Meeting Article
GLENDALE EDUCATION FOUNDATION DIRECTOR SNYDER TO SET DOWN
(COALPORT) - With his opening remarks at the April 26th meeting of the Glendale Education Foundation, President Rick Holes announced that he had received the resignation of executive director Richard W. Snyder II—effective at the end of the 2022 calendar year.
When the Glendale school board funded the initial application in March 2002 with the IRS to form a 501.c.3. non-profit charitable foundation, they selected Snyder, a teacher at the time, to be executive director—in part because of his membership on a few community organizations. “One of first people I turned to when forming a GEF board was Glendale alumnus Rick Holes” Snyder stated, “who was summarily elected president—a position he has also held for twenty years.” Snyder explained: “We were able to turn a fledgling foundation, despite a turnover of quite a few board members over the past two decades, into one of the most important organizations in the area—especially considering we directly impact the children of Glendale School District. Our group began with an initial donation of $40 in 2002, up to a current annual budget of $18,000—having expended an estimated total of nearly $350,000 in a myriad of allocations to the students of Glendale. When we adopted the adage “It’s for the Kids!” when we seek donations from the very generous community, there’s a lot of truth in that.” Mr. Holes also announced that he will be stepping down as board president at the end of the year--but will remain tentatively on the board into 2023.
Scholarships were the main theme of the meeting, as they pulled the student’s name for the Foundation’s $500 “Glendale Educational-Community Scholarship” that will join a list of 13 awards that were evaluated and selected by the GEF’s “scholarship committee”, based on the criteria and rubrics of each. With only 14 seniors this year fully-completing the requirements of the local scholarship application form—done entirely on-line for the first time—regrettably seven scholarships had no candidates this year due to their intended criteria (especially those involving trade/vocational institutes).
Snyder gave an update on the upcoming GEF Golf Tournament fundraiser set for June 10, 2022 at Eagles Ridge Golf Course. All 100 golfers have sent in their payments well before April 4th, and 71 hold sponsors have mailed in their contributions, with (coincidentally) an exact number of 71 previous donors who have not yet sent in their donations.
In other news, the board:
The next dinner meeting of the Glendale Education Foundation is set for Monday, September 26, 2022 at “Josie’s Restaurant” in Coalport.
(COALPORT) - With his opening remarks at the April 26th meeting of the Glendale Education Foundation, President Rick Holes announced that he had received the resignation of executive director Richard W. Snyder II—effective at the end of the 2022 calendar year.
When the Glendale school board funded the initial application in March 2002 with the IRS to form a 501.c.3. non-profit charitable foundation, they selected Snyder, a teacher at the time, to be executive director—in part because of his membership on a few community organizations. “One of first people I turned to when forming a GEF board was Glendale alumnus Rick Holes” Snyder stated, “who was summarily elected president—a position he has also held for twenty years.” Snyder explained: “We were able to turn a fledgling foundation, despite a turnover of quite a few board members over the past two decades, into one of the most important organizations in the area—especially considering we directly impact the children of Glendale School District. Our group began with an initial donation of $40 in 2002, up to a current annual budget of $18,000—having expended an estimated total of nearly $350,000 in a myriad of allocations to the students of Glendale. When we adopted the adage “It’s for the Kids!” when we seek donations from the very generous community, there’s a lot of truth in that.” Mr. Holes also announced that he will be stepping down as board president at the end of the year--but will remain tentatively on the board into 2023.
Scholarships were the main theme of the meeting, as they pulled the student’s name for the Foundation’s $500 “Glendale Educational-Community Scholarship” that will join a list of 13 awards that were evaluated and selected by the GEF’s “scholarship committee”, based on the criteria and rubrics of each. With only 14 seniors this year fully-completing the requirements of the local scholarship application form—done entirely on-line for the first time—regrettably seven scholarships had no candidates this year due to their intended criteria (especially those involving trade/vocational institutes).
Snyder gave an update on the upcoming GEF Golf Tournament fundraiser set for June 10, 2022 at Eagles Ridge Golf Course. All 100 golfers have sent in their payments well before April 4th, and 71 hold sponsors have mailed in their contributions, with (coincidentally) an exact number of 71 previous donors who have not yet sent in their donations.
In other news, the board:
- wrote a letter of support for the Glendale School District to encourage their efforts to acquire an expansive “PA Smart” grant initially for future STEM project labs.
- was reminded that that the Foundation has a $250 cash award in the “Donation Policy” for any student who could go 13 years with not missing a day of school—that has been achieved only once before. There is a graduating senior this year who has only a few weeks until he also will accomplish this feat.
- learned that a whopping $127.97 was earned from the AmazonSmile program in the last quarter of 2021.
The next dinner meeting of the Glendale Education Foundation is set for Monday, September 26, 2022 at “Josie’s Restaurant” in Coalport.