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The Pennsylvania School Boards Association honored The Trojan Times, official newsletter of the Greater Johnstown School District, with an honorable mention in the PSBA 2010 Print Newsletter/Newspaper Award of Excellence category.
This is the second consecutive year Trojan Times has been honored.
The strategic marketing firm Massolutions produces The Trojan Times on a quarterly basis. The newsletter is distributed to students and teachers in each of the district’s four school buildings, and is mailed to households throughout the Greater Johns- town School District.
PSBA, the sponsoring organization of the Educational Publications Contest, used independent judges to determine the winners from among 186 entries. The 501 school districts in Pennsylvania were eligible to participate.
Films sought for annual festival
Organizers have issued a call for entries for the 2011 First Commonwealth Johnstown Film Festival.
Original short films of all genres running 30 minutes or less are eligible.
There is a $10 entry fee per film, and entries must be submitted on VHS or DVD.
Complete rules, technical requirements and entry forms are available at www.johnstownfilmfest.org.
The entry deadline is Feb. 1.
Next year’s festival is scheduled for June 15-18.
Rotarians raising money for books
The Johnstown Rotary club is raising money for First Book, a nonprofit organization that provides new books to children in need, addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy – access to books.
A donation of $10 will provide five new books to a child in need in the Johnstown area.
To learn more, go to www.firstbook.org.
Curves promoting Breast Cancer month
Curves of Westmont and Richland are participating in Breast Cancer Awareness Month by waiving the joining fee for new members who show proof of a recent mammogram or make a $25 donation to the American Cancer Society.
Club members may purchase a ribbon at the club in memory of or in honor of a friend or family member who has been affected by, or lost to, the disease, with all proceeds going directly to the American Cancer Society. For more information, contact Amanda Welsh at Curves of Westmont at 254-1573 or Darci Sanner at Curves of Richland at 266-0059.
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