(Gettysburg, PA: 04/15/2022) — With gratitude to its generous donors, the Adams County Community Foundation has announced $90,000 in grants through its Adams County Grants program to improve conditions for children suffering abuse, people in recovery from substance abuse, low-income homeowners, and all who choose to walk or bike in the borough of Gettysburg.
Adams County Grants are made possible by individuals, families, and businesses who have contributed to The Fund for Adams County, the Community Foundation’s growing, permanent endowment used to address the needs of the community today and prepare for the needs of tomorrow.
Adams County Children’s Advocacy Center – $25,000
Reflecting a trend seen elsewhere during the pandemic, incidences of child abuse in Adams County have risen sharply in recent years. This grant supports a new, full-time Community Outreach and Education Coordinator who will launch a broad public information campaign to help adults learn how to recognize and react appropriately to suspected child abuse.
Adams Rescue Mission – $25,000
Adams Rescue Mission is building an endowment to ensure a dependable revenue stream to sustain their services to the homeless and others recovering from addictions and trauma. This grant is for an experienced endowment campaign consultant to guide ARM in achieving their goal.
Servants, Inc. – $25,000
Improving conditions for health and safety helps people maintain independence in their own homes. Servants, Inc. engages churches, businesses, and individual volunteers to provide home maintenance and repairs for low-income, usually elderly and/or disabled homeowners. This grant supports a Project Manager to manage expansion of this home repair program into Adams County from its base of operations in Red Lion.
Healthy Adams Bicycle/Pedestrian, Inc. – $15,000
This is a challenge grant that will leverage additional state and local support to build a section of the downtown Gettysburg Inner Loop Trail from Buford Avenue to North Franklin Street. Since 2005 HABPI has worked with local and state government as well as businesses and residents to acquire, develop and maintain trails for bicycling and pedestrian use, providing healthy, green options for commuting and recreational use.
Adams County Grants are fueled by numerous donors who have created their own charitable funds to be used by the Community Foundation to address the current and evolving needs of Adams County. These generous supporters include Thomas E. & Florence B. Metz, Jack & Bobbie Phillips, John S. & Kimberly L. Phillips, Eric & Suzanne Flynn, Thomas P. & Roberta C. Henninger, Fred & Rita Diehl, Donald H. & Mildred C. Hershey, M.C. Jones, Sharon Trew Cline Magraw, Charles Ritter Family, James D. & Eleanor B. Sheen, George & Roberta Wood, and the legacy of founding father Ben Franklin.
About the Adams County Community Foundation
The Adams County Community Foundation was created to promote and facilitate charitable giving and to build a permanent civic endowment for Adams County. In addition to The Fund for Adams County, the Community Foundation also provides a home for a variety of charitable funds created by donors including endowments directed to a specific organization or purpose, scholarship funds, and donor-advised funds, which may make distributions anywhere in Pennsylvania or across the country.
