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Dear CCCHS Members,

Please note our February meeting has moved to a VIRTUAL option. We hope you will be able to join us on the Zoom link below. It is our intent to move forward with an in-person March Membership Meeting with a strong focus on networking and collaboration. Please feel free to invite a colleague or friend who isn’t already a member to join us for the March meeting.

It may be a little too cold outside to think about birds and springtime, but for CCCHS and membership, now is the time to take advantage of our EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT. Membership dues for organizations will be $60 until the end of February. Then, the price will jump to $65. So think spring and get those dues in today.

For the second year in the row, the Centre Country Super Fair will look a little different. Rather than an in-person event, the focus will be on a community resource guide printed by The Gazette. If you would like your organization to be included in this year’s Guide, please complete the free form by March. You can learn more about this year’s project and complete your free listing at https://www.theccchs.org/superfair.

So, as the cold temps and rising COVID numbers keep us at our desks these next few weeks, please take a few minutes to visit our website to complete your membership application and Super Guide listing! We’ll see you Wednesday via zoom.

Stay warm and healthy!

Melissa Bottorf

CCCHS President

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** Membership Benefit **

Membership Meetings 2022

We return to meeting on the 1st Wednesday of each month in February.

Due to the infectiousness of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, current case and

hospitalization numbers we will be returning to a virtual format in February. We hope to return to in-person meetings in the near future.

Meeting Date: Wednesday, February 2

Meeting time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: Zoom

• Meeting Presenter: Centre Daily Times
• Learn how to write an impactful Helping Hands Article.
• Share agency updates.

** Membership Benefit **

Would you like to present at the

April or May membership meetings?

Click here

The Centre Daily Times publishes CCCHS Member "Helping Hands" articles in the paper

 edition of the newspaper each Wednesday. 

Articles can be about member organizations, community resources, or upcoming events.

Join our February Membership Meeting to learn from the Centre Daily Times best practices for writing "Helping Hands" articles.

Please contact:

Natalie Depto-Vesey at deptoveseyn@upmc.edu to sign-up for a 2022 date.

COVID-19 Resources

Are you looking for free N95 masks? The federal government is sending more than 400 million masks to health centers and pharmacies across the country.The masks will come from the Strategic National Stockpile and are limited to three per person. N95 masks offer better protection against the COVID-19 virus and have been both expensive and hard to find.

Where can I find free masks in Centre County?

Starting next week, many national and local pharmacies will be distributing masks.The N95s will be distributed by pharmacies through the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program, which included Walgreens, Rite Aid and CVS. Rite Aid, on North Atherton, will have masks at the front entrance and the pharmacy once the shipment comes in. Pharmacies inside of grocery chains Weis, Wegmans and Giant will also be a part of this program. A complete list of pharmacies in the federal program can be found on the CDC’s website...

Now located at:

 Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority at 253 Transfer Rd, Bellefonte, PA 16823

• Walk–in site; no appointment necessary.

• Dates: The testing site will remain open until further notice 

• Hours of operation: 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Tuesday - Saturday)

• No age limits for testing.

• Free.

•  ID required.     

• Individuals with insurance will be asked to provide an insurance card; however, no co-pay or any other cost is charged to the individual. 

• Uninsured individuals will also be tested without cost to the person.   

• Anyone needing to be tested may access this site regardless of residency.  

https://www.centrecountypa.gov/2225/COVID-19-Testing-Site

CATA, as an essential service, is committed to providing transportation services to those living in the Centre Region and beyond during the COVID-19 pandemic, getting riders to essential jobs, medical care, etc., and working to meeting its mission of providing safe, reliable, and accessible transportation. CATA is able to make good on its commitment to drive jobs, the economy, and the community, in part by providing service to the various COVID-19 vaccine sites throughout the area.

For information on transportation services provided to the various known vaccination sites in the area, please visit https://catabus.com/covid-vaccination/.

Thank you in advance for helping get this information out to your respective groups!

Updates & Resources

St. Paul's Shoe Bank

Where is the Shoe Bank?
In room 203 of the Wesley Student Center, which is attached to St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. We are located in downtown State College, between Beaver and College Avenues, and between McAllister Street and Locust Lane. You may park for free in the Church lot at Locust Lane and Calder Way on Saturday mornings. Paid parking is available in the McAllister Street parking deck, or directly in front of or beside the Church and Wesley. Enter the Wesley Center on Locust Lane—there will be a sign outside at the red entry doors.

CATA is pleased to announce that it will extend its fifty percent discount on OnePasses and Youth Passes through the end of April 2022.

OnePasses and Youth Passes (available to persons under the age of 18 years) are available in increments of one to twelve months and are normally available for purchase from CATA’s Customer Service Center for $86 and $26 per month, respectively. During this period, they will be made available for $43 and $13 per month, saving riders as much as $500 when purchasing a 12-month OnePass.

Passes may be used for fare on both CATABUS fixed-route and CATAGO! microtransit service (currently available in Bellefonte, Pleasant Gap, and Boalsburg) and provide unlimited use of the services.

Schlow Centre Region Library Winter Calendar

Online Seminar

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to create an effective, usable Nonprofit Strategic Plan with SCORE Nonprofit Specialist Bill Speakman.

The Seminar welcomes all nonprofit stakeholders: executives, staff and board members.

Kinship care is a term used for individuals raising children by grandparents, other extended family members, and adults with whom they have a close family-like relationship such as godparents and close family friends because biological parents are unable to do so for whatever reason.

This event is being offered at no charge to participants.

Who is this for?

• Grandparents

• Extended family

• Close family friends

• Godparents

What will you learn?

Practical skills to improve family communication

Registration is required to receive the link to access the webinar.

Registrants will also receive access to the webinar recording.

Submissions for the March Newsletter are due February 15.

The newsletter is published by the 1st Monday of each month.

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