Spotlight on SWAN 2015
Spotlight on SWAN 2015
April 27, 2015

This year’s Spotlight event featured a performance by “Sparkling Diamonds”, SWAN’s newly named and branded vocal ensemble. Everyone agreed that this group of pre-teens lived up...

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Music For Everyone Grants Instruments to SWAN
Music For Everyone Grants Instruments to SWAN
April 24, 2015

Metallophones and alto recorders have been purchased with funds granted from MFE. These instruments will allow our vocal ensemble to accompany themselves and add more harmonies...

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The Coach Foundation Grants Money to SWAN
The Coach Foundation Grants Money to SWAN
April 13, 2015

Our vocal ensemble will keep on singing thanks to a generous grant from The Coach Foundation. We will now be able to add new students to...

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Philadelphia Performance meets with a Standing Ovation!
Philadelphia Performance meets with a Standing Ovation!
April 8, 2015

On March 31 our students headed into Philadelphia to perform for the launch party of a great organization called Philly Gives. As they assembled into the...

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Our Students Have Their Own Group Name and Logo
Our Students Have Their Own Group Name and Logo
April 3, 2015

Steve Beckman, VP of Design at Eighty Twenty, had this to say about his experience working on the project with our children: “The branding process is...

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We’re on Mission!
February 18, 2015

What do Goldfish, M&M’s, and Sun Chips have to do with our SWAN students? A graphic artist whose studio has done branding and packaging design work...

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Provision and Hope are Given
Provision and Hope are Given
February 12, 2015

In November 2014, The Foundation for Enhancing Communities hosted its annual Gifts That Give Hope Fair. Through the foundation’s efforts and the generosity of our community supporters, $1,105 was raised for SWAN. The funds were specifically designated for...

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SWAN Benefits from The Extraordinary Give
SWAN Benefits from The Extraordinary Give
February 2, 2015

SWAN received $2,371 from the Lancaster County Community Foundation. These funds, generated through the 2014 Extraordinary Give, will directly serve some of Lancaster’s most vulnerable children...

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It is Better to Give than to Receive
It is Better to Give than to Receive
January 26, 2015

What is the best way to have our own heavy burdens lifted?  Serve others! As soon as our children arrive at Water Street Mission on February 6th,...

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Work for Peace
Work for Peace
January 8, 2015

Our supporter and friend, Jennifer Oehme Knepper, shares her concern for the community to support and rally behind organizations like SWAN in the wake of the loss of...

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