We at Giving2Grow hope that all of you are well. We have been in touch with the organizations that received our 2019 grants - generous people on the front lines of making sure that kids have food. The virus situation [...]
Giving2Grow is a Giving Circle. What is a Giving Circle? A Giving Circle is a group of people who get together, pool their resources, and decide collectively where to contribute those resources, often money, to help support causes or communities. [...]
Jay-Dee, the much-loved dog in a Giving2Grow member's family, wants to tell you a story. Recently a couple of Giving2Grow members, Debbie and Amy, pursued an opportunity to help one of our grantee organizations in a different way. The [...]
We are so excited to announce the 2019 Giving2Grow grant recipients. We had many excellent applicants for 2019 and, after careful review, our members voted to donate funds to nine regional organizations that address childhood hunger and food insecurity. [...]
On May 14, the three 2018 Giving2Grow grantees presented stories about their work to our membership. Presenters included Steve DelVitto from Feed Our Students, Cheryl Densmore from Whitehall Presbyterian Church's Food4Kids, and Cheri Pogue from the United Methodist Church Union [...]
At our May Membership meeting, after Cheri Pogue spoke about the summer lunch program run by Kids Meal Network, she invited us to come out to one of the sites they run to see our work in action. (Cherie [...]
We are so happy to support the work of the 2018 grant recipients Visit the website links below to learn more about our grant recipients’ projects. 1. Feed Our Students: $10,000. 2. United Methodist Church Union: $5,000. 3. Whitehall Presbyterian [...]
In February 2018, Jennifer McDowell, G2G president, was approached by Katie Mannarino of Blue Sky Closing Services. In 2014, Katie’s daughters were 10 and 15; they spent one memorable weekend lamenting that they had no more weddings to attend in [...]
Since our first year of funding, 2014, Giving2Grow members have donated $145,000 to local non-profits who share our mission of addressing childhood hunger and nutrition in SW Pennsylvania. We have done this collectively and collaboratively: each member contributes the [...]
We had an AMAZING evening on May 14 when all of our 2017 grantees presented all of their wonderful work with the Giving2Grow members. Reinforcing the necessity of addressing food insecurity in Western PA, particularly for children and families, Keeley Forrestel [...]
