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On October 15, 2019, hundreds of area residents are going to show their support for their favorite nonprofit during the Amazing Raise. On that day, every donation and donor we get will go further to help us claim our share thousands of dollars in matching funds. What we are really excited about is that this is going to be a big event, and everyone will be talking about who they’re supporting. Think “American Idol” and we’re in the try-outs but need your support to make it to the top.

You can help by doing these three things:

1. Mark October 15, 2019 on your calendar and add this link: amazingraisetricounty.org/PottstownCluster

2. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter and help build the buzz.

3. Spread the word! Tell your friends and family why you think they should help us with their donation. Please be our champion, and help us see it to the top!

We can’t wait to celebrate the difference your generosity will make on October 15, 2019!

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2022 Virtual Event

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Join us online at here: pottstowncluster.org/virtualevent2022 at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 6 for our biggest annual fundraising event! Everyone is invited to tune into this free annual event, which will include opportunities to financially support our mission of providing food security, housing stability, and supportive services and education in our community as well as a behind the scenes look at the impact your support is having on our work and in the lives of those we serve.

We will be premiering our 25-minute video on our website at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 6, 2022. You can join us online, and we will have several watch parties in the greater Pottstown area for people to watch together in small groups. If you would like to attend out watch party located at our Outreach Center at 57 N. Franklin Street in Pottstown, please RSVP to Anissa at ajones@pottstowncluster.org. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

All donations support us in the Amazing Raise giving challenge!

2022 Virtual Event Watch Party

A great way to help us spread the word about our work is to consider hosting a watch party during our virtual event!

We will be premiering our 25-minute video on our website at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 6, 2022. You can join us online, and we will have several watch parties in the greater Pottstown area for people to watch together in small groups.

Would you like to host a watch party?

We will provide individually-packed appetizers for you and your guests so you only have to provide beverages and decide who to invite. If you want to host one, or if you would like to join one, please reach-out to Jacqui Good at 610-970-5995 or jgood@pottstowncluster.org.

What is a Watch Party?
A watch party is a small gathering of people. Prior to the 7 p.m. start time of our virtual event, we invite you to gather with friends, family or colleagues to watch the event together! You can either setup your TV to stream the virtual event or you can connect your laptop to your TV.

Why Host a Watch Party?
A watch party is a great opportunity to share your passion for the Pottstown Cluster! As a group, you can make a positive difference in the lives of your neighbors in need.

Don’t forget about the “PARTY” part of a WATCH PARTY!
Here’s your chance to have some fun and get creative! You can select a theme, offer fun appetizers, and even play games!

Join our community of support by clicking on “PLAY” on Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. Until then, please take a look at our 2021 video below. Thank you for being part of our community. We are grateful for you.

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2022 Virtual Fall Festival of Gratitude

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Watch our 30-minute annual event video premier from our October 6 event for a close look at the impact our work is making in the lives of those we serve.

Join us online here at at 7:00 pm on Thursday, October 6 for our biggest annual fundraising event! Everyone is invited to tune into this free annual event, which will include opportunities to financially support our mission of providing food security, housing stability, and supportive services and education in our community as well as a behind the scenes look at the impact your support is having on our work and in the lives of those we serve.

We will be premiere our 30-minute video on our website here at 7:00 pm on Thursday, October 6, 2022. You can join us online, and we will have several watch parties in the greater Pottstown area for people to watch together in small groups.

All donations support us in the Amazing Raise giving challenge!

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Greatest Need

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MANY WAYS TO GIVE

The Greatest Need

Amazing Raise

Presidents Fund for Capital Improvements

Corporate Match

Planned Giving

Thank you for supporting the Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities, helping neighbors improve their overall stability!

Your tax-deductible unrestricted contribution supports our greatest need and makes it possible to fulfill our mission to provide our families in need with Food Security, Housing Stability, and Supportive Services and Education. You can conveniently and securely make your unrestricted contribution below.

To be good stewards of our resources, each donation acknowledgement by mail will include your year-to-date cumulative donation total. We will not be sending out additional year-end letters with donation summaries. If you require more information, please contact development@pottstowcluster.org.

PCRC thanks its “Big Heart+” Supporters and its Community Partners!

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Presidents Fund

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MANY WAYS TO GIVE

The Greatest Need

Amazon Smile

Amazing Raise

Presidents Fund – Capital Improvements

Corporate Match

Planned Giving

To be good stewards of our resources, each donation acknowledgement by mail will include your year-to-date cumulative donation total. We will not be sending out additional year-end letters with donation summaries. If you require more information, please contact development@pottstowcluster.org.

