The second round of grants from the Richard L. Snyder Fund at Greater Pike Community Foundation totals more than $47,000 and benefits nonprofit organizations that support maintaining and enhancing the public areas of the Borough of Milford; sponsorship of local arts, culture, festivals, and events; and medical research. This latest round follows grants of $22,000 issued in June to six area nonprofits—grants dedicated to helping address the COVID crisis in the greater Pike County area. Grant Committee Chair Maryanne Monte said,...

Greater Pike Community Foundation awarded over $20,000 through five grants to area nonprofits in the final round of funding from the Greater Pike Covid Relief Fund. Pike Autism Support Services of NEPA was among the recipients. Executive Director Jeannemarie Passaro said the grant “will help keep our doors open” and provide services to families and individuals with autism in northeast Pennsylvania and surrounding areas. Passaro explained her organization seeks to inform and educate the public on many fronts, working with law...

Circumstances may have required Greater Pike Community Foundation to postpone its annual dinner until 2021, but certainly not the recognition due to its extraordinary honorees, Centa Quinn and Junior Dabashi. Centa Quinn was unanimously selected to receive the Barbara J. Buchanan Community Service Award, given to an individual who exemplifies the spirit of volunteerism and giving back to the community. Her friends will tell you Centa is modest, and that was evident by her reaction when told she was chosen as...

The death of a loved one is an emotionally difficult time. Often important decisions must be made, including how to honor a loved one’s memory in a personally meaningful way. A new program through Greater Pike Community Foundation can help alleviate some of this burden by allowing families to choose how to direct contributions made in memoriam up to one year after a loved one’s passing. With very little paperwork, Greater Pike will establish a memorial fund to accept contributions in...

Thousands more dollars in grants have been awarded to qualified nonprofit and government organizations from the Milford Covid Relief Fund, (MCRF) administered by Greater Pike Community Foundation. The grants will help offset the decline in donations, memberships, and fundraising resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. In the latest round, $7,000 dollars in grants were equally distributed to Pike County Historical Society, Pike County Library, Pike County Humane Society, Milford Shade Tree Commission, Milford Fire Department, Milford Garden Club, and the Delaware...

Five scholarships, four families, and two schools are the ingredients that went into helping young children and their families during a difficult time.  A total of five children are the most recent recipients of needed Pre-K scholarships with funding from Greater Pike Community Foundation. Lucia Shrag, an essential worker at Milford’s Key Food Supermarket, is now able to send her son Robert to the 2020 summer Pre-K program at the Center for Developmental Disabilities (CDD) in Milford.  Lucia noted that Robert,...

A new fund administered by Greater Pike Community Foundation for Safe Haven of Pike County, Inc., will help victims of domestic violence and sexual assault put down roots and begin a new life. When, after 28 years, Safe Haven of Pike County, Inc., decided to permanently close its doors last fall, the domestic violence and sexual abuse prevention center (formerly known as Survivors Resources) wanted to leave more than a memory of its years of advocacy and victim support; it wanted...

A small group of concerned residents in a small town can do big things in the face of a global health pandemic.  In March, a group helping to organize the community’s response to COVID-19 reached out to Greater Pike Community Foundation to set up a pass-through fund to assist individuals, businesses, and nonprofits in and near Milford Borough that have been adversely affected by the pandemic. The Milford Covid Relief Fund began with Mayor Sean Strub, Borough Councilmembers Frank Tarquinio, Joseph...

Six graduating students from Delaware Valley High School each will receive $3,000 as the first recipients of the Kyle James Pascoe Memorial Scholarship Fund. The fund was created by Sharon Marks in honor of her son, a popular classmate who died in a tragic car accident in 2018 shortly after starting his junior year. This June, Kyle would have graduated with his classmates, so these awards are particularly poignant. Since Kyle excelled both academically and athletically, the awards are given to...

A deserving single mother got some needed help in paying for her son’s preschool tuition with funding from Greater Pike Community Foundation.  Three-year-old Justin Ross received a Pre-Kindergarten scholarship for full tuition at Green Trees Early Learning Center in Milford.  Jessica Ross, a registered nurse, said she was “grateful and appreciative”, adding, “I’ve been basically supporting our family and paying the mortgage by myself.  I was almost in tears when I saw the letter.  I thank Greater Pike Community Foundation...