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2022 Community Grant Awards Announced

The Clearfield County Charitable Foundation Board of Directors has announced their list of community grant awards for 2022 as follows: $2,000 to Western PA Police Athletic League in DuBois to fund WPAL Youth Programs, $500 to Cen-Clear Child Services Inc for printed materials for the Child Advocacy Center, $650 to Clearfield Borough Government / Clearfield Fire Department to purchase 1 Rapid Response Kit, $1,000 to Steve Livergood Jr. Christmas Eve Dinner Foundation for supplies and gifts for Christmas Eve Dinner event, $5,000 to Winburne Fire Company Number One for the purchase of a Fire/Rescue UTV Skid Unit, $1,000 to Houtzdale / Ramey EMS for Address Signage for residential homes to better identify home addresses, $5,000 to Curwensville PTC to purchase inclusive playground equipment at Curwensville Elementary School, $1,000 to Lawrence Township for additional equipment and work on the Lawrence Township Dog Park, $2,500 to Clearfield Area Baseball-Softball Corporation to purchase replacement equipment following the wall collapse and flooding damage at the Hyde / former Target building and $850 to Curwensville / Pike Township Historical Society for a project to preserve historical documents and photos.     These grants total $19,500 with $14,500 coming from investment earnings from several endowment funds and $5,000 coming from the Kurtz Clearfield, Curwensville, Lawrence Township Fund that funds projects in the 3 named municipalities.

Additionally, funding was awarded from the Sarah Jane Mattern Fund to 4 Osceola Mills organizations stipulated in the Mattern Estate documents that can apply for annual grant funding.   Those grant awards are as follows: $1,500 to Columbia Volunteer Fire Company for Kitchen Appliance Upgrades, $1,000 to Osceola Mills Community Library for painting, $2,000 to Osceola Mills Historical Foundation for preservation of building exterior walls and $1,500 to Osceola Mills United Methodist Church for interior wall repairs.