2014 Project Gifts for Elk County by Slidely Slideshow

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On Saturday December 13th Project Gifts for Elk County held their annual distribution at their Depot Street headquarters in St. Marys. Distributions were also held in Johnsonburg at the Borough Building and Ridgway at the High School. Project Gifts wishes to Thank everyone who donated toys, or helped separate, sort, and wrap the toys.

Pictured are some of the toys ready to go at Project Gifts headquarters in downtown St. Marys on Friday night.

Last week, the annual Project Gifts for Elk County toy collection took place at ECCHS. In exchange for a dress down day, the entire student body brought in toys for the local organization, which provides gifts at Christmastime to the underprivileged youth of our area. The ECCHS seniors will now spend time sorting and wrapping the gifts for distribution this week. Pictured are the gifts that were collected with several members of the ECCHS student body.

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Recently the Piedmont Club in Johnsonburg made a donation to Project Gifts for Elk County raised during the Motorcycle Run that the club held in September. Pictured above center is Dave Rigard of the Piedmont Club presenting the check to Bob Roberts President of Project Gifts and Vern Kreckel III Secretary of Project Gifts.

Project Gifts for Elk County wishes to Thank Dave, his wife Jennifer, and the Piedmont Club for all of the work they put into organizing the event.

For more information on Project Gifts for Elk County visit

www.stmarysparotary.org and click on the PROJECT GIFTS link.

On September 20^th, 2014 in connection with the Bavarian Fall Fest in St. Marys a motorcycle toy run took place to benefit Project Gifts for Elk County.   I would like to thank all of those volunteers that helped to make this a success.   For the toy run roughly 100 motorcycles took part and we raised roughly $5,500 for Project Gifts through monetary and toy donations.   A special thank you also goes out to the City of St. Marys for use of the parking garage, Walmart, St. Marys City Police, and Fox Township, Ridgway, Johnsonburg and the Crystal Fire Department.   Months of planning went into this event and information was sent out to multiple businesses in the area asking for assisting in making this event possible, I would like to recognize the following for their generous donations.

Silver Donor (gift of $100 – $299): Cousin’s Caress, Metaldyne, Erie Bearings, Morgan AM&T, Northwest Savings Bank, Rose’s Hilltop Diner, and Art Heary and Sons

Gold Donor (gift of $300 – $499): St. Marys Auto Body, Quala-Die, The River 98.9, Walmart, and Pepsi

Platinum Donor ($500 or more): Hunt Marcellus, Mersen USA, and Seneca Resources.

Alan Solic, Toy Run Coordinator, sends a big thank you to the Bavarian Fall Fest and his parents for all of their help in planning and making this event possible.

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Pictured is the Project Gifts tent and the many volunteers who helped out at the Motorcycle Toy Run held last Saturday.

Pictured above are some of the participants in the Motorcycle Toy Run held last Saturday at Wal-Mart.

Last Saturday a Motorcycle Toy Run was held in conjunction with the Bavarian Fall Festival. The event  benefited Project Gifts for Elk County. Pictured above are the many bikers who participated, and are preparing to depart Wal-Mart being led by the St. Marys City Police. Project Gifts wishes to Thank Alan Solic for all of the hard work he put into planning and making the event happen.

The Project Gifts For Elk County Toy Run will be held on September 20th in conjunction with the Bavarian Fall Fest. Registration begins at 11 a.m. , the ride begins at 2 p.m. The event will begin at Wal-Mart Parking log, and end at the Bavarian Fall Fest. To participate, you must donate a toy for Project Gifts For Elk County. Food and refreshments will be available prior to the ride.

This past Saturday the Piedmont Club in Johnsonburg held a Motorcycle Run that benefited Project Gifts for Elk County. Admission was a new toy.

Pictured above are many of the participants preparing to start the run on Saturday morning. Project Gifts wishes to Thank Dave and Jennifer Rigard and the Piedmont Club for all of their hard work in putting the  event together.