Jeff Emanuel, director of The Foundation of the Columbia Montour Chamber of Commerce, was recently invited to a first grade classroom in the Danville Area School District for unique opportunity. With the state’s new PA Future Ready Index entering its second year, schools continue to wrestle with the challenges of providing career acquisition, career retention and Advancement, career awareness and preparation, and entrepreneurship for grades K-12. One first grade teacher at the Danville Primary School rose to the occasion and introduced C.O.P.S. on cops. According to Mrs. Heeter, one day during writing the students were working on their Capitalization, Organization, Punctuation, and Spelling (C.O.P.S.), and a student said they had never met a real police officer. She was surprised to learn this was true for at least half of the class. In addition, some students indicated that was a good thing, as you only met the police when you were bad. The solution: local law enforcement was invited into class for writing one day. They arrived to see the students in their paper cops hats, writing badges, and they even had stuffed police dogs on their desks. Mrs. Heeter shared that this is the daily uniform for grammar, and excites the children about writing. Cpl. Jonathan Swank (Borough of Danville police), Officer LaRue Brion (Danville School District), Officer Tammy Smith (Mahoning Township Police) and Chief Kerry Parkes (Riverside Borough Police) were introduced and challenged to find the errors in sentences projected on the board about police using their C.O.P.S. The students really enjoyed the challenge of seeing these officers struggle at times. 
Next the police were asked to speak about what they do and what they liked most about being police officers. They all agreed interacting with kids and the community was the best part. Of course they shared how they keep the school and surrounding communities safe. They also invited the students to visit them at the station any time to learn more. Students then had their turn to ask questions. Jeff was amazed by the depth of the questions by these six and seven-year-olds. They asked about police dogs, how fast their cars go, and even what was the most difficult part of their jobs. Chief Parkes shared that dealing with victims and their families can be hard because “you really feel bad for them.” Office Swank said the job can be hard and you need to love doing the job. Officer Smith shared that solving crimes is like putting together a really difficult puzzle, but solving that puzzle makes it exciting. As far as how fast police cars go, they were told fast enough. The visit wrapped up with snacks of copcorn (aka popcorn), copcakes (aka cupcakes) and patrol fuel (aka blue juice drinks). Officer Smith even brought the students safety activity books, police footballs and mood watches. Mrs. Heeter’s class then distributed bags of snacks for each officer to take back to share. They shared they knew the police spend a lot on time in their cars and wanted them to have snacks to keep their energy up. Of course, no visit would be complete without someone ending up in handcuffs. The students got to see their principal, Dr. Bickhart, put in handcuffs by Officer Brion, and left to stand in front of the class for refusing a cupcake. Not a crime according to our judicial system, but pretty severe to first graders. One student dressed in a SWAT team uniform even slapped some plastic cups on Jeff and hauled him off to jail in the corner of the classroom. The Foundation director wanted to share this story to show the creative thinking that is going on in our area related to introducing students to careers. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. Looking at things from a different angle and taking advantage of opportunities that present themselves can get the job done. Thanks to Mrs. Heeter for inviting Jeff to share in this special morning with the class and thanks to the Danville, Mahoning Township, Danville School District and Riverside Police for their vigilance in our communities and involvement in our children’s schools.
From PA Chamber of Business & Industry
The Senate unanimously passed and sent to Gov. Tom Wolf legislation last week that would bring a welcomed and overdue reform to the permitting process in Pennsylvania. House Bill 1284 – which the House had unanimously passed in June – would direct the state Department of Community and Economic Development to create a one-stop-shop online permitting portal for businesses, in order to help streamline and bring efficiency to existing permitting processes.
The PA Chamber has supported this measure as one bill within a broader legislative package of much-needed regulatory reforms, and has previously communicated to lawmakers that recent efforts to employ e-permitting have been met with success, including improved permit review times. “We have been encouraged so far with the results achieved by the Department of Environmental Protection moving to e-permitting in a number of their programs,” the PA Chamber wrote in a memo issued last month. “Additional deployment and use of this type of technology across all of DEP’s permit programs … will allow for better use of taxpayer resources and improve consistency and regulatory certainty for the business community.”
The governor has until Oct. 28 to take action on the legislation.
Columbia Montour Chamber president Fred Gaffney (second from right), was elected as the treasurer/corporate secretary for the PACP board of directors for 2019.
