Blog

Students lined up for VTC Signing Day

EDUCATION UPDATE


As part of a class project, the 2024 Venango Leadership Class updated our Job Shadow Guide, a resource for Students and Businesses. This fall, the Chamber will share it with all local schools to help students meet job shadow requirements. Visit venangochamber.org/job-shadow-guide to view the guide. To include your business, please complete the form on Read More…

Bethany Kontazes in a black dress with green necklace

Kontaxes Nutrition Now Accepts Insurance


Kontaxes Nutrition, located at 1047 Allegheny Avenue in Oil City, is now in network with Aetna, Highmark, and United Healthcare. Many people have benefits that include nutrition counseling and don’t even know it, so check your insurance plan to see if you qualify. Owner Bethany Kontaxes MS, CNS, LDN says, “If you have been wanting Read More…

Painting with tree advertising June 2 gallery event and listing participating artists

Artists Collaborate Across Region


ARTS Oil City has collaborated with the Bridge Literary Arts Center and the Red Brick Gallery in Foxburg to curate an exhibit featuring artists and writers from around Northwest PA. Ekphrasis: Writers Responding to Art is an exhibition of artwork paired with Poetry. Fifteen artists were invited to submit one piece of art and our Read More…

VNA Seeking Volunteers with VNA Green and Bluetree logo with heart

VNA Foundation Seeking Volunteers


The Venango VNA Foundation is a private and nonprofit corporation that raises funds to assist the patients of Visiting Nurses Association of Venango County who don’t have the resources to pay for home health care services. The Venango VNA Foundation also underwrites numerous community programs and projects. The Foundation is actively seeking volunteers to support Read More…

Krysta Carson with brown curly hair and black shirt

Krysta Carson Celebrates 10 Years at VCAB


The Venango County Association for the Blind (VCAB) celebrates their Executive Director Krysta Carson’s 10 year anniversary this month. Krysta began work at the VCAB in 2014 as the Administrative Assistant. During this time, she put countless hours into upgrading and streamlining many of the important operations that keep the agency running, allowing them to Read More…