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Greater Norristown Police Athletic League

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Carp Dental donates toothbrushes to GNPAL

Talia Zenko, Nicole Saenz, and Teresa Marsh of the Carp Dental office in Norristown present GNPAL Board Secretary Maggie Hall (second from the left) toothbrushes for GNPAL members.


J.P. Mascaro & Sons assists GNPAL Track Team
with their Junior Olympics plans

GNPAL Track’s Post-season team.

The GNPAL track team has had a successful track program over the years with many of their athletes qualifying for post season competitions.  Some have even qualified for the Junior Olympics in years past, but due to the costs involved, they have been unable to attend.

This year, the team will be going Eastern University in Detroit for the first round of the Junior Olympics in late July.  J.P. Mascaro & Sons is donating $10,000 to help with the expenses.  Pat Mascaro is asking other area businesses to match their donation to cover the costs.

To see the article in the Times Herald about the team and Mascaro’s donation, click on Mascaro donation to GNPAL.


Rotary Club of Norristown present its 2017 grant to GNPAL

From left to right: Rotarian, President and CEO of the Montgomery County Foundation Virginia Franz and Rotary Club of Norristown President Mark Call present a check to Greater Norristown PAL Board President Lee Holmes, Director of Operations Ken Fennal, and Board Secretary Maggie Hall.

At its June 8 meeting, Rotary Club of Norristown presented Greater Norristown PAL a check for its 2017 grant.  The funds were raised at its annual pancake breakfast in May.  In his remarks, GNPAL Board President Lee Holmes indicated that the money will be used for security improvements and for updating administrative computers.


Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce honors GNPAL at Celebration of Excellence Awards 2017

Greater Norristown PAL received the 2017 Excellence in Community Service Award from Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce at its Celebration of Excellence reception on April 25, 2017.

Board members Tony Sherr, Don Zajick, Alan Tempest, Lee Holmes, Director of Operations Ken Fennal, Joe Rodriguez, and Susan Battaglia accept the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Community Service Award.

 

GNPAL featured in IBX Foundation’ s Journal of Change

The Independence Blue Cross (IBX) Foundation’s Journal of Change magazine features GNPAL as the centerfold article in the Fall 2016 issue.  To see this issue of the Journal of Change, click on Journal of Change and go to pages 16 and 17, or view a PDF of the article by clicking on GNPAL article in journal-of-change-fall-2016-pages-16-17.

 


GPNAL Receives IPromise Grant from Volpe & Koenig

Volpe & Koenig presentation

Check presentation at GNPAL on November 10, 2016.

The Greater Norristown Police Athletic League serves the youth and families of the Greater Norristown community with recreational, educational and cultural programs addressing citizenship, self-esteem, avoidance of substance abuse and respect for law and order. Commented Kenneth A. Fennal, Director of Operations, “Greater Norristown Police Athletic League is truly appreciative of this IPromise grant. Being selected from a pool of equally worthy non-profits across the Delaware Valley is a direct reflection of the meaningful work GNPAL does for our community, specifically our youth. With this grant, GNPAL will be able to continue providing a diverse roster of arts, culture and education programs that help to guide youth into well-rounded, productive citizens.” IPromise funding will support the organization’s ACE (arts, culture and education) Programs.


Quaker Chemical presents check to GNPAL

Quaker Chemical check presentation 8-16-16

Quaker Chemical check presentation August 16, 2016