The Pennsylvania Association of Chamber Professionals (PACP) announced its 2019 Officers and Board of Directors at the 2018 PACP Chamber Professionals & Leadership Conference held Oct. 17-19 at the Mountain Valley Banquet Venue in Barnesville, Pa.
Columbia Montour Chamber president Fred Gaffney, who has been a member of the board for the past several years, has been named the treasurer/corporate secretary for the 2019 calendar year.
Officers
Chair – Debra Orner, Cambria Regional Chamber
Chair-Elect – Kellie Goodman Shaffer, Bedford County Chamber
Treasurer/Corporate Secretary – Fred Gaffney, Columbia Montour Chamber
Immediate Past Chair – Robert Carl, Jr., Schuylkill Chamber
Board of Directors
Tracy Becker, Clarion Area Chamber
Lindsay Bezick, Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber
Michelle Kreutzer, Pittsburgh Airport Area Chamber
Christa Lundy, Meadville Chamber
Marianne Martelli, Chester County Chamber
Jennifer Reis, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry
Brian Schill, Peters Township Chamber
James Struzzi, Indiana County Chamber
Gina Suydam, Wyoming County Chamber
Board members serve in the volunteer leadership role for a specified term, developing and leading the annual Plan of Action to assist in the enhancement of quality education in professional and organizational development to its members. Key events for PACP include the annual Chamber Professionals & Leadership Conference, Chamber Day in Harrisburg, and ongoing professional development webinars and programs.
Member News
- The Press Enterprise will host a Career Expo this afternoon, Oct. 24, from 2-6 p.m. at Berwick Golf Club. There is no cost to attend, and PA CareerLink Columbia/Montour Counties will also be on hand for some free job search workshops. There will also be door prizes every hour. Businesses interested in being a vendor are asked to register by Oct. 11. For more information or to register, call 570-387-1234 or visit the Facebook event page.
- The Columbia County Traveling Library will host its fall book sale at its physical location at 702 Sawmill Rd., Bloomsburg, this Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 25-28. There is no admission cost to attend, however most books cost between just $.50-2.00. This event helps the library put new books on its bookmobile.
- The Bloomsburg Area YMCA will host its annual Trunk or Treat from 5:30-8 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 26. Join the Y and other local organizations for a night of spooky family fun featuring fun activities, a haunted walk-through and plenty of Halloween candy. If your organization would like to take part in this event, call 570-784-0188 to reserve your spot.
- Ken Pollock Ford Lincoln
will host a Penn State football tailgate this Saturday, Oct. 27 from 1-5 p.m. at the Berwick dealership located at 1120 West Front St. (Rt. 11) (please note the new time since Penn State’s gametime has changed. Join them as the Nittany Lions take on Iowa, watch the game on their big screen and enjoy some tailgate food and beverages and other fun surprises while you’re there. In additional, Operation Kidsafe will be on site offering free digital fingerprinting and photos for your child in case of emergency. Operation KidSafe captures your child’s picture and fingerprints using a digital video capture device, digital ink-less fingerprint capture device, and specialized software. The captured data is assembled and a quality 8.5 x 11 printout is given to the parent. The parent can use the printout they receive to provide anywhere in the world to instantly aid in an investigation.
- Ken Pollock Ford Lincoln,
along with all of the other Ken Pollock dealerships throughout northeast Pennsylvania, will also hosts its fifth annual Trunk or Treat from 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 31. All Ken Pollock dealerships will be loaded with treats and good eats. Wear your best costume and stop in for some fun.
- Bloomsburg University will hold its fall 2018 Health & Human Career Connections Expo on Friday, Nov. 2, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Kehr Union multipurpose rooms A & B. This event brings employers seeking to recruit students interested in careers in health, allied health and human services for opportunities such as job shadowing, internships and full-time employment. This event is open to all BU students and alumni in these career fields. If you are an employer interested in attending, or have questions, contact Michael Babb via email. There will also be a networking reception with faculty, staff and students.
