Next Cameron County Cares Project Saturday, June 20th

A grant secured by the Cameron County Cham­ber of Com­merce provid­ing mater­i­als for sev­eral projects in the county bene­fit­ing both busi­nesses and organ­iz­a­tions. Exec­ut­ive dir­ector Tina Solak says there are numer­ous ways volun­teers of all ages can show how much they care about the county. Sev­eral projects are planned to take place before July

The kick off project took place Sunday focus­ing on the land­scape at the Bar­bara Moscato Brown Memorial Lib­rary in Emporium. Volun­teers removed all the bushes at the lib­rary and planted new items that will bloom through the sea­sons. Numer­ous people took home free plants that had been removed from the loc­a­tion.

The next project is set for June 20 fol­low­ing the Cameron County Farmer’s Mar­ket. A stor­age shed that was donated for the Farmer’s Mar­ket and other events held in the Emporium Town Square will be reroofed. PA Wilds Cen­ter for Entre­pren­eur­ship grant made pos­sible through the sup­port of the Trust for Civic Life, a sponsored project of Rock­e­feller Phil­an­thropy Advisors paid for the metal which will be installed. Volun­teers are invited to show up Sat­urday June 20 at noon in the Emporium Town Square.

The third project is to sup­ply all busi­nesses with an Amer­ican flag and flag­pole in time for Week­end in the Wilds.

When the 40 flags arrive volun­teers will be needed to install or deliver the flags. The cham­ber office is cur­rently tak­ing names and phone num­bers of volun­teers will­ing to par­ti­cip­ate in that project.

The final project is to refresh the memorial benches throughout the county. Weather has beaten up the plaques which will either be replaced or cleaned. A pro­tect­ive fin­ish will be added to the wood.

The Cameron County Cares project mim­ics

the com­munity of Kane. Each year a day is set aside for volun­teers to tackle projects around Kane. The volun­teers include school chil­dren, senior cit­izens, and even some busi­nesses pay employ­ees to spend the day volun­teer­ing. Solak hopes Cameron County Cares will con­tinue. “This is a prov­ing year to show fun­ders that the project was a suc­cess not only in the projects com­pleted but the num­ber of volun­teers par­ti­cip­at­ing,” says Solak.