What an amazing night!!!
2024 Annual Dinner was held at the Pittsburgh Brewing Company in Creighton, PA.
2024 winners were as follows:
Granting Fund:
Bocinec & King Family Donor Advised Fund: $363.33
West Hills Emergency Services
Granting Fund:
Anonymous Donor: $800.00
Armstrong County Arts Council
Project: Armstrong County Public Art Plan: Armstrong Trail
Granting Fund:
Founders’ Fund: $1,000
Connections of Armstrong County
Project: To provide free food and hygiene supplies
Granting Fund:
Harry C. Brenneman Memorial Fund: $1,000
Salvation Army
Granting Fund:
William H. and Dorothy S. Toy General Charitable Donor Advised Fund: $1,000
The Arc of Armstrong County
Project: Event Improvements
Granting Fund:
Richard G. and Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $1,000
Leechburg Public Library
Project: Library Reorganization
Granting Fund:
Founders’ Fund: $1,859
Fort Armstrong Folk Festival
Project: Keep the beef tent slicing for the Folk Festival
Granting Fund:
Founders’ Fund: $2,198
Orphans of the Storm
Project: To provide a microchip and vaccination clinic
Granting Fund:
Richard G. & Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $2,200
FamilyLife Network, Inc. – Origins Family & Pregnancy Services
(formerly Tri-City Life Center)
Project: To engage fathers in parenting
Granting Fund:
Harry C. Brenneman Memorial Fund: $2,323
Don’t Stop Dreamin’
Project: To be used for the 2024-2025 dream program
Granting Fund:
Founders’ Fund: $2,500
Ford City Renaissance Community Partnership, Inc.
Project: To rebuild essential fundraising efforts
Granting Fund:
Founders’ Fund: $3,000
Armstrong Center for Community Learning
Project: To provide an Earth Day event
Granting Funds:
Baker Family Charitable Fund: $2,905
Bocinec & King Family Funds: $363.34
Grants Totaling: $3,268.34
Kittanning Public Library
Project: To provide community health and wellness
Granting Fund:
Mission Fund in memory of Charles and Pearl Snyder: $4,100
Armstrong Jr. Sr. High School Culture Club
Project: AHS Culture Club activities
Granting Fund:
Richard G. and Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $5,000
Armstrong Trails, Inc.
Project: Armstrong Trails is Growing
Granting Funds:
Baker Family Charitable Fund: $2,905
Founders’ Fund: $2,095
Grants Totaling: $5,000
Ford City Public Library
Project: To revitalize spaces to meet community needs
Granting Fund:
Mission Fund in memory of Charles and Pearl Snyder: $5,000
Grace Christian School
Project: Office equipment update
Granting Fund:
Founders’ Fund: $5,000
HAVIN – Helping All Victims in Need
Project: The intersection between traumatic brain injuries and domestic violence or sexual assault
Granting Fund:
Richard G. & Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $6,500
Family ACTS, Inc.
Project: Rehabilitation supplies
Granting Fund:
Harry C. Brenneman Memorial Fund: $7,500
Downtown Kittanning Revitalization Committee
Project: Bloom on Market
Granting Funds:
Founders Fund: $3,000
Richard G. & Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $5,000
Grants totaling: $8,000
Progressive Workshop of Armstrong County
Project: To purchase new furnaces for PWAC’s workshop
Granting Fund:
Richard G. & Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $8,895
Kay’s Cottage
Project: Soundproofing improvements
Granting Fund:
Richard G. & Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $9,358
Fort Armstrong Horsemen’s Association Foundation
Project: Raise the Room Capital Campaign
Granting Fund:
Richard G. & Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $10,000
Humane Animal Allies
Project: Mercy Fund
Granting Fund:
Richard G. & Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $10,000
Armstrong Habitat for Humanity
Project: Rock the Block 2025
Granting Funds:
Ben Franklin Trust: $860.00
Give 365: $3,390.00
James A. Frederick Fund: $360.00
Founders’ Fund: 1,390.00
Richard G. and Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $7,500
Bocinec & King Family Fund: 363.34
Grants totaling: $13,863.34
Ramps of Hope
Project: Ramps of Hope
Granting Funds:
Harry C. Brenneman Memorial Fund: $10,000
Richard G. and Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $5,000
Grants totaling: $15,000
Sugarcreek Township Volunteer Fire Department
Project: Communications and other upgrades
Granting Fund:
Richard G. and Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $15,000
Grants totaling: $15,000
Worthington/West Franklin Volunteer Fire Department
Project: Communications and other upgrades
Granting Fund:
Richard G. and Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $15,000
Hose Company 6 Kittanning
Project: Communication equipment
Granting Fund:
Harry C. Brenneman Memorial Fund: $19,895.00
Eye and Ear Foundation
Project: Care Fund for Armstrong County Patients
Granting Fund:
Richard G. and Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $25,000
Richard G. Snyder YMCA
Project #1: Other children and young adult programs
Granting Fund:
Richard G. and Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $15,000
Project #2: Richard G. and Barbara A. Snyder Scholarship Fund
Granting Fund:
Richard G. and Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $10,000
Grants totaling: $25,000
Armstrong County Historical Museum and Genealogical Society, Inc.
Project #1: Museum Archival Preservation and Storage Items
Granting Fund:
Richard G. and Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $2,000.
Project#2: Upgrades to the Train Station
Granting Funds:
William H. and Dorothy S. Toy General Charitable Fund: $1,000
Richard G. and Barabara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $24,046
Grants totaling: $27,046.00
Children's Grant Category
Apollo Memorial Library
Project: Library Lego Lab
Granting Fund:
John Rohrer K-12 Fund: $1,500
Foundation for Free Enterprise
Project: Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week 2025 & speaker series
Granting Fund:
Richard G. and Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $2,780
HAVIN, Inc. (Helping All Victims in Need)
Project: Bringing a sense of home to children displaced by domestic violence
Granting Fund:
John Rohrer K-12 Fund: $3,500
Richard G. Snyder YMCA
Project: For Youth Speed and Agility Program
Granting Fund:
Richard G. & Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $4,141
Armstrong County Community Action Agency
Project: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Granting Fund:
Mission Fund in Memory of Charles and Pearl Snyder: $5,000
For the Children Armstrong
Project: Bus Transportation
Granting Funds:
Nancy Brody Fund for Children: $2,630
Ralph & Susan Knepshield Fund for Children: $2,980
Grants Totaling: $5,610
Vision To Learn
Project: To expand vision care access to students in Armstrong County
Granting Funds:
Richard G. and Barbara A. Snyder General Charitable Fund: $5,000
Harry C. Brenneman Memorial Fund: 10,000
Grants totaling: $15,000
