North Hills Seniors Program Wins $5,000 Community Impact Award
PITTSBURGH - Nazareth Housing Services, which provides senior
homeowners with ways to improve and maintain their homes, has earned a $5,000
Community Impact Award, an award sponsored by Dominion Peoples.
In the eighth annual award competition, Dominion awarded $60,000
to eight winners selected by a panel of judges from 51 nominations submitted
by organizations throughout western Pennsylvania. The award recognizes cities
or community groups that have made a major impact in the community. Grant funds
come from the Dominion Foundation.
The Senior Homeowner Assistance Program helps homeowners who
lack funds for critical repairs, to "age in place" in their own homes.
Some of the improvements include adding handrails, replacing unsafe steps, installing
bathroom safety features and upgrading the electricity.
"We are proud of the outstanding efforts of all the people
involved in these award-winning projects," said Jay L. Johnson, president
and chief executive officer. "Their work goes a long way in revitalizing
our communities and making them better places in which to live, work and play."
Other Community Impact Award winners include:
Adams Memorial Library, for its weekly Bookmobile
project that helps increase library circulation by the thousands every month.
Conservation Consultants, Inc., for its Green Neighborhood
Program, which provides energy efficiency and environmental education to targeted
neighborhoods.
Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition and Stream Restoration,
Inc., for its environmental project at Goff station.
Hosanna House, Inc., for its job training and job
search classes program.
Homeless Children's Education Fund for its Computer
Learning Center project that ensures that homeless children have equal access
to educational opportunities.
Southwestern PA Human Services, Inc., for its Reed
Avenue Place real estate project in Monessen.
The Progress Fund's enterprise development
project which targets rural Pennsylvania by increasing access to capital for
owners of small businesses.
Dominion has a diversified and integrated energy portfolio
consisting of about 24,000 megawatts of generation. Dominion also serves more
than 3.8 million franchise natural gas and electric customers in five states.
For more information about Dominion, visit the company's Web site at www.dom.com.
