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Harrisburg Institute’s Mentoring Partnership of Central Pennsylvania awards grants to four city mentoring partnerships representing 15 agencies

March 8th, 2010

During a special First Friday event on March 5, the Harrisburg Institute awarded $50,000 grants to four new partnerships created among 15 Harrisburg youth organizations committed to working together to increase their mentoring efforts and outreach.

The partnerships – Allison Hill Mentoring Partnership, Mentoring Harrisburg’s Youth, After School Programming Expansion, and Pre-College Programming – are comprised of well-established city organizations like Big Brothers Big Sisters, The Salvation Army, and the YMCA, among others.

The Mentoring Partnership of Central Pennsylvania was born of the combined efforts of more than 30 local non-profit organizations with a passion for youth mentoring. The Partnership seeks to provide guidance, ongoing training and support to organizations that provide interest-based mentoring programs to at-risk children and youth.

Read more about the Mentoring Partnership of Central Pennsylvania.
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The Harrisburg Institute showcases the creative talents of Messiah artists in the city’s First Friday Gallery Walk

September 21st, 2009

Messiah’s Harrisburg Institute, in partnership with the Messiah College Department of Visual Arts’ Student Art League, will be on ongoing participant in the City of Harrisburg’s “First Friday Gallery Walk,” when from 6-9 p.m. on the first Friday of every month, local city galleries open their doors for free public art showings in various downtown locations. The Harrisburg Institute, located at 28 Dewberry St., opened its first exhibit on Sept. 4. New monthly exhibits of Messiah student and alumni art will run through the end of the academic year. The Harrisburg Institute’s inaugural exhibit features the work of Messiah College student artists Ammon Perry, Dana Scannapieco, Kelly Sefter, and Eli Smith.

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United Way of the Capital Region grants $10,000 to Harrisburg Institute for pilot project

September 29th, 2008

The Institute will collect and analyze data to aid community partners in developing initiatives to meet the needs of low-income families.

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New Harrisburg Institute dedicated

October 3rd, 2007

In a ceremony with city leaders and community partners, Messiah College dedicated its new Harrisburg Institute facility at 28 Dewberry Street on Oct. 3.

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Grant will expand mentoring programs for at-risk youth

September 19th, 2007

“Messiah College is deeply committed to being a community and educational resource in the city of Harrisburg,” said President Kim Phipps in response to the news that the college’s Harrisburg Institute received a $630,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to expand mentoring initiatives for at-risk youth.

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