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From the Executive Director

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Greetings friends,

As we enter the most colorful time of the year, there is a chill in the air, and with that here at the Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities (PCRC) comes a renewed commitment to caring for those we serve. Colder nights and less abundant fresh foods means we all are tasked with making sure our neighbors have a warm place in which to shelter and enough food to sustain through the long winter months.

In this issue of Cluster Chronicles you will read about our recent successful event, “You Gotta Have Heart”; upcoming events such as the Pottstown CROP Hunger Walk and The Amazing Raise, and how you can be part of the fun to help our PCRC neighbors; learn how we are reaching out to seniors in the community to better serve their needs with an online food-ordering option (part of our SmartChoice program); our educational programs’ graduates; learn of the progress of our new Pilot Programs, our four new collaborators, enhancement of partnerships — specifically our Community Volunteer Leadership Program (CVLP) with Leadership Tri-County and funded by The HealthSpark Foundation with new possibilities for those we serve; as well as other exciting upcoming events and opportunities including information about our annual Holiday Program (toy and food box distribution), and how you can help!

I’m also excited to report PCRC is very close to occupancy in our newest space, “61”, working on final ADA projects. Stay tuned!

I hope you will find ways to continue to be engaged with our work and be excited to hear about the difference your support is making for those we serve. Please keep our work in your prayers and share your interest in our organization with a friend. Together, we are helping to nourish lives and strengthen families in this community, and for that I am truly grateful.

Sincerely,

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Barbara Wilhelmy, LCSW
Executive Director

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Cluster Chronicles October 2019

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Cluster Chronicles

October 2019

Wearing our Hearts on our Sleeves: 8th Annual “You Gotta Have Heart” Event Great Success!

The Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities community came together in September to “Celebrate Service with Heart” for an evening of fellowship, fundraising, and presenting its Caring Community Awards.

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IN THIS ISSUE

Feature Story: Wearing our Hearts on our Sleeves: 8th Annual “You Gotta Have Heart” Event Great Success!

A Message from the Executive Director

2019 CROP Hunger Walk: Let’s CROP Hunger Together!

The 2019 Amazing Raise on October 15

PCRC Offers New Senior High-rise Online Shopping Option

UP3 Community Cohort

First Baptist Worship and Visit to PCRC

Leadership TriCounty Pilot Program

Watch the New PCRC Video

Around PCRC: News and Announcements

Events, Happenings, and Opportunities

From the Executive Director

Greetings friends,

As we enter the most colorful time of the year, there is a chill in the air, and with that here at the Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities (PCRC) comes a renewed commitment to caring for those we serve. Colder nights and less abundant fresh foods means we all are tasked with making sure our neighbors have a warm place in which to shelter and enough food to sustain through the long winter months.

In this issue of Cluster Chronicles you will read about our recent successful event, “You Gotta Have Heart”; upcoming events such as the Pottstown CROP Hunger Walk and The Amazing Raise, and how you can be part of the fun to help our PCRC neighbors; learn how we are reaching out to seniors in the community to better serve their needs with an online food-ordering option (part of our SmartChoice program); our educational programs’ graduates; learn of the progress of our new Pilot Programs, our four new collaborators, enhancement of partnerships — specifically our Community Volunteer Leadership Program (CVLP) with Leadership Tri-County and funded by The HealthSpark Foundation with new possibilities for those we serve; as well as other exciting upcoming events and opportunities including information about our annual Holiday Program (toy and food box distribution), and how you can help!

I’m also excited to report PCRC is very close to occupancy in our newest space, “61”, working on final ADA projects. Stay tuned!

I hope you will find ways to continue to be engaged with our work and be excited to hear about the difference your support is making for those we serve. Please keep our work in your prayers and share your interest in our organization with a friend. Together, we are helping to nourish lives and strengthen families in this community, and for that I am truly grateful.

Sincerely,
Barbara Wilhelmy, LCSW
Executive Director

P.S. I encourage you to look through the enewsletter and let us know what you think in the Comments Section as well as share the newsletter with your friends and family and invite them to subscribe! (Social sharing options at the bottom)

2019 CROP Hunger Walk

Let’s CROP Hunger Together this Sunday, October 13!

Come walk with us on Sunday, October 13 in the Pottstown CROP Hunger Walk to raise funds to help end hunger around the block and around the world. We invite you to join team “Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities” and commit to a hunger-free community.

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2019 Amazing Raise

Mark Tuesday, October 15 on your calendar!

On Tuesday, October 15, every donation and donor PCRC gets will go further to help us claim our share of thousands of dollars in matching funds! Join the excitement of this community fundraising effort.

