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May 3, 2017
new trail section dedicated
Donation to fight hunger
The Stroud Region Open Space and Recreation Commission hosted a trail dedication recently in Yetter Park.
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what’s happening Events and activities throughout the Poconos. page 2
behind the wheel Columnist Greg Zyla test drives the
2017 BMW X5 plug-in hybrid. page 6
around town Keep up with the latest happenings in our area. page 3
FroM helen’s kitchen Try some of these recipes, including frank and kraut stew. page 8
have a taste! One scientist says we are genetically predisposed to like certain wines. page 5
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From left: christina rodis-durst, manager, partnership sales, pocono raceway; looie Mattioli, board chair, Mattioli Foundation; John cosgrove, executive director, allone charities; Michael albert, president and ceo, united way of Monroe county; and chris weiler, president and ceo, and bill dwyre, managing director, americas, for the weiler abrasive group.
Recently AllOne Charities, Weiler Abrasives Group and the Mattioli Foundation announced a donor collaboration. Through this partnership, they are awarding a $50,000 grant to the United Way of Monroe County to support its recently launched Food Access Initiative. This donor effort is part of the AllOne Charities’s Collaborative Philanthropy Fund. AllOne Charities is matching the combined contributions of the Mattioli Family ($10,000) and Weiler Abrasives Group ($15,000) for a total community investment of $50,000. “Half of all families renting their home in Monroe County spend more than a third of their income on housing,” stated president and CEO of United Way of Monroe County, Michael Albert. “Anytime a family spends that amount of their income on housing, other basic needs cannot be met — needs such as child care, health care and even putting food on the table.” According to National School Lunch Program data, more than half of all schoolaged children in Monroe County are receiving free or reduced price lunch. Last year there were more than 13,000 children in the county who qualified for and received free lunch at school. When children go home in
the evening, on weekends, and during summer holidays, however, their access to food is not necessarily secure. Many families in Monroe County, even those above the poverty level, struggle to provide healthy food for their faimlies. “We are happy to support this vital initiative,” said John Cosgrove, executive director of the AllOne Foundation & Charities, based in Wilkes-Barre. “United Way highlighted the real need to improve access to healthy food in Monroe County. As our collaborative funding model suggests, we appreciate the collective approach to solving problems proposed by United Way.” The Food Access Initiative has already had a few early wins, with United Way helping to launch a Hunger Coalition in Monroe County, this past November. United Way is now partnering with several food pantries and supplemental feeding programs. One of the next shortterm goals of the initiative is to ensure that the East Stroudburg summer feeding program is replicated and expanded across the entire county. Anyone interested in helping to end hunger in Monroe County is welcome to attend. For more information, visit unitedwaymonroe.org.