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| Supported Organizations |
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 BALLY COMUNITY AMBULANCE |
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10,000 |
| BALLY COMMUNITY CENTER |
|
3,500 |
| BOYERTOWN COMMUNITY AMBULANCE |
|
14,000 |
| BOYERTOWN MULTI-SERVICE, INC |
|
63,345 |
| BOYERTOWN YMCA |
|
42,570 |
| HAWK MNT. COUNCIL - BOY SCOUTS |
|
8,700 |
| CRADLE OF LIBERTY COUNCIL - BOY SCOUTS |
|
3,500 |
| CIVIL AIR PATROL |
|
3,000 |
| GREAT VALLEY COUNCIL - GIRL SCOUTS |
|
8,000 |
| HELPING HANDS, INC |
|
25,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY OF BOYERTOWN |
|
25,000 |
| GILBERTSVILLE AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION |
|
15,000 |
| BERKS VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION |
|
13,000 |
| VISITING NURSE ASSOC. OF POTTSTOWN |
|
16,000 |
| BOYERTOWN AREA CREATIVE HOUSING |
|
4,500 |
| CREATIVE HEALTH SERVICES |
|
35,000 |
| FAMILY SERVICE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY |
|
3,800 |
| COMMUNITY THAT CARES |
|
10,000 |
Totals: |
$303,915 |
Bally Area Ambulance Service
Chestnut Street, Bally, PA 19503
Supplies ambulance and first aid services and instruction to residents of the boroughs of Bally and Bechtelsville and townships of Washington, Douglass-Montgomery and New Hanover. Portions of Hereford Twp. Upper Hanover Twp. (Mont. Co.) are covered.
Bally Community Center
215 Main Street, Bally, PA 19503
The community Center exists to provide a haven for the kids of the area to come and have some good clean fun, play games, sports or just relax. The premium here is not on winning, except for winning friends. We want to provide good influences for those young people, preparing them to be well rounded individuals, emotionally and physically. It is our desire to see each of the youth become the best person they can be, thereby having the most positive effect on their community.
Berks Visiting Nurse Association
| 610-378-0481 | 800-346-7848 |
1170 Berkshire Blvd., Wyomissing, PA 19610
The Berks VNA provides comprehensive home health services for individuals of all ages. In-home services include; skilled nursing including infusion therapy and wound ostomy and continence therapy; Hospice care; physical, speech and occupational therapies; maternal/child health; nutritional counseling; psychiatric/mental health care; and medical social services. Community services include outreach clinics, support groups and health education programs. Last year, Berks VNA made 90,490 visits to 5,354 clients in our United Way area. Arrangements can be made through our sister organization Advantage Home Care for home health aide, private duty services, and the Emergency Response program.
Boyertown Creative Housing
P.O. Box 38, New Berlinville, PA 19545
Boyertown Area Creative Housing (BACH) provides transitional housing and support for families in the Boyertown Area who are homeless or near homeless. In addition to providing housing, the goal of the BACH program is to equip parents with skills that will enable them to better provide for their families when they leave the program. As a result, parents are required to seek further education or job training while in residence at the BACH house.
Boyertown Lions Community Ambulance Service, Inc.
2 E. Second St., Boyertown, PA 19512
Supplies ambulance and first aid service as well as sick room and first aid supplies to those in need. More than 1,000 ambulance service calls and numerous sick room equipment loans were made last year. United Way funds are used to meet operating expenses. People with financial difficulties are treated with special consideration
Boyertown Area Multi-Service, Inc.
200 Schaeffer Street, Boyertown, PA 19512
The mission of Boyertown Area Multi-Service, Inc. is to serve the community by identifying and helping meet the social service and human needs of people of all ages in the greater Boyertown Area, encouraging coordination between local, private, and governmental agencies in the delivery of their services, thereby, providing effective and more available services to local people. Multi-Service provides space to county and state agencies that serve the people of Boyertown Area, coordinates the Meals on Wheels program, operates the Senior Center, transports people to and from Senior Center, operates an emergency food pantry and provides case management services for individuals and families both under 60 years of age and over 60 years of age. There is an energy case manager to help with fuel and electric. Volunteer drivers provide transportation to medical appointments.
Boy Scouts Of America-Hawk Mountain Council
5027 Pottsville Pike, Reading, PA 19605
Makes the Scouting program available to every boy, 6-14, and every young man and young woman, 14-21 in the area by organizing Tiger Club Dens, Cub Packs, Boy Scout Troops, Venturing Crews, Learning for Life Groups and Explorer Posts, accessible to all who wish to join, and then providing support for leaders selected by the organizations who charter these scout units.
Boyertown Area Y.M.C.A.
301 West Spring Street, Boyertown, PA 19512
The Boyertown Area YMCA provides three Centers, The Daniel B. Boyer Center, 301 W. Spring St., The Gilbertsville Center, 144 HollyDr., Gilbertsville; and The Hendricks Family Center, 3065 N. Charlotte St., Gilbertsville; offering activities, programs and services for all ages. Infants, youth, teens, adults, families, and senior citizens benefit from a wide variety of innovative wellness programs. All YMCA activities, programs and services are designed to include the core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility to enhance the development of all individuals. Infant through age 5 childcare is offered at Growing Dreams Childcare at the Gilbertsville and Hendricks Family Centers. Kindergarten care is offered at all Boyertown Area YMCA Centers, and the Boyertown and Washington Elementary Schools. The Boyertown Area YMCA provides facilities in which the atmosphere is that of trust, compassion and understanding. Our youth are given tools by which they can build a foundation of strong character and ethics that they can carry with them throughout life.
