OIL CITY, Pa. — Bridge Builders Community Foundations is launching a “Week of Giving” event to spur collective charitable donations in the region. This charitable givings event is the first of its type in the area. These donations will be pro-rated through the foundation and will allow donors to give to numerous nonprofits throughout Clarion, Forest, and Venango counties, as well as the community of Punxsutawney.
(Photo: Trenton Moulin, executive director of Bridge Builders Community Foundations, unveils the new Week of Giving campaign logo and website. The campaign will allow donors to give to numerous nonprofits throughout Clarion, Forest and Venango counties as well as the community of Punxsutawney. Nonprofits can participate for free and can register online at www.bbcfgives.org by February 15th. The campaign runs March 20-24, 2017.)
The Week of Giving event kicks off on Monday, March 20th at 8 AM and will run until 11:59 PM on Friday, March 24th.
Trenton Moulin, executive director of Bridge Builders Community Foundations, says, “Other communities in Western Pennsylvania such as Erie and Pittsburgh have successfully launched giving campaigns and we believe now is the perfect time to develop a similar campaign that will address the needs of our rural communities and the charities that support them.”