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April 2024
This spring we chose to aid the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank's Feed the Need Program. Our matching program supplied funding to generate 30,000 meals!. For more information on the Food Bank's programs, click here.
Additionally, the Foundation made a donation to the Compassionate Friends- Greensburg Chapter. The group is a self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child.
Lastly, the Foundation contributed to Life Choices. The organization was founded to provide free pregnancy tests, guidance, and practical support to men, women, and families in the Kittanning area.
March 2024
This month, we contributed to Autism Speaks. The non-profit works to provide autism research, advocacy, services and support to help people with autism and those who support them thrive. For more information, please visit their website.
We also made a donation to Cancer Bridges. Cancer Bridges helps individuals and families navigate their cancer journey through a breadth of free programs, workshops, and services. Our support will help bring a camp to Westmoreland county in honor of Jamie!
February 2024
We helped a new charity this month- H.E.A.L Together. The organization provides a 24 week, culturally- competent and trauma-informed group therapy program designed to support those who have been affected by gun violence in low income communities. H.E.A.L Together is a collaboration between Highmark's Caring Place and Melanin Mommies PGH Inc.
This month the Foundation made a donation to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital’s mission is to advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.
We also aided Shannon Reid, director of the First Presbyterian Church preschool, with her annual Easter for Eli Easter basket drive. Easter for Eli is a campaign that collects Easter baskets for sick children in the memory of Eli Garrett, who died of cancer in 2009.
January 2024
As we've done many times in the past, this month we supported Pittsburgh- based Cancer Bridges. Cancer Bridges helps individuals and families navigate their cancer journey through a breadth of free programs, workshops, and services.
A donation was also made to Birthright of Johnstown. Birthright is an organization that supplies new moms in need with supplies, clothes and other necessary items for their newborn babies. Jamie had such a strong love for all children and always wanted to help those who were disadvantaged in any way.
November 2023
This fall we had the opportunity to aid the “Greater Latrobe School District Education Partnership Safety Program”. Additionally, the Foundation distributed and delivered 300 free hot turkey dinners to local families in need.
September 2023
In September, we funded Reagan's Journey. The non-profit operates a free pediatric and medical supply closet for families and therapists. For more information, visit their website.
August 2023
We aided the Food 2 Go 4 Kids program via Our Lady of Grace Church. The program provides weekend and holiday food bags for children that qualify for the free and reduced lunches through West Point Elementary school.
July 2023
In July, a donation was made to Circle Camps. The Camp’s mission is to provide a free summer camp for girls who have experienced the death of a parent. Their goal is to help prepare girls to become confident young women while dealing with the loss of a parent. The donation provides items the campers will need for this upcoming season.
Additionally, the Foundation contributed to the Education Partnership. The Pittsburgh- based non-profit's mission is to provide school supplies to students and teachers in under-resourced schools across Southwestern PA.
June 2023
This hot summer month, we contributed to Autism Speaks. The non-profit works to provide autism research, advocacy, services and support to help people with autism and those who support them thrive. For more information, please visit their website.
May 2023
This month, the Foundation made a donation to the Compassionate Friends- Greensburg Chapter. The group is a self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child.
We also teamed up with Friends to Friends, Inc. to sponsor a day of fishing at Keystone state park. The organization strives to bring awareness of adults and children with disabilities through community interaction.
April 2023
We joined Penn State Altoona in forming "The Jamie Cordial Hall Kindness Program Endowment." The Program is an extension of the Counseling and Psychological Service (CAPS) on campus and will aid students
in need of services.
Also, we supported Pittsburgh- based Cancer Bridges. Cancer Bridges helps individuals and families navigate their cancer journey through a breadth of free programs, workshops, and services.
February 2023
We teamed up with Shannon Reid, director of the First Presbyterian Church preschool, to amplify her annual Easter for Eli Easter basket drive. Easter for Eli is a campaign that collects Easter baskets for sick children in the memory of Eli Garrett, who died of cancer in 2009.
January 2023
This month the Foundation made a donation to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital’s mission is to advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.
Additionally, we aided the Tunnel to Towers Foundation's Gold Star Family Home Program. The program honors the legacy of those who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country and provides a mortgage-free home to surviving spouses with young children.
Lastly, a donation was made to Birthright of Johnstown. Birthright is an organization that supplies new moms in need with supplies, clothes and other necessary items for their newborn babies. Jamie had such a strong love for all children and always wanted to help those who were disadvantaged in any way.
