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)
$241,000 given to 62 programs in five counties since 2013
25+ Infinity Pearls ($25,000+ lifetime donation)
2024 Mental Health Programs/Therapies Grant Recipients:
- KidsPeace National Centers, Inc. – $4,500 – community engagement and peer activities that will address mental health needs of youth in foster care in Columbia, Northumberland, and Union Counties.
- AGAPE Love From Above To Our Community – $5,000 – Women In Need Program – feminine hygiene product distribution in Columbia, Lycoming, and Northumberland Counties. Inaccessible feminine hygiene products can affect the mental health of students missing school and women missing employable days due to lack of supplies.
- Wellspring Community Support Services – $5,000 – Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) Facilitator Training for employees and their clients in Tioga County. WRAP empowers individuals with a serious mental illness to make decisions related to treatments, identify supports, and obtain tools/skills to help them create and maintain a clear path to recovery.
- Susquehanna Valley United Way – $7,500 – Behavioral/Mental Health Prevention and Intervention training for area non-profits and businesses supporting youth and the senior population in Columbia, Northumberland, and Union Counties.
- Camp Koala – $10,000 – Six (6) monthly grief support camps for children and youth in Lycoming, Northumberland, and Union Counties, hosted at the newly opened children’s grief center in Mifflinburg.
Member Pearls
Annual contribution of $250 or more
- Attend annual dinner in November
- Vote for annual grantmaking focus
- Enjoy networking and friendship
Meet Our Member Pearls (as of 10/4/2024)
- Anonymous (3)
- Audrey Albright
- Keri L. Albright
- Kendra Aucker
- Amber Axeman
- Donna Bastian
- Aimee Baylor
- Shirley Bittenbender
- Nancy Boyer
- Cynthia M. Brindger
- Cynthia M. Brindger
- Mary Beth Clark
- Terri A. Confair
- Nancy Craig
- Nichole Crawford
- Annette L. Davis
- Heather Dawson
- Doreen Decker
- Jeanne DeFeo
- Linda Desmond
- Carol Fausnaught
- Pamela Fink
- Mary Fish
- Rebecca Fought
- Dorothy Gerring
- Betty Gilmour
- Ana I. Gonzalez-White
- Vicki Haussmann
- Meghan Hepler
- Jenny Hull
- Sabra Karr
- Patricia Kelley
- Diana Konkle
- Sharon G. Koppel
- Marsha S. Lemons
- Mary Frances Liddell
- Linda Lundy
- Ina McCormick
- Barbara McGary
- Diane Meixell
- Dorothy White Mertz
- Suzette Meyer
- Debra Moffitt
- Kristen Moyer
- Amber Newell
- Mary O’Connor
- Krista Paternostro Bower
- Diane Peifer
- Diane Pelesh
- Ann Pepperman
- Andree Phillips
- Jeanne Potratz
- Becky Pryor
- Marisa Rau
- Nicole Reed
- Amy Resh
- Erin Ruhl
- Donna Sayah
- Deborah Shivetts
- Allison Savoy Staiman
- Tracy H. Strosser
- Laura Templeton
- Alice Trowbridge
- Ling-Mei Tsai
- Christine Wallace
- Ginny Weibel
- Kathleen Weilminster
- Lori Wilson
- Mary Wolf
- Nancy Wood
- Jeanne Yaggi
- Karen Young
- 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 Avery Weber
- Mary Welch
- Jennifer Wilson
- Sue Young*
Become a Pearl
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.
Reach out to our team to talk about this opportunity!