• Speaking from the Heart (& Soul)

    Published On: November 27, 2024Categories: Article/NewsTags: , ,

    At their July meeting, trustees of the Arras Foundation made a two-year grant award to Kershaw Area Resource Exchange Ministries for the support of operating services and programs including food pantry, crisis financial assistance, and emergency home repairs.

  • Discover Lancaster County | Foundation Reinvents Itself

    Published On: November 6, 2020Categories: Article/NewsTags: ,

    Lancaster’s leading philanthropy has been reinventing itself over the last few years, culminating with changing its name this summer. The former J. [...]

  • The News & Reporter | Heart & Soul, blood, sweat and tears

    Published On: November 6, 2020Categories: Article/NewsTags: , ,

    By The News & Reporter, Brian Garner https://www.onlinechester.com/content/heart-soul-blood-sweat-and-tears Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 1:30 pm (Updated: November 4, 1:41 pm) The Fort Lawn [...]

  • The Lancaster News – Editor’s Column: A choice about what we venerate

    Published On: July 15, 2020Categories: Article/NewsTags:

    I am old enough to remember racially segregated water fountains side-by-side on Lancaster’s Main Street. The movie theater had a separate entrance that took black patrons up a narrow staircase to the balcony. Our doctor’s office had two waiting rooms – one with upholstered chairs and magazines for white families, one with flat wooden benches for black families.

  • Our Name

    Published On: July 10, 2020Categories: UncategorizedTags:

    We are changing our name to reflect our work in the community! The J. Marion Sims Foundation is now the Arras Foundation. Learn [...]