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.
