The Heart To Hope telethon will highlight 50 years of Connellsville Area Community Ministries and those who helped to shape it. The sixth-annual fundraiser, which benefits CACM, is on March 9 and will bring back a variety of entertainers to raise money for the ministries and the work they do in and around Connellsville. This […]
Instead of a morning snooze, 2024 began, for several hundred people, with a dip in the ice-cold Youghiogheny River. “It’s a good way to start the new year,” said Shawn Hayes, 44, of Dawson as he waded into the river carrying his 2-year-old daughter, Paisley, on his shoulders. Hayes, along
Something caught Dana Krofcheck’s eye as she was looking over the boxes lined up on a conveyor belt containing packaged food that had to be thrown away because of water damage sustained at the Connellsville Area Community Ministries. In with a box containing cereal, Jello mix, noodles and other items was a painter’s canvas that […]
CONNELLSVILLE Volunteers at Connellsville Area Community Ministries are dedicated to helping people in need. Now, the faith-based organization is joining with two area churches to help one of its own. Volunteer John McCarney of Connellsville was diagnosed with Stargardt disease as a teenager. His vision has become progressively worse over the years, and today […]