The Beaver County Chamber Congratulates 9 of its nonprofit members, recently awarded funding
for important community projects.
On Wednesday, May 15, 2024, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced awards through the Environmental Mitigation Community Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation to a total of 21 nonprofits. The Beaver County Chamber counts nine of the awardees among its approximately 500 total members. The Chamber supports its members by helping them tell their story to customers and other stakeholders in the community, and will be supporting these organizations throughout the course of their projects and beyond. The Chamber members’ projects are listed as follows:
B F Jones Memorial Library
Awarded funds for a full-time social worker to rotate through the 10 public library sites on a bi-weekly basis to provide Beaver County residents support for life issues like social and mental health concerns and assist library staff with community outreach.
Bags & Blessings
Awarded funds for a healthy lifestyle project to educate the community and provide healthy skills to handle physical and mental strains of a cancer diagnosis. Classes will include acupuncture, strengthening your body, healthy healing, balance, nutrition, yoga/healthy minds, church-related counseling.
Beaver Falls Community Development Corporation in partnership with Geneva College and the Beaver Falls Municipal Authority (BFMA)
Awarded funds to install water-quality monitoring stations in Beaver River to continuously assess key water metrics and improve response time to water quality issues by improving BFMA’s access to laboratory testing.
*Geneva College is the Beaver County Chamber Member.
Borough of Monaca
Awarded funds to promote health and wellness in the borough with upgrades to John A. Antoline Community Park, which currently has a softball field, basketball court, children’s playground, horseshoe pits, parking and four pavilions. Upgrades will help borough provide families with areas of recreation, healthy lifestyle options, and a scenic view.
The Center in Midland
Awarded funds to provide 600 families served by the organization with safe, clean drinking water at The Center in Midland, their homes, and schools.
Crop and Kettle
Awarded funds to address food access and equity issues in Beaver County and provide enhanced opportunities for community engagement and development. The project will create new jobs, support workforce training, further agricultural education, facilitate bridges across all facets of the food system, connect residents to locally grown foods, and strengthen the local food economy.
Neighborhood North Museum of Play
Awarded funds to create two exhibits to support the museum’s sustainable development goals: 1) a solar array installed on the roof of the News Tribune Building that will power an exhibit within the museum and educate children and families on alternative energy and 2) an exhibit that will open in the museum’s preview space and later expanded to demonstrate how shredded plastic bottles can be recycled to create filament for a large-scale 3D printer to eliminate waste and create 3D printed art or for use in schools.
United Way of Beaver County
Awarded funds to support the ALICE Fund, which provides mini grants to Beaver County charities providing the essentials to asset-limited, income-constrained, employed (ALICE) households that earn more than the federal poverty level but less than the basic cost of living.
Women’s Center of Beaver County
Awarded funds to renovate its emergency shelter to enhance accessibility for all victims and survivors of domestic violence and homeless women and children. Safe shelter is critical in assisting victims and other homeless individuals to address barriers that prevent them from obtaining or sustaining income and housing and maintaining positive mental and physical health. The Women’s Center of Beaver County provides the only 24-hour emergency shelter facility for women and children in Beaver County.
