Pearls is a way for women of all ages and backgrounds to get involved with giving. Through the donor society, members help grow and direct the Pearls with a Passion fund. All Pearls are invited to an annual dinner, where together they determine the area of grantmaking for the year ahead.

100+ Member Pearls (give $250+ annually)

$153,000 given to 46 programs in Lycoming & Union Counties since 2013

25+ Infinity Pearls ($25,000+ lifetime donation)

2022 Grant Recipients:

  • Snyder Union Mifflin Child Development Inc. – $2,200: for the SUMMIT Early Learning Family Tuition Assistance Program, which helps provide continued childcare for families in need during difficult times.
  • AIDS Resource Alliance, Inc. – $4,000: to support the HIV Prevention Assistance for Sexual Assault Survivors program, which provides free HIV prevention medication to sexually assaulted individuals.
  • DIG Furniture Bank – $4,800: to support the implementation of a management software program to advance DIG’s ability to personalize client services, a critical part of achieving their mission of instilling dignity after crisis.
  • Camp Koala – $5,000: to support the costs of conducting six-week grief support groups for grieving children in partnership with local School Districts.
  • Family Promise of Lycoming County Inc. – $5,000: to support The Promising Futures program to meet the housing needs of people in crisis and in danger of losing their homes, or the safety of their homes.
  • Think BIG Pediatric Cancer Fund Inc. – $5,000: to support the Lycoming and Union County Family Assistance program, which relieves the stress of everyday financial expenses so families who are battling pediatric cancer can concentrate on treatment and healing.

Become a Pearl

Member Pearls

Annual contribution of $250 or more

  • Attend annual dinner in December
  • Vote for annual grantmaking focus
  • Enjoy networking and friendship

Meet Our Member Pearls

  • Anonymous (2)
  • Audrey Albright
  • Keri Albright
  • Amy Alexander
  • Brianna Apfelbaum Kula
  • Kendra Aucker
  • Amber Axeman
  • Lisa Ayers
  • Alfreda Baer
  • Laurie Barclay
  • Martha Barrick
  • Donna Bastian
  • Barbara Baylor
  • Brooke Beiter
  • Mary Bennardi
  • Rebecca Berninger
  • Shirley Bittenbender
  • Krista Paternostro Bower
  • Nancy Boyer
  • Cynthia Brindger
  • Linda Brown
  • Patsy Brown
  • Stephanie Calder
  • Patricia Case
  • Carol Catino
  • Nicoya Catino
  • Anya Chandler
  • Mary Beth Clark
  • Nancy Craig
  • Nichole Crawford
  • Linda Crockett
  • Ruthann Crotty
  • Annette Davis
  • Heather Dawson
  • Doreen Decker
  • Jeanne DeFeo
  • Linda Desmond
  • Janet Durrwachter
  • Carol Fausnaught
  • Pamela Fink
  • Mary Fish
  • Betty Gilmour
  • Emily Gorski
  • Abby Gulden-Luthi
  • Vicki Haussmann
  • Lea Ann Hawk
  • Meghan Hepler
  • Joyce Hershberger*
  • Leslie Hosterman
  • Sabra Karr
  • Teresa Keeley
  • Kimberly Kist
  • Tracy Kohl
  • Diana Konkle
  • Marsha Lemons
  • Mary Frances Liddell
  • Linda Lundy
  • Christian Lynch
  • Barbara Lytle
  • Bonita Mahoney
  • Ina McCormick
  • Melanie McIlwaine
  • Diane Meixell
  • Dorothy White Mertz
  • Suzette Meyer
  • Barbara Morrone
  • Kristen Moyer
  • Nicole Nardi
  • Diane Pelesh
  • Ann Pepperman
  • Andree Phillips
  • Marisa Rau
  • Monique Reinsel
  • Katherine Ritter
  • Maggie Roche
  • Susan Ross
  • Donna Sayah
  • Linda Skinner
  • Allison Savoy Staiman
  • Linda Stein
  • Carolyn Strickland
  • Leslie Temple
  • Lore Tignor
  • Sharon Trachte
  • Alice Trowbridge
  • Ling-Mei Chris Tsai
  • Christine Wallace
  • Barbara Wascher
  • Sherry Watts
  • Kathleen Weilminster
  • Kim Wheeler
  • Melissa Widerquist
  • Lori Wilson
  • Mary Wolf
  • Becky Yeagle
  • Karen Young
  • Cheryl Yoxtheimer
  • Kathy Zakarian

Infinity Pearls

Lifetime giving of $25,000 to Pearls with a Passion fund

  • Lifetime membership
  • Determine grantmaking criteria and grantee recommendations
  • Attend annual dinner in December
  • Vote for annual grantmaking focus
  • Enjoy networking and friendship

Meet Our Infinity Pearls

  • Anonymous
  • Linda Alberts
  • Lise Barrick
  • Karen Blaschak
  • Diane Breon
  • Jane Clapps
  • Shirley Durrwachter
  • Martha Gandy
  • Anita Gibbons
  • Davie Jane Gilmour
  • Barbara Hudock
  • Lyneah Hudock
  • Mary Ann Johnson
  • Dawn Linn
  • Carolyn-Kay Lundy*
  • Teri MacBride
  • Trisha Marty
  • Nicole Miele
  • Kathy Rogers
  • Carol Savoy
  • Marilyn Seeling
  • Sadie Seeling
  • Kristin Vincenzes
  • Ann Weatherill
  • Tammy Weber
  • Mary Welch
  • Jennifer Wilson
  • Sue Young*
illustration of community members helping and mentoring each other

Are you the next Infinity Pearl?

An Infinity Pearl is a member who gives a lifetime gift of $25,000 to Pearls with a Passion. If the Infinity Pearl is the first in her county, that county will be opened to grantmaking.

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