Day of Caring

THANK YOU!

To all who turned out and contributed to the 2024 Centre County United Way 30^th Annual Day of Caring held on Thursday, October 3, 2024!

Wheelbarrows of gratitude to all who turned out to contribute during the 2024 United Way Day of Caring: Minitab, Kissinger Bigatel & Brower Realtors, Penn State Women’s Lacrosse, Penn State Naval ROTC, Penn State Office of Physical Plant, Centre Furnace Garden Committee, Centre County Historical Society volunteers, Individuals, and Café Lemont for supplying the coffee! We accomplished much weeding, planting, mulching, and cleaning to prepare for winter in the gardens and inside the Mansion. And we are also thankful for those who helped with lunch preparation, and office coverage to make the day go smoothly!

Take a look at all we were able to accomplish in 2024:

PHOTOS OF THE DAY

Over 100 individuals, organizations and businesses volunteered and contributed to the 2024 United Way Day of Caring at the Centre Furnace Mansion.

This was a highly successful and productive day and included much weeding, mulching, staining, trail work, Furnace Stack and other clean-up, and good cheer!

The Centre County Historical Society benefits tremendously from this special day at the Mansion. The impact on the maintenance and beautification of the sites, seen in the landscape and inside the Mansion and the Boogersburg School, has been immeasurable. This year, we only hosted at the Centre Furnace as restoration is underway at the Boogersburg School. Everything looks super, spruced up and ready for another year of visitors and activities!

THANK YOU CENTRE COUNTY UNITED WAY! and PNC Bank For all of the efforts and support that goes into hosting the Day of Caring. We are grateful for the opportunity to be one of the many host sites for the PNC United Way Day of Caring in the past three decades. Through the Day of Caring, Centre County United Way has completed over 4000 projects, enlisted over 70,000 volunteers, and saved Centre County non-profit organizations over 10 million dollars since it began.

Oh behalf of the Board of Governors of the Centre County Historical Society, we extend our warmest appreciation to Centre County United Way and to all [outlined below] who have graciously donated materials and/or took time from your busy schedules to join us on the Day of Caring and make it a highly productive day!

With gratitude,
Mary Sorensen
Executive Director
Centre County Historical Society

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS
Our special thanks to all whose leadership, community spirit and contributions have made the day’s activities productive and memorable:

CONTRIBUTORS OF MATERIALS AND IN-KIND SERVICES
Penn State Office of Physical Plant Grounds Maintenance
Cafe Lemont

VOLUNTEERING ORGANIZATIONS
Centre County Historical Society Volunteers
Penn State Office of Physical Plant, Buildings and Grounds
Penn State Naval ROTC
Penn State Women’s Lacrosse
Kissinger Bigatel & Brower Realtors

Minitab

Kissinger Bigatel & Brower Realtors

Naval ROTC Penn State

Penn State Women’s Lacrosse

Penn State Women’s Lacrosse

Paisley Barlow
Elizabeth Casey
Issac Jamison
Miamh Reilly
Tracie White
Kris Pylant

CENTRE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUNTEERS AND CONTRIBUTORS:
We extend special thanks to our CCHS volunteer colleagues for all of their planning and coordinating of efforts ahead of time for all of the projects that we are able to complete on the Day of Caring.