WELLSBORO — C&N’s Giving Back, Giving Together program, raised $85,300 to support underprivileged children in their area to have access to food, clothing and shelter. In addition to the monetary donations, C&N teammates collected 4,646 necessity items and volunteered 32.5 hours with local children and youth organizations.

Underprivileged children are another demographic that was greatly impacted by the COVID pandemic. The closing of schools combined with the high cost of childcare forced many parents to give up their jobs and income to care for their kids. This also increased food insecurity by reducing children’s access to free or reduced lunches at school. A survey by the CBPP showed that around 7 to 11 million children lived in households where kids didn’t get enough food because their families couldn’t afford it.

In June 2021, C&N teams partnered with 23 local children and youth programs to collect monetary donations through a variety of online platforms and by hosting different fundraisers, bringing in over $85,000.

In addition to those efforts, C&N also hosted their annual Charity Classic golf tournament, which brought in a record $25,000 and helped get local business partners connected to join the cause; 15 responded, bringing in an additional $4,500.

In June, C&N team members shifted their focus to support local emergency services. While many of these organizations get state and local funding, it usually isn’t enough to cover the extensive training needed along with the expensive equipment. This is causing many of these fire and ambulance companies to shut down and puts a greater burden on the ones struggling to stay afloat.

Which is why, this year, C&N employees voted to make emergency services the Giving Back, Giving Together cause for the next 12 months, taking on fundraising for our local emergency services, with a goal of raising $100,000 to support 34 local volunteer emergency, fire and ambulance services.

C&N invites individuals to join in their mission of keeping emergency services in the area strong. In order to donate visit cnbankpa.com/GBGT, visit a C&N quarterly event week and spread the word by sharing and liking the C&N’s #GivingBackGivingTogether Facebook posts; C&N donates $1 for every like and share.

Every dollar donated to the Giving Back, Giving Together program remains in the local community keeping these vital services.

C&N’s Giving Back, Giving Together program was formed by employees in 2015 as a way to do more to support their local communities. In the years since Giving Back, Giving Together started, employees have raised $545,711 in monetary donations, collected 35,911 item donations and volunteered 1,201 hours for 20 local food banks (2015), 52 local emergency services organizations, 16 local organizations that support children in need, 23 local public libraries, 17 military organizations, 17 food banks, 22 children and youth organizations and 33 emergency services organizations in 2022. All the funds and donations raised through this program stay within the local communities.