Bridges Out of Poverty

June 15, 2022

Not sure what Bridges Out of Poverty is? It’s an innovative framework for addressing poverty in a comprehensive, collaborative way that is unique for each community. The goal is to prevent and eliminate local poverty. The concept helps create a network of people from every sector of the community to better understand economic class in our own…

Sign up for our Spring Bridges Out of Poverty workshops!

April 20, 2021

Bridges Out of Poverty leadership workshops will be held on Friday, May 28 from 9am to 12:30pm and the second will occur on Thursday, June 3 from 12pm to 3:30pm. To request additional information, please contact Yvette Blanding, yblanding@orionhope.org or Melinda Izzo, mizzo@orionhope.org. To register for the upcoming workshops, please visit Eventbrite. A Zoom link for the event will…

Bridges Out of Poverty

February 23, 2021

Phoenixville Bridges is our local version of the national model, Bridges Out of Poverty and, even during the pandemic, has continued to offer workshops. This school year, our Chester County trainers including our beloved Mayor, Peter, trained 100 Phoenixville Area School District staff last Fall. Dr. Fegley plans to have all 600 employees attend a workshop. Not…