Nonprofits interested in applying for a 2025 Adams County Grant are encouraged to attend one of our upcoming Zoom sessions for details on our updated guidelines. Register here to join us on December 17, 2024 at 3pm, or Register here to join us on December 18, 2024 at 10am. Please visit Adams County Grants for […]
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The Adams County Community Foundation Giving Spree is Adams County’s Day of Giving! Join us this year on November 7, 2024 to support more than 100 Adams County Nonprofits! For more than a dozen years, the Adams County Community Foundation Giving Spree has been Adams County’s day of giving: the day when everyone comes together
You’ve seen the billboards, yard signs and social media posts. You’ve received the letters and postcards. It’s time for one of Adams County’s greatest annual events and we need your help. Now in its 14th year, the Adams County Community Foundation Giving Spree has been Adams County’s day of giving: the day when everyone in
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The Adams County Community Foundation Giving Spree returns on Thursday, November 7, 2024. We are keeping all the elements donors love about the Giving Spree and expanding it with live nonprofit information sessions for donors and drop off locations across Adams County. Like last year, there are many ways to participate. First, join us Live
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Year after year, the Adams Rescue Mission had raised 100% of its operating budget through its famous thrift store, recycling program, fundraising events and a robust annual appeal. With a powerful commitment to people in need, the Rescue Mission provides a strong web of services from housing to job training. And if any of those
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We are celebrating the extraordinary life of a beloved member of the Gettysburg community Pat Crowner. She was named Betty Jo when she was born on November 23, 1940 to Hazel Elizabeth (Tucker) and Thomas Joseph “Joe” Flamm in Springfield, Illinois. She was not fond of her given name and as a young girl changed
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(Gettysburg, PA: 6/19/2024) — The Adams County Community Foundation has announced $100,000 in grants to local nonprofits through its Adams County Grants program. Adams County Grants are made possible by donors who contribute to The Fund for Adams County, the Community Foundation’s growing, permanent endowment for the needs of the community. Community Foundation CEO Ralph
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Selby Family Memorial Fund Awards $93,880 in Grants for Littlestown through the Adams County Community Foundation Fund for Littlestown (Littlestown, PA: 06/04/2024) — The late Dick Selby created The Bernard, Mary, and Richard Selby Family Memorial Fund as a permanent charitable endowment to honor his parents, Mary and Bernard, and the family’s commitment to their
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Earlier this year, a dear friend of mine died suddenly. She was one of the most generous people I knew. Generous of heart and humor, and generous of monetary gifts to the nonprofits and community she loved. In her late 60’s, after she retired as a scientific lab technician, she launched a second career as
