MEMBER NEWS
Autism Center at Misericordia
University Holds Grand Opening
Peoples Security Bank & Trust Supports Local Education
For the third consecutive year Peoples Security Bank & Trust committed more
than $1 million as part of the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program.
The donations are administered through Commonwealth Charitable Management
and are used to award scholarships and grants to numerous schools, colleges and
organizations within the bank’s market area. During 2019, more than 650 scholarships
were issued to 36 local schools. Grants were also awarded to 41 organizations and
school districts in support of Educational Improvement Projects. Peoples Security
Bank also funded the program costs of the EverFi Financial Literacy Program that is
currently offered to 20 local high schools.
The Autism Center at Misericordia
University recently held a grand
opening celebration. As a regional hub
for the Autism Collaborative Centers
of Excellence, the Autism Center helps
connect people with autism spectrum
disorders and their families with services
and supports in the area.
Marywood University Receives
Robert H. Spitz Grant
FNCB Bank Donates to Local
Organizations
FNCB employees recently donated
grocery gift cards and more than
220 gifts to 17 local families from
the Catherine McAuley Centers of
Lackawanna and Luzerne County,
Children and Youth Services of Wayne
County and Victims Intervention
Program as part of the Bank’s “Adopt-
A-Family” holiday project.
Hazzouri Dental Celebrates 70
Years in Business
Dr. Albert Hazzouri Jr., of Hazzouri
Dental in Scranton, recently
celebrated 70 years of business.
Pictured is Dr. Hazzouri Jr. next to
a portrait of his father, Dr. Albert
Hazzouri Sr., who started the practice
in 1949.
Lackawanna College Environmental
Center Receives EITC Donation
The Peoples Security Charitable
Foundation recently presented the
Lackawanna College Environmental
Center with an Educational
Improvement Tax Credit donation of
$50,000. The gift helps to continue
the College’s environmental education
programming for students in
kindergarten through grade 12.
8 • The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce
Marywood University was awarded
the 2019 Robert H. Spitz Foundation
Grant for its S.T.A.R.S (Students
Together Achieving Remarkable
Success) program, an after-school
mentoring/homework help program.
Through this program, Marywood
students mentor Latinx youth in grades
7-12 to bring more awareness to the
options that exist in higher education
and to help them define future goals.
PPL Supports the University
of Success
PPL contributed $10,000 through the
Educational Improvement Tax Credit
Program to support The University
of Scranton’s University of Success, a
multi-year, pre-college program for high
school students designed to develop
the skills needed to successfully gain
entrance to college.