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For the 10th consecutive year, the Centre County community came through with another record-setting effort in support of local nonprofits.
Centre Gives, Centre Foundation’s annual 36-hour online giving event, raised $2,238,995 through 16,624 more than 190 nonprofit organizations between 9 a.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. Wednesday.
The total eclipses the $2,179,143 raised last year. A record total has been set each year since Centre Gives’ inception in 2012 and during that time the event has raised more than $12.5 million for nonprofits working in the areas of arts, animals, education, environment, health and social services and more.
“We couldn’t imagine any better way to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Centre Gives than by continuing our streak and breaking all previous records,” Centre Foundation executive director Molly Kunkel said in a statement. “The organizations who benefit from Centre Gives have had a long and difficult year, dealing with continued pandemic-related
PORT MATILDA By day, Brian Richardson is the owner-operator of Nittany Valley Varmints, LLC, facing off with the likes of feisty raccoons, smelly skunks and sometimes even dangerous rattlesnakes.
After work, he’s the laid-back host of “Trapper and the Gang,” a podcast in which he interviews other Centre County small business owners.
He’s also a devoted dad, whose nine-year-old daughter, Zoe, likes to ride along on his wildlife adventures whenever possible.
Before moving to State College with his wife, Kim, in 2013, Richardson’s primary wildlife experience came from working as an elk guide in Colorado and as a hunting guide in New York.
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That’s kind of brilliant, and turning toilet water into a banana split is sweet revenge over fire served cold. But who is going to mind the buffers?
Newsom can’t admit we’re in a drought as the one screwup not his fault, could be the straw that broke the camel’s back if there’s a recall election, funny that.
Talking wildfires, you never know how its going to turn out. Last year was a disaster, while the year before was no big deal. This one has me worried as a friend was relating that the water content of Chamise in the medium climes in April was more what you would expect of in August in the midst of the 100 days of 100 degrees in the Central Valley, i.e. everything will be a tinderbox.
Kathy & Sam/Creative Commons Snowy owls are a relatively uncommon sight in Pennsylvania, but they do make appearances from time to time during the winter. The snowy owl seen above was photographed at Damon Point in Ocean Shores, Washington.
Birdwatchers and photographers were treated to an unusual sight when a snowy owl made a rare appearance in Central Pennsylvania this week.
The majestic white owl, native to the Arctic, often spends winters in Canada and the far northern reaches of the United States. During periods of irruptive population growth, they can venture farther south in the U.S., occasionally making appearances in Pennsylvania.