CAAs in the News - July 26, 2010 through August 1, 2010 (MS Word)
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AL CAA bids farewell to Horace Sims
Daily Home Online - Talladega, AL
The Community Action Agency says goodbye today to Executive Director Horace Sims, who is retiring after more than four decades. His 44 years with the agency...
'It's a joy to be able to help people'
Daily Home Online - Talladega, AL
Horace Sims has been executive director for the Community Action Agency serving Talladega, Clay, Randolph, Calhoun and Cleburne Counties since 1997...
AR Window manufacturer sees business surge as weatherization supplier
EnergyEmpowers - U.S. Dept. of Energy
Harry G. Barr Company, in Fort Smith, Ark., is manufacturing high-efficiency windows that are being bought by community action agencies for use in home weatherization projects...
AZ Nourishing Native foods win national cooking competition
Indian Country Today - Canastota, NY
Today correspondent Members from the Tohono O'odham Community Action Youth Cooking Class tantalized the taste buds of the judges in a national cooking competition with Native ingredients...
CA Stater Bros. donates $20,000 to food bank
Redlands Daily Facts - Redlands, CA
Representatives from Stater Bros. on Tuesday presented a $20000 check to Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino Food Bank at its board of directors...
Gridley Tailgate Food Giveaway
KHSL - Chico, CA
Hundreds of people were able to fill their refrigerator Tuesday, thanks to the Community Action Agency of Butte County Inc. The agency gave away thousands...
CT NEON offers free diapers for babies
The Hour - Norwalk, CT
NEON is among 12 Community Action Agencies across the state to offer a two-month supply of free diapers to local children in need...
IA Four decades later, Downing still lending a helping hand
Osceola Sentinel Tribune - Osceola, IA
OST news editor For the past 40 years, she has been a familiar face inside Clarke County's South Central Iowa Community Action Program...
ID Sustain Life! Festival comes to fairgrounds
KLEW - Lewiston, ID
Community Action Partnership and the Ploughshare Institute for Sustainable Culture are teaming up to bring the LC Valley a new kind of event Saturday...
Community garden helps those in need
Ontario Argus Observer - Ontario, OR
The Western Idaho Community Action Partnership's Share the Harvest Community Garden, situated on the corner of Iowa Avenue and Seventh...
Food Drive Aims To Stock Empty Shelves
LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls, ID
Donated food has run out at the Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership food pantry in Idaho Falls. Three weeks ago, they gave away their last food donated by the community...
Idaho Avista rates rising: Proposal awaits review from state utilities panel
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
...Conservation League and Community Action Partnership Association, which helps low-income families weatherize their homes and pay their utility bills...
IN Homeowner learns the hard way in mortgage fight
Gary Post Tribune - Gary, IN
Northwest Indiana Community Action Corp., call 794-1829 or (800) 826-7871 and ask to speak with information and referral department...
Market voucher plan set
Gary Post Tribune - Gary, IN
Northwest Indiana Community Action in partnership with the Indiana State Health Department will host this year's Senior Farmer's Market Voucher Program in...
KS Child safety seat exam available
Topeka Capital Journal - Topeka, KS
Community Action's Safe Kids Shawnee County program will be conducting seat inspections and installations from 9 am to noon at Dillons, 2010 SE 29th...
Free bus passes available
Topeka Capital Journal - Topeka, KS
Community Action has expanded their free bus pass program for the month of August, the organization announced Tuesday...
KY Day care shut down to save Community Action money
Bowling Green Daily News - Bowling Green, KY
Community Action of Southern Kentucky has closed one of its four child care centers in Warren County as part of a cost-saving measure...
MA Service agencies need help to meet growing demand
The Daily News of Newburyport - Newburyport, MA
At the Amesbury branch of Community Action, a nonprofit organization that addresses poverty from Haverhill to Newburyport, director of community programs...
MD Angus leaves CAA, new CEO sought
Maryland Gazette - Glen Burnie, MD
Brian Angus stepped down this week as head of the Anne Arundel County Community Action Agency, one of the county's most important anti-poverty groups...
A labor of love: USDA grows produce for local food bank
WTOP - Washington, DC
Fort Detrick's Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit chose to combine the two initiatives and grow fresh food for the Frederick Community Action...
MI Community Action offers free weatherization services
Battle Creek Enquirer - Battle Creek, MI
Community Action offers free weatherization services to homeowners and renters. Community Action advises area residents that weatherizing their homes will...
Emergency assistance available for eviction/foreclosure/utility shut-off
Battle Creek Enquirer - Battle Creek, MI
Community Action has federal “stimulus” funding available to help eligible households in Barry, Branch, Calhoun and St. Joseph counties with property taxes...
Bank some shared time
Morning Star - Traverse City, MI
Kate Jackson, a community services representative at Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency, utilizes the national timebanking website...
