In collaboration with our community, we support and challenge families to help the recognize their strengths, while providing our expertise to educate and empower them to reach their goals, with the ultimate objective of eliminating the need for Head Start in Our Community.

The mission of the Shippensburg Head Start Program is to provide individualized, comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and meaningful experiences for all enrolled children and their families in order to effectively prepare and assist them to deal with their current environment as well as for the future.

Shippensburg Head Start Program is an early childhood program that serves low income families and children 0-5 years old . We have Head Start/ Pre-K Classrooms in Carlisle, Newville, and Shippensburg.

Carlisle Victory Circle Inc. is a Community Based Youth Organization with a mission to challenge young people to prepare for their future through education and character development. We strive to make a difference in the lives of middle and high school students of the Carlisle Area School District. The vision and community goals are relevant to three GCP priority areas.

The Cumberland County Library System’s mission is to meet the cultural, educational and informational needs of library users and community residents in Cumberland County.

We are a church that highly values being partnered and connected within our community. We want to build bridges and seek opportunities to support and encourage community agencies and groups who are working to build a better community. As a Church our vision is to be a diverse family of Christ-followers who seek to live out the love, acceptance, hope and healing of Jesus in all areas of our lives.

Founded in 1913, the Greater Carlisle Area Chamber of Commerce has been serving the Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Area for more than 100 years. Our mission is to serve as a community catalyst that encourages and supports economic growth and stability.

YWCA Carlisle is a non-profit, social justice centered agency that works to eliminate racism and empower women in the Carlisle community and beyond. It runs programs for people of all genders from preschool through adulthood.

The Carlisle Family YMCA offers classes to the greater Carlisle community that empower them to live healthier lives. Classes range from education to outdoor activities to traditional fitness classes.

Providing Opportunities to Discover, Inquire & Grow at the Dickinson College Farm

Employment Skills Center prepares adults for better employment through education and training. Through our classes, students develop skills that help them secure self-sustaining jobs and become active members of our community.

The United Way of Carlisle and Cumberland County unites people and resources to build a stronger, healthier Carlisle and Cumberland County. The mission of of the United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County is to unite people and resources to build a stronger, healthier Carlisle & Cumberland County.

Kings Gap offers environmental education programs from the pre-school environmental awareness program to environmental problem solving programs.

Visit this scenic alpaca farm and learn about these beautiful animals, local farming, and local textile production.

A biofuel research lab of Penn State University and provide the local community with technologies and educational opportunities related to biofuels.

Project SHARE is an interfaith cooperative effort which provides food, clothing, nutritional education, and links to programs to empower people in need within the greater Carlisle Area. They promote sustainability initiatives, including education, farming, gleaning, recycling, and many others.

The Letort Regional Authority protects and preserves the Letort Spring Run and its watershed while developing access and recreational opportunities associated with the stream.

The Clean Air Board of Central Pennsylvania is a faith-based citizens’ initiative dedicated to achieving clean air to protect our health and quality of life.

The services provided by the Carlisle Arts Learning Center better the Carlisle community by providing classes to children and adults regardless of socio-economic class. These programs promote self-esteem and self-expression. In addition, the Works in the Windows program provides artwork for vacant storefront windows keeping downtown Carlisle looking beautiful.

Sustainability is about more than recycling and the environment. Sustainability is about answering a fundamental question: How do we improve the human condition equitably in this and future generations, while conserving environmental systems necessary to support healthy and vibrant societies? This is Dickinson’s working definition of sustainability. Like most definitions, ours is born of a concern for the future of the planet, its people and its living systems, which are threatened by a growing human footprint that is consuming and degrading environmental resources at a rapid pace. It recognizes essential needs of vast numbers of people are not being met in the present, and that poverty and inequality are amplifiers of vulnerability to environmental and other hazards. It is motivated by values that seek balance among economic development, eradication of poverty and hunger, advancement of social justice, and protection of the natural world.