Greater Pike Community Foundation is offering Pre-K scholarships again this year, thanks to a $15,000 donation from Highmark Life Insurance Company, made possible through Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit program. 2020 Pre-K scholarships will provide full or partial tuition for local children attending summer or school-year programs at the Center for Developmental Disabilities (CDD), Green Trees Early Learning Center, or The Ann Street School. Jenni Hamill, Greater Pike Executive Director, noted the significance of these scholarships especially now. “For families who...

Providing food for those in need has become an arduous and frustrating task—and today, often an impossible one.  The Covid-19 pandemic has placed an unforeseen hardship on food pantries all over the country. That is why Greater Pike Community Foundation is pleased to be granting four of Pike County’s food pantries $2,000 each to help them help those suffering from the effect of the crisis. Grants from the Greater Pike Covid Relief Fund (GPCRF) were awarded to the Ecumenical Food Pantry...

To rapidly address ongoing and emergency needs for our community, Greater Pike Community Foundation announces the establishment of a third emergency fund— the Greater Pike COVID Relief Fund (GPCRF). The fund will provide support for qualified government and nonprofit relief efforts helping those harmed by the COVID epidemic in the greater Pike region. Jim Pedranti, the Foundation’s Board Chair, said, “The GPCRF fund will address the many immediate and long term needs of the community and will enable people to have...

The Milford COVID Relief Fund (MCRF), a pass-through fund at the Greater Pike Community Foundation, has announced its first grant. A donation of $4,000 has been made to the Community Outreach program at the Milford United Methodist Church to provide support to individuals who live or work(ed) in Milford Borough and are in need of assistance. “We wanted to help individuals who live or work in Milford Borough, but we did not want to create a complicated apparatus to do so. Milford...

Greater Pike Community Foundation is pleased to acknowledge a $5,000 donation from Honesdale National Bank that will help to provide educational enhancements for students in science, technology, engineering and math (the STEM Program) in the Delaware Valley School District. The donation was made through Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC). Greater Pike Executive Director Jenni Hamill said, “We greatly value our strong partnership with Honesdale National Bank, the Delaware Valley School District, and the PA Department of Community and Economic...

Greater Pike Community Foundation today announced the earlier-than-usual availability of grants from the Richard L. Snyder Fund. The 2020 grant cycle has been dedicated to helping address the COVID-19 crisis in the greater Pike County area. “In the face of this crisis, Greater Pike has expedited our funding cycle in hopes that grants from the Richard L. Snyder fund will help ‘flatten the curve’ of the pandemic and lessen its impact on our community,” said Maryanne Monte, Greater Pike’s Grants Committee...

The Barbara J. Buchanan Fund of Greater Pike Community Foundation is pleased to announce a total of $2500 in awards to help support four nonprofit organizations: Delaware Dancers, Kindred Spirits, Pike County Historical Society and TriVersity Center for Gender and Sexual Identity. “Barbara Buchanan’s tireless philanthropy raised millions of dollars for many diverse organizations, including this year’s recipients,” said Maryanne Monte, Greater Pike Community Foundation’s Granting Chair.  “We are honored to continue her legacy and make these awards in her memory.” A...

If there ever was a time for giving, it is now—when communities everywhere are summoning help for people and businesses struggling through the COVID-19 virus pandemic. That is one reason Greater Pike Community Foundation has eagerly teamed up with the Scranton Area Community Foundation and other sponsors to host NEPA Gives—a 24-hour giving marathon on June 5th.  This is a one-day event that anyone can join from home—giving directly to the charity of one’s choice or even offering to match others’...

The Milford Covid Relief Fund (MCRF) has been created to aid nonprofit service providers and organizations struggling with the health and economic effects of the coronavirus. MCRF will provide support to nonprofits that are trying to meet the new and urgent needs that have affected Milford’s residents, business owners, and those who work in Milford. The fund was launched by a group of Milford residents, including Milford Borough Councilmembers Frank Tarquinio, Joseph Dooley and Luke Turano, former Councilmember Annette Haar, Doug Manion,...

Community could simply mean a group of people living in the same place, or it could be a sense of fellowship with others.  There is no doubt that Key Foods owner Junior Dabashi perfectly fits the latter definition. Case in point: in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, he quickly offered to personally deliver groceries to Milford Borough residents who are ill and quarantined in their homes, and he set time aside exclusively for seniors to shop.  But that’s just...