BUSINESS UPDATES | Sweeney’s Operation Santa campaign raises $16,650 for Project MKC
Among today s business updates: Suite Magnolias; The Simulator Lounge at Waypoint 4180; Kent State University at Trumbull s veterinary technology program; Meridian HealthCare; Farmers National Banc Corp.; and Columbia Gas.
Jan 30, 2021 8:52 AM By: Mahoning Matters staff 1 / 1 Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC representatives present a $16,650 check to Project MKC. From left, Alexa Sweeney Blackann, president of Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC; Colleen Gamble, Project MKC program director; Shelly Marlowe, Project MKC co-president; Jana Coffin, Project MKC co-president; Bobby Stackhouse, Sweeney Chevrolet executive manager; and Derek Snyder, Sweeney Buick GMC executive manager. (Contributed photo)
BOARDMAN Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC, 7997 Market St., presented a $16,650 check to Project MKC from its annual Operation Santa ca
Family advocates prepared to go to the mat for adoption agencies
Thursday, January 28, 2021 |
Charlie Butts (OneNewsNow.com)
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The Commonwealth of Virginia could face legal action if a proposal on faith-based adoption agencies is enacted by state lawmakers.
HB 1932, as introduced in the lower chamber of the Virginia General Assembly, would likely put faith-based adoption agencies out of business if, because of their religious convictions, those agencies deny same-gender couples adoption and foster care placements. It s not the first time it s come up, according to Victoria Cobb of the Family Foundation of Virginia. There s a long history [with this] in Virginia, she tells One News Now. And in fact, it was attempted to be put into regulations as a discrimination against faith-based providers. We were able to block that and actually put a protection into our law.
Charitable Nonprofits Send Letter to President Biden and Congressional Leaders Making Case for Pandemic Relief
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, 75 national nonprofits sent a letter to President Biden and congressional leadership urging them to recognize the unique role of charitable nonprofits in providing pandemic relief and economic recovery by enacting solutions tailored to the needs and realities of these organizations that are devoted to serving the public good.
The letter highlights the role nonprofits have played to support communities during the pandemic and the challenges they have faced as a result of the economic downturn – growing demand for services with declining revenue, the loss of nearly one million jobs, crippling unemployment insurance bills, and more.
.Clergy and leaders of the Valley Interfaith Project in Phoenix gather Dec. 11, 2020, with reporters to tell the stories of families experiencing homelessness or facing eviction. (CNS photo/courtesy Valley Interfaith Project) Editor s note: Best image available. .Rhonda Sepulveda of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston delivers checks Jan. 8, 2021, to Father John Taosan, pastor at St. John the Baptist Church in Alvin, Texas, to help 30 families pay rent and avoid eviction. (CNS photo/courtesy The Metropolitan Organization) Editor s note: Best image available. .An eviction notice is seen in this illustration photo. (CNS photo/Lucy Nicholson, Reuters) .A demonstrator calling for an end to evictions is seen in Mount Rainier, Md., Aug. 10, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Leah Millis, Reuters)
Jan 16, 2021
Grace Marie Letterman, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, 82, of Mechanicsburg, passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 at Country Meadows Retirement Community in Mechanicsburg. Born July 10, 1938 in Limestone Township, Lycoming County, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Rose (Keller) Eiswert.
Grace grew up in the farming community of Lycoming County until the time she graduated from Jersey Shore Area Joint High School. As a Navy wife, Grace and the family lived in several locations across the United States and Cuba before settling into their permanent home in Mechanicsburg. Grace was a member of Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Camp Hill since 1978.