Happy Spring, Tioga County!


The weather is just starting to warm up, and so are the activities at the Partnership!

Meet McKenna!

McKenna Light is joining the Partnership Staff as our new Program Coordinator for the Strengthening Families (10-14) program. She will also be working as the new Communities That Care Mobilizer. McKenna  is o riginally from Marathon, New York and  has earned a Bachelors degree in Health Sciences at Elmira College .  She enjoys being outdoors and spending time with her family. In the past,  McKenna worked as a pathology technician at Robert Packer Hospital in Towanda, Pa and also more recently worked as a nurse assistant at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital in Wellsboro, Pa. McKenna is welcoming the opportunity to become more involved in the community and is excited to work toward making a positive difference in Tioga County. Welcome, McKenna!
Baby Bags Are Ready to Go

Every April our Immunization Workgroup (IWG) gives a "Baby Bag" to new moms at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital in Wellsboro with hopes to increase immunization rates in Tioga Count y through education. They are filled with handy items --diapers, creams, nursing pads, and even disposable cameras in case moms forget theirs on the rush to the hospital, health information, and immunization schedules. Here, the IWG and some helpers are filling the bags and packing them up in the Partnership building conference room at 33 Pearl Street, Wellsboro. Clockwise, from left to right: Marrissa Wagner, McKenna Light, Sue Sticklin, Theodore Deitman, Coleen Evert, Donna Packard, and Adrienne Andrews.
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Hurry! 
The Big Event is Almost Here

Last chance!
Attention: Tioga County Non-profits,
What service projects do you know have that require a day long volunteer commitment? On April 22nd between 11am-5pm, "The Big Event" is happening in our area. It is a day all about matching Mansfield University student volunteers with service projects. Organizers are hoping to fill 1500 hours of service time this year. Contact Interim Dean of Students,  Frank Crofchick  with specifics  (Office: 570-662-4342) : Provide a project description, location, number of volunteers needed, and a contact person. Hurry! Spread the word!
All requests to get volunteers should be submitted by April 7th!
Student + Seniors= Creative Connections
Emma Kotz and Meryl Amato channel the late Bob Ross in their collaborative creation, "Happy Trees."

This past week, senior citizens and highschool art students teamed up to create collaborative art projects. Each team traded ideas and painted trees that symbolized their personal strengths, growth, and aspirations. The Partnership's Elder Services Workgroup, Wellsboro Area High School Art Teacher Laura Kozuhowski, and the Wellsboro Senior Center Manager Kathy Siegrist, and Director Joe Ackley  helped to plan and organize the event. Senior Center patron, Joyce Bowe teamed up with student, Alex Kozuhowski and explained that she adapts well and can "go with the flow." Emma Kotz and Meryl Amato pondered their creation ultimately titling it, "Happy Trees." Tim Cleveland, Chair of the Elder Services Workgroup, said, " There's a possibility for taking this to other centers. It's been well received." Others noted how easily they can learn from each other during projects like this one.

Planners and Organizers for the event: (Standing) Wellsboro Area High School Art Teacher Laura Kozuhowski, Elder Services Workgroup Chair Tim Cleveland, Wellsboro Senior Center Mgr. Kathy Siegrist, and Director Joe Ackley. Students and seniors busy at work in the foreground.
Alex Kozuhowski and Joyce Bowe team up.
Brailee Stiner and Mary Wise collaborate.

What a fun group! Thanks to all planning parties/organizers, students, and seniors for participating. YOU are why Tioga County is a healthy place to live, work, and play!

Finished piece by senior citizen, Joyce Bowe and WAHS student, Alex Kozuhowski
Regional Revitalization Network Meeting Coming to Mansfield

On Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Pennsylvania Downtown Center will host a Revitalization Network Meeting at Mansfield Borough Council Chambers at 14 South Main Street, Mansfield, PA.

We will explore the ways to create dynamic regional networks of governments, non-profit organizations, colleges and universities, economic development organizations, individuals and other interested parties who desire to make their core communities - business districts and neighborhoods - a more important part of, and greater contributor to, the regional economic framework. Based on the close correlation between Rand-McNally trade areas and Pennsylvania's Partnership for Regional Economic Performance (PREP) areas, PDC's approach envisions:
  • Providing more detailed economic information to local revitalization organizations
  • Linking local revitalization efforts to the larger PREP regional strategies
  • Delivering trainings on a more tailored and regional basis
  • Coordinate resources to deal with blight issues on a regional basis
  • Aggregating applications into regional funding requests
  • Coordinating event calendars on a regional basis
  • Sharing duplicative administrative and program support services
  • Helping business districts, both big and small, find their niche with their region's economy
  • Helping neighborhoods better define their quality of life needs and connections to the larger community
  • Helping private sector providers to deliver more affordable services within their regions
  • Conducting stronger marketing and public relations efforts within regions.

For more information about this meeting and Pennsylvania Downtown Center please visit www.padowntown.org or contact Maria Wherley, Network Relations and Conference Coordinator at 717-233-4675 or mariawherley@padowntown.org.

 

The mission of Pennsylvania Downtown Center (PDC) is to build and support the capacity of local non-profit organizations, municipalities and individuals to enhance the overall well-being and sustainability of Pennsylvania's "core" communities. PDC accomplishes this mission by engaging local community leaders and volunteers, and educating them, to advance the sense of place, quality of life and economic vitality of the Commonwealth's downtowns, traditional neighborhood business districts and nearby residential areas.

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