASSETS' Great Social Enterprise Pitch: a friendly business competition designed to spur ideas, launch dreams, and expand the way Lancaster County does business by harnessing the creativity of social enterprise.
The pandemic has changed so much about the way we communicate and connect in fundamental ways. With the increased digitization of human contact, it's made receiving mail a rare treat for so many of us. And, around this time each year, the Community Foundation receives just about the best mail you could hope for: dozens of thank you letters from students who are part of the Pennsylvania Future Farmers of America.
Recently we got the honor to celebrate the Baldwin Leaders extraordinary work and hear all the extraordinary things they did since the start of the program. Hear from them about their projects.
Over the month of February, In Good Company-- a joint initiative with the Community Foundation, ASSETS, and the Lancaster Chamber hosted a series of digital conversations to with local business leaders to discuss how we can best learn from each other, build collective understanding, and use business as a force for good in our community.
Join us to explore how to systematically change inequitable practices that perpetuate an environment of non-inclusion of all stakeholders. Únase a nosotros para explorar cómo cambiar sistemáticamente las prácticas no equitativas que perpetúan un entorno de no inclusión de todas las partes interesadas.
Join us to explore equity and the intersectionality of visible and invisible disabilities with race, gender, and other lived experiences. Únase a nosotros para explorar la equidad y la intersección de las discapacidades visibles e invisibles con la raza, el género y otras experiencias vividas.
Join us to explore the importance of authentic leadership during challenging times. Únase a nosotros para explorar la importancia del auténtico liderazgo en tiempos difíciles.
Join us to explore language justice in an interactive way, and to gain tools and resources to successfully serve community needs.
