Support Organizations
Caring for the Caregiver Jackie's Chapter
Caring for the Caregiver Jackie's Chapter is a support organization under the Venango Area Community Foundation. Caring for the Caregiver was created to be a living, active memorial to our beloved Venango County caregiver, Jackie Runge whose life and caring spirit was truly inspirational. Jackie’s Chapter exists to meet the needs of Venango County caregivers by providing funds and other types of support to address their individual and collective needs from the perspective of a "whole" being -- physical, emotional and spiritual. The Caregiver Fund is an opportunity for the people of Venango County to contribute to the support of Jackie's Chapter. The Caregiver Fund will be used to:
- Provide the opportunity for Venango County residents to contribute to the future of and the caring purposes served by Jackie's Chapter;
- Show community leadership and shared commitment to our caregivers by being there for them in their time of need;
- Enable an expanding number of persons from all walks of life to participate by sharing the concept of Caring for the Caregivers - Jackie's Chapter;
- Work in cooperation with other agencies and groups which have a kindred purpose and receive, maintain, and accept as assets, any property , whether real, personal or mixed, by way of gift, bequest, devise, or purchase from any person, firm, trust, or corporation to be used for the purposes of Jackie's Chapter.
Sunshine Shoppe Fund
This Fund was created in an agreement between the Foundation and United Community Independence Programs, Faith in Action. The purpose of this Fund is to provide persons with disabilities the opportunity for inclusion and to enable persons with disabilities the opportunity to gain a sense of self-worth via a renewed sense of independence. This Fund creates the opportunity for the people of Venango County to contribute to the support of the Sunshine Shoppe and other initiatives that promote independence for handicapped persons. The Sunshine Shoppe Fund will be used to:
- To support the operations of the Sunshine Shoppe store that is staffed and managed by persons with disabilities;
- Show community leadership and shared commitment to our people with disabilities by providing opportunities for inclusion and
- Work in cooperation with other agencies and groups which have a kindred purpose.
The Foundation has been awarded a three year grant from the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People to support the Sunshine Shoppe.
213 Seneca Street ~ Oil City, PA 16301 ~ tel: 814-677-8687