Thousands of Dollars Stolen from Community Art Center

Summer programs provided by the ACPPA Community Art Center may be in jeopardy, after someone hacked the center's Paypal account last week, stealing nearly $3,000.

According to a press release from ACPPA Executive Director Amy Grebe, the money was given to the non-profit community art center by donors and parents to support the children of Norristown through summer camps and art making classes. Without the funding, the art center will be unable to pay teachers and purchase supplies.

"As a result of the theft, summer programming is in jeopardy," said Grebe. "Everyone at the art center is working hard to reclaim these dollars and are determined that no child will be affected by theft."

The ACPPA is also requesting help from the community in raising enough funds to keep the summer programming on track. Donations can be mailed to the following address:

ACPPA Community Art Center

506 Haws Avenue

Norristown, PA 19401

For more information on how you can help, contact Grebe via email at amy@acppa.net or by phone at 610-277-2270.

Editor's note: After we had posted this story, Amy Grebe informed Patch that Paypal returned the money to the art center. 

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