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Thursday, February 13, 2025
The Blair County Week of the Young Child Celebration is an annual free, fun fair focusing on young children, their…
Thursday, February 6, 2025
By RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies
Housing, shelter, and utility assistance were the leading reasons…
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
By RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies
On Feb. 11, United Ways across Pennsylvania will celebrate PA…
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies (UWSA) is proud to announce its selection as one of six United Ways in…
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
By RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies
The Healthy Blair County Coalition (HBCC) is calling on all…
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies is proud to announce a significant allocation of $1,044,252 to 39 partner…
Thursday, June 20, 2024
By RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies
If "The Brady Bunch" was a modern family living in our region,…
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
By RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies
The Healthy Blair County Coalition, under the umbrella of the…
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
By RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies
The United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Glass Slipper Project…
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
There are a lot of exciting things happening at United Way of the Southern Alleghenies right now. One of them is the…
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
By RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies
Lauren Lazzari
The United Way of…
Thursday, January 11, 2024
By KAREN STRUBLE MYERS
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies President & CEO
Every month, United Way of the…
Monday, December 18, 2023
By RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies
Blair, Cambria, and Somerset Counties now have a representative…
Monday, December 11, 2023
We held a big diaper drive in Ebensburg, provided hundreds of children with warm coats, and have a lot of other great…
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Check out our October 2023 Newsletter.
Thursday, October 5, 2023
By RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies
A stable supply of diapers not only means clean baby-bottoms, it…
Monday, September 11, 2023
BY RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies
It has been a busy season for United Way in the region, enhanced…
Monday, August 28, 2023
By RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies
United Way of the Laurel Highlands and United Way of Blair…
Monday, June 26, 2023
By RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
KEY QUOTE: “With the support of the community, we invest in programs…
Thursday, June 8, 2023
One of the apartments at the Women's Help Center, geared to be a longer-term place for people to get back on their…
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
United Way of the Laurel Highlands Community Relationship Manager Rick Kazmer and Zac Cromie, Smith Propane & Oil…
Thursday, April 13, 2023
By RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
The United Way of the Laurel Highlands in April welcomed Karen Shaw…
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Funding will be used for a series of projects aimed to reduce hunger by 2% in Greater Johnstown
By RICK KAZMER
United…
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
By RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
Kathleen Bickford and Lisa Miller have a unique perspective on…
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Photo by Travis Hutzell
Windber Borough Community members celebrate the renovations at The Grand Ballroom on Feb. 26…
Monday, November 28, 2022
BY RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
Tax season is a confusing time for many families.
United Way has a…
Thursday, November 10, 2022
BY RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
Johnstown resident Brian Lingenfelter likes to buy plum tomatoes,…
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
BY RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
When talking with Erika Brosig and Jessica Piro about their work at…
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
The United Way of the Laurel Highlands is the recipient of two American Rescue Plan Act grants, one from the City of…
Thursday, September 15, 2022
(Editor's note: This article was originally published in Our Town and is being published here with permission.) …
Thursday, September 15, 2022
(Editor's note: This article was originally published in Our Town and is being published here with permission.)…
Monday, September 12, 2022
Scan the code to take the survey.
BY RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
A survey is being conducted…
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Hope's Story
While Hope isn't a real person, she represents a collection of stories about real community members who…
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
BY RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
The list of culprits impacting regional community health is familiar…
Monday, August 8, 2022
BY RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
A pilot program debuting Aug. 5 at the Downtown Johnstown Farmer’s…
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
BY RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
814 Lanes & Games in Richland Township is helping local…
Thursday, June 30, 2022
By RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
There are many reasons people become homeless.
Lisa Wengerd, who…
Monday, June 13, 2022
By RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
Huggies and Pampers were among the diaper brands boarding a CamTran…
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
BY RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
The United Way of the Laurel Highlands reported during the…
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
By UNITED WAY OF THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS
A local nonprofit is hoping to keep the wheels moving on a newly created diaper…
Monday, May 2, 2022
BY RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
The United Way of the Laurel Highlands Diaper Bank has received a…
Monday, April 25, 2022
BY RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
United Way of the Laurel Highlands President and CEO Karen Struble…
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
BY RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
The United Way of the Laurel Highlands is about 92% of the way to the…
Monday, March 14, 2022
(Note: This information was released by Vision Together 2025 about an initiative the United Way of the Laurel Highlands…
Thursday, February 17, 2022
BY RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
If you have visited the United Way of the Laurel Highlands's…
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
BY RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
A tour of the historic building, that around a century or more ago…
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Get ready to pick up your paintbrushes.
The 2nd Annual Bob Zahurak Memorial Painting Event to benefit the United Way…
Thursday, December 2, 2021
BY RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
At 18 months old, registered nurse Lisa Miller wants to see the…
Thursday, November 18, 2021
BY RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
Long division can be tough to learn.
