Greater Washington County Food Bank’s Country Thrift Market is a Success! It is not often that a charity has the opportunity to develop a new revenue stream. Designed to provide long-term revenue for the Greater Washington County Food Bank, the Country Thrift Market accepts donations of new or gently used clothing and household In 2016, the Women of Philanthropy Giving Circle items. The revenue generated from the sale of the (WOPGC) awarded a $10,000 Mother's Fund grant to donated items is used to offset the expenses incurred the Food Bank to support the Country Thrift Market. at the Food Bank's new larger facility which The WOPGC was drawn to the Thrift Market project not distributes more than 2,000,000 pounds of food only because of the items it provides to those in need, but annually. also because the Market generates revenue in excess of its expenses. The support provided by the Mother's Fund grant went toward opening expenses allowing the Food Bank to preserve the vast majority of the Market's first quarter proceeds to cover other startup costs. hang clothing by gender, size, and color before they move into the Thrift Market to stock racks. In addition to the Thrift Market, the Healthy Habits Training Center at the Food Bank is off to a great start With the nearest thrift store 25 minutes away, the offering classes and trainings to enable area residents Mon Valley is proving to be a perfect location for a to make healthy choices and create healthy habits for reuse store. The sorting of donations began in June, themselves and their families. and since the opening day in October, Rachel Willson, Market Manager, and several regular volunteers have Upcoming classes include everything from Computer been busy sorting, pricing, and restocking the Basics, Extreme Couponing, and a monthly cooking continuous supply of donations in the new facility. series, to Gardening 101, Pollinator Gardens, and a Spring Fruit Tree Planting. "The Country Thrift Market has opened The Thrift Market is open Tuesday through Saturday opportunities for everyone. Some have items they no from 9:00 am until 4:30 pm and current proceeds from longer need or want, so they donate. Others have a need, the Market are being set aside for the purchase of a but not necessarily the means to purchase. One's void is new delivery truck for the Food Bank. Visit gwcfb.org filled by another's generosity." for more information. - Connie Burd, Executive Director, Greater Washington County Food Bank. Contents In addition, Jodi Gatts, Healthy Habits Training 3 Grants Awarded Center Administrator, provides classroom instruction for the LifeSkills, Transitional 10 WCCF Gives Grants Employment Consultants (TEC), and ARC Human Services groups. Volunteers learn how to sort and 13 Scholarships Awarded 2 GRANTS (unrestricted unless otherwise noted) $20,000 to First Presbyterian Church Abernathy Fund for Conservation Canonsburg Community Fund $2,000 to Washington & Jefferson College to Monitor $100 to Metro Pittsburgh Youth for Christ/Campus Water Quality at Abernathy Field Station Life for Canonsburg Armory Youth Center $500 to Washington County Watershed Alliance for Eleanor M. Campbell Fund Chartiers Creek Water Trail Feasibility Study $450 to Washington Hospital Foundation for Nursing Education Dr. Ernest L. Abernathy Fund $2,000 to Washington County Community Larry Campbell Fund Foundation $431 to AMC Cold River Camp for Larry’s Lair Dr. Angelo & Barbara Armenti Fund Catholic Endowment for Educational Development $173 to Foundation for California University of (CEED) Pennsylvania for Scholarship Fund $3,505 to John F. Kennedy Catholic School for support of the school and the TCE Program of Immaculate Robert C. & Maudie M. Armstrong Fund Conception Church $1,722 to Thomas Presbyterian Church Center Presbyterian Church Fund Arts Fund $627 to Center Presbyterian Church $10,000 to Lemoyne Community Center for Threading Through Our History Chambers-Phelan Fund Grants Awarded $480 to Liberty United Methodist Church Scott Ashmore Legacy Fund $571 to Trinity School District for hunter’s safety Charleroi Area Historical Society Fund program $231 to Charleroi Area Historical Society Beichner Family Fund Chartiers-Houston Community Library Fund $500 to John F. Kennedy Catholic School for $598 to Chartiers-Houston Community Library Scholarship Fund Christian Gathering Church Fund Johna Belfiore Fund $690 to Washington City Mission $294 to Arc Human Services for Camp Laugh-a-Lot Walter L. Christman Family Fund Bentworth Alumni/Brad Smith Memorial Fund $5,000 to LeMoyne Community Center for American $162 to Bentleyville Public Library Girl Book Club Berman Family Fund Citizens Library Fund $940 to Washington Hospital Foundation for the $138 to Citizens Library Association of Washington bereavement program Betty