Brandywine Health Foundation announces more than $800K in grants
Dr. Erica Turner, treating one of the young pediatric patients at ChesPenn Health Services, a federally qualified health center located in the Brandywine Center in downtown Coatesville.
COATESVILLE — The Brandywine Health Foundation has announced 30 grants totaling $824,000, bringing the Foundation’s total giving since it began awarding grants and scholarships in 2002 to more than $16.5 million.
Coatesville-area smokers invited to kick butts
Free program to encourage quitting includes nicotine replacement therapy
A free smoking-cessation program will be held at the Coatesville Library on Monday evenings from Jan. 27 through March 3.
Breathe easier. Live longer. Save money. Improve the environment. These are among multiple reasons to quit smoking, and now ChesPenn Health Services wants to make the task easier with a free program to assist...
Agencies partnering for ‘Get It Done Day’
Residents invited to get connected, get enrolled, get informed
Need help with employment, health, finances, or housing?
A group of service and benefit representatives from a variety of organizations will be on hand Tuesday, Nov. 19 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for “Get It Done Day.”
The event will be held at the Charles A. Melton Arts and Education Center, 501 E. Miner St., West Chester, and transportation...
Brandywine Health Foundation announces fall grants
Awards to nonprofits serving area bring total to nearly $12 million
The Brandywine Health Foundation recently announced grants totaling $1,051,000, bringing the foundation’s total giving since it began awarding grants in 2002 to over $11.8 million.
“Residents of the Coatesville area have had a higher than average incidence of chronic diseases such as cancer, stroke and heart disease,” said Elizabeth...
Hundreds celebrate city’s community, good health
Coatesville sergeant receives recognition as 2013 ‘Unsung Hero’
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Coatesville Police Chief Jack Laufer (from left), Chester County Community Dental Executive Director Regina Horton Lewis, Coatesville Sgt. Rodger Ollis Jr., Brandywine Health Foundation CEO Frances Sheehan and Coatesville Youth Initiative Director Chaya Scott celebrate Ollis’...
Free programs aim to lift bodies, spirits
Organizations collaborating to improve residents’ health
The Coatesville Center for Community Health is involved in two upcoming programs to improve residents’ well-being.
Two new free programs in Coatesville are designed to improve the health of mind and body.
On Wednesday, May 22, the Coatesville Center for Community Health, 1001 E. Lincoln Highway, will host a Free Women’s Health...
Program focus: What’s cookin’ in Coatesville area?
Free classes will cover saving money, eating healthy, getting exercise
The free six-week program of classes will teach participants how to select and prepare healthful meals.
A free series of cooking and nutrition classes is designed to whet appetites for frugal, healthful eating.
The series – “Eat Smart and Move More!” – will be presented by the Penn State Cooperative Extension in...
