NEW YORK – Charlize Theron remembers the moment her role in philanthropy clicked into place.The Oscar-winning actress had been talking with community leaders in her homeland of South Africa about how they could tackle the AIDS epidemic there. “We heard them say, ‘We know what to do, but ...
Jorryn Goudy did not choose to be a philanthropist. But then, how many 24-year-olds do?Born to a drug-addicted mother, it wasn’t long before he and his sister, Jacie, were removed from the household. Jacie was only two years older, but throughout Jorryn’s life, she was his mentor, his ...
It’s likely there are still many people who fondly remember the Isaly’s store on Main Street in Washington. David Wylie is one of them. Not just because of that nostalgia that comes with those sepia-toned memories of days gone by, but because of what the store meant to his family.That ...
Yes, Washington, there was a Santa Claus. And his name was Robert R. Forrest.A successful 19th-century carriage maker who cared about his community, he celebrated each Christmas by giving hundreds of neighborhood children bags filled with cookies, candies and fruit.He also owned property on ...
Along with its status as a county seat and home to a state university, Clarion Borough can lay claim to being, as Pam Selker Rak described it, a nice little town.That’s her overarching memory of growing up there, about a hundred miles from her current home in Peters Township, amid a series of ...
Last July, Mt. Lebanon native David Bannon, 34, spent the final two weeks of his life in the intensive care unit of Georgetown Medical Center in Washington, D.C.“Due to COVID, we couldn’t be there with him,” his mother, Christine Patti, recalled. “I firmly believe that people need your ...