Youth & Philanthropy

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

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.

The program has been recognized  as a regional award winner:

  • In 2009 the Program received the Association of Fundraising Professionals Philadelphia Chapter’s Youth in Philanthropy Award.

AFP “Youth in Philanthropy Award”

Y&P students are learning philanthropic, leadership, assessment, and decision-making skills, as well as building and working as a team.  For more information please contact: Viviann Schorle, Program Officer, vschorle@pchf1.org

 

The Foundation currently offers programs at the following schools:

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. The Phoenixville Community Health Foundation provides a philanthropic fund for the students to utilize;

Renaissance Academy

This program draws from 8th-grade students and utilizes teachers as program facilitators. The program is offered as part of the school day, meeting several times a week. The Phoenixville Community Health Foundation provides a philanthropic fund for the students to utilize.

Owen J. Roberts Middle School

This program draws from 8th -grade students and utilizes teachers as program facilitators. The program is offered both during the school day and as an after-school activity. The Phoenixville Community Health Foundation provides a philanthropic fund for the students to utilize.

 Methacton Arcola Intermediate School

This program draws from 8th-grade students and utilizes teachers as program facilitators. The program is offered during the school’s Club Session as the Philanthropy Club. The Phoenixville Community Health Foundation provides a philanthropic fund for the students to utilize.

Methacton Youth and Philantrophy club giving Variety Club a grant for their Sensory room/wall equipment in June 2021.