Pennsbury Schools Foundation Gets $15K Donation

FALLSINGTON, PA — The foundation working to help Pennsbury schools recently got a helping hand from a local business.

The Pennsbury Education Foundation has received a $15,000 donation from Waste Management PA. The donation, school officials say, was made through the Pennsylvania Education Improvement Tax Credit program.

The donated money will be used by Pennsbury teachers whose grant applications for innovative school and classroom enhancements are approved by the foundation's board.

"Waste Management and Pennsbury School District share a mutually beneficial business and education partnership," said Bob Jones, senior district manager with Waste Management. "For more than 25 years, Waste Management has been supporting Pennsbury’s educational and environmental programs as well as awarding scholarships to graduating seniors.

'We are pleased that Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program helps enhance that partnership. We believe it is our job to live up to the highest standards of corporate and individual responsibility."

Pennsbury Educational Foundation board President Annette Young said the group appreciates Waste Management's generosity.

"These donated funds will go a long way in supporting new initiatives and technologies that improve upon the teaching and learning occurring in the Pennsbury schools," she said.

The PA Department of Community and Economic Development’s Educational Improvement Tax
Credit Program awards tax credits to businesses making contributions to groups like the foundation. For more information, you can call Pennsbury’s chief financial officer, Christopher Berdnik, at 215-428-4115.