The Centre Region "Gifts-For-Parks" Program Wondering how you can help improve the Centre Region? Join the Gifts-For-Parks initiative! Donations of all shapes and sizes help CRPR provide important "extras" that create a more enjoyable leisure experience for all area residents.

Five members of the "Nittany Nomads" chapter of the American Volksmarch Assn. (#726) present a donation to the CRPR Gifts-For-Parks program at Lederer Park on 20 Nov 08. The group offers regular and special walks involving many local parks. President Ann Shepherd is presenting their donation to CRPR Director Ronald J. Woodhead.

As a follow-up to "Comcast Cares Day" on 3 May 08, the Comcast Foundation donated $1,500 to assist daily operations at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center. This photo commemorates the check presentation by Joe Rocco of Comcast (right) to Ronald J. Woodhead, CRPR Director (left) on 7 Aug 08 at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, with the assistance of the campers from the CRPR Canoe Camp for Youth. CRPR thanks the employees of Comcast for their volunteer efforts at the Nature Center and the Comcast Foundation for their contribution. Since its founding in 1999, the Comcast Foundation has distributed more than $50 million in support of programs implemented locally in Comcast communities. 

The rosters below do not include donations for Remembrance Trees or for the capital campaign at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center.

2005 Donations for the State College Area Municipal Band:

• Donna Z. Shipley: a donation to assist with the purchase of a 3-drum tom-tom set for the band.
• Peggy Z. Shipley: a donation to assist with the purchase of a 3-drum tom-tom set for the band.
• William Sacks: a donation to assist with the purchase of a Vibraphone for the band.
• Edwin & Patricia Herr: a donation to assist with the purchase of a Vibraphone for the band.
• Paul & Jennifer Koberna: a donation to assist with the purchase of a Vibraphone for the band.
• Fred D. Gay: a donation to assist with the purchase of a Vibraphone for the band.
• Mr. & Mrs. Robert Manning: the establishment of an endowment that will benefit SCAMB via the Centre County Community Foundation. This is the third endowment held by the foundation for the Centre Regional Recreation Authority.

Donations recognized in the 2005 Fall Leisure Guide:

• Chocolate Madness • Subway • Nittany Nomads Club • Dame Broadcasting • Ponderosa • Domino's Pizza • Rapid Transit Sports • Weis Markets • The Growing Tree • Shaver's Creek Environmental Center • Dairy Queen • Tadpole Crossing • Dr. Richard C. Marboe & family • Diane Kerly •.Ms. Maureen Oswald • S. C. Area High School Class of 1952 • Thomas J. Jech • Backyard Burgers • Mount Nittany Medical Center • PSU RPTM 356 Students • B & E Cycles • State College Rotary Evening Club • State of the Art, Inc. • State College Woman's Club • State College Little League • Tom Tudek Memorial Trust • Outback Steakhouse • Damon's Restaurant • Champs Sports Bar & Grill • Hoss's Steak & Sea House • Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. • Cleveland Brothers Equip. Co. • Park Forest Swim Team • Grant from the PA Conservation Corps • Miller, Kistler, Campbell, Miller, Williams, & Benson, Inc. • Grant from the Central PA Convention and Visitor's Bureau • Grant from the Centre County Community Foundation • Endowment earnings from the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center Fund & the Fred and Anita Coombs Fund at Centre County Community Foundation • All the volunteers who donated their time and energy to our parks and programs.  Thank you!

Donations made from August - December 2004

▪ A donation from the State College Woman’s Club for Millbrook Marsh Nature Center and the Tudek Park Butterfly Garden.
▪ A donation from Diane Kerly to the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center Capital Campaign.
▪ A donation from Diane Kerly for Millbrook Marsh Nature Center and for Tom Tudek Memorial Park.
▪ The volunteer efforts of 7 PSU Rec. Parks & Tourism Mgmt. students for planning the 2004 Harvest Festival at MMNC.
▪ Reduced prices from Domino’s Pizza for CRPR to provide lunches to United Way Day of Caring volunteers.
▪ A donation of two used computer systems by Dr. Richard C. Marboe. 
▪ A donation from the Centre County Community Foundation, Inc. for the taping and broadcast of the 2004 Annual Halloween Costume Parade on C-NET channel 7.
▪ A donation from the Nittany Nomads Club in support of the community walking program (for park trail maintenance).
▪A donation from the Park Forest Swim Team Parent Group to assist with the purchase of replacement swim lanes for Park Forest Pool.
▪A donation from Altrusa International Inc. of Centre County for the development of a Self-Guided Wetlands Walk brochure at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center.