November 2022
This month, Jamie’s JCH Foundation distributed and delivered 450 free hot turkey dinners to local families in need.
October 2022
This fall, the Foundation teamed up with the Latrobe Rotary Club to help fund their back pack program. The program supplies food for elementary school students in need throughout the Greater Latrobe school district.
September 2022
For September we chose to support The Foundation for Christian Counseling. Their foundation offers grants to people in need of clinical grief counseling services, but cannot afford them.
Additionally, we contributed to the Food 2 Go 4 Kids program via Our Lady of Grace Church. The program provides weekend and holiday food bags for children that qualify for the free and reduced lunches through West Point Elementary school.
August 2022
This month, we made a donation to Circle Camps. The Camp’s mission is to provide a free summer camp for girls who have experienced the death of a parent. Their goal is to help prepare girls to become confident young women while dealing with the loss of a parent. The donation provides items the campers will need for this upcoming season.
July 2022
In July, the Foundation established The Jamie Cordial Hall Memorial Endowed Scholarship and the Jamie Cordial Hall Annual Kindness Scholarship Award to provide tuition assistance to the families of students interested in attending the preschool programs at the Seton Hill Child Development Center.
“The Seton Hill Child Development Center offers full and half-day programs for 3, 4 and 5-year-olds to help them develop social skills while providing a foundation for learning in science, art, math, language arts, music and movement,“ said Maria Stone, Director of the Child Development Center at Seton Hill. “We are grateful to the Jamie Cordial Hall Foundation for this generous gift to enable children – regardless of their financial circumstance – to benefit from the Center’s programs as they begin their educational journey.”
May 2022
This month, the Foundation made a donation to the Compassionate Friends- Greensburg Chapter. The group is a self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child.
April 2022
This snowy April we made contributions to Catholic Charities, Autism Speaks and Cancer Bridges. Feel free to click on the links to find out more about these great organizations!
Additionally, we became a Platinum Sponsor of the Norwin Playground Project, which was formed to replace and upgrade playground equipment at each of the Norwin district's elementary schools.
March 2022
This spring we chose to aid the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank's Feed the Need Program. Our donation provided 5,000 meals for children in need. For more information on the Food Bank's programs, click here.
February 2022
The Foundation has recently made a donation to Birthright of Johnstown. Birthright is an organization that supplies new moms in need with supplies, clothes and other necessary items for their newborn babies. Jamie had such a strong love for all children and always wanted to help those who were disadvantaged in any way.
January 2022
This month the Foundation made a donation to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital’s mission is to advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.
Additionally, we aided the Tunnel to Towers Foundation's Gold Star Family Home Program. The program honors the legacy of those who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country and provides a mortgage-free home to surviving spouses with young children.
December 2021
We chose to aid the Blue Knights' charitable endeavor this holiday season. The organization plans to hold a party for children in the Westmoreland County Children's Bureau. The funds we provided will supplement the party supplies and gifts for children in our local foster care system.
Also, we supported Pittsburgh- based Cancer Bridges. Cancer Bridges helps individuals and families navigate their cancer journey through a breadth of free programs, workshops, and services.
November 2021
This month, we made a substantial donation to the Highmark Caring Place, which provides grief supports for children. The funds will help to create a sensory friendly area for children with special needs and or autism.
October 2021
This October, the Foundation chose to provide aid to the ALM Foundation. This organization is similar in makeup to our Foundation and with that, we share many goals and interests. They also strive to help youth in the surrounding area.
Additionally, we had to opportunity to contribute towards adaptive seating options for current and future special needs students at Seton Hill's Child Development Center preschool program.
September 2021
For September we chose to support The Foundation for Christian Counseling. Their foundation offers grants to people in need of clinical grief counseling services, but cannot afford them.
August 2021
This month, we partnered with The Rotary Club of Westmoreland to support Irwin-based non-profit, "Rooted Outreach". The group combats human trafficking and sexual assault/abuse in our area. JCH funded children's kits, called Sprouted in Love kits, which are sent out to local hospitals and provide victims of trafficking and sexual assault/abuse with new, clean clothes to replace any garments confiscated during an exam.
