{"id":38372,"date":"2021-12-10T09:42:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T14:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=38372"},"modified":"2021-12-10T09:42:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T14:42:47","slug":"chester-county-bar-foundation-awards-175000-in-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=38372","title":{"rendered":"Chester County Bar Foundation awards $175,000 in grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ChescoBarAssoc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15190\" src=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ChescoBarAssoc-350x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a>The Chester County Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the Chester County Bar Association, awarded $175,000 in grants to local non-profit organizations earlier this month.\u00a0 All grants will help support the foundation\u2019s mission to help Chester County Citizens understand, gain access to, and benefit from our legal system by providing support for programs and services related to the law.<\/p>\n<p>Chester County Bar Foundation President, Sam Cortes, and the Foundation\u2019s Board carefully reviewed grant applications from fifteen local 501c3 organizations. Cortes said, \u201cdue to the generosity of the Sponsors and Donors who have given to the Bar Foundation this year, we were able to support a long list of great charitable initiatives.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Grants were made to:<\/p>\n<p>The Arc of Chester County\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Advocacy Program<\/p>\n<p>Chester County Fund for Women &amp; Girls\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GirlGov Chester County Program<\/p>\n<p>Crime Victims Center of Chester County \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Direct Services Program<\/p>\n<p>Crist the King Deaf Church\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Halfway House for the Deaf<\/p>\n<p>Domestic Violence Center of Chester County \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Legal Program<\/p>\n<p>Family Service of Chester County\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kids Come First Program<\/p>\n<p>Friends Association for the Care &amp; Protection of Children\u00a0 Eviction Court Program<\/p>\n<p>Gateway HorseWorks\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stable Pathways&#8217; Program<\/p>\n<p>Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Immigration Legal Services<\/p>\n<p>Legal Aid of SE Pennsylvania\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Custody Care Program<\/p>\n<p>SeniorLAW Center\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SeniorLAW HelpLine<\/p>\n<p>Volunteer English Program of Chester County\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Legal Counsel and Legal Services Program<\/p>\n<p>West Chester Child Access Center\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Custody Supervised Visitations Program<\/p>\n<p>Widner\/Delaware School of Law \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Diversionary Discipline Program with the CCIU<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Executive Director, Matt Holliday, stated, \u201cWe are so fortunate to have the sponsorship support for our Key Gala fundraising event, as well as the commitment to our Foundation Fellow Program, which allows our foundation to support the many worthwhile programs and services within our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year, the Bar Foundation held their Key Gala at Penn Oaks Golf Club. The event raised over $63,000. The Key Gala\u2019s presenting sponsor, Key Bank, was instrumental in the fundraising success. Other top sponsors included USI Affinity, the law firm of MacElree Harvey, the law firm of Gawthrop Greenwood, S&amp;T Wealth management, and WSFS Bank. All told, the event had the support of 25 Chester County Law Firms and Local Businesses, and the Chester County Bar Foundation is immensely grateful to all of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chester County Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the Chester County Bar Association, awarded $175,000 in grants to local non-profit organizations earlier this month.\u00a0 All grants will help support the foundation\u2019s mission to help Chester County Citizens understand, gain access to, and benefit from our legal system by providing support for programs and services [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[13329,580],"class_list":["post-38372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-chester-county-bar-foundation","tag-grants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38373,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38372\/revisions\/38373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}