PHOENIXVILLE COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION

Youth & Philanthropy Program …

The Phoenixville Community Health Foundation Board of Directors approved the development of a Youth and Philanthropy Program within the Phoenixville Area School District.

The program was designed to provide students with an opportunity to learn about philanthropy – giving of one’s self to address the neediness of others – and to learn about it first hand.

Y&P students are learning philanthropic, leadership, assessment and decision-making skills, as well as team building and team work.

The Foundation offers two programs in the Phoenixville Area School district:

Phoenixville Area Middle School – this program draws from 8th grade students and utilizes teachers as program facilitators. The program is offered as part of the school day – meeting once a week. Students will develop their own community service project working with local non-profit organizations;

Phoenixville Area Senior High School – this program is offered as an independent study curriculum that can be linked to the Senior Project graduation requirement. Up to fifteen students can participate. The students meet twice a week with a program facilitator chosen by the Foundation. These students form their own philanthropic group, deciding on their mission and philanthropic focus. The Phoenixville Community Health Foundation has provided a $10,000 grant-making fund for the students to utilize.

For more information please contact: Lynn Pike Hartman, Program Officer 610-917-9890 LPHartman@pchf1.org