Donations made through August 2004

CRPR is pleased to recognize the following contributions to the Gifts-For-Parks program as published in the Fall 2004 Leisure Guide:
• Donation from Chocolate Madness; Dame Broadcasting; and State College Rotary Evening Club for time and goods for the Annual Easter Egg Hunt.
• Donation from Rapid Transit Sports for youth track meets, the CRPR Youth Triathlon, and the 2004 Peanut Carnival.
• Donation of peanuts from Weis Markets for the 39th Annual CRPR Peanut Carnival.
• Donations from Shaver's Creek Environmental Center; The Growing Tree; Tadpole Crossing; McDonald's of State College; Eat-n-Park Restaurant for the 39th Annual Peanut Carnival.
• Donations from Dr. Richard C. Marboe for the bird blind at the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center and acquisition of the MyMillbrookMarsh.com domain name.
• Donation from Maureen Oswald of a Win98 Personal Computer to use with the swim meet scoring software at Park Forest Community Swimming Pool.
• Donations from Dairy Queen for summer camp activities and for the Senior Citizen Picnic.
• Donation from Robert Finley for the large "Marsh view" window at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center.
• Donation from the sale of artwork by Holly Fritchman for MMNC educational materials.
• Donation from Robert Ayer for the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center Building Fund.
• Donation from Diane Kerly for the Dogipot Stations at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center.
• Donation from State of the Art, Inc.; Mr. Don Hamer, to Millbrook Marsh Nature Center.
• Donation from Eastern Mountain Sports for Trail Day at Thompson Woods Preserve.
• Outback Steakhouse for providing lunch for 500+ volunteers during Spring Spruce-Up Day.
• Contribution from Welch & Park Forest Pool's Swim Team Parents for the purchase of Pace Clocks.
• Grant from the Centre County Convention and Visitor's Bureau for Millbrook Marsh Nature Center highway signs and identification signage on the barn.
• Endowment earnings from the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center Fund at Centre County Community Foundation.
• Endowment earnings from the Fred and Anita Coombs Fund for Millbrook Marsh Nature Center at Centre County Community Foundation.
• A bench for Tom Tudek Memorial Park in memory of Kaitlin & Patrick C. Foytack, by friends & co-workers of Ann & Jason.
• Grant from the Pennsylvania Conservation Corps for the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center and other municipal parks in the Centre Region.
• Donation from the State College Little League for 23 tons of ballfield mix for Haymarket Park ballfield.
• Donation from the Tom Tudek Memorial Trust for the Dogipot stations at Tudek Park.
• Donation from Thomas J. Jech for a bench at Tudek Memorial Park in honor of Paula Jech.

Donations made through December 2003

•The 150 volunteers from 15 groups involved in the PNC-United Way "Day of Caring" on Oct. 3. Thanks also to Papa Johns Pizza, S. Atherton St., for providing discounted pizzas for the volunteer lunches and Wegman's, Giant and Weis grocery stores for their donation of beverages.
• State College Lion's Club and Community Volunteers in support of the Annual Halloween Costume Parade, held on Monday, Oct. 28.
• Donation from GFWC The State College Woman's Club to Millbrook Marsh Nature Center & the Tom Tudek Memorial Park Butterfly Garden.
• Donation of computer equipment by Richard C. Marboe, Ph.D.
• Donation from Don Hamer/The Hamer Foundation to Millbrook Marsh Nature Center Building Fund
•Anonymous donation for Centre Region Senior Center Yoga program supplies
• Donation from Diane Kerly to the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center Building Fund.
•Donation of goods from Panera Bread Co. for the "Tree Trimming for the Birds" Program.