- Commonwealth Health – Berwick Hospital Center will hold an open house and community hernia screening from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8. The open house will include tours of the hospital and blood pressure checks, informational stations on Berwick Retirement Village and the hospital services, and a meet-and-greet with the primary care physicians affiliated with Berwick Medical Professionals. An educational session and hernia screenings – both free to the public – will be offered at this time by general surgeons who are on staff at Berwick Hospital. Light refreshments will be served. Anyone interested in scheduling a hernia screening is asked to call 570-354-6515 or visit MyBerwickHerniaSeminar.com. Berwick Hospital Center is located at 701 East 16th St., Berwick.
- Geisinger Bloomsburg Hospital will once again offer a complimentary meal for veterans on Thursday, Nov. 8 in the GBH dining room. There will be four separate seatings – at 3, 4, 5 and 6 p.m., and the meal is complimentary for all U.S. veterans and one guest. Join GBH as they celebrate the service of our veterans to the U.S. Because seating is limited each hour, reservations are required by Friday, Nov. 2. Call 570-387-2145 today to reserve your seat(s). The buffet dinner includes carved roast beef, mashed potatoes with gravy, corn, green beans, beverages and cake and ice cream.
- Profile Coffee and Roasters will be hosting several other local small businesses at its coffee shop, located at 185 S. Market St., Elysburg, for a Small Business Saturday shop local event on Saturday, Nov. 24 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. There is no cost to attend. There will be 8-10 craft vendors and other small businesses featured.
- NEPIRC will conduct a free leadership training seminar titled “Leadership Development Essentials” on Thursday, Dec. 6, from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Central Susquehanna Community Foundation, located at 725 West Front St. (Rt. 11) in Berwick. This program is intended to help individuals become stronger, more impactful leaders. While joining other managers and supervisors to discuss workplace challenges, attendees will explore topics that include self-awareness, power & authority, risk & failure and leadership style. Using self-assessment tools and experiential learning, attendees will examine their strengths and weaknesses while exploring best practices of exceptional leaders. Register via the NEPIRC event website.
- Wild For Salmon will host a holiday tasting event at its retail store on 521 Montour Blvd. (Rt. 11) in Bloomsburg on Saturday, Dec. 8, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. There is no cost to attend. Much like its other public tasting events throughout the year, this event will feature some dishes specially prepared by Wild For Salmon’s in-house chef featuring salmon and other seafood for attendees to taste, only this time, there will be a winter and holiday theme to the menu selections.
- MePush will be hosting a series of study sessions throughout the fall at its conference room at 130 Buffalo Rd., Lewisburg, for information technology professionals that are taking and interested in getting together to study for the Cisco CCNA exam. This major certification in the IT industry is a big undertaking for some, so MePush would like to offer a forum to help other IT pros in the area improve their skills and certifications. If interested, please email Art so MePush can have a headcount.
Last year saw multiple frantic efforts in Congress to change or eliminate many provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The results were mixed.
Individual mandate to expire in 2019.
Beginning January 1, 2019, there will no longer be a penalty on individuals who fail to maintain “minimum essential coverage.”
Employer mandate remains in force.
Applicable large employers (generally speaking, that means a single employer or group of related employers with over 50 employees between them during the previous year) are still required to offer qualifying coverage to their full-time employees in 2018 and beyond, or pay significant penalties.
The “A” Penalty. Applicable large employers who fail to offer coverage to at least 95% of their full-time employees will pay a penalty in 2018, calculated based on the total number of full-time employees (minus a 30 employee allowance) multiplied by $2,320.
The “B” Penalty. A separate penalty applies to applicable large employers who offer coverage, but that coverage is not affordable or does not provide minimum value. This penalty is assessed at $290 per month for each employee who receives a premium tax credit (or other Marketplace subsidies) and is not offered affordable coverage providing minimum value.
What is minimum value? Minimum value means that the coverage is actuarially valued to provide at least 60% of the total cost of medical services to a population.
Large employers still required to submit Forms 1094-C and 1095-C.
Along with the mandate to offer coverage, applicable large employers also need to continue filing the 1094-C and 1095-C reports to the IRS. These employers also need to provide the 1095-C to full-time employees. The deadlines for these reports are:
• Jan. 31 to mail the 1095-C to employees (although a 30-day extension has been granted in prior years)
• Feb. 28 to file the 1094-C and 1095-C forms (if mailing paper returns)
• March 31 to file 1094-C and 1095-C forms (if filing electronically).
