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    How Kennett-Area Community Organizations Are Supporting Migrant Workers

    November 14, 2025

    Throughout southern Chester County, many local organizations are working hard to support migrant families during a vulnerable time, writes Roger Morris for The Hunt Magazine.…

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    Kennett Area Community Service Celebrates Community Accomplishments, Impact 

    February 12, 2025

    Kennett Area Community Service (KACS), a social service organization in Kennett Square, has had a remarkable impact on their community this last year, writes Richard…

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    Safe Harbor of Chester County Hosts Community Round Table Dinner

    July 11, 2024

    Safe Harbor of Chester County is hosting a Community Round Table Dinner Wednesday, July 17, 5 to 8 PM, at the Teca Restaurant and Wine…

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    ‘This is Not a Game’: Chester County to Host Poverty Simulation Event

    April 12, 2024

    Kennett Area Community Service and the Chester County Partnership to End Homelessness are hosting a “poverty simulation,” an event that will have community members “experience”…

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    Chester County Food Bank, CEO Andrea Youndt Uphold Vision of Food-Secure Chester County 

    October 19, 2023

    Like many food banks and distribution centers around the nation, the Chester County Food Bank was impacted by recent inflation and the end of COVID-19…

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    BSA VISTA Leadership Megastars Celebrates ‘Finest Examples’ of What a Leader Can, Should Be

    September 28, 2023

    Local community and business leaders recently gathered at the Chester County Council, Boy Scouts of America’s Program, Activity, and Resource Campus (PARC) in Exton to…

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    2023 BSA VISTA Leadership Megastars – Cheryl Miles

    August 4, 2023

    Philadelphia native Cheryl Miles is the Community Housing Development Director at Kennett Area Community Service, a nonprofit committed to serving families and all individuals in…

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    Revealing the 2023 BSA VISTA Leadership Megastars

    July 14, 2023

    BSA VISTA Leadership Megastars — an initiative that the Chester County Council, Boy Scouts of America launched in 2021 with VISTA Today — is ready…

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    Couple Renowned for Philanthropy in Southern Chesco Donates Land, Finances to Support KACS’s Expansion

    April 20, 2021

    After a long search, Kennett Area Community Service (KACS) now has a property for its new home, as a local couple, Michael and Nancy Pia,…

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    Cold-Storage Company in Kennett Square Quietly Helps Families Have Brighter Holidays

    January 6, 2021

    The Manfredi family, which owns Manfredi Cold Storage in Kennett Square, has been quietly helping destitute families have brighter holidays for years, but never more…

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    After First Affecting Chester County’s Densely Populated Areas, COVID-19 Hits Mushroom Country

    June 15, 2020

    After initially affecting the more densely populated areas of Chester County, the coronavirus is now hitting southern Chester County’s mushroom country, write Vinny Vella and…

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    As Housing Costs Soar, Southern Chester County Faces Affordable Housing Crisis

    July 11, 2018

    Homelessness in southern Chester County has more than doubled in the last three years, as housing costs soar while incomes remain flat, writes Steven Hoffman…

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    Trio of Chester County Nonprofits Awarded Grants from Wayne-Based Barra Foundation

    December 17, 2017

    Three Chester County nonprofits are among this year’s recipients of grants of $50,000 each from the Wayne-based Barra Foundation, writes Clara Lefton for the Philadelphia…

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