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Join us in celebrating the groundwork of Buhl Regional Health Foundation The staff of Buhl Regional Health Foundation has created and released the first Annual Report for the non-profit organization. In it, the mission, values, and goals of BRHF are displayed through the important work of its founding board members, staff, and professional partners.  A summary of the first grant awards, the Foundation’s financial statement, and the collaborative connections that are in progress within our community are also reviewed in the Annual Report booklet which is linked below. Annual ReportRead More →

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Previous participation in capacity-building events that Buhl Regional Health Foundation (BRHF) has held and their continued interest in working together for community health and wellbeing has identified approximately 75 Action Team participants as assets in leadership for the Sharon regional area.  We look forward to hosting them to encourage dialogue about advancing collaborative impacts on specific community issues. The main objective of the 2018 Action Team meetings will be for the partners within in each team to develop a collaborative community health project or program.  In support of that initiative, the identified collaborators may then choose to prepare a Letter of Inquiry for a grantRead More →

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Buhl Regional Health Foundation (BRHF) is currently reviewing its Spring 2018 Grant Cycle and will approve its second round of grant requests on March 22, 2018. Grants will be awarded by the end of March.  Those with an open invitation to apply for a grant through the online Grant Portal are non-profit community agencies that share in the BRHF mission “to identify and address the diverse health care needs of the greater Sharon regional area.” Sixty-three Letters of Inquiry have been submitted since the Grant Portal was launched in July, 2017. On Wednesday, November 1, 2017, eight community non-profit agencies received grants totaling $172,000 fromRead More →

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Buhl Regional Health Foundation Releases Kick-Off Date For Second Grant Cycle: December 18, 2017 Buhl Regional Health Foundation (BRHF) announces the second Grant Cycle beginning on December 18, 2017.  Applicants that meet eligibility requirements can submit a Letter of Inquiry 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 toRead More →

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Grants awarded on November 1, 2017 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mahoning Valley awarded $5,000 Buhl Community Recreation Center awarded $75,000 Family Services of NW PA awarded $10,000 Farrell Area School District awarded $12,500 Mercer County Communities that Care awarded $22,500 Mercer County Criminal Justice Advisory Board awarded $17,000 Potential Development awarded $5,000 UPMC Horizon Community Health Foundation awarded $25,000  Read More →

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Buhl Foundation Awards Grants to Health Groups – The Sharon Herald Grant Award Reception Held at Buhl Regional Health Foundation on November 1, 2017 SHARPSVILLE — If Buhl Regional Health Foundation’s goal is for its grant recipients to coordinate with one another, it’s off to a six-figure start. The foundation awarded $172,000 Wednesday to eight organizations looking to help the mental and physical health of those in Mercer County. Two of those organizations began collaboration even before the grant award. This is Buhl’s first time going through the entire process, from creating a program, to accepting applications, and finally to the symbolic handshake. There willRead More →

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Buhl Regional Health Foundation awards $172,000 in community grants Eight community non-profit agencies received grants Wednesday totaling $172,000 from the Buhl Regional Health Foundation. The agencies will use the grants for health or health-related programs in the Foundation’s service area. Agencies, their programs, and grant awards are: Big Brother Big Sisters of the Mahoning Valley, Site-based Mentoring Program, which is a Big Brothers, Big Sisters endeavor to be expanded into Brookfield and Masury, OH, $5,000 Buhl Community Recreation Center, Buhl Child Development Center, Sharon-based facility with this new program of a PA State Licensed Child Care, Preschool and School age programs for those ages 12Read More →