The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has received nearly 200 works of art as part of the estate of Barbara R. Palmer, longtime benefactor, beloved friend, and champion of the museum, who passed away in January 2019. The bequest of her world-class collection will elevate the already significant national reputation of Penn State’s art museum.
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced a transformational gift of 140 American works on paper, recently donated by Penn State alumnus John P. Driscoll. The expansive gift, one of the most important in the 47-year history of the University’s art museum, establishes a significant American drawings collection at the Palmer Museum of Art.
Penn State York’s veterans organization, Student Veterans of America (SVA), York Chapter, is sponsoring a Toys for Tots drive on campus. New, unopened, and unwrapped toys will be collected through Dec. 9. The toys, for children ages newborn through 12 years old, will be distributed to less fortunate children in the community through the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation in York, Pennsylvania. Community members are welcome to bring donations to the campus.
There’s still time to donate school supplies for children in need. The Penn State York Council on Family Relations (CFR) Club and the Human Development and Family Studies Affiliated Program Group (APG) of the Penn State York Alumni Society have joined forces with Education for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness (ECYEH), to help collect school supplies now through Sept. 30 at the campus.
The incredible Hulk, Barbie, and board games were just some of the 167 toys collected by Penn State York’s chapter of Student Veterans of America (SVA) for less fortunate children in the York area during their toy drive last semester. The toys were collected and distributed for the holiday season as part of the local Toys for Tots program through the First Capital Marine Corps League.
More than 500 pounds of peanut butter and jelly were collected at Penn State York during the 2014 peanut butter and jelly challenge. Children in the after-school program at the York Salvation Army are the real winners and will have plenty of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to eat thanks to the efforts of students, faculty, and staff at Penn State York.
Jackie Hernandez's face lights up when she talks about working with children at Ferguson K-8 School in York and her goal to collect 835 complete uniforms for needy children there. Hernandez, 33, a senior in the human development and family studies (HD FS) program at Penn State York, is conducting the uniform drive as part of her internship under the guidance of faculty member JeanMarie St. Clair-Christman, assistant professor of HD FS. A collection box is located in the lobby of the Main Classroom Building outside the admissions office, and advising and career development through Nov. 29. Donation boxes were also located at Old Navy on Route 30 through Nov. 13.
Penn State York's Blue and White Society (BWS) has joined forces with the Penn State York Alumni Society (PSYAS), the Consolidated School for Business Community Service Club, and the Mt. Rose Barberama for "Santa for Solders" (SFS). The groups are working together to collect items, now through Wednesday, Nov. 14, for a United States Army unit stationed at Camp Casey, Korea.
Children in the after-school program at the York Salvation Army will have plenty of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to eat, thanks to the efforts of students, faculty and staff at Penn State York. The campus community donated 326 pounds of the popular sandwich-making ingredients during the month of February, topping last year's 305-pound mark.
Its peanut butter and jelly time once again at Penn State York and things are getting sticky. Penn State York hopes to have hundreds of pounds of peanut butter and jelly on campus by Feb. 29. No, students, faculty, and staff aren't looking to make sandwiches but what they are doing is collecting the food for the York Salvation Army. Last year the campus collected about more than 300 pounds of the sandwich-makings and hope match or increase that amount this year.
The peanut butter and jelly collected goes to the after-school program through the Salvation Army. About 100 children participate in the program each day and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are one of their favorite snacks.
Penn State York students, faculty and staff have joined with the United Way of York County and other organizations for the "Stack the Pack" school supply drive for students in grades K-12. The drive continues on campus through Friday, Nov. 18.
