GREENBRIER COUNTY W.Va. (WVDN) – The local Penny Pitch is ending after many years of service. Organizers released the following statement:
Penny Pitch has provided relief for numerous families during the holiday season and beyond since 1967. Every year, this community-wide effort has provided food and Christmas gifts for children, and over the past decade, Penny Pitch has been able to help many of those families with utility payments.
Things in our community have changed, and there are many other efforts raising funds to do this work at Christmastime. Additionally, Penny Pitch has always been supported by local service clubs, and those groups are seeing declines in membership. For the past two years, we have not met our fundraising goals and have struggled to meet the needs of the people who apply for help.
As a result, we have made the difficult decision to discontinue Penny Pitch and dissolve our 501(c)(3). We are deeply grateful for all of the donations, all of the support from civic organizations, and all of our volunteers and partners. We had a great run, we did a lot of good, and we made a difference. Now we hope that everyone who helped us will support the other worthy efforts to make a better Christmas for our local children and families and for the efforts to ease the area’s food insecurities.
Any remaining funds that we have will be divided between the local food banks.
Thank you for 58 years of “Neighbors Helping Neighbors.”
