Millennium Circle

The Millennium Circle Fund of the Luzerne Foundation was created by a special group of donors whose gifts of $2,000 play a pivotal role in helping The Luzerne Foundation identify unmet community needs. The ultimate goal is to have 2,000 members and a fund that would present community grants totaling $200,000 or more each year.

Each member of The Millennium Circle is encouraged to be the eyes and ears of the Fund, to recommend areas of need, and to vote on grants. A Millennium Circle donor can be an individual, a family, a business or a civic group. Membership continues in perpetuity as gifts continue to benefit the community for generations to come.

ANNUAL LUNCHEON - NOVEMBER 1st
You are invited to attend the Millennium Circle Fund Annual Luncheon on Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 at Genetti's Hotel and Convention Center in Wilkes-Barre.

Coffee will be served beginning at 11:30 a.m. Lunch will begin promptly at Noon. During lunch you will hear presentations from this year's nonprofit nomination finalists. Then you will vote to determine the recipient of this year's Millennium Circle Fund of The Luzerne Foundation grant.

You are strongly encouraged to bring guests! Lunch is free, but you must make a reservation by Friday October 28th, 2011. Please call Diane Dutko at 570-714-1570 or email her at diane@luzfdn.org.



MEMBERSHIP Join us! Be an architect of change in the areas of education, health and human services, the environment, neighborhoods and the arts! To join we ask that you make a one-time gift (or multi-year pledge) of $2,000. Simply download the Millennium Circle Fund Membership Form, complete it and send it to The Luzerne Foundation. If you’d like more information please click here for a Brochure and Membership Form (PDF) or call us at 570-714-1570

Add your name to the list of Millennium Circle Fund Members!

Over the past eight years the Millennium Circle Fund has granted over $150,000 to nonprofit organizations throughout Luzerne County.

2001	$10,000	28 “Follow Your Dreams” motivational presentations held at local high schools.
2001	$10,000	Diamond City Partnership for Downtown Wilkes-Barre revitalization.
2003	$10,000	Candy’s Place, a community support center for cancer patients and their loved ones.
2004	$15,000	Friday’s Child, a program available to autistic children and directed by the Jewish Community Center, Wilkes-Barre.
2005	$20,000	McGlynn Learning Center for education programs provided to at-risk children who reside in Wilkes-Barre.
2006	$25,000	Luzerne-Wyoming Counties’ Drug and Alcohol Program for prevention services delivered in all public school districts within Luzerne County.
2007	$30,000	Volunteers in Medicine, a program providing health care services to our “working poor,” as well as other uninsured and under-insured area residents.
2008	$30,000	Care & Concern Ministries in Pittston for facilities enhancement for program services.
2009	$22,000	Ruth's Place Homeless Women's Shelter in Wilkes-Barre for renovation of new location.
2010	$20,000	Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley for their Help Line program.

HELP LINE Receives Grant
Help Line, a program of Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley, is the recipient to The Luzerne Foundation’s Millennium Circle Fund annual grant. Millennium Circle members selected the program from five finalists for the award at the annual luncheon held on October 26th at Genetti’s Best Western Hotel & Conference Center in Wilkes-Barre. (read more)