Cradle Of Liberty Council, Boy Scouts Of America
1485 Valley Forge Rd., Wayne, PA 19087-1346
Working with partner organizations within your community, we provide programs and facilities for young people. Our programs stress leadership development, participating citizenship, and physical fitness
Civil Air Patrol, General Carl A. Spaatz Squadron
P.O. Box 1, Boyertown, PA 19512
Part of a nationwide organization, the unpaid volunteers use manpower and equipment in search and rescue efforts and are ready to meet local and national emergencies. The adults motivate youth to the highest ideals of leadership and public service. The nation’s air and space supremacy is furthered through a systematic aerospace education and training program. Over 50 members serve in the organization. The unit is also in Aviation Explorer Post 2807, Boy Scouts of America, in order to enhance their youth program. Adults may also take correspondence courses through the U.S. Air Force’s Air University Extension Course Institute, Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama. Cadets and seniors are also able to take field trips to airfields and attend numerous encampments.
Creative Health Services, Inc.
| 610-369-7271 | 610-326-9250 |
Boyertown Professional Building, 5th & Montgomery Aves., Boyertown, PA 19512
Creative Health Services, Inc. is a broad-based human services organization, which provides behavioral health care. Mental Health and Substance Abuse services are provided to residents of Western Montgomery, Northern Chester and Eastern Berks Counties. CHS provides these services under medical supervision to clients ranging in age from preschool to geriatric. Also available in the Boyertown School District are Wraparound, Family Based and Student Assistance services.
| 610-630-2111 | 610-630-4003 |
Family Services Montgomery County
Family Services is a non-profit agency serving children, seniors and families through five office locations in Montgomery County. Family Services is dedicated to strengthening the quality of life for individuals, families and the community by providing an innovative and comprehensive range of human services. A staff of experienced social workers offers the professional skill and understanding necessary to help our neighbors toward the solutions of their personal and family problems. Each year, our innovative social service programs make a direct impact on 15,000 lives in Montgomery Co.
Gilbertsville Area Community Ambulance Service
| 610-367-9191 EMERGENCY 911 |
P.O. Box 332, 91 Jackson Rd., Gilbertsville, PA 19525
Provides ambulance service covering the Gilbertsville area which includes the townships of Douglass Montgomery and New Hanover. In March of 2003, Gilbertsville Area Community Ambulance Service began providing Advanced Life Support Service to the community. There is an annual family membership drive, proceeds of which are used to maintain the purchase equipment. We offer to the public and business Emergency Responder and CPR classes.
Girl Scouts, Great Valley Council
2633 Moravian Ave., Allentown, PA 18103 & 1300 New Holland Rd., Suite 106, Reading, PA 19607
Inspires girls with the highest ideals of character, conduct, patriotism and service in order that they may become happy and resourceful citizens. Through program and troop activities, girls are helped to develop values that relate to others, to deepen their self-awareness and to contribute to
Society. There are currently over 500 Girl Scouts in 56 troops served by 110 adult volunteers in the Boyertown Area.
Helping Hands, Inc.
415 Hoffmansville Rd., Bechtelsville, PA 19505
Provides supportive programs for families and individuals impacted by developmental disabilities. Programs includes: Residential Group Homes, Vocational/Life Skill Training, Seniors Program, Information and Referral, Summer Camp, Special Vacations, Social/Recreation Activities.
Savlation Army Of Boyertown
409 S. Reading Ave., Boyertown, PA 19512
Since 1958, The Salvation Army of Boyertown has been committed to meeting the physical, spiritual and emotional needs of families as well as individuals who are in crisis or “at risk”. Because of the support of the community, The Salvation Army of Boyertown is able to: dispatch the emergency disaster canteen to local fires and emergencies and provide chaplain services to those suffering from those emergencies; have the DMZ teen center opened during the summer and school year; send children to summer camp at Camp Ladore; distribute back to school supplies and backpacks to children and teens; provide Easter and Thanksgiving dinner to those who might be alone or without; provide food boxes and gifts to individuals and families at Christmas; offer Biblical counseling to many folks in need; provide financial assistance, budget counseling and case management and referral services; offer day-old baked goods and other donated items to clients during the weekly “Friday Food Distribution.” The Salvation Army of Boyertown serves persons living within the following zip codes of Eastern Berks County: Hereford, Bally, Barto, Bechtelsville, Boyertown, Earlville, Limekiln, New Berlinville, Oley, Douglassville, and Gilbertsville. For more information, see them on the web at www.salvation-army.net.
Visiting Nurse Assoc. Of Pottstown & Vicinity
1963 E. High St., Pottstown, PA 19464
The VNA of Pottstown & Vicinity provides comprehensive home health services for individuals of all ages. In-home services include; skilled nursing including infusion therapy and wound ostomy and continence therapy; Hospice care; physical, speech and occupational therapies; maternal/child health; nutritional counseling; psychiatric/mental health care; and medical social services. Community services include outreach clinics, support groups and health education programs. Last year, the VNA made 41,321 visits to 2,351 clients in our United Way area. Arrangements can be made through sister organization Advantage Home Care for home health aide, private duty services and the Emergency Response program. |
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