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.

RUTH'S PLACE RECEIVES GRANT
Ruth’s Place: House of Hope, an emergency women’s homeless shelter in Wilkes-Barre, is the recipient to The Luzerne Foundation’s Millennium Circle Fund annual grant. Millennium Circle members selected the shelter from five finalists for the award at the annual luncheon held on October 27th at Genetti’s Best Western Hotel & Conference Center in Wilkes-Barre.

TRIBUTE SITE
The Millennium Circle Portal at the new River Commons will be the tribute site of the Fund. The Luzerne Foundation will place the first piece of public art near the portal opening and all members of the Millennium Circle will have their names etched into the base of the sculpture. Designs are still be discussed so check back often to find out more.

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!

GRANTS GRANT NOMINATIONS ARE NOW BEING SOUGHT! Please click here to download a nomination form and return it by October 1, 2009. It's easy - so please take a moment to nominate a worthy organization today. 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.

Read more about The Care & Concern Ministries, our most recent recipient. The impact of the grant was immediately felt by this organization and today they are offering more services than ever.