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2025 Annual Dinner
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Harvest Church, Kittanning with the 
Chef and I Catering!

More details to follow!

 

 

 

2024 Annual Dinner 
was held at the 
Pittsburgh Brewing Company in Creighton, PA. 

What an amazing night!!!

2024 winners were:
 

LifeSteps of Armstrong County
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