July 2021
In July, a donation was made to Circle Camps. The Camp’s mission is to provide a free summer camp for girls who have experienced the death of a parent. Their goal is to help prepare girls to become confident young women while dealing with the loss of a parent. The donation provides items the campers will need for this upcoming season.
The Foundation also helped to fund The Rotary Club of Latrobe's "Food for Thought" Backpack Program, which provides single serving microwaveable food that children can prepare themselves.
June 2021
In the month of June, the Foundation honored a grant request to Maxwell Elementary School for a sensory room to aid in sensory breaks for Learning Support students and children on the Autism Spectrum. The Foundation also sponsored a golf outing and dinner hosted by the Westmoreland Center for Internal Medicine. Proceeds were donated to Autism Speaks.
May 2021
This month, the Foundation made a donation to the Compassionate Friends- Greensburg Chapter. The group is a self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child.
Additionally, a grant request was honored to Stage Right School for the Performing Arts. In the wake of the difficult year, the funds will allow up to 30 financially strained students to attend Stage Right's Summer Camp programs.
April 2021
For the month of April, the Foundation also made a donation to the “Giant Eagle Feed the Need Program”. This program helps to feed families and kids in our community that have been impacted by job loss, health issues, or any other issues related to the Corona Virus Pandemic. The JCH Foundation was able to provide 5000 meals to those in desperate need of food!
Also to honor of World Autism Month, the JCH Foundation made a donation to “Greater Latrobe Partners in Education Foundation” to support classroom and social programs for students with special needs.
March 2021
This month the Foundation made a donation to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital’s mission is to advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. More information about St. Jude's is available on their website.
January 2021
The JCH Foundation has recently made a donation of diapers, newborn sleepers and other children clothes and other supplies to Birthright of Greensburg. Birthright is an organization that supplies new moms in need with supplies, clothes, and other necessary items for their newborn babies. More information about Birthright is available on their website.
December 2020
For the month of December, the Foundation provided a grant to sustain psychological services for those in need through Our Clubhouse. Our Clubhouse is an independent nonprofit that offers social, emotional and wellness support to those in our region touched by cancer. Please visit their website for more information.
November 2020
The Foundation recently made a donation to help fund a "Scentsy Buddy Drive" at UPMC Children's Hospital. Liam's Buddy Drive was initiated by an area nurse, in her son's honor, to help provide aromatherapy stuffed animals for patients in the hematology/ oncology unit at Pittsburgh's Children's Hospital. We are pleased that with our assistance, the entire floor at the hospital will receive a gift in time for the holidays.
September 2020
The JCH Foundation has recently donated to Circle Camps. The Camp’s mission is to provide a free summer camp for girls who have experienced the death of a parent. Their goal is to help prepare girls to become confident young women while dealing with the loss of a parent. We are thrilled to provide the donation to Circle Camps for items the campers will need for the upcoming season.
If you are interested in participating in this donation, please go online to JCH Foundation.com to donate or mail checks to the JCH Foundation, 13 Sassafras Lane, Greensburg, PA 15601. Please note in your memo line your interest in supporting Circle Camps.
July 2020
This month the Foundation made a donation to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital’s mission is to advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. As with all charities this year, St. Jude’s is in need of donations due to having to cancel major fundraising events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are excited to be able to help these kids in at least some small way. If you are interested in participating in this donation, please make a donation below or mail checks to the JCH Foundation, 13 Sassafras Lane, Greensburg, PA 15601. Please note in your memo line your interest in supporting St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
June 2020
The JCH Foundation has recently made a donation to the Foundation for Christian Counseling. This donation will be earmarked to provide individual grief counseling for children who have lost parents, grandparents, or who have other significant grief management issues. We are excited to be able to work with the Foundation for Christian Counseling to provide these individual counseling sessions to children in need who cannot afford the sessions. For more information on the Foundation for Christian Counseling please visit their website.
If you are interested in participating in this donation please click “donate” below or mail checks to JCH Foundation, 13 Sassafras Lane, Greensburg, PA 15601. Please note in our memo line: the Foundation for Christian Counseling.
May 2020
The JCH Foundation has recently made a donation to the Family Lives on Foundation. Their mission is to support the life-long emotional well-being of children whose mother or father has died. The organization currently serves approximately 300 children and maintains a waiting list. The JCH Foundation donation will help take children off the waiting list and into the program immediately. Click here to find out more about the children we have helped. For more information on the Family Lives on Tradition Program, please visit their website.