Donations made from April - December 2003

The following donations were listed in the Fall 2003 Leisure Guide (published 07 Sep 03)
• Donation from Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. for youth programming and scholarships.
• Donation of peanuts from Weis Markets for the 37th Annual CRPR Peanut Carnival.
• Donation from Shaver's Creek Environmental Center of prizes for the Peanut Carnival.
• Donations from Dairy Queen for summer camp activities and for the Senior Citizen Picnic.
• All the volunteers for the 6th annual Spring Spruce-Up Day on May 3. 30 groups with over 500 volunteers participated. A special thanks to Outback Steakhouse for providing lunch for all volunteers.
• Endowment earnings from the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center Fund managed by the Centre County Community Foundation.
• Endowment earnings from the Fred and Anita Coombs Fund for Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, managed by the Centre County Community Foundation.
• Donation from Gene & Jackie Melander to Millbrook Marsh Nature Center.
• Donation from the Independent Insurance Agents of Centre County to Millbrook Marsh Nature Center Endowment.
• Donation from Don Hamer / State of the Art Inc. to Millbrook Marsh Nature Center.
• D&E Communications (formerly CEI Networks) for providing high-speed internet access to the PC Learning Lab at the Centre Region Senior Center.

Donations made through March 2003

The following donations were listed in the Summer 2003 Leisure Guide (published 06 Apr 03)
• Donation from Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. for youth recreation programming & scholarships.
• Daniel Linzell, Ph.D., P.E.:  for contributing professional design services for the 34' boardwalk bridge across Thompson's Run at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center. The donated services were valued at $4,000.
• Donations from the Park Forest and Welch Pool Swim Team Parents Booster Clubs to assist with the purchase of new starting blocks for each pool.
• Donation of gift certificates from Gardner's Candy for the Annual Easter Egg Hunt.
• Donation of tax software by Community Help Centre for use at the Centre Region Senior Center.
• Donation from John & Denise Olivett for the 2003 CRPR Youth Track Meets.
• Donation from Gene & Jackie Melander for Millbrook Marsh Nature Center.
• Anonymous donation of $17,500 to the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center Endowment Fund at Centre County Community Foundation.
• D&E Communications (formerly CEI Networks) for providing high-speed internet access to the PC Learning Lab at the Centre Region Senior Center.
• Donations made to the "All-Aboard" Fund-raising Campaign for the marsh boardwalk at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center. Click here to view a complete list of all donors to date.
• During 2002, CRPR sold 1,860 discounted amusement park tickets, and earned $1,697 for the CRPR Gifts-for-Parks program!

Donations made through January 2003

The following donations were listed in the Spring 2003 Leisure Guide (published 23 Feb 03)
• Welch Pool Swim Team Parents Organization:  for a $2,919.14 donation for 50% of the costs of 6 new starting blocks for Welch Community Swimming Pool.
• Community Help Centre: for donating tax preparation software for use at the Centre Region Senior Center.
• Panera Bread for their donations of bagels, breads, and pastries used for the annual "Tree Trimming for the Birds" children's program held on  Dec. 18.
• Donation of candy for programs from Wal-Mart Super Center, North Atherton Street.
• D&E Communications (formerly CEI Networks) for providing high-speed internet access to the PC Learning Lab at the Centre Region Senior Center and to the COG/CRPR offices.
• Donations made to the "All-Aboard" Fund-raising Campaign for the marsh boardwalk at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center. Click here to view a complete list of all donors to date.

