Another five area nonprofits are getting support in their efforts to alleviate hardships caused by the pandemic. Grants totaling $16,500 have been awarded by the Greater Pike Covid Relief Fund (GPCRF) to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church to help restock their food pantry, Habitat for Humanity to replenish its client fund, Milford United Methodist Church to continue its COVID outreach program, Tri-State Pregnancy Center for baby supplies, and The Cooperage Project, which received a grant for food assistance. Executive Director Arrah Fisher...

Contributions continue to pour into the Greater Pike Covid Relief Fund (GPCRF) including a notable $25,000 donation from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation.  Greater Pike Community Foundation Chair Jim Pedranti noted, “We were very pleased to receive this substantial donation from the Weinberg Foundation; it is sorely needed.”   Pedranti added, “It will help us support relief efforts both in the short and medium term as the Greater Pike region moves to overcome the harm inflicted by the pandemic.” GPCRF was...

Greater Pike Community Foundation is excited to announce the first recipient of the Ann Intili Morey Art Scholarship.  Abigail Reno, a senior at Delaware Valley High School, will receive $4000 towards her study of Theatre Production and Design at Temple University. “She clearly is headed to a career involving her art talents,” said Ann Morey.  Morey, an artist in her own right, created the scholarship fund to help support a high school senior who plans to major in fine or applied...

Greater Pike Covid Relief Fund (GPCRF) is now accepting grant applications from qualified nonprofit and government organizations seeking support for their efforts in helping those harmed by the COVID epidemic in the greater Pike region. Eligible types of requests include food pantries, emergency relief programs, and other community resources such as health and social services.  To apply, please visit the grant application page of our website. Nonprofit representatives may contact Maryanne Monte (mamonte1@hotmail.com) for more information. Grant applications will be considered on...

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...