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Buhl Regional Health Foundation (BRHF) is pleased to announce that we have recently awarded $29,000 in scholarships to 13 students pursuing careers in health-related fields. BRHF believes that by supporting students in the health care profession, it will enable them to grow and develop skills that will contribute to the overall health and well-being of our community. Congratulations to the following 2021 BRHF Scholarship Award Recipients: Bailey Hartle, Sharon Regional School of Nursing Sierra Jones, Sharon Regional School of Nursing Racheal Sifford, Sharon Regional School of Nursing Dana Bielobockey, Exercise Science/Pre-Physical Therapy, Slippery Rock University Helayna Bradac, Nursing, Gannon University Mackenzie Calvin, Pre-Medicine/Neuroscience, Mercyhurst UniversityRead More →

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Buhl Regional Health Foundation Awards $130,000 in Grants April 8, 2021 – Nine community non-profit agencies were awarded grants totaling $130,000 from the Buhl Regional Health Foundation this spring. The agencies will use the grants for health-related programs in the Foundation’s service area. Agencies, their programs, and grant awards are: —Adventures in Training with a Purpose, Functional Mobility Wellness Program for At-Risk Populations: $10,000 —Children’s Center of Mercer County, Gross Motor Space – Phase II: $5,000 —CLSV Stey-Nevant Branch Library, Health Literacy for the Future: $15,000 —Community Action Partnership of MC, Lots to Love: $5,000 —Friends of MERP, Medical Equipment Access Security Initiative: $20,000 —HopeRead More →

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BRHF is pleased to announce that they have recently awarded $21,000 in scholarships to 9 students pursuing careers in health related fields. BRHF believes that by supporting students in the health care profession, it will enable them to grow and develop skills that will contribute to the overall health and well-being of our community. The scholarship funding is available to students who reside in the Foundation’s service area and are pursuing a bachelor’s degree or higher in a health-related field, or an R.N. at the Sharon Regional School of Nursing. The BRHF will begin accepting applications for the next scholarship cycle in Spring 2021. ForRead More →

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Buhl Regional Health Foundation has worked quickly to establish a way to help our local community with basic hardships resulting from the current COVID-19 pandemic. We have developed a COVID-19 Emergency Funding Process for our local non-profit agencies. We have given out $78,000 to local non-profit organizations to help meet the needs of our community. As the COVID-19 virus continue to evolve, one of Buhl Regional Health Foundation’s greatest concerns will be the health, and wellness and safety of our community. As a result, we are cancelling any of the Foundation’s upcoming in-person Community Action Team Meetings and will reschedule for a future date. OurRead More →

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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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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 →

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Wednesday, June 5, 20198:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Buhl Regional Health Foundation701 Pierce Ave, Suite 1, Sharon, PA  Buhl Regional Health Foundation invites you to join us for this highly engaging program to help you in your efforts to operate a successful non-profit organization. Learn how to: Develop and Manage a Strategic Plan Build Efficiencies through Collaboration Increase Community Exposure Develop your Board, Volunteer Base, and Staff This program in presented by the Office of Workforce Development & Continuing Education, Penn State Beaver.There is no cost to attend the program. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Registration is required and space will be limited to aRead More →

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Panel Discussion and Networking Event Tuesday, May 7, 20193:00 – 5:00 p.m. Hope Center for Arts and Technology115 Anson Way, Sharon, PA  Buhl Regional Health Foundation invites you to join us to get the inside scoop on available funding opportunities in our community.  Gain advice & information Find out what funding is available to you Opportunity to network with local non-profits Talk face-to-face with local and regional funders such as Buhl Regional Health Foundation, Community Foundation of Western PA & Eastern OH, Highmark and PNC.  A joint effort by Buhl Regional Health Foundation and Grant Makers of Western Pennsylvania, this program will provide an opportunity forRead More →