Hero’s Bridge was one of three Fauquier nonprofits to receive funds from students at Fauquier High School during Give Local Piedmont. Read the story on Culpeper Times.
The PATH Foundation announced the outcome of its annual High School Senior Giving program Friday: Results are in on an opportunity for seniors to select local nonprofits to receive PATH donations.
This year, PATH’s High School Senior Giving program offered $25 per student to contribute funds to local nonprofits who participated in the Northern Piedmont Community Foundation’s annual fundraising campaign, Give Local Piedmont. Donations were organized in a ranking system of a 50/30/20 split for first, second and third place to increase the impact of these gifts. 1,716 seniors from, Culpeper, Fauquier and Rappahannock counties contributed $42,900 to local nonprofits.
Not only does this program benefit local nonprofits, according to a news release from the Warrenton-based foundation, it provides a chance for students to explore their philanthropic interests and participate in civic engagement within their own community.
“We are glad to support Give Local Piedmont in a way that actively involves our high school seniors in philanthropy,” said PATH Foundation President and CEO Christy Connolly in the release. “Through this program, students learn the value of being an active member of their communities and recognize that they have the capacity to make a difference.”
Overall, the May 14 one-day, online fundraising event inspired more than $1.1 million in contributions to area nonprofit organizations. In addition to the High School Senior Giving program, the PATH Foundation also contributed $100,000 to the Give Local Piedmont campaign.
Here’s a breakdown of what area high school seniors gave through the program:
Culpeper County
Culpeper County High School: 307 seniors – $7,675
- State Climb – $3,837.50
- Culpeper Food Closet – $2,302.50
- Friends of the Culpeper County Library – $1,535
Eastern View High School: 319 seniors – $7,975
- Girls on the Run – $3,987.50
- Legal Aid Works – $2,392.50
- disAbility Resource Center – $1,595
Rappahannock County
Rappahannock County High School: 61 seniors – $1,525
- Amissville Volunteer Fire & Rescue – $763
- Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department – $457
- RappCats – $305
Fauquier County
Fauquier High School: 295 seniors – $7,375
- Hero’s Bridge – $3,687.50
- Mental Health Association of Fauquier County – $2,212.50
- disAbility Resource Center – $1,475
Kettle Run High School: 292 seniors – $7,300
- Fauquier Free Clinic – $3,650
- Fauquier FISH Food Pantry Services – $2,190
- Fauquier Habitat for Humanity – $1,460
Liberty High School: 355 seniors – $8,875
- Area 27 Special Olympics – $4,437.50
- Family Shelter Services – $2,662.50
- National Alliance on Mental Illness Piedmont – $1,775
Highland School: 62 seniors – $1,550
- Morgan’s Message – $775
- Fauquier Free Clinic – $465
- Finley’s Green Leap Forward – $310
Wakefield School (in The Plains): 25 seniors – $625
- 9:57 Project – $313
- Fauquier Education Farm – $187
- Fauquier FISH – $125