CLEARFIELD – Clearfield Area United Way held their Annual Board Meeting Tuesday at the BPO Elks Lodge in Clearfield and re-organized for upcoming year.
During the lunch, Nicole Norris from the Children’s Aid Society was on had to announce the push to double the volunteers and participants in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters Program. She explained that word of mouth is so important and that everyone in attendance knows of someone who would be a great adult volunteer and mentor to a child.
“Just spending a bit of time 2 or 3 times a month with a child can make such a difference and we hope that people interested will contact us at 765-2686 for more information, Norris said.”
All Member Agencies were asked to keep the United Way in mind if they would like to speak on new programs at an upcoming meeting; they were asked to contact Nancy Pinto at the United Way office.
New board member nominations were Kay Dell’Antonio from CB&T, Brent Thomas from Johnston, Nelson & Shimmel, Sarah Gula from J.C. Penney’s, Greg Dixon from CNB and John Shimko from Penelec/First Energy. Officers will be: President, Brockton Shaffer; Vice President/Campaign Chair, Ranea Brewer; Second Vice President/Vice Campaign Chair, Michele Fannin and Treasurer Kay Dell’Antonio.