R. & Clarke M. Carlisle Fund California United Methodist Church Fund $458 to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation $756 to California United Methodist Church $917 to First Christian Church Richard & Edwina Cameron Fund $100,000 to Washington & Jefferson College for $458 to Immaculate Conception Church Richard & Edwina Cameron Scholarship Fund Community Action Southwest Fund $337 to Community Action Southwest Richard & Edwina Cameron Fund II $1,000 to Denison University $151 to Community Action Southwest $10,000 to Washington Hospital Foundation (Continued on page 4) 3 Community Endowment for Peters Township Sgt. Russell L. Crupe Fund $2,000 to Meals on Wheels of Peters Township for $349 to Citizens Library Association of Washington Angel Food Fund $349 to Avella Area Public Library Friends of Dr. Thomas Conner Fund Ed DeVoge Fund $189 to Washington School District $850 to Little Lake Theatre Company Richard D. Constantine Jr. Memorial Fund Diabetes Education Fund $200 to Greater Washington County Food Bank for $628 to Washington Hospital Foundation for Diabetes Capital Campaign Education at Wilfred R. Cameron Wellness Center Cornerstone Care Health Services Fund EIO Fund (Educational Improvement Tax Credit $136 to Cornerstone Healthcare Services (EITC) Program grants to public school districts for Crooks Family Charitable Fund II technology programs) $2,000 to YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh for South Hills $9,250 to Avella Area School District YMCA Youth Swim Team $10,000 to Bethlehem-Center School District Current Events Club Fund $750 to Bradford House Historical Association $8,000 to Canon-McMillan School District $750 to Citizens Library Association of Washington $10,000 to Charleroi Area School District $750 to Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern $9,250 to Fort Cherry School District Pennsylvania $10,000 to McGuffey School District $750 to Washington Hospital Foundation John & Thelma Curtis Fund $10,000 to Mon Valley Career & Technology Center $2,500 to the Patriot Project $18,000 to Ringgold School District $2,500 to the Pennsylvania Association of $19,250 to Trinity Area School District Numismatists for Community Education Programs $9,250 to Washington School District Falconi Toyota Motors Charitable Fund $2,500 to Foundation Fighting Blindness for Pittsburgh VisionWalk $5,000 to Washington Health System Foundation for Donnell House $15,000 to Washington Health System Foundation $2,500 to Washington Area Humane Society $2,500 to Greater Washington County Food Bank $2,500 to Washington County Community Foundation Meals on Wheels of Peters Township received a $2,000 grant Judge David L. Gilmore Memorial Fund from the Community Endowment for Peters Township to $414 to Washington County Bar Foundation support meal costs for the lower-income clients. 4 Horne Family Fund $1,100 to Bradford House Historical Association $1,100 to Marianna Public Library Dr. Howard Jack Outstanding Public Educator Award $1,000 to Bentworth School District for Outdoor Classroom Robert Jaeger Fund $336 to Southwestern Pennsylvania Human Services CARE Center Rama Karamcheti Fund for Citizens Library $1,000 to Citizens Library Association of Washington to support the Reference and Genealogy Departments Students from Claysville Elementary School explained to Charles & Carol Keller Fund EQT Local Government and Community Affairs Specialist $5,000 to Washington County Community Stephanie Paluda how the Tilapia breeding program works in Foundation conjunction with the aquaponic growing system. McGuffey School Districted was awarded a $10,000 EIO Fund Grant in Harold & Hazel Lauerman Fund Grants Awarded Grants Awarded 2016 for technology to support the program. $4,661 to Donora Public Library Leadership Washington Fund Craig Gnagey Memorial Fund $285 to Leadership Washington County $750 to Washington Hospital Foundation for Teen Outreach, ECHO—Trinity & Washington School Dawn Lindsay Education Fund Districts $168 to Presbyterian SeniorCare for Nursing Education John Bentley Greenlee & Mary Gates Greenlee Fund $499 to Bentleyville Public Library McBride-McMaster Fund $4,000 to Washington County Historical Society for Friends of Joan Griffin Fund Historical Information Displays $500 to Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern Pennsylvania McCune Family Fund $1,000 to Greater Washington County Food Bank for Hart History Fund Capital Campaign $1,000 to Donora Historical Society for Glass Plate Negative Development McDonald Presbyterian Church Fund $1,721 to McDonald Presbyterian Church Lori Hill Orchestral Fund $422 to Trinity School District for orchestral program Bill & Suzette McGowan Fund $500 to Washington Area Humane Society Harold & Enes Hockett Fund $1,000 to the Greater Washington County