Reaching Out To Our Community
Girl Scout Leadership Experience
Girl Scouts unleashes the G.I.R.L. (Go getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader)in every girl, preparing her for a lifetime of leadership—from taking a night-time hike under the stars to accepting a mission on the International Space Station; from lobbying the city council with her troop to holding a seat in Congress; from running her own cookie business today to tackling cybersecurity tomorrow.
Our Girl Scout Leadership Experience is a one-of-a-kind leadership development program for girls, with proven results. It is based on time-tested methods and research-backed programming that help girls take the lead—in their own lives and in the world.
Research shows that girls learn best in an all-girl, girl-led, and girl-friendly environment. Girl Scouts is a place where she’ll practice different skills, explore her potential, take on leadership positions—and even feel allowed to fail, dust herself off, get up, and try again
Greater Berks Food Bank
Greater Berks Food Bank distributes more than seven million pounds of food annually to more than 300 charitable food program partners (food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, Mobile Markets, senior and after-school programs) in Berks and Schuylkill counties. Food provided by the Greater Berks Food Bank nourishes more than 110,000 of our neighbors in need each year.
Toys for Tots Program
MISSION: The basic mission of the Marine Toys for Tots Program is to collect new unwrapped toys and distribute those toys to less fortunate children at Christmas.
GOAL: The primary goal of Marine Toys for Tots is, through the gift of a new toy, help bring the joy of Christmas and send a message of hope to America's less fortunate children.
OVERVIEW: In order to better execute the Program, in 1991 the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation was created at the behest of the Marine Corps.
FOUNDATION OVERVIEW: The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, is an IRS recognized 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity which was created at the behest of the U. S. Marine Corps in 1991.
D.A.R.E. Education Programs
D.A.R.E. Education Programs
The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program is the most
comprehensive drug prevention curricula in the world taught in
thousands of schools throughout America’s 50 states and its
territories, as well as in 50+ other countries reaching more than 1.5
million students annually.
D.A.R.E. Education Program Endorsements & Support
D.A.R.E.’s elementary, middle and high school curricula, as well as
its enhancement lessons on subjects that include bullying, internet
safety, and over-the-counter prescription drug and opiates abuse, have
been developed through partnerships with highly respected universities
and prevention education experts. Each curriculum has been developed
and approved under the guidance of D.A.R.E. America’s Scientific
Advisory Committee chaired by Richard Clayton, Ph.D.
After a review that considered multiple criteria, D.A.R.E. America partnered with Pennsylvania State University to develop and adopt the keepin’ it REAL drug prevention curriculum. In 2008, D.A.R.E. launched keepin’ it REAL in middle schools; in 2013, D.A.R.E. launched kiR’s elementary school curricula.
Multiple government organizations and institutions, as well as highly respected journals, have endorsed and favorably reported upon D.A.R.E.’s keepin’ it REAL curricula.
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Jeremy Carroll Foundation - Muscular Dystrophy Foundation
On behalf of MDA, Giorgi and David Carroll dedicate tremendous time to supporting The Jeremy Carroll Foundation, a local Reading, PA, charity which fundraises to advance the battle against neuromuscular diseases, such as Muscular Dystrophy. Bob Fisher supports their annual fundraising event, the Black and Blue Charity Ball.