TriCounty Area Chamber Of Commerce: TCACC Presents $6,000 To Area Schools And Technology Centers

Press release from TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce:

March 08, 2022

TCACC Presents $6,000 to Area Schools and Technology Centers
Pottstown, PA: The TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce returned to holding Membership Breakfasts on Thursday, February 24. Our 2022 Membership Breakfasts are titled “9 in 5 Series”, in celebration of our Chamber’s 95th Anniversary.
The Chamber will be featuring 9 speakers over 5 months in 2022 and each breakfast will last 95 minutes. The February 24 Breakfast featured Rich Newell, President of Pottstown Hospital Tower Health and April Barkasi, President and Owner of CEDARVILLE Engineering Group, LLC.
In addition to our speakers, on behalf of the TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Inc. we presented $6000 to area schools. As an Educational Improvement Organization, as designated by the state of Pennsylvania, our Foundation was fortunate to receive a $5000 donation from Tompkins VIST Bank. Our Foundation, when it was created in the early 2000s, designated our focus on supporting vocational, career-development oriented programs in our Chamber Member public schools. The following schools were each presented a $1000 check to their school foundations to use to supplement funding for projects that might otherwise not be offered to benefit the students in their district:

• Berks Career and Technology Center
• Foundation for Boyertown Education
• Foundation for Pottstown Education
• Owen J. Roberts Education Foundation
• Pottsgrove Education Foundation
• Western Montgomery Career and Technology Center

 
More about TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Inc.
The TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit organization established in 2002, as an affiliate of the TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce, to promote community and workforce development in western Montgomery, southeastern Berks, and northern Chester Counties. The Foundation provides funding for initiatives that support the vocational career development needs of the region’s public-school districts as an Educational Improvement Organization as dedicated by the state. Through the Foundation the Chamber also facilitates Leadership TriCounty – a 10 month, professional and leadership development program.re about the TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Inc.
More about TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce
TCACC is a membership organization serving nearly 400 businesses in southeastern Berks, western Montgomery, and northern Chester counties as well as the Route 422 corridor. TCACC’s mission is to leverage the power of membership to provide valued membership services and proactive leadership for the tri-county region.
For more information, visit www.tricountyareachamber.com or contact 610-326-2900.

This press release was produced by TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.