Failure to meet these reporting deadlines can result in penalties of $260 per failure to file, and another $260 for failure to mail the report to full-time employees. So employers could pay up to $520 per full-time employee if they do not mail and file the forms as required.
What About Small Employers?
The “employer mandate” to offer coverage only applies to applicable large employers. However, smaller employers who provide self-funded medical coverage (including level-funded plans) also need to file form 1094-C and 1095-C for each covered individual on the plan, and mail a 1095-C report to each covered individual.
Is the IRS Enforcing Penalties?
Beginning last fall, the IRS started issuing penalty notices (known as Letter 226J) to employers whose 1094-C and 1095-C reports showed they owe either the “A” or “B” penalty under the tax code. Employers who receive a 226J letter must respond within 30 days in order to disagree with the penalty, or they will receive a tax bill for the full amount. Other letters have been sent to employers who were required to file, but failed to file, the 1094-C and 1095-C form.
What Should I Do Now?
All employers should be able to answer the following questions:
1. Is our organization an applicable large employer or part of a group of employers that together qualify as an ALE?
2. If so, do we offer affordable coverage to all full-time employees and does that coverage provide minimum value?
3. Are we correctly reporting these offers of coverage on the 1094-C and 1095-C forms and issuing the 1095-C forms to all full-time employees?
4. For small employers, are we offering self-funded (or level funded) medical benefits and if so, are we correctly and timely filing the 1094-B and 1095-B forms and issuing the 1095-B to all covered individuals?
If you are not sure of the answer to any of these questions, please contact your JRG employee benefit advisor for more information! We will be happy to help answer your questions and help you come up with a plan to make sure you are in compliance with the ACA.
More than 400 businesses and organizations belong to the Chamber to receive benefits and support efforts to strengthen their businesses and our region. Increased membership allows us to offer additional programs and benefits, have a stronger voice in advocacy and be involved in more activities and initiatives in our communities. The Chamber welcomes its newest member, Lackawanna College and its Sunbury Center, to help us fulfill our mission.
Lackawanna College’s main campus is located in downtown Scranton, and the Sunbury Center opened in July 2017. Since its formation in 1894, Lackawanna College’s mission has been to provide a quality education to all people that seek to improve their lives and better their communities. Lackawanna’s hallmarks of focused class sizes, progressive curriculum, and student support, have expanded higher education opportunities for students in the Susquehanna River Valley and surrounding regions. Associate degrees that can be completed in Sunbury in include accounting, business administration, criminal justice, human services, professional studies and sport management, as well as certificate program as a licensed massage therapist. Additional program and partnerships are also a possibility as the Sunbury Center continues to grow. For more information, visit the Sunbury Center’s website, call 570-988-1931, or visit its location at 1145 North 4th St. in Sunbury.
Transportation planners from the SEDA-COG and Williamsport Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) areas will be holding three listening sessions this fall to hear from the public about transit and transportation service needs and issues.
These sessions are an opportunity for residents who do not drive or who rely on transportation services to speak directly with planners about service gaps, scheduling issues, delays, reliability, affordability issues and other concerns. When one or more of these issues gets in the way of reaching jobs, medical appointments, food stores, pharmacies and other services, our region falls short.
Understanding who is affected—whether seniors, minorities, low-income individuals, people with disabilities, individuals with limited English language skills or even the general public—will help quantify needs and prioritize areas of improvement.
Three sessions have been scheduled to hear from residents in Clinton, Columbia, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder and Union counties.
Session #1: Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, 1pm – 4pm
Union-Snyder Community Action Agency
713 Bridge Street, Suite #10, Selinsgrove, PA 17870
Session #2: Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, 2pm – 5pm
River Valley Trade and Transit Center II
144 W 3rd Street, Williamsport, PA 17701
Session #3: Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, 1pm – 4pm
Geisinger’s Justin Drive Office Building #2 (behind outpatient center)
35 Justin Drive, Danville, PA, 17821
Each three-hour session is designed for people to drop in and stay as long as they prefer to share their needs and concerns about transportation services. Each facility is accessible and has convenient parking. Caregivers, advocates and service agencies are also welcome to attend.
Those not able to attend a listening session in person are encouraged to participate in an online survey by Oct. 29.
From PA Chamber of Business & Industry
The House unanimously passed legislation last week that would expand options for fulfilling high school graduation requirements in Pennsylvania.
