Districts in Action
April 11, 2022
Through March 31, 2022, GBU Life matched up to $2,500 of member donations made to a district-chosen501(c)(3) organization with our Districts in Action program.
Below is the list of participating districts and the organizations each chose to support. Be sure to check the next issue of The Reporter for an update on donation totals. GBU would like to thank our members for supporting those in need!
- District 45-Altoona, PA: Central Pennsylvania Community Foundation's Blair County Sheriff’s K-9 Foundation District 84-Lancaster, PA: Manheim Township Fire Rescue
- District 146-Johnstown, PA: Sandyvale Memorial Gardens
- District 171-Pittsburgh, PA: Cloverleaf Food Bank
- District 291-Summerhill, PA: Forest Hills Area Ambulance Association
- District 361-Barberton, OH: BACM Food Pantry
- District 500-Lilly, PA: Lilly-Washington Public Library
- District 510-Toledo, OH: Oregon Health and Welfare
- District 536-Lafayette, IN: Lafayette Transitional Housing Center
- District 630-Ann Arbor, MI: Hope Clinic
- District 684-Pittsburgh, PA: Brentwood Volunteer Fire Department
- District 699-Frankenmuth, MI: Frankenmuth Police Department
- District 701-Pontiac, MI: Deutsch-Amerikanischer Schützenverein (D.A.S.V.)
- District 707-Grand Rapids, MI: Down Syndrome Association of West Michigan Foundation
- District 810-Cleveland, OH: Tapestry Partners International
- District 815-Dayton, OH: Five Rivers Foundation's Adventure Central Kitchen
- District 817-Philadelphia, PA: Rock Ministries of Philadelphia
- District 818-Orlando, FL: German American Society of Central Florida
- District 821-Sterling Heights, MI: Carpathia Foundation
- District 1000-LFA: Leader Dogs for the Blind, Forgotten Harvest, Compassion Pregnancy Center, Lutheran Heritage Foundation, Macomb Charitable Foundation
- District 2000-ULS: First Presbyterian Church of Duquesne's Sacred Blessings Mission Store, Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church Food Pantry, Ohio Guidestone, Be A Better Me Foundation, Shenango Valley Meals on Wheels
- District 3000-HRFA: Franklin Township Food Bank, The Latrobe Foundation, Humane Society of Ohio Valley District 4000-Sokol USA: Community Food Bank of New Jersey, S.T.A.R—Serving to Aid and Restore, Brookfield Volunteer Fire Department, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, The Buddy Foundation
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