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PCRC SmartChoice Food Pantry Online-ordering Extended to Pottstown Seniors

The pilot program called “Extending the Food Security Safety Net” is a collaboration between PCRC, Manna on Main Street, and The Open Link.

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Volunteer!

New Pilot Programs Update
“Community Volunteer Leadership Program” Aims to Enhance Service in the Nonprofit Sector

In partnership with Leadership Tri-County, PCRC has launched a new initiative with a focus on training community candidates to help volunteer for the nonprofit community.

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PCRC Continues to make an Impact in the Community with Expanded Educational Programs

Learn about our new UP3 Community Cohort Workshops and how you can become a participant.

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First Baptist Church Welcomed for Worship at PCRC

Members visited on-site to worship and learn about our services.

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NEW PCRC VIDEO

Check out and share the new PCRC video highlighting our work and positive impact on the community which was premiered at our recent “You Gotta Have Heart” fundraising event! Let us know what you think!

Around PCRC

Get the latest updates here!

Pantry Particulars: New senior high-rise online shopping option

Volunteer Voices: Volunteer Information Session

A Word from the Delegate Assembly: PCRC Volunteers at the Christ Church Community Meal

SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING

Events, Happenings, Opportunities

Everything you need to know happening at PCRC!

CROP Walk For Hunger on October 13
Amazing Raise on October 15
UP3 Community Cohort Workshop
New Volunteer Opportunity: Holiday Program

GET INVOLVED NOW

Community Challenge Donation Drive

Are you up for a challenge? Bring the Basics this Month!

Bring the Basics to our personal care pantry to help local friends and neighbors in need! We will announce a new item and goal every month. Each month, you can help us reach our goal by simply delivering donated items to our personal care pantry.

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PCRC thanks its Partners/Supporters!

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Events, Happenings, and Opportunities – Fall 2019

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Sunday, OCTOBER 13, 2019

Join TEAM “Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities”

Walk. Give. Change the World.

The Pottstown CROP Hunger Walk is a community-wide event sponsored by Church World Service and organized by local congregations or groups to raise funds to end hunger at home and around the world.

The Pottstown CROP Hunger Walk is the heart and “sole” of Pottstown. It is the only event that brings together all members of our community — young and old, all faiths and walks of life for a common goal — to end hunger, one step at a time! This year we invite you to join our team or gather a team and help end hunger and poverty in the Greater Pottstown area.

The Pottstown CROP Hunger Walk on Sunday, October 13, 2019, will support the efforts of the Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities (PCRC) to eradicate hunger in the Greater Pottstown area. A portion of the funds raised here in Pottstown will go to the hunger-fighting work of PCRC.

The 2019 CROP Hunger Walk will take place on Sunday, October 13, 2019, at First Presbyterian Church located at 750 N. Evans Street, Pottstown, PA, 19464. Registration will open at 1:30 pm and step-off time is 2:00 pm. Participants have the option of walking one or five miles.

Join team “Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities” here.

On Tuesday, October 15, 2019, hundreds of area residents are going to show their support for their favorite nonprofit during the Amazing Raise. On that day, every donation and donor we get will go further to help us claim our share thousands of dollars in matching funds. What we are really excited about is that this is going to be a big event, and everyone will be talking about who they’re supporting. Think “American Idol” and we’re in the try-outs but need your support to make it to the top.

You can help by doing these three things:

1. Mark Tuesday, October 15, 2019 on your calendar and add this link: amazingraisetricounty.org/PottstownCluster

2. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter and help build the buzz.

3. Spread the word! Tell your friends and family why you think they should help us with their donation. Please be our champion, and help us see it to the top!

We can’t wait to celebrate the difference your generosity will make on October 15, 2019!

PCRC Holiday Food Boxes and Gift Program

About the 2019 Holiday Program: PCRC will be distributing 200 food boxes to families in Pottstown along with toys for up to 250 children (under the age of 16).

The toy distribution will be on Monday, December 9, and the last day of toy donations will be Friday, December 6. The food box distribution will be Wednesday and Thursday, December 18 and 19. The last day for food donations will be Friday December 13.

Volunteer Opportunity: Help sort and organize toys and food in preparation for the distribution to children and families.

Time commitment: The holiday program needs volunteers on Saturday, December 7, from 10:00 am-2:00 pm; Monday, December 9, from 9:00 am-3:00 pm (broken down into 2-hour shifts 9:00 am-11:00 am, 11:00 am-1:00 pm, 1:00 pm-3:00pm — only looking for 4-5 volunteers per time slot); and December 18 and 19 (both days from 9:00 am-1:00 pm. Also in 2-hour shifts).

For more information or to volunteer, contact volunteer@pottstowncluster.org