Senate Bill 1095 – which also passed the Senate unanimously in June – would allow students enrolled in career and technical education or other alternative pathways to opt out of taking the Keystone Exams. The exams were developed as a way to ensure that Pennsylvania students graduate high school as prepared as possible for the next phase of their lives and were planned to take effect for the 2016-17 school year, but have been delayed.
The PA Chamber is among a broad group in support of strong graduation requirements because we support a public education system based on rigorous standards, with appropriate transparency and robust accountability measures. When S.B. 1095 was first introduced, our organization opined that while we understood that graduation requirements should reflect the diversity of the student body, the bill swung the pendulum too far back and threatened the accountability standards we wanted to see implemented. Since that time, however, those concerns have been addressed through negotiations with lawmakers.
Shortly before the House’s vote on S.B. 1095, the PA Chamber joined Excellent Schools PA and Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children in sending a memo that urged lawmakers to engage in oversight to ensure that the standards in the legislation are being met. “To be sure, the impact of added transparency and accountability measures, and the extent to which the bill in general benefits students, is entirely based on how it is carried out by schools in partnership with state officials and with vigorous oversight from the legislature,” the coalition wrote. “Passing this legislation is an important, but early step in the process and we urge all stakeholders to maintain a commitment to the principles now encompassed in this bill.”
PA Chamber Government Affairs Director Alex Halper was quoted in a Pennlive story about the House’s passage of the bill, saying that while rigorous standards for graduating high school students must be met, the PA Chamber understands that a blanket approach to graduation requirements might not work for everyone. “When this legislation is implemented, it will be a significant improvement over the status quo,” Halper said.
The second place team from Berwick High School
As September draws to a close, everyone looks forward to the Bloomsburg Fair. The images conjured include concerts, rides, games, pizza, fries, funnel cake and everything else to excite one’s taste buds.
For the second year in a row something else also caused some excitement at the Fair — a STEM competition between area high schools. This year’s event was sponsored by The Foundation of the Columbia Montour Chamber of Commerce (with the help of First Columbia Bank & Trust and PPL Electric Utilities), Martz Technologies. the Central Susquehanna Community Foundation and Bloomsburg University, and featured five area high school teams and awarded $17,500 in grants.
The third place team from Central Columbia High School
The theme for this year’s projects was “Energy and Efficiency in the Community.” The teams all used their STEM skills and found creative ways to solve the problems face by harnessing the power of rain, sun or wind, to making trash produce energy. The judging panel included Greg Martz, president of Martz Technologies; Al Neuner, VP of facilities operations at Geisinger; Kurt Aaron, WNEP-TV meteorologist; Robert Foster, president of Volunteers in Philanthropy and retired physics Teacher; and Jeffrey Emanuel, director of The Foundation of the Columbia Montour Chamber of Commerce. The schools were judged on written reports, posters, prototypes and oral presentations according to a predetermined rubric. When the scores were tallied the winners were:
- Midd-West High School – Reclaiming What’s Lost – the project harnessed naturally occurring wind, and wind created by vehicles traveling on I-80 to generate electricity.
- Berwick High School – The Solar Energy Solution: Squashing the “Duck” – the project used solar panels to create a net zero school, the strived to put energy back into the grid.
- Central Columbia High School – A Road to a Better Future – the project proposed utilizing solar parking lots and highways to generate electricity.
First place got $10,000, second place got $5,000 and third place got $2,500 in grant funds for the schools’ STEM programs. While not everyone could win, the schools from Montgomery (Biogas Food Digestor) and Shikellamy (Gravitational Microturbine) High Schools definitely showed that this generation takes our energy consumption seriously. They are already thinking and planning for a better future, and we are in good hands. The competitor’s projects were on display in the technology building all week long during the fair.
The Foundation would like to thank First Columbia Bank & Trust and PPL Electric Utilities for their support of the 2018 Bloomsburg Fair STEM Competition. Without their support of The Foundation, programs like this would not be possible.
