United Means of Bucks County met its fundraising aim for Bucks Knocks Out Starvation, its annual hunger-fighting initiative, because of a donation of $10,813 from the Foundations Group Partnership Board of Administrators.

As of final week, United Means was nonetheless wanting its aim to lift $110,000 for meals assist in Bucks County.

When the board of administrators at Foundations Group Partnership (FCP) discovered of the deficit, they stepped in to cowl the hole.

“We’re proud to affix so many in serving to the United Means deliver its community-driven BKO Starvation marketing campaign to a profitable conclusion,” stated Abigail Halloran, Chair of FCP’s Board of Administrators. “This collective generosity comes at an important time to assist our most susceptible neighbors with their most simple wants.”

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Foundations Group Partnership is a non-profit, personal grant-making basis established to assist the wants of kids, younger adults, and households in Bucks County. The group offers grants, scholarships, skilled improvement, and service-learning alternatives via collaborative partnerships.

“We’re extremely grateful for the assist of Foundations Group Partnership,” stated Tim Philpot, Director of Well being at United Means of Bucks County. “Getting issues completed in Bucks County is a group effort. These days, we’ve seen an elevated want in our group. Now that we’ve met our aim, we are able to make sure that our neighbors are each fed at the moment and wholesome tomorrow.”

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Funds raised for BKO Starvation present nutritious choices like recent produce, eggs, and dairy to native pantries, senior facilities, and Contemporary Join.

The FCP group additionally participated within the BKO Starvation meal-packing occasion, which came about on June 17 at Neshaminy Mall. Volunteers packed roughly 100,000 shelf-stable meals for meals pantries county-wide, together with United Means’s HELP Heart.

Bucks Knocks Out Starvation is offered by Penn Group Financial institution and is sponsored by Bucks County Group School, Comcast, NJM Insurance coverage Group, Parx On line casino, PECO, St Philips Episcopal Church, Suez, and Wegmans.

Editor’s Be aware: Writer Tom Sofield is a member of the United Means of Bucks County Board of Administrators. 

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