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Crozer-Keystone, Prospect Medical Holdings Agree to Patch Up Differences
A disagreement over how much Prospect Medical Holdings has paid so far to buy the five hospitals in the Crozer-Keystone Health System has cut deep, but a new breakthrough last week promises to bandage up those differences. Prospect and Crozer-Keystone have agreed to arbitration in order to settle a disputed $21.5 million that Crozer-Keystone Community…
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Wawa Foundation Chooses Finalists for Hero Award, Invites Public to Decide Winner
The Wawa Foundation has chosen four finalists for its 2017 “Hero Award” and has invited the public to help decide the winner. The nonprofit foundation oversees the charitable and philanthropic activities of the popular Delaware County-based convenience store chain. It annually awards a nonprofit organization that serves the Greater Philadelphia area by assisting others and…
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PECO Announces Major Grant for Outdoor Education Program
Representatives of Natural Lands Trust, the Pottstown School District, and NorthBay, a Maryland-based nature center, have announced a major grant from PECO and the Exelon Foundation in support of a new and innovative outdoor education program in the District. Launched last fall, the program – called Powered by Nature – emphasizes exploration in nature, authentic…
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Radnor’s VWR Donates $35,000 to Charity in Toronto
For Radnor’s VWR, business is doing well north of the border, and as a result, one of Canada’s most noteworthy charities is now the beneficiary. Through its VWR Collection program, the world’s leading independent provider of products and services to laboratory and production facilities donated $35,000 to Toronto’s SickKids Foundation. The VWR Collection program annually…
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Elite Puréed Meals Among Five Businesses to Be Honored at SCORE Luncheon
Chester and Delaware County SCORE – a nonprofit comprised of volunteers who provide free professional business counseling to entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits in Chester and Delaware counties – will host its seventh annual Small Business Achievement Awards Luncheon on Thursday at the Concord Country Club. Elite Puréed Meals, a Newtown Square-based company owned by…
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SubstiToothFairy Among Five Businesses to Be Honored at SCORE Luncheon
Chester and Delaware County SCORE – a nonprofit comprised of volunteers who provide free professional business counseling to entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits in Chester and Delaware counties – will host its seventh annual Small Business Achievement Awards Luncheon on Thursday at the Concord Country Club. SubstiToothFairy, one of the fastest-growing temporary dental staffing agencies…
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Wawa to Honor Community Heroes with $80,000 in Grants
Wawa is looking to honor community heroes with $80,000 in grants, writes Sara Smith for NBC 10. The Wawa Foundation has invited people to share their stories about Philadelphia nonprofits and the work they are doing in serving the Greater Philadelphia area by assisting others. A $50,000 grant will be awarded to the winning organization,…
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Philadelphia Business Journal Praises Delaware County Companies for Their Philanthropy
With its annual Faces of Philanthropy Awards, the Philadelphia Business Journal recently highlighted “what the business community is doing to make the region a better place for all of the region’s people.” As a result, the PBJ honored a number of suburban companies for their work with the nonprofit sector. The criterion for this year’s…
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Middletown Township Native Appointed Executive Director of Media’s Providence Animal Center
The Board of Directors of Providence Animal Center in Media has appointed Lisa Roberts Cadorette as the center’s new Executive Director. A Middletown Township native with 25 years of experience in nonprofit administration and public relations, Cadorette officially stepped into the role on May 8, after serving as a volunteer on the board for more…
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Willistown Conservation Trust Receives Grant to Advance Watershed Protection
The Willistown Conservation Trust, the founders of which have overseen the protection of more than 7,200 acres of open space in the Willistown area since 1979, has received a two-year, $410,000 grant from the William Penn Foundation to increase its capacity for watershed protection. The Crum Creek is one of four major tributaries to the…
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National Movement Designed to Engage People in Open Dialogue Comes to Delco
On the Table, a national movement first launched in Chicago in 2014, is a forum designed to engage area residents in an open dialogue, foster new relationships, and inspire solutions to strengthen communities. On Tuesday, May 23, On the Table is coming to Philadelphia and, by extension, Delaware County. Delco residents will have the opportunity…
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Nonprofit Grocer Fare & Square Turns Chester’s Food Desert into Oasis
It’s getting closer to sustainability by sustaining the nutrition needs of its impoverished surroundings. The experiment that put nonprofit supermarket Fare & Square in the middle of a food desert is now beginning to look a bit like an oasis, according to a report in The Philadelphia Citizen by Quinn O’Callaghan. [uam_ad id=”50739″] Advertisement Vice…
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Chamber of Commerce’s Youth Leadership Academy Celebrates Power of Achievement
The 9th Annual Youth Leadership Academy was held from April 24-26 at Neumann University, ending with a presentation ceremony and reception. The Youth Leadership Academy targets 30 high school sophomores from schools all across Delaware County to participate and absorb the basic skills of leadership sponsored by The Delaware County Workforce Investment Board, Youth Council,…
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Viral Mustard Challenge from Edgmont Nonprofit Helps Kids Swallow Better Cancer Treatments
It may be a spoonful of silliness to many people, but social media’s viral Mustard Challenge represents the bitter pill too many children have to swallow. Some of the toxic drugs used to treat pediatric cancer patients “were derived from the same chemicals as mustard gas,” according to an ABC News report by Jason Boyd.…
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Philly Tech Week Comes Back to Delaware County with Suburban Innovation
Philly Tech Week comes back to Delaware County, for the third year in a row with the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce. Philly Tech Week: Suburban Innovation is an initiative by the Chamber to host tech events outside the city limits during Tech Week (Friday, April 28 to Saturday, May 6). In an effort to…
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Delaware County Chamber of Commerce Applauds Mariner East 2 Approval
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s recent stamp of approval on the Mariner East 2 pipeline has opened up the flow of cheers from the business community, and chief among them is the celebration by the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce over the pipeline as an imminent boon to the local economy. “It’s not often…
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It’s Not Too Late to Register for Tomorrow’s WOMENomics Forum in Wallingford
Join the Friends of the Delaware County Women’s Commission and Delaware County Business and Professional Women for its Annual WOMENomics Forum. WOMENomics will take place on Saturday, March 25 from 8 AM-12 PM at the Springhaven Club in Wallingford. The cost is $25; $20 for members of sponsoring organizations; $10 for students. The keynote speaker…
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Elwyn’s Board of Directors Appoints New President, CEO
The Elwyn Board of Directors has appointed Charles “Chuck” McLister the new President and CEO of its organization, a nationally recognized leader in education and support services for children and adults with physical and intellectual challenges. McLister succeeds Sandra Cornelius, who served Elwyn for more than a quarter of a century and announced her retirement…
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