(L-R) Ken Ackerman, DACF Board Member; Jim McCann, Central Susquehanna Sight Services; Greg Cole, DACF Board Member; Bonnie Trump, DACF Board Member; Randy May, DACF Board Member; Diana Verbeck, Danville Child Development Center; Rebecca Dressler, Danville Business Alliance; Heather Laubach, Danville Area Community Center; Shannon Butters, Girls on the Run of the Greater Susquehanna Valley; Lois Hess, PA P.E.T.S.; John Moyer, Danville Fire Department; Jennifer Powell, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank; Sue Tinsley, Montour County Historical Society; Patrick Derrickson, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble; Kathleen McQuiston, Thomas Beaver Free Library; Michelle Difebo, Danville Lady Railers; Anne Poler, Columbia-Montour Council No. 504 Boy Scouts of America; Stephanie Hamme, North Branch Young Life; Ginnetta Reed, Ronald McDonald House of Danville; John Brady, Zing Productions; Bob Stoudt, Montour Area Recreation Commission
The Danville Area Community Foundation (DACF) presented $44,360 to local nonprofit organizations during a celebratory luncheon held on Friday, Oct. 5, at The Iron Fork restaurant at Frosty Valley Resort. The 20 organizations receiving these grants included nine Chamber members.
These grants were awarded through the DACF’s recent competitive grantround supported by the following DACF funds: Joan and Fred Miller Family Fund, Holdren Family Fund, Jim and Jackie Shutt Fund, May Family Fund, Metzer Fund, Neighbors Helping Neighbors Fund, Eleanor M. Burke Fund, Terry and Sandy O’Rourke Family Fund, The Booth Family Fund, Ackerman Family Fund, and The Cole Family Fund.
The DACF administers a total of 69 endowed and pass-through funds investing over $240,000 annually to local nonprofits and students. These funds include scholarship, donor-advised, field-of-interest, designated, agency and unrestricted funds. A complete listing of DACF funds can be found on the Foundation’s website.
The 2018 Grant Recipients Include:
• Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, North Central Secure Treatment Unit After School Drama Program Support Grant $500
• Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, Food Security Network in Greater Danville Area $1,000
• Central Susquehanna Community Foundation – Youth in Philanthropy Fund, Danville High School Youth in Philanthropy Program Support 2018-19 Academic Year $2,460
• Central Susquehanna Sight Services, Inc., 2018/2019 Prevention of Blindness Programs for Young Children and Adults $1,000
• Columbia Montour Council No. 504 Boy Scouts of America, Financial Assistance for Scouts $5,500
• Danville Area Community Center, Organization Support & Making Community Connections $3,000
• Danville Area Diaper Bank, Danville Area Diaper Bank $1,000
• Danville Business Alliance, Organization Support & 2018/2019 Bicycle Rack Initiative $2,000
• Danville Child Development Center, DCDC’s Out of School Time program: Ensuring High Quality Afterschool Environments $2,000
• Danville Fire Department, Ladder truck replacement $1,000
• Danville Lady Railers, Hess Field Revitalization $1,000
• Geisinger, Support of Geisinger Nurses $3,000
• Girls on the Run of Greater Susquehanna Valley, Financial Assistance Initiative $500
• Montour Area Recreation Commission, Organization Support & Equipment Trailer Purchase $6,500
• Montour County Historical Society, Organization Support & Boyd House Project $7,100
• North Branch Young Life, North Branch Young Life Mentorship Expansion $1,000
• Pennsylvania Pets Inc., Organization Support $1,000
• Ronald McDonald House of Danville, Inc., Share-A-Night Program $500
• Thomas Beaver Free Library, Support of Science Fiction Collection in memory of Pat Ackerman & Organization Support $2,800
• Zing Productions, Community Outreach Project $1,500
The Danville Area Community Foundation’s mission is to provide for charitable needs in the Danville area. DACF is an affiliate of the Central Susquehanna Community Foundation (CSCF) which administers DACF’s grant and scholarship programs. For more information, please visit csgiving.org or contact Christine Pangelinan, CSCF Program Officer, via email.
DACF Board Members are Jean Knouse, Chair, Bonnie Trump, Second Vice Chair, Wendy S. Tripoli, Financial Liaison, Ken Altenbach, Secretary, Ken Ackerman, Robert O. Booth, Greg Cole, Donald G. Cotner, Jr., Bonnie L. Johnson, James D. Kishbaugh, II, Mark LaMotte, Linda Marks, R. Randolph May, Robert J. McWilliams, Jr., O. Fred Miller, III, Robert W. Snyder, Gary W. Visneski, Martin L. Walzer