The Herald-Standard’s Tuesday, November 19th “Community” section featured the CFFC Fall 2019 Grants Presentation and the “Be Local” section encouraged support for Fayette EMS, which was supported in the 2019 Fayette Philanthropy Project. Read the articles by clicking on the below links!
“Community Foundation, Chevron distribute nearly $87,000 in fall grant cycle”
“Be Local by supporting area ambulance services”
Check out the Herald-Standard article about the CFFC’s Fayette Philanthropy Dinner!
Link: https://bit.ly/2NQy7JG
The Community Foundation of Fayette County (CFFC) honored the 2019 Fayette Philanthropists at the annual dinner on Thursday, October 17th at the Uniontown Country Club. Thank you to all of the participants who worked hard to raise money and awareness for their chosen causes. Congratulations to Mary Sampey, who was announced as “Fayette County’s Newest Philanthropist!”
During the program, CFFC Chairman Dan Gearing talked about how all philanthropy begins with having a passion, and CFFC Executive Director Renee Couser noted that the participants’ different passions all aim to achieve a common goal of making a difference in the community. Eberly Foundation President Bob Eberly, Jr. congratulated the CFFC on its 20th anniversary and spoke about his late father’s mission when he founded the CFFC with others in 1999. Each participant spoke about their cause: drug addiction services and community services, a police K-9 unit, bullying and suicide awareness, EMS services, and veterans’ assistance programs.
The fundraising competition results are as follows:
1st place: Mary Sampey, Angela Phillips Memorial Fund $19,000
2nd place: Jason Cox, Uniontown City Police K-9 Fund $8,763
3rd place: Gegg & Joyce Anders, Samantha Anders Legacy Fund $6,100
4th place: Beth Burd, Fayette Emergency Medical Services Permanent Fund $3,833.60
5th place: Victor Fiano III, Patrick MacIlvain Veteran Assistance Fund $500
To learn more about the participants, visit www.cffayettepa.org. Please call the CFFC office at 724-437-8600 if you would like to donate to any of the funds supported by this year’s participants.
Today’s CFFC newsletter introduces the 2019 Fayette Philanthropy Project participants!
They are fundraising for a variety of causes close to their hearts, all of which will help the Fayette County community and beyond. We wish them luck as they continue to gain support and spread their messages!
It’s not too late! Join the fundraising competition to compete for the winning title and to help support causes you care about. Anyone can participate and make a difference in their community!
The Fayette Philanthropy Project features a competition between individuals, teams or non-profit organizations to raise the most money for one of the Community Foundation of Fayette County’s (CFFC) existing funds or to create a new fund of your own for a charitable purpose. The fundraising competition runs until September 30, 2019.
To register for the competition, please complete the following: 2019 Fayette Philanthropy Project Participant Form or contact Renee M. Couser at 724-437-8600 x1.