The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) was founded in 1919 as the International Institute of Erie. The institute helped immigrant women and children learn English and prepare for citizenship. Now, it is the most comprehensive refugee resettlement agency in northwest Pennsylvania. “We work with settling and re-settling refugees from all around the world, […]
Americans for the Competitive Enterprise System (ACES) is a non-profit that’s been providing economic education in Erie since 1956. It prepares young people with business education, awareness of the American free enterprise system and workforce readiness by hosting Pennsylvania Business Week in Erie County high schools. “What we do is run a business simulation for […]
Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week (PFEW) is a summer program that offers high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to see what it is like to run their own business. It happens every summer for a week at Lycoming College and Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport. Around 2,000 students and 250 business executives from across […]
School’s out for the summer, but recently, loving giving local paid a visit to the Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy. Erie’s collegiate academy is a magnet school. It raises private funds to pay for things unfunded by the Erie School District. This week’s Loving Giving Local donation helped pay for senior day at Camp Notre Dame, […]
When disaster strikes, it’s the American Red Cross to the rescue. You can count on it. The Red Cross responds to disasters and tries to prevent them. Their “Sound the Alarm” program puts free smoke detectors into hundreds of local homes to protect thousands of people. However, sometimes tragedy strikes those we know best. “Last night […]