The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies Distribution Committee has approved $54,775 in grants for charitable organizations in Cambria and Somerset counties.
The largest grant, $10,000, went to The Learning Lamp based in Johnstown. The money will be used in the formation of a Boys and Girls Club in Moxham, said Mike Kane, foundation executive director.
In Somerset County, among the outlays are two grants totaling $5,000 for Somerset-based Laurel Arts for an education and dance center.
Organizations that received grants, their amounts and purposes:
• Ancient Order of Hibernians, Johnstown, $250, Irish Cultural Celebration.
• Beginnings, Johnstown, $400, Keep Books and Writing Center.
• Victim Services, Johnstown, $1,500, suicide prevention for the elderly.
• Conemaugh Valley Conservancy, Johnstown, $3,000, Mayer Trail in Hornerstown, and $1,500, Stream Team AmeriCorps.
• Cresson Lake Playhouse, Ebensburg, $1,000, Children’s Theatre Arts and Educational Festival.
• Johnstown Business District Coalition, $1,000, downtown dog park.
• Johnstown Symphony Orchestra, $2,000, July 4 concert.
• Cambria County Children and Youth Services, Johnstown, $1,250, visiting room renovation.
• Art Works in Johnstown, $1,500, To Know You is to Love You.
• Greater Johnstown Youth League Association, $1,500, fencing and bleacher repairs.
• West End Improvement Group, Johnstown, $1,500, Route 56 project.
• Johnstown BMX, $2,000, safety improvements and first aid equipment.
• Cambria County Student Hockey League, $3,000, Sitting Bull sled hockey.
• Johnstown Redevelopment Authority, $3,500, Johnstown Tech Park Riverwalk.
• The Learning Lamp, Johnstown, $10,000, establishment of a Boys and Girls Club in Moxham.
• Professional Family Care Services, Johnstown, $500, family group decision making.
• Distinctive Human Services, Johnstown, $1,000, escorted medical transportation.
• Cancer Caring Center, Johnstown, $1,800, women’s cancer support group.
• Keystone Chapter of American Red Cross, Johnstown, $2,500, 100 Families Emergency Fund.
• Mary S. Biesecker Library, Somerset, $500, phase 2 of the Gates Initiative.
• Somerset County Flag Committee, $500, flag committee use.
• Turkeyfoot Lending Library, Harnedsville, $575, resource displays and signage.
• Cambria-Somerset County Multiple Sclerosis Society, Johnstown, $1,000, enhanced massage therapy program.
• Laurel Arts, Somerset, $5,000, education and dance center.
• Somerset Therapeutic Association for Riding, $1,000, STAR riding program.
• Boys & Girls Club of Somerset County, Somerset, $3,000, AmeriCorps liason with Somerset Area School District.
• Meyersdale Area School District, Meyersdale, $2,500, tennis court renovations.
The grants are from the distribution committee’s spring meeting.
The deadline for the fall round of grants is Aug. 28, Kane said.
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