The Community Foundation of Greene County (CFGC) and the Greene County Career & Technology Center (CTC) recently announced over $235,000 in grants and in-kind donations were received to benefit the following programs at the CTC: Electrical Occupations, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), and the CDL Class-A training programs.
A grant of $199,000 was received from The Heinz Endowments to expand and increase the CDL Class-A training classes, and hire additional staff for the LPN program to meet the demand for more LPN nurses in our region. According to Mark Krupa, CTC Director, “The grant for the CDL Class-A training classes will allow us to offer these training courses more frequently and meet an identified workforce shortage in SW PA. These are living wage jobs for Greene County. The grant for the LPN program will allow us to hire two additional part-time LPN instructors to meet our mission of training every student for their next step in life. These are examples of educational training programs students in Greene County need in order to be career ready when they graduate from HS.”
In addition, a grant of $25,000 was received from the FirstEnergy Foundation to support the Electrical Occupations program. According to John Chapman, Electrical Occupations instructor, “The grant from the FirstEnergy Foundation allows our students to learn using industry standard equipment and tools, by preparing them to enter the electrical trades.”
Finally, the George R. Smalley Company, Electrical Contractor of Hopwood, made an in-kind donation of various power tools and electric wire to the Electrical Occupations program. “We have a long history of working with, supporting, and hiring graduates of the CTC, according to Rusty Smalley, owner of George R. Smalley Company. We are proud to continue supporting the program.”
“We are thankful to the Heinz Endowments, FirstEnergy Foundation, and Smalley Electric for their support of our Career & Technology Center and Greene County, as we prepare HS graduates to enter the work place by giving them the training and tools necessary to be career ready,” said Dave Calvario, CFGC Executive Director.
Since 2000, CFGC has been able to award more than $7 million in grants and scholarships that have helped meet the needs and improve lives of Greene County residents.
To learn more about our grants, or how to make a potential tax exempt gift, contact the Community Foundation by phone at 724-627-2010, email at cfgcpa@gmail.com or go to our website at www.cfgcpa.org.
The Community Foundation of Greene County (CFGC), a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2000, is the central philanthropic vehicle in Greene County for donations of various types and sizes. CFGC currently manages over $9 million in assets through more than 100 different endowed and restricted funds.