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    YMCA Community Needs Assessment

    In order to aid the Meadville YMCA in its partnership with PennWest to access Pre-K Counts funding, Hema and Eva conducted a needs assessment survey to gather data for programmatic direction.
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    IMPACT TEAM
    Health and Wellbeing

    TYPE
    Community Based Research (CBR)
    Direct Service and/or Social Action Project (SAP)
    Economic Development and Workforce Development Stories

    STATUS
    Ongoing

    Food Resources Website Design

    Food insecurity has increasingly been recognized as a common problem amongst residents of Crawford County.
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    IMPACT TEAM
    Health and Wellbeing

    TYPE
    Community Engaged Learning (CEL)
    Community Based Research (CBR)
    Direct Service and/or Social Action Project (SAP)

    STATUS
    Ongoing

    A Toolkit for the Huidekoper Summer Park Program (Summer Progra)

    Four students collaborated with the Summer Parks Program, an 8-week program in Meadville, PA, in partnership with the YMCA and Creating Landscapes of Meadville, that offers roughly 20-30 children a day an opportunity to play, learn, and grow.
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    IMPACT TEAM
    Education and Social Development

    TYPE
    Community Based Research (CBR)
    Direct Service and/or Social Action Project (SAP)

    STATUS
    Completed

    Meadville Housing Plan

    Two students worked on a project to collect data to provide a clear picture of the housing needs in the City of Meadville.
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    IMPACT TEAM
    Community and Economic Development

    TYPE
    Community Based Research (CBR)
    Direct Service and/or Social Action Project (SAP)
    Economic Development and Workforce Development Stories

    STATUS
    Ongoing

    The Arc Community Greenspace: Celebrating Mill Run


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    IMPACT TEAM
    Arts and Culture

    TYPE
    Community Engaged Learning (CEL)
    Community Based Research (CBR)
    Direct Service and/or Social Action Project (SAP)
    Economic Development and Workforce Development Stories

    STATUS
    Ongoing

    Public Arts Feasibility and Commission Design

    Developed the foundation for a Public Arts Program in Meadville by conducting and investigating research on commissioning and maintaining public art projects.
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    IMPACT TEAM
    Arts and Culture

    TYPE
    Community Engaged Learning (CEL)
    Community Based Research (CBR)
    Community Project Grants (CPG)
    Direct Service and/or Social Action Project (SAP)

    STATUS
    Ongoing

    BioBlitz Clark Island

    Pymatuning State Park requested a “BioBlitz” of Clark Island on the northern end of Pymatuning Reservoir to update a database created in 2003 by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. During the first “blitz,” 58 species were identified. 
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    IMPACT TEAM
    Environment and Sustainability

    TYPE
    Community Project Grants (CPG)
    Direct Service and/or Social Action Project (SAP)

    STATUS
    Ongoing

    Immunity is Community Health Fair

    On April 1, 2023, two Allegheny College professors (Dr. Ishita Sinha Roy and Dr. Becky Dawson) and various community partners (Crawford Health Improvement Coalition, Meadville Rotary, Meadville Medical Center and its affiliates) hosted the “Immunity is Community” health fair.
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    IMPACT TEAM
    Health and Wellbeing

    TYPE
    Community Project Grants (CPG)
    Direct Service and/or Social Action Project (SAP)
    Volunteerism

    STATUS
    Completed