Community Outreach

• Township of Washington Festival

  This yearly festival is built around a community block party theme, with attendance around 2,500. A fun-filled afternoon of family-friendly activities: food, music, bouncy rides, pony rides, a petting zoo, fishbowl toss, Police K9, emergency services information booths, local community vendor booths and much more.

• Pony Power Therapies

  A 501(c)(3) nonprofit that uses horses to help people. Donations support participant programs, volunteer programs, the care of the herd and small animals, and the care of the farm and environment. Community support helps bridge the gap between program fees and actual costs, keeping the programs affordable for participant families.

• The John Thiessen Children's Foundation

  Provides hospitals and child-care facilities with therapeutic and recreational equipment, supports families with financial assistance toward medical expenses, offers toys to sick and needy children through the holiday season, fulfills patient wish lists throughout the year, and assists sick and underprivileged children.

• The Knights of Columbus

  In service to one, in service to all. Chartered as a fraternal benefit society in 1882 through the efforts of Father Michael J. McGivney and parishioners of St. Mary's Church in New Haven, Connecticut. The Order remains true to its founding principles of charity, unity and fraternity.

• Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind

  Established in 1885 with the support of the State of Florida and private contributions. Based in St. Augustine, FSDB is recognized as one of the top schools for the deaf and blind in the nation, and the only one of its kind in Florida.

• The Mission of Joan's Joy

  The Joan Angela D'Alessandro Foundation honors the memory of seven-year-old Girl Scout Joan. The foundation promotes child safety through its programs and the legislation it advocates, supports neglected and abused children through educational excursions, and helps victims of crime through consultation.

• Ridge Ranch Kindergarten School

  After a pumpkin donation, the class wrote to say they had been measuring the stems, weighing them, finding the width, and writing poems. Their thank-you note is one of our favorites.

We also run two seasonal giving programs of our own, decorating the home of a deserving local family and a local military family each Christmas. Learn about our outreach programs .