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Buhl Regional Health Foundation 2019 Fall Forum Working Together to Create Trauma-Informed Communities Tuesday, November 12, 2019 8:00 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. Thiel College Howard Miller Student Center Greenville, PA Buhl Regional Health Foundation invites community organizations and leaders to join us for a free day-long forum focusing on the impacts of adverse childhood events in Mercer County and how we can work together to create a resilient community. Please mark your calendars and plan to join your colleagues from around the region. Topics for the day include an Overview of Adverse Childhood Events, Trauma Informed Communities, Resiliency, and a panel discussion of Impacts to FamilyRead More →

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The Buhl Regional Health Foundation will offer a 4-week grant workshop series, taught by Jennifer Barborak, UPMC Horizon Community Health Foundation, which will begin on Thursday, October 24, 2019. The series will focus on the basics of grant writing and specifics to the Buhl Regional Health Foundation application process for non-profit organizations who plan to apply for funding to address community health and wellbeing within the next 12 months. The sessions will be held weekly beginning Thursday, October 24 through November 14, 2019 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the BRHF office, located at 701 Pierce Ave., Suite 1, in Sharpsville, PA. This series willRead More →

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  Eleven community non-profit agencies received grants Friday, September 27, 2019, totaling $585,833 from the Buhl Regional Health Foundation. The agencies will use the grants for mental and physical health or health-related programs in the Foundation’s service area. A brief meeting was held to distribute the grant awards and congratulate the agency leaders and grant writers who worked to request the funds for their organizations. Agencies, their programs, and grant awards are: —Buhl Community Recreation Center, Program Capacity Building – Youth and Wellness: $250,000 with a five mutli-year pledge totaling $2,000,000 —Children’s Advocacy Center of Lawrence County, Nurse Family Partnership: $66,733 —Community Food Warehouse ofRead More →

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The Buhl Club’s Board and the staff have been working since 2016 to take the organization in a new direction to meet the needs of the community it serves. The Buhl Regional Health Foundation (BRHF) has agreed to provide a multiyear matching grant totaling $2 million to the Buhl Club to renovate, add programs and fund projects over the next five years. The initial payment of $250,000 has been dispersed on September 27, 2019. The Buhl Regional Health Foundation will work closely with the Buhl Club to assure that they meet their goals and to monitor the progress being made as they expand services andRead More →

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June 11, 2019 – Buhl Regional Health Foundation held their first Capacity Building for Non-Profits program on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Amy Fazio, shared her knowledge from working with numerous non-profits over the years. A number of local non-profit leaders attended the program. The program topics included how to develop and manage a strategic plan, build efficiencies through collaboration, increase community exposure, develop your board and conduct successful fundraising. Stay tuned for future events such as these as a way to help strengthen our local non-profits.Read More →

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Buhl Regional Health Foundation presents awards in honor of Hospital Week June 11, 2019 – Dr. Michelle Thompson, a physician, Donnee Huffer, RN, Nurse Manager, SRMC and Sandy Erdice, volunteer at UPMC, were recently honored with the Buhl Regional Health Foundation’s National Hospital Week award. The recipients each received $3,000 to be donated to a charity of their choice: Dr. Thompson chose Earth Angel Farm in Warren, OH to create a mobile teaching kitchen to be used in Food As Medicine programs, Huffer selected a local non-profit Adrienne’s Army to support those with metastatic breast cancer, and Erdice’s gift will go to UPMC Horizon CommunityRead More →

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Buhl Regional Health Foundation (BRHF) announces the fourth Grant Cycle beginning on June 10, 2019.  Applicants that meet eligibility requirements can submit a Letter of Inquiry by July 5, 2019 via Buhl Regional Health Foundation’s online grant application at www.buhlregionalhealthfoundation.org/grant-portal/. The Buhl Regional Health Foundation Online Grant Portal allows the BRHF staff, Grants Committee, and Board of Directors, who are responsible for recommending and approving grants for funding, a controlled and structured tool that will assist in guiding them through the grant review cycle timeline. Details about how to apply, an instructional video, and the link to log-in to the Grant Portal are available onRead More →

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Buhl Regional Health Foundation Releases Kick-Off Date, June 10, 2019 For Fall 2019 Grant Cycle.  Buhl Regional Health Foundation (BRHF) announces the fifth Grant Cycle beginning on June 10, 2019.  Applicants that meet eligibility requirements can submit a Letter of Inquiry by July 5, 2019 via Buhl Regional Health Foundation’s online grant application at www.buhlregionalhealthfoundation.org/grant-portal/. The Buhl Regional Health Foundation Online Grant Portal allows the BRHF staff, Grants Committee, and Board of Directors, who are responsible for recommending and approving grants for funding, a controlled and structured tool that will assist in guiding them through the grant review cycle timeline. Details about how to apply, anRead More →

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Nine community non-profit agencies received grants Friday, March 29, 2019, totaling $252,600 from the Buhl Regional Health Foundation. The agencies will use the grants for mental and physical health or health-related programs in the Foundation’s service area. A brief meeting was held to distribute the grant awards and congratulate the agency leaders and grant writers who worked to request the funds for their organizations.  Agencies, their programs, and grant awards are: —Adventures in Training with a Purpose, Specialized Training for Vulnerable Populations: $20,000 —Butler County Community College, HOPE Initiative: Healthy Endorphin-Awakened Lifestyle (HEAL): $11,000 —Community Arts Experience, Arts-N-Motion: “Dancing Display of Lights”: $5,500 —Gaudenzia Erie,Read More →