Shepherd’s Finance to match donations
Less than a month remains until Thanksgiving, and the 2000 Turkeys campaign is in full swing.
We’re grateful to the Washington County residents, businesses and organizations who have answered the call to donate to the 2000 Turkeys campaign, which is working to make sure that the more than 4,700 families in Washington County who find themselves down on their luck can enjoy a Thanksgiving meal this year.
And we’re happy to announce that one former Washington County resident and his Jacksonville-based company are giving 2000 Turkeys a boost this week.
On Friday, Dan Wallach, chief executive officer of Shepherd’s Finance LLC, announced a matching fund challenge to financial institutions in Washington County that has the potential to help raise $12,000 for 2000 Turkeys.
For every donation a Washington County bank, credit union, investment company or other financial institution makes to 2000 Turkeys, Shepherd’s Finance will match that, up to $6,000.
Wallach, who served as chief financial officer at 84 Lumber Co. for more than a decade and worked at the company for 25 years, and his company have supported the Greater Washington County Food Bank over the years, but he hadn’t heard about 2000 Turkeys until this year.
Shepherd’s Finance, which loans funds to builders to construct homes, believes strongly in supporting charitable organizations and causes in areas in which the company has investors, which includes Washington County. It also encourages philanthropy by matching contributions to local charities made by investors who donate a percentage of interest they earn throughout the year.
Every penny raised through 2000 Turkeys enables the Food Bank to provide Thanksgiving dinners to our less fortunate Washington County neighbors.
Each $15 donation provides a Thanksgiving dinner for a family of four.
So far, the 2000 Turkeys campaign has raised $24,477, and we’re working hard to reach our goal of $100,000.
On behalf of the nearly 19,000 people who are experiencing financial hardships for any number of reasons, we thank you for the donations that have been pouring in: from local families such as Timothy and Theresa Dunlap, and Ronald and Carol Bayer, to businesses including TJ’s Heating and Cooling and organizations like the Trinity Area Education Association.
And we are thrilled with the $10 and $20 bills paper-clipped to Post-It notes, and the funds donated in memory of a loved one.
But we still need your help to reach our goal.
The next time stop by the Canonsburg and Washington Shop ‘n Save stores, buy a turkey placard for $1.
Or bring in your pennies and spare change to WJPA Radio (if they’re not wrapped, we’re sure 2000 Turkeys board member and WJPA disc jockey Pete Povich will be happy to wrap them for you).
Dig into your coffee fund.
And if you haven’t done so yet, please drop a check in the mail to 2000 Turkeys, P.O. Box 2000, Washington, PA 15301.
And thank you to the following for their generous contributions to 2000 Turkeys:
TJ’s Heating & Cooling $500
James & Lori Wagner $171
Suzanna & Ramon Graham $25
Charles Crouse $50
Karen Demarino $20
Robert Nelson $50
David & Aryiro Spencer $30
Gene & Dee McElhany $35
Joann & Joseph Sciulli $50
Michael & Terry Wheatley $25
Jamie Torboli $50
Ruth Miles $25
In memory of Nan Bell & Gradma Kalapy by John & Theresa Bell $50
Ro & Russ Orenchuk $30
United Avery Methodist Women $100
Joann Fullerton $25
Laverne & Herbert Jamison $25
In loving memory of my husband Ralph Pinkney Sr. and my loving son Ralph Pinkney Jr. by wife & mother Janice Pinkney $30
Janet Bof $25
Elden Morris $50
Janet Donovan $10
Cindy Brookman $25
Harold & Betty Horr $25
Steven & Susan Wolf $250
Patricia & James Eglar $25
Fortunata Compeggie $15
James Amato $20
Carol Barnes $25
Mary & Gerald Chambers $30
Darryl Bourguignon $50
Charles & Joyce McCrerey $25
To honor Radiation Therapy Department at Washington Hospital for their wonderful caring by Cora Narigon $50
Timothy & Robin Matyas $50
Joanne Duntz $20
Terry & Tamara Oblock $25
In memory of Donald Burnside from Don Verholtz $25 Theresa Shape $25
Lagonda Homemakers $50
In memory of Elsie Rearick by Brenda Rearick $25
Eric Held $50
In memory of my husband, Harry F. Sanders by Mrs. Harry F. Sanders $5000
Ronald & Sandra Stone $77
Sara McCullough $25
Cecelia & Evano Lenzi $25
Edgar & Dolores Cheverine $25 Jamie & John Michalka $50
Bernard & Barbara Desmond $25
Tops Chapter 1641 Washington $50
In memory of Carol Masquelier by Dick Masquelier $50
Earl & Jane Phillis $50
Mary Colombo $25
Carrie Casciola 30
In memory of my dear daughter-in-law Jill Moon by Lila Hufford $20
Bernard & Lillian Veres $25
Trinity Area Education Association $100
Ronald & Carol Bayer $40
John & Linda Fetchen $30
Thomas & Mary Ellen Hummell $50
In memory of Tommy Arena by Johnny & Cathy Hoy $50
Francis & Toni King $30
George, MD & Mary Alice Jones $100
Karen & Bob Thompson $25
In memory of my dear husband Richard Hufford by Lila Hufford $20
Steve & Louvilla Skariot $50
Jim & Marlene Richey $25
Sandra & Earl Redd $50
Lucy Corson $25
Dominick & Donna Trimarki $50
Charlie & Bonnie Hines $30
Eighty Four Lions Club $25
Juliana Furda $20
Robert & Violet Azman $30
Dan & Tina Jones $50
Audrey Bunner $50 Nancy Hunter $200
Mark & Ellen Sams $25
Loretta Stanek $25
Joseph & Carol Mazzetti $50 Bill & Cookie Kazakewicz $30
Patricia Brletic $100
Paul & Cheryl Skiviat $50
Ron’s Self Storage $50
Terri & Thomas Seiler $50
In memory of Robert L Hott by Mrs. Lee Hott $25
Morton & Caroline Moore $30
Emilie Poplarchik $20
Cathleen & Richard Allinder $50
Dick & Margaret White $100
Donald & Christine Sherge $30
Caroline Ashbrook $25
In memory of my wife Margaret J Mohr by Richard Mohr Sr. $50
Regis & Lisa Ball $100
John & Sue Pomykala Sr. $50
In memory of my wife Beth Tustin from her husband Don $20
In memory of Donald and Lorna Tustin, Betty Cowden and Gary Bedillion by Don Tustin $40
Jessie Wood $40
David & Deborah Dague $20
In loving memory of Thelma Zimmerman from Allan A. Zimmerman $100
In memory of Charles W. “Red” Elliott from Margaret L. Elliott $100
In memory of Darlene Cwiklinski, Anthony & Emily Cwiklinski & Joseph & Teresa Phillips by Ray & Patty Phillips $50
Robert & Darlene Caldwell $100
In memory of our parents by Luiz & Kathy Armenini $25
Phyllis & Ted Dutton $25
Linda & Paul Sroka $25
Linda Hepburn & Gist Wylie $25
Alice & Terry Oblock $25
Ronald & Paula Herman $10
Bruce Burnfield “In memory of Virginia Burnfield” $30
Timothy & Theresa Dunlap $2500
Lee & Billie Robinson $50
Cynthia Greco $90
Betty & William Braun $25
Ronald & Vicki Dzikowski $30
In memory of Ron Rubis by Deborah Rubis $25
Anonymous $70