Donations made through November 2002

The following donations were listed in the Winter 2003 Leisure Guide (published 29 Dec 02):

• The 150 volunteers from 15 groups involved in the PNC-United Way "Day of Caring" on Oct. 3. Thanks also to Papa John's Pizza, S. Atherton St., for providing discounted pizzas for the volunteer lunches. The work crews tackled projects at 7 park areas.
• Wegmans Food Market Inc. for providing a contribution that will be used for:
(1) youth recreation scholarships, and
(2) youth sport league equipment and supplies (basketball, softball, soccer, swim teams).
• Donations from the State College Woman's Club for:
(1) the "All Aboard!" Fund-raising Campaign at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center,
(2) a Remembrance Tree (Spring 2003 planting) for the nature center, and
(3) for the Butterfly Trail at Tom Tudek Memorial Park.
• Donations made to the "All-Aboard" Fund-raising Campaign for the marsh boardwalk at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center. Click here to view a complete list of all donors to date.
• Donation for a park bench at Sunset Park in memory of Dylan B. Balch-Lindsay. The donations were coordinated by Linda Bentlage, Copley, OH. The redwood bench was installed in October by the CRPR Parks Crew.
• Donation of in-kind services in the amount of $2,500 for engineering services related to Wm. L. Welch Community Swimming Pool by Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc.(HRG), State College.
• State College Lion's Club and community volunteers in support of the Annual Halloween Costume Parade, held on Monday, Oct. 28, 2002.
• CEI Networks, a D&E Communications Company, for providing high-speed internet access to the PC Learning Lab at the Centre Region Senior Center and to the CRPR offices.

Donations from April through August 2002

The following donations were listed in the Fall 2002 Leisure Guide (published 29 Aug 02):

• All the volunteers for the 5th Annual Spring Spruce-Up Day on April 27. 32 groups with 346 volunteers participated. A special thanks to Outback Steakhouse for providing a luncheon for all volunteers.
• Donation from State of the Art, Inc. for improvements at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center;
• "Centre Squares" Square Dance Club for providing a donation to Millbrook Marsh Nature Center;
• Donations in support of the 2002 CRPR Youth Summer Track Meet Program from Rapid Transit Sports and Denise & Paul Olivett;
• Donation from Gary Ream, Woodward Camp, in support of the CRPR Youth Sport Leagues;
• Donation from Nittany Bank to provide youth recreation scholarships;
• Donations to provide a memorial park bench at Tom Tudek Memorial Park from the State College Area High School Class of 1972, Wilson & Elizabeth A. Hutton, John M. & Linda S. Talone, Earlin D. & Marilyn M. Lutz. The class also sponsored a Remembrance Tree for fall 2002 planting beside the new park bench.
• Carnations donated by Woodring's Floral Shop for the audience at the State College Area Municipal Band Mother's Day Concert;
• Weis Markets Inc., Rolling Ridge Drive, for products to support the 36th Annual "CRPR Peanut Carnival" on July 25.
• Trout Unlimited - Spring Creek Chapter for partnering with CRPR to provide the "First Cast" Youth Fly-fishing Camp at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, with special thanks to:
• Flyfishers Paradise, Inc., State College
• PA. Dept. of Environmental Protection - Growing Greener Program
• Mr. Dwight Landis of Hempstead-Lyndell (Publishers), Inc., Bellefonte
• Tussey Mountain Family Fun Center, Boalsburg
• PA. Fish & Boat Commission, Pleasant Gap Hatchery
• CEI Networks for providing high-speed internet access to the PC Learning Lab at the Centre Region Senior Center and to the CRPR offices.

Donations through March 2002

The following donations were listed in the Summer 2002 Leisure Guide:

• The interest proceeds from the two endowments at Centre County Community Foundation:
     - The Fred & Anita Coombs Fund for Millbrook Marsh Nature Center: $1,335.
     - The Millbrook Marsh Nature Center Fund: $1,323.
• Memorial donations directed to benefit the State College Area Municipal Band in memory of L. Peter Gold. Dr. Gold was a charter member of the band.
• An anonymous donation of $1,000 to Millbrook Marsh Nature Center for materials to construct the second Sun Shelter.
Our thanks to the following businesses for assisting with the 2002 CRPR Easter Egg Hunt on March 30:
• Classic Rock WBUS 93.7 FM
• Gardner's Candy, Tyrone
• Wal-Mart, North Atherton Plaza
• Wal-Mart, Benner Pike
• Weis Market, Rolling Ridge Drive
• Giant Foods, Northland Center
• Giant Foods, East College Avenue
• Nittany Bank for a June 2002 donation to be used for youth recreation scholarships.