If you are interested in participating in this donation please click “donate” below or mail checks to JCH Foundation, 13 Sassafras Lane, Greensburg PA 15601. Please note in our memo line: the Family Lives on Foundation.
April 2020
The JCH Foundation has recently made a donation to the St. Vincent de Paul Society/Our Lady of Grace Conference. This donation will be earmarked to provide funds to the “Food 2 Go 4 Kids” program. This program will be helping kids of all ages to receive meals during the time that school is no longer in session as well as other kids who need meals because their families have fallen on financial hard times because of the Coronavirus pandemic. We are very excited to be able to help with this very important program. If you are interested in participating in this donation, please click donate below or mail checks to JCH Foundation, 13 Sassafras Lane, Greensburg, PA 15601. Please note in the memo line “Food 2 Go 4 Kids” program.
Also this month, the JCH Foundation made a donation to the Compassionate Friends – Greensburg Chapter. The group is a self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child. If you are interested in participating in this donation, please make a donation below or mail checks to the JCH Foundation, 13 Sassafras Lane, Greensburg, PA 15601. Please note in your memo line your interest in supporting the Compassionate Friends – Greensburg Chapter.
March 2020
We have recently made a donation to Excela Health Home Care & Hospice’s Neighborhood Kids Family Based Grief Support Program. Their mission is to provide bereavement support designed to bring families together in times of loss and sadness utilizing alternative therapies. We are very excited to be able to continue to support this program. It fits perfectly with the mission of Jamie’s Foundation. If you are interested in participating in this donation, please make a donation below or mail checks to the JCH Foundation, 13 Sassafras Lane, Greensburg, PA 15601. Please note in your memo line your interest in supporting Excela Health Home Care & Hospice Neighborhood Kids Family Based Grief Support Program.
Additionally, the Foundation made a monetary donation to Greensburg Salem School District for its “Cubs Den Program.” The donation will be used to help install a new playground outside the child development room to be used by pre-school children. Jamie had such a strong love for all children and always wanted to help them in any way. If you would like to help offset this donation, please donate below or mail checks to JCH Foundation at 13 Sassafras Lane in Greensburg, PA 15601.
February 2020
The JCH Foundation has recently made a donation of diapers, newborn sleepers and other children clothes and other supplies to Birthright of Greensburg. Birthright is an organization that supplies new moms in need with supplies, clothes, and other necessary items for their newborn babies. Jamie had such a strong love for all children and always wanted to help those who were disadvantaged in any way. If you would like to help with future donations to Birthright, please donate below or mail checks to JCH Foundation at 13 Sassafras Lane in Greensburg, PA 15601.
November 2019
This month we made a contribution to Our Clubhouse. The organization strives to create an environment that encourages and invites members of the Greater Pittsburgh area to come together and learn how best to live with cancer, no matter the outcome. If you are interested in participating in this donation, please make a donation below or mail checks to the JCH Foundation, 13 Sassafras Lane, Greensburg, PA 15601. Please note in your memo line your interest in supporting Our Clubhouse.
October 2019
Our Foundation recently made a donation to aid a Penn Trafford elementary school charity drive. Sunrise Elementary School set out to collect toys, books, coloring books, stickers, art supplies, blankets and crafts for oncology patients being treated at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in Lawrenceville, in honor of Lilli Durante of Manor. Lilli is a kindergarten student battling a brain tumor and who is undergoing chemotherapy at Children’s Hospital. If you are interested in participating in this donation, please make a donation below or mail checks to the JCH Foundation, 13 Sassafras Lane, Greensburg, PA 15601. Please note in your memo line your interest in supporting Sunrise Elementary.
August 2019
This August, the Foundation made a donation to the Compassionate Friends- Greensburg Chapter. The group is a self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child. If you are interested in participating in this donation, please make a donation below or mail checks to the JCH Foundation, 13 Sassafras Lane, Greensburg, PA 15601. Please note in your memo line your interest in supporting the Compassionate Friends- Greensburg Chapter.
July 2019
We have recently made a donation to Excela Health Home Care & Hospice’s Neighborhood Kids Family Based Grief Support Program. Their mission is to provide bereavement support designed to bring families together in times of loss and sadness utilizing alternative therapies. If you are interested in participating in this donation, please make a donation below or mail checks to the JCH Foundation, 13 Sassafras Lane, Greensburg, PA 15601. Please note in your memo line your interest in supporting Excela Health Home Care & Hospice Neighborhood Kids Family Based Grief Support Program.