It can be an even greater…
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
By RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
Women United of the Laurel Highlands held its signature event earlier…
Friday, October 8, 2021
Here are some photos taken from Women United of the Laurel Highlands Power of the Purse event, held Oct. 7, 2021, in…
Monday, September 20, 2021
By RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
When Bob Zahurak watched the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday afternoons…
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
BY RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
There's a tribe in another part of the world that has a unique…
Thursday, September 9, 2021
9/9/21
BY RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
The Somerset Domino's Pizza shop is supporting the United Way…
Thursday, August 19, 2021
The United Way of the Laurel Highlands will be announcing plans for the 2021 Campaign season, as well as the…
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Here's our June 2021 Newsletter. It includes news on our latest round of grant allocations -- more than $859,000 back…
Thursday, June 17, 2021
6/17/21 - RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
United Way of the Laurel Highlands board and staff members…
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
The United Way of the Laurel Highlands Diaper Bank is open for supplemental pickups the last Tuesday of each month.
…
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Get the latest United Way of the Laurel Highlands news, must-hear messages and more. Check out our newsletter, here.…
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
5/25/21- RICK KAZMER
United Way of the Laurel Highlands
When Smith Propane & Oil propane General Manager…
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
5/19/21 - UNITED WAY OF THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS
Thanks to everyone who participated in the 1st Annual Bob Zahurak Painting…
Thursday, May 6, 2021
5/6/21 - RICK KAZMER - United Way of the Laurel Highlands
While most of society was on lockdown for much of the last…
Thursday, April 29, 2021
4/29/21 - RICK KAZMER - United Way of the Laurel Highlands
Randy’s BiLo and Ideal Market locations in Johnstown and…
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
4/28/21 – RICK KAZMER – United Way of the Laurel Highlands
Participants in the final diversity, equity and inclusion…
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
4/28/21 - Click HERE for a pdf of our April 2021 newsletter.
Monday, April 26, 2021
4/26/21 - Members of the North Star Youth Machine Pitch Team, Griffith Excavating, hold a donation check for the United…
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
4/20/21 - RICK KAZMER - United Way of the Laurel Highlands
During the first three diversity, equity and inclusion…
Monday, April 5, 2021
4/1/21 - Click here to read the March 2021 Newsletter as a pdf.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
3/24/21 – RICK KAZMER – United Way of the Laurel Highlands
The third diversity, equity and inclusion training session…
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
3/16/21 - Participants in the third of four diversity and inclusion training sessions hosted by the United Way of the…
Monday, March 8, 2021
3/8/21- RICK KAZMER - United Way of the Laurel Highlands
The team at 814 Lanes & Games in Richland Township is…
Friday, February 26, 2021
2/26/21 - Here's the United Way of the Laurel Highlands February newsletter. Click here to read.
Thursday, February 25, 2021
2/25/21 - Berlin Market, located at 540 Main Street in Berlin, is hosting a fundraiser for the United Way of the Laurel…
Thursday, February 25, 2021
2/25/21 - Check out this video, which explains some of the projects we are working on, and how you can help. Click here…
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
2/24/21 - RICK KAZMER – United Way of the Laurel Highlands
Participants during the second diversity and inclusion…
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
2/24/21 – There were 142 people from Cambria County who called the United Way’s Pennsylvania 211 network in January…
Monday, February 15, 2021
2/15/21 - The United Way of the Laurel Highlands is wrapping up the annual fundraiser. Listen to this audio clip for a…
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
2/9/21 - RICK KAZMER - United Way of the Laurel Highlands
Domino’s Pizza locations in Johnstown and Somerset are…
Monday, February 8, 2021
2/8/21 - RICK KAZMER – United Way of the Laurel Highlands
The second installment of diversity, equity and inclusion…
Monday, February 1, 2021
2/1/21 - Johnstown, PA – On Feb. 11, PA 211 Day, United Way of the Laurel Highlands joins United Way of Pennsylvania…
Thursday, January 28, 2021
1/28/21 RICK KAZMER – United Way of the Laurel Highlands
About 50 people attended implicit bias training held Jan. 26…
Monday, January 25, 2021
1/25/21 - In March the United Way of the Laurel Highlands will be providing “30 Days of Giving” as part of the effort…
Thursday, January 21, 2021
1/21/21
People in Somerset and Cambria counties continue to struggle to buy food, and to pay for rent and utilities…
Thursday, January 14, 2021
1/13/21 - RICK KAZMER - United Way of the Laurel Highlands
For decades America’s cultural mix has been described as a…
Thursday, January 14, 2021
1/12/21 - RICK KAZMER - United Way of the Laurel Highlands
The United Way of the Laurel Highlands and Walmart are…