Appalachia

Pioneer Pipe donation for Appalachia
$32,000 given to regional foundation
October 1, 2014
By Amanda Nicholson
The Marietta Times

A $32,000 donation is slated to help not just Washington and neighboring counties, but will also be of benefit to counties from Clermont up to Ashtabula.

The donation comes from Pioneer Pipe, 2021 Hanna Road, and was given to the Foundation of Appalachian Ohio (FAO) Friday.

"The primary reason we decided to make a commitment to the foundation is this is the community we call home," said Matt Hilverding, chief operating and financial officer at Pioneer Pipe. "We started here when Dave Archer, our owner and founder, started the company here. The people of the region stood behind us, whether it was customers or employees loyal to us in our 33-year history. Our whole beginning, past, (present) and hopefully future are tied here to this region."...

...."There was not a regional community foundation," said Wanczyk. "We serve all the Appalachian counties in Ohio; 32 counties, one-third of the land...Many counties do not have a source of community philanthropy. There was, and is, a philanthropic gap."

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