The Danville German Society's Community Page

The Danville German Society has become more involved in the local Danville community
during the past few years.  The following is a timeline of community-minded actions taken by
the DGS along with a few other notable events which have occurred the past several years:

October 1999 - DGS enters float in Danville Halloween Parade

October 2000 - DGS enters float in Danville Halloween Parade; awarded 1st Place in Judges' Award Category

January 20, 2001 - Pork and Sauerkraut Eat-a-Thon/Elk Toss; fundraiser was not a success but leftovers were donated to the Gatehouse Shelter

July 2001 - DGS enters float in Iron Heritage Festival Parade

January 26, 2002 - Elk Toss and Winter Festival; $250 raised for the Danville SPCA

February 22, 2003 - Elk Toss, Winter Festival, and Charity Auction; $350 raised for the Bloomsburg Women's Center

July 2003 - Listening Room Created at Priestly-Forsyth Memorial Library in Northumberland; CD Player, Headphones and Local music donated

October 30, 2003 - DGS enters float in Danville Halloween Parade; awarded 1st Place in Novelty Category ($50 award, later donated to charity)

February 28, 2004 - Elk Toss, Winter Festival, and Charity Auction; $450 raised for the Danville SPCA, $50 to the Thomas Beaver Free Library, and $75 to a Pine Grove Area HS student; also collected food for the Danville-Riverside Food Bank

June 6, 2004 - Answered phones for the Childrens Miracle Network Telethon at Geisinger Hospital

February 26, 2005 - Elk Toss, Winter Festival, and Charity Auction - $1000 raised for the Thomas Beaver Free Library; $350 raised for the Sidler Hill Cemetery Revitalization Project; also collected food for the Danville-Riverside Food Bank

February 25, 2006 - Elk Toss, Winter Festival, and Charity Auction - $1850 raised and split between six charities: $400 for the ClearWater Conservancy, $400 to the Animal Resource Center of Bloomsburg, $400 to the Mooresburg Bicentennial, $400 to the Danville Mining and Manufacturing Museun, $150 to the Montour County Summer Concert Series, and $100 to Heart-to-Hand Ministries; also collected food for the Danville-Riverside Food Bank

February 17, 2007 - Elk Toss, Winter Festival, and Charity Auction - $1,550 raised and split between six charities: $300 for the Good Samaritan Fund, $300 to the Northcentral PA Conservancy, $400 to Centre Wildlife Care, $150 to the Montour Summer Concert Series, $300 to Danville family displaced by fire, and $100 for Todd Summer's Trip to Germany; also collected food for the Danville-Riverside Food Bank

February 16, 2008 - Elk Toss, Winter Festival, and Charity Auction - over $2,000 raised and split between six charities: $500 for Central Susquehanna Opportunities, $500 for the Centre County Youth Services Bureau, $500 for Columbia County Volunteers in Medicine, $500 to Team in Training (for Ryan Zerbe to raise money for Leukemia/Lymphoma), $? to Montour County Rec Authority, and $? to Montour County Summer Concert Series; also collected food for the Danville-Riverside Food Bank

February 21, 2009 - Elk Toss, Winter Festival, and Charity Auction - over $2,300 raised and split between five charities: $750 for the Gatehouse Shelter in Danville, $600 for the Centre County Women's Resource Center, $600 to the Milagro House in Lancaster, $150 to Montour County Summer Concert Series, and $200 to Heart-to Hand Ministries; also collected food for the Danville-Riverside Food Bank

February 20, 2010 - Elk Toss, Winter Festival, and Charity Auction - over $2,500 raised and split between six charities: Gatehouse Shelter, Danville - $500, Daily Item Needy Family Fund, Sunbury, Northumberland, Danville area - $500, Montour County Summer Concert Series, Danville - $200, Deb's House, Lancaster - $500, Mount Nittany Conservancy, Centre County - $400, and Centre Grounds, Centre County - $400; also collected food for the Danville-Riverside Food Bank.

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