The annual Trash to Treasure sale returns to Penn State Behrend on Saturday, May 11, providing students and community members an opportunity to recycle reusable items that they no longer need. The initiative, run through Penn State Behrend Athletics and the Office of Sustainability, aims to keep useful items out of the waste stream while raising money for United Way of Erie County.
“Here at Mid-State, I believe that the students leave with knowledge and skills that will help them for the rest of their life. I think they also leave with the sense of belonging to a place, a sense of community with others who are going through the same experience. That’s really valuable.”
Coach James Franklin has a message for the Penn State community during this year's campaign to support the Centre County United Way, the University's charity of choice, which makes a difference in the lives of our friends and neighbors every day.
A cooking demonstration and wine-tasting event, to benefit the Centre County United Way, will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2 at Café Laura, located in Mateer Building at Penn State University Park.
What we find so compelling about the Centre County United Way is their focus on education, financial stability and health. They understand that we are all connected and interdependent. We all win when a child succeeds in school, when families are financially stable and when we all enjoy an overall sense of health. However, that is not all … the money we donate stays in Centre County and is invested in proven programs that benefit the greater good.
Penn State New Kensington students, faculty and staff completed seven community service projects in six days during the campus' Week of Service in September.
United Way of Franklin County held a tailgate campaign kick-off event at Penn State Mont Alto on Sept. 21 in the Multipurpose Activities Center. Those in attendance had the opportunity to enjoy a tailgate-style lunch, play games, hear lively band music, and meet the Nittany Lion.
A team of Penn State Health employees were among nearly 1,700 volunteers who lent a hand during the United Way of the Capital Region’s 26th annual Day of Caring on Sept. 7.
The Penn State Health team put in a united effort for the United Way at the 22nd annual Capital Region trike race on July 20 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg.
Dr. Craig Hillemeier, dean of Penn State College of Medicine, CEO of Penn State Health and senior vice president for health affairs at Penn State, will serve as chairman of the 2018 United Way of the Capital Region campaign.
Penn State Berks recently was honored with the United Way 2017 Community Partnership Award during the United Way 54th Annual Dinner and Awards, held on Thursday, April 20, at the DoubleTree by Hilton in downtown Reading.
The end-of-semester Trash to Treasure indoor yard sale at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will again benefit bargain-hunters, the environment and United Way of Erie County. The sale will be held in Erie Hall on Saturday, May 13.
Every Thursday for the past six weeks, Dan Jackson, instructor in astronomy , physics and mathematics at Penn State Lehigh Valley, has been running a LEGO Robotics after-school program at Roosevelt Elementary School in the Allentown School District.
At the close of its 2016 employee campaign, which raised $54,000 for United Way of Erie County, Penn State Behrend reached an important milestone: More than $1 million in total giving to United Way and its programs.
Penn State Lehigh Valley students had another opportunity to change lives by participating in the Adopt an Apartment program for the third year in a row. Students painted, cleaned and made some major renovations to an apartment provided by the Sixth Street Shelter in Allentown.
