News from the Community Foundation
Impact Story: Health & Wellness
CCCF Community Impact Story: Dental Van In 2017, Blue Mountain Health System (now part of St. Luke’s) was awarded $1,000 toward their "Healthy Smiles Happy Kids" Dental Van. The dental van was a project that grew out of the Carbon County Partners for...
Impact Story: Neighborhood and Community Development
CCCF Community Impact Story: Always on Call In 2018, CCCF awarded Kidder Township a grant for a project to recruit and retain members for their volunteer emergency services teams. ‘Always on Call’ was created to encourage community support for the emergency services...
Impact Story: Social Services
CCCF Community Impact Story: Meals on Wheels of Palmerton In 2016 and 2018, CCCF awarded a grant to Meals on Wheels of Palmerton. The mission of Meals on Wheels is to deliver three nutritiously balanced meals, five days a week (including holidays), to individuals in...
Impact Story: The Arts
CCCF Community Impact Story: Zion Opera Workshop In 2019, Zion Opera Workshop received a $500 grant from the Fund for Carbon County for their upcoming show, Curtains. Zion Opera workshop began in 1970 and has put on a production every year since. Each show is...
Impact Story: Youth
CCCF Community Impact Story: Panther Valley Playground https://youtu.be/Roc5Y5QkNkg In 2018, Panther Valley School District received a $1000 grant from the Fund for Carbon County for their Elementary School Playground project. Recognizing that every child deserves...
Carbon Foundation Invests in Promoting Early-Childhood Literacy
St. Luke’s Reach Out and Read program has received a $60,000 grant from a Donor-Advised Fund at the Carbon County Community Foundation. St. Luke’s University Health Network, a longtime partner of Reach Out and Read, will use the money to help meet the...
Should a Donor-Advised Fund be part of your tax strategy?
A message from Joseph Mastriani, CPA and Shareholder at Buckno Lisicky & Company: Bunching or Bundling Charitable Donations with a Donor-Advised Fund:Â A great year-end stocking stuffer idea to benefit Carbon County-area charities Individual taxpayers,...
CCCF Hosts “Art with a View”
On Thursday, October 11, 5:30-8:30, Carbon County Community Foundation is hosting a charity art exhibit, sale, and auction to benefit their Arts Fund. The Carbon County Creative Arts Fund was established earlier this year to create a perpetual funding...
Calling all Accountants, Lawyers, Financial Advisers, Business-owners in the Carbon County region
Weds., September 19, 4-7pm @ Macaluso's, Nesquehoning, PA. Join the PA Institute of Certified Public Accountants Northeastern Chapter, the Carbon County Community Foundation, and the Carbon Chamber & Economic Development for a two-hour presentation on...
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