Over 300 team members contribute 1,000 hours of service, $110,000 to area nonprofits as part of third annual event
PERKASIE, Pa (June 2024) โ Penn Community Bank, the largest mutual bank in eastern Pennsylvania, hosted its third-annual Day of Service on Wednesday, June 5. The organization-wide event partnered bank team members with 12 nonprofit organizations from Philadelphia to the Lehigh Valley to donate over 1,000 hours of volunteer service and $110,000 in charitable contributions.
“Penn Community Bank’s Day of Service reaffirms our deep commitment to strengthening the communities we serve,” said Jeane M. Vidoni, president and CEO of Penn Community Bank. “We are proud to have hundreds of our dedicated employees volunteering their time and talents to make a positive impact across our region โ from Philadelphia to the Lehigh Valley, and everywhere in between. This day truly expresses our core values of service and giving back.”
“What started as just an idea three years ago has blossomed into this annual Day of Service – a core piece of who we are as an organization,” said Bernard Tynes, Penn Community Bank Chief Experience & Impact Officer. “Seeing this program grow from just a concept into a highly-anticipated annual tradition for our team members and area nonprofit is something our organization takes great pride in and motivates us to continue expanding how we can serve as a true community partner.”
Day of Service 2023 nonprofit partners included:
- One Home at a Time (OHATT) โ Huntington Valley, PA: OHAATโs mission is to help families who are currently lacking resources to establish (or reestablish) a self-sufficient life by providing them with the necessities of a functional home environment.ย In support of this effort, Penn Community Bank team members helped pack bedtime bags for children, which included new pillow, sheets, blankets, toothbrush, a book bundle and more.
- United Way Bucks County/Bucks County Opportunity Council HELP Center – Bristol, PA: The United Wayโs and Bucks County Opportunity Councilโs joint efforts at the HELP (Healthy Eating and Living Partnership) Center support local families in need by providing essentials like cleaning supplies, personal hygiene items, and home goods โ completely free of charge โ through a dignified personal shopping experience. Penn Community Bank team members sorted donations and helped prepare items for distribution
- Rolling Harvest Food Rescue – Buckingham, PA: Rolling Harvestโs goal is to increase access to donated fresh produce and other healthy foods to area hunger-relief sites that serve the at-risk, food-insecure population by providing local farmers and food producers with free, effective delivery and distribution of their surplus. In partnership with None Such Farm, Penn Community Bank team members picked and prepared fresh produce for local food pantries.
- Special Olympics Pennsylvania โ Doylestown, PA: Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participates in a sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community. Penn Community Bank, in partnership with Doylestown Township, worked on Bocce courts for Special Olympics as well as other beautification efforts at Central Park.
- Share Food Program – Philadelphia, PA: Share Food Program leads the fight against food insecurity in the Philadelphia region, by serving an expansive, quality partner network of community-based organizations and school districts engaged in food distribution, education and advocacy. In support of the organizationโs efforts, Penn Community Bank team members helped package food boxes for those in need.
- Share Food Program โ Perkasie, PA: Share Food Program leads the fight against food insecurity in the Philadelphia region, by serving an expansive, quality partner network of community-based organizations and school districts engaged in food distribution, education and advocacy. Working from the bankโs Perkasie Administrative Building, team members wrote notes to individuals who receive food boxes from the Share Food Program as well worked to assemble emergency kits that the organization provides to the unhoused.
- Ripple Community – Allentown, PA: Ripple Community nurtures community and connection in Allentown by fostering a sense of community among neighbors who have traditionally been marginalized and by cultivating connections across social boundaries. Penn Community Bank team members worked on various site beautification efforts at the organizationโs current and future locations.
- Greater Easton Development Partnership – Easton, PA: The Greater Easton Development Partnership (GEDP) is a volunteer driven, non-profit entity that collaborates to nurture Eastonโs economic well-being and cultural vibrancy. Working at the Lower Hackett Community Garden, Penn Community Bank team members mulched beds, picked and planted produce, and groomed surrounding flower beds.
- Keystone Opportunity Center – Souderton, PA: The mission of Keystone Opportunity Center is to help community members in need by offering a comprehensive array of social services thatย educate,ย encourageย andย empowerย them to become self-sufficient. In support of the organization, Penn Community Bank team members assembled and planted garden beds, as well as supported other facility clean up efforts.
- Heritage Conservancy – Solebury, PA: Heritage Conservancyโs mission is to protect and care for the lands of our region; to engage with and share the history that unfolded on these lands; and to connect people with both. Penn Community Bank team members assisted in seeding a pollinating meadow along with planting numerous trees.
- Free Fall Action Park – Quakertown, PA: Free Fall provides athletes and fans a positive, encouraging environment where they can belong and also serves as a distribution point for St. Lukeโs Summer Meals Program. Penn Community Bank team members completed a number of projects, including site clean up and beautification, serving meals, and more.
- Woods Services – Langhorne, PA: Woods Services is a non-profit multi-service population health management and advocacy organization that provides innovative, comprehensive and integrated health, education, housing, workforce, behavioral health and case management services to more than 4,000 children and adults in the intellectual and developmental disability, child welfare, behavioral and brain trauma public health sectors who have complex and intensive medical and behavioral healthcare needs. In support, Penn Community Bank team members set up and staffed a carnival for residents.
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