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The Osaze Osagie Scholarship Endowment Committee held a fundraising kickoff event Sunday at State College Area High School to raise money for “college-bound, racially underrepresented high school students in State
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, environmen...
Centre Gives Fundraiser The annual online fundraiser Centre Gives opened this morning in Centre County. Operated by the Centre Foundation donors have a menu of more than 190 charities and non profit organizations they can donate to. Officials announced that by 4:45 pm Centre Gives crossed over the $1 million threshold total community impact. “It grows every year,and it been fun to bring in new people who haven’t participated before,and its our tenth anniversary.so that’s really exciting,10 years” In those ten years more than $10.3 million dollars has been raised. The Centre Gives Fund...
Original story: The past year has been a challenging one for local nonprofits, with the COVID-19 pandemic increasing demand for many services while also hindering the ability for organizations to hold the typical fundraising events that help them operate. Starting on Tuesday morning, community members can join Centre Foundation’s yearly event that provides much needed support for the local nonprofit community. The 10th annual Centre Gives, a 36-hour online giving event, gets underway at 9 a.m. Tuesday and continues through 9 p.m. on Wednesday at Since 2012, Centre Gives has raised more tha...
This interview appears in the April 2021 issue of Town&Gown. Now with more than 2,200 units and branches, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in 1909 in response to the ongoing violence against Black people around the country. As the largest civil rights organization in the nation, its mission is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons. The State College chapter of NAACP was established in December 2019, with Lorraine...