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Community Matching Community Matching Funds
Funds Mingo Junction, oh
western sPrings, il
Food Distribution
This year, Hills School District did
One for the Kids Curve Ball not need the donation of coats that
On Saturday, March 8, a benefit had been purchased and distributed
event was held for the Scott family in the past. The school received
and their son Sammy. Sammy government funding to provide these
Scott (9) suffers from a rare genetic items to the students. So this year, Hills
condition called Poverty Committee requested that our
Shashi-Pena efforts be directed to the purchase
Syndrome of food. The committee asked for
which is peanut butter & jelly, tuna fish, tuna
caused by a helper, spaghetti sauce and noodles. a book bag of food is sent home with
mutation of the Pictured is GCU member Carla Gasser the children, so that their nutritional
ASXL2 gene. presenting the food donation to needs are met over the weekend.
Sammy is one teacher Ashley Turnbull. Every Friday,
of 50 known Carla Gasser
people in the
world with this
condition. He
is also hyperinsulinemia where his
body produces too much insulin. Community Matching Funds
requiring frequent blood sugar PittsBurgh, PA
checks and he must use his feeding
tube continuously at night. Thanks City of Man Spring Musical
to the GCU Community Match for From April 4-6, 2025, the CYO teens of the
adding to the success. St. Teresa (Our Lady of Mt. Carmel) parish
performed City of Man for four shows,
Colleen Benedetto including one cabaret dinner show. These
teens worked tirelessly all year to learn
and master their craft. Their hard work
paid off when they performed flawless,
wonderful shows to a delighted audience.
All profits will be donated to the Chimbote
Foundation, a mission of the Diocese of Check presentation to Elizabeth Wells
Pittsburgh that serves a maternity hospital from Kim Kolesar.
in Peru and Appalachia Project H.O.P.E. a home repair mission in eastern
Kentucky. Many of the teens and former cast members travel to David, KY each
year to help repair and rebuild
these homes. This was a GCU
Community Match event.

Kim Kolesar

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