Covid-19 Relief & Recovery Fund

The Adams County Community Foundation awarded grants from its COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund in 2020 and 2021 to area nonprofits in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic downturn. The objective of the COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund is to help support nonprofits providing critical services around economic security so that basic human needs are met, and to support the continued health of nonprofits across Adams County.

Through the COVID-19 Fund, gifts from The Forward Fund, Dwight D. Eisenhower Society, Thomas and Florence Metz Fund and many others have provided critical support to nonprofits struggling to meet the extraordinary needs of our community.  

May-December 2021 COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Grants
   
Nonprofit
Purpose
 Award 
Adams County Arts Council
make summer camp safer on site, offer virtual option
$7,280.00
Adams County Children’s Advocacy Center
cellphones and laptop
$3,200.00
Adams County Farmers Market
staff, online ordering procedure costs
$4,000.00
Adams County Historical Society, Inc.
technology for Facebook Live broadcasts
$1,187.00
Adams County Library System
audiovisual equipment and digital library materials
$6,300.00
Adams County Library System
supplies to provide service to the public
$5,700.00
Adams Rescue Mission
operating costs of men’s and family shelters
$12,000.00
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
food supply for Adams County food banks
$8,000.00
Children’s Aid Society
PPE supplies and video conferencing software
$2,500.00
Gettysburg Community Theatre
operating costs – lost ticket sales and tuition revenue
$8,000.00
Gettysburg Community Theatre
operating costs
$9,900.00
Hanover Area YMCA – Littlestown branch
operating costs  
$4,020.00
Jean Barnett Trone Memorial Library of East Berlin
PPE & storage to serve the public as per CDC
$2,000.00
Main Street Gettysburg, Inc.
operations support
$6,000.00
Manos Unidas
computer technology for adult education
$10,200.00
New Hope Ministries
rent & utility assistance for Adams County residents
$6,000.00
PICPI
rent, mortgage & utility assistance
$12,000.00
PICPI
contingent housing application match 
$12,000.00
Shining Stars Therapeutic Riding Program
operating costs
$6,000.00
South Central Community Action Programs
South Central Community Action Programs
family stability – assistance with shelter, food, work 
housing stability
$12,000.00
$15,900.00
Totem Pole Playhouse
maintain skeletal operations during shutdown
$6,200.00
Youth Advocate Programs, Inc.
tablets, connectivity with high needs youth
$5,750.00
YWCA of Gettysburg & Adams County
supplies to provide childcare for essential workers
$12,000.00
YWCA of Gettysburg & Adams County
safe space for middle school students on virtual school days
$12,000.00