Thumbs Up!

We are so fortunate to live in such a generous community. We'd love to thank every single donor and volunteer, but of course, we just don't have the space. Please know that we appreciate every single gift! Here are just a few "Thumbs Ups" to acknowledge some recent special efforts.

• Pine Township employees took up a collection of $300 to help their neighbors in need.
• A whopping $10,251 was raised at Act One Theatre School’s Singin’ and Swingin’ production.
• Our friends at Allison Park Travel sold Entertainment Books for us again, raising $1,200.
• Treasure House Fashions provides hundreds of dollars worth of vouchers each year so that low-income families can shop for clothes.
• A women’s Bible study group at North Park Church collected 104 cans of soup.
• Free cookies and a simple donation jar resulted in $905 from Levin Furniture customers.
• First-graders at Central Elementary donated $50 from their “guess the amount of candy” contest.
• Upon opening a new store in Bellevue, Rent-a-Center donated $1,000 to our North Boroughs Satellite.
• North Park Villa residents continue to be generous, providing $7,275 in Sharing Holiday Warmth donations last year.
• Perry Highway Lutheran selected NHCO as its 2010 charity. So far they have conducted several food/toiletry drives, provided gift cards for children’s shoes, and supplied beverages for the Community Auto dedication event.
• Our scholarship fund grew by $8,500 thanks to Zonta Three Rivers North and their Glass Slipper Ball.
• United Stationers Supply/LagasseSweet is donating office supplies on a regular basis.
• 27 families who receive help at NHCO attended an Easter dinner and carnival hosted by St. Paul’s UMC.