MO Moniteau County Back to School Fair planning heats up
California Democrat - California, MO
They are available at multiple locations, including Co-Mo Electric Cooperative in Tipton and Central Bank and the Central Missouri Community Action Agency...
NC Ad Details
Greenville Daily Reflector - Greenville, NC
Martin Community Action, Inc. - Head Start (Martin, Pitt, Beaufort Co.) has available the following position(s): Teacher, Bus Drivers, Bus Monitors...
Record Number of North Carolina Families Get Help With Utilities
Public News Service
The stimulus funds are administered through Community Action programs like Wayne Action Group for Economic Solvency, Inc. (WAGES)...
ND Christianson promoted to coordinator position
In-Forum - Fargo, ND
Robin Christianson has been promoted to Rainbow Bridge coordinator at Lakes and Prairies Community Action, Moorhead...
NE Funeral Wednesday for difference-maker Clouse
Kearney Hub - Kearney, NE
Karen Lueck of Mid-Nebraska Community Action Partnership knew Clouse for 30 years. “She was so brave,” Lueck said. “She fought so hard...
NJ Weatherization programs available for Pemberton seniors and disabled
SouthJersey Local News - Pemberton, NJ
Denay Taliaferro, Weatherization Outreach Representative from the Burlington County Community Action Program visited the senior center on...
Robert C. Benson, 57
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack, NJ
He was formerly employed by the Bergen County Ladder Project as a counselor in the Community Action Program. He was the eldest son of the late Charles and...
NY North Elba buys new bus for seniors
Lake Placid News - Lake Placid, NY
The town board has purchased a new bus for seniors who take advantage of the programs and services provided by the Adirondack Community Action Program...
OH Ball on the Belle
Ironton Tribune - Ironton, OH
With clear skies and plenty of sunshine, the Ironton–Lawrence County Community Action Organization could not have...
Residents pushing for Saturday bus service
Parkersburg News - Parkersburg, WV
According to Dawn Rauch, director of planning and development at Community Action, 2008 was the last time the bus line offered service on Saturdays. ...
Clyde City Council focuses on water rates
Fremont News Messenger - Fremont, OH
...of Ohio Rural Community Assistance Program -- administered by Wood, Seneca, Ottawa, Sandusky County Community Action Commission -- said the presentation...
Gardens project bring folks together
Wilmington News Journal - Wilmington, OH
“This will be a great opportunity for the residents to work on a project that will affect many in the local community,” said Clinton County Community Action...
Kids eat veggies they raise themselves
Fremont News Messenger - Fremont, OH
Getting children to eat their vegetables is a notoriously difficult task. Not when they grow it themselves, said Mae Leake, the afterschool and summer program coordinator for WSOS Community Action...
Building Healthy Families to meet Wednesday
Wooster Daily Record - Wooster, OH
Building Healthy Families, a program of Community Action Wayne Medina, will meet Wednesday, noon, at the upper level of Christmas Run Park...
Area Organizations Partner To Fight Obesity
Community Common - Portsmouth, OH
Three area organizations Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC), Community Action Organization and the Portsmouth Area Chamber of...
CARTS plans to increase fares
The Review - East Liverpool, OH
Phyllis Linderman of the Community Action Rural Transit System (CARTS) told county commissioners at their...
Ironton-Lawrence CAO hosting dinner cruise on Belle of Cincinnati
Huntington Herald Dispatch - Huntington, WV
For more than 40 years, Ironton-Lawrence County Community Action has been committed to improving the lives of Lawrence County citizens by...
PA Two new Pottsville parks to be complete by year's end
Republican & Herald - Pottsville, PA
Two parks developed by the Schuylkill Community Action Elm Street program for Pottsville should be complete before the program wraps up in December...
Many seek help to avoid eviction
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh, PA
One agency, Westmoreland Community Action, recently suspended new applications to focus on its current caseload. "We just didn't know that it was this big,"...
Power of 32 meeting draws 35
Hey Johnstown - Johnstown, PA
Paul Bomboy of the Community Action Partnership for Somerset County, Steve Spochart, executive director of the Somerset County Redevelopment Authority, and Annette Dively...
Distribution Wednesday for Fayette food bank
Connellsville Daily Courier - Connellsville, PA
If you are receiving the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families food boxes from Fayette County Community Action Agency...
UT Outdoor food events slated for next week
Deseret News - Salt Lake City, UT
More than 50 Utah chefs and restaurants are participating, with proceeds going to the Utah Food Bank Services, Utahns Against Hunger and The Ogden Weber Community Action Partnership...
VA Head Start accepting applications
Chatham Star Tribune - Chatham, VA
Pittsylvania County Community Action Inc.'s Head Start preschool and child development program is accepting applications for the 2010-2011 school year...
MACAA money woes grow with needs
The Daily Progress - Charlottesville, VA
Monticello Area Community Action Agency officials are trying to balance government funding reductions and staff cuts with increased needs and surfeit of...