June 2019
This month, the Foundation made a donation to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital’s mission is to advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. If you are interested in participating in this donation, please make a donation below or mail checks to the JCH Foundation, 13 Sassafras Lane, Greensburg, PA 15601. Please note in your memo line your interest in supporting St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
May 2019
The JCH Foundation has recently made a donation to the Family Lives on Foundation. Their mission is to support the life-long emotional well-being of children whose mother or father has died. The organization currently serves 300 children and maintains a waiting list of an additional 300 hopefuls. The JCH Foundation’s donation will help take children off the waiting list and into the program immediately. Click here to find out more about the children we have helped. For more information on the Family Lives on Tradition Program, please visit their website.
If you are interested in participating in this donation please click "donate" below or mail checks to JCH Foundation, 13 Sassafras Lane, Greensburg, PA 15601. Please note in your memo line: the Family Lives on Foundation.
The JCH Foundation has recently made a significant donation to The Highmark Caring Place. The Caring Place is a center for grieving children, adolescents, and their families. Their mission is to raise awareness of the needs of grieving children, provide programs to address those needs, and to equip the community to support those children who have experienced the death of a loved one. Their mission is compatible with the mission of the JCH Foundation to provide assistance to children who have lost their parents. Please visit The Highmark Caring Place website for more information.
If you are interested in helping to fund this donation, please click "donate" below or mail a check to the JCH Foundation, 13 Sassafras Lane, Greensburg, PA 15601 and write Highmark Caring Place in the memo line. This donation will also be matched 100% dollar for dollar by Highmark making its impact even that much greater for the grieving children in need. We are very excited to be able to support this very important program for kids.
April 2019
In honor of World Autism Month, the JCH Foundation is working with Mountain View Elementary School, in the Greater Latrobe School District, to supply sensory kits for their classrooms. These sensory kits will allow children on the Autism spectrum to “fidget” and remain in a mainstream classroom setting. We are very pleased to be able to help provide these tools for the students that need them. Potentially, more than 600 children may benefit from the kits.
We also made a donation to the Borough of South Greensburg, which is in the process of the complete replacement of the Sheraton Avenue Playground. We are very excited to provide a donation towards this playground with the goal that it serves as a place for kids to play, run, grow, and above all, be safe.
Additionally, the Foundation has donated to Circle Camps. The Camp’s mission is to provide a free summer camp for girls who have experienced the death of a parent. Their goal is to help prepare girls to become confident young women while dealing with the loss of a parent. We are thrilled to provide the donation to Circle Camps for items the campers will need for this upcoming season.
If you are interested in contributing towards either donation, please visit click “donate” below or checks can be mailed to the JCH Foundation, 13 Sassafras Lane, Greensburg, PA 15601. Please note in the memo line your interest in supporting the World Autism Month, the Sheraton Playground or Circle Camps.
March 2019
We recently joined forces with Shannon Reid, director of the First Presbyterian Church preschool, to amplify her 4th annual Easter for Eli Easter basket drive. Easter for Eli is a campaign that collects Easter baskets for sick children in the memory of Eli Garrett, who died of cancer in 2009. With our donation, Ms. Reid will be able to assemble over 65 baskets to donate to Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. Her 2019 goal is 150 baskets.
We have also made a donation to the Seton Hill Child Development Center to build a musical playground for the kids in the three and four year old programs. We are excited to provide this opportunity for kids to learn and grow. The playground will be installed in early March.
Jamie attended the Child Development Center as a child and now her daughter, Chloe, continues the family tradition. Jamie was always very supportive of the excellent program they have developed at Seton Hill.
To help with these donations, please donate online or checks can be sent to JCH Foundation at 13 Sassafras Lane in Greensburg, PA 15601.
February 2019
The Foundation has recently made a donation of diapers, newborn sleepers and other children clothes to Birthright of Greensburg. Birthright is an organization that supplies new moms in need with supplies, clothes and other necessary items for their newborn babies. Jamie had such a strong love for all children and always wanted to help those who were disadvantaged in any way. If you would like to help with future donations to Birthright, please donate below or mail checks to JCH Foundation at 13 Sassafras Lane in Greensburg, PA 15601.