Chester Education Foundation

Delco Gives Day is tomorrow, but you can donate now! Any donation amount is welcome and appreciated, but here are some examples of how your dollars can help us serve the Chester community:

-$10 covers the cost of a shelf-stable meal for our Community Resource Hub Care Closet
-$50 helps someone with an emergency need through our Phil Damiani Memorial Emergency Fund
-$100 covers the cost of a refurbished laptop for our digital skills students

To make a donation, please visit https://www.delcogives.org/organization/Chester-Education-Foundation (link also in bio). Thank you!

CEF’s longest running program is STEP (Success Training & Employment Program). Launched in 1988, technically 1 year before CEF was incorporated, STEP has run continuously since then and is responsible for placing more than 7000 young people in jobs and contributing more than $11,760,000 of payroll dollars to the Chester economy!⁣
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In addition to STEP, CEF has operated out-of-school time programs for 37+ years, allowing us to collaborate with so many great partners, including CUSD, Chester Charter Scholars Academy, the City of Chester, Widener University, Swarthmore College, Boys & Girls Club of Chester, and many more.⁣
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Feeling nostalgic too? Take a walk down memory lane with us! If you have participated in any of our programs in the past, we would love to hear about how it has impacted you, any fond memories, etc. Reach out by email ([email protected]). We are collecting stories to share soon.⁣
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Delco Gives Day is one week away! We are participating this year to raise funds to support our afterschool programs, purchase laptops to give away to digital skills students, and for our Phil Damiani Memorial Emergency Fund (available to help Delco residents with emergency needs).

If you would like to help support us, please consider making a donation to our Delco Gives fundraising page at https://www.delcogives.org/organization/Chester-Education-Foundation (link also available in our bio). Please also consider sharing this post on your social media and with your friends & family!

STAYIN’ ALIVE! Last week, we hosted a hands-only CPR training from the American Heart Association and Main Line Health. Thank you to our amazing instructor, Jeff, for teaching us about the difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest, the importance of AEDs and much more!⁣
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Thanks to Main Line Health, we have a CPR Anywhere training kit available in Chester Education Foundation’s Community Resource Hub! If you would like to use our space for a CPR training or borrow the kit to host your own training, please reach out to [email protected] for more information. ⁣
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🚨February Spotlight: Main Line Health Systems🚨⁣⁣⁣
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Join this month’s CTC meeting Thursday, 2/12/26, to learn more about Main Line Health Systems’ CPR and AED trainings for American Heart Month.⁣ Zoom link in bio!⁣⁣
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