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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; The Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce recently donated $2,000 to Family Service Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania.</p><p>Last month, at the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber Annual Dinner, Family Service Association was honored as the Charitable Organization of the Year. A portion of the proceeds raised from the annual dinner were donated back to Family Service Association.</p><p>Family Service Association is proud to enter its 124th year of service as a nonprofit organization dedicated to working with children, individuals, families, and communities to help them achieve their full potential.</p><p>Last fiscal year ending June 30, 2,458 kinship connections and 69 kinship placements were made through the Family Finding program; trauma was reduced for 84 children through the provision of coordinated forensic interviews in their Children&#8217;s Center; there was a 87.2% non-recidivation rate through the High Risk Youth Program; and 211 NE/Help Line connected 96,408 people to resources.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">From left: Amber Loomis, chief advancement officer, Family Service Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania; Lindsay Griffin, COO/vice president, Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber; and Gertrude McGowan, chief executive officer, FSA NEPA, display a $2,000 check from the Chamber to the nonprofit organization. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/web1_FSA-CHAMBER.jpg</photo0><caption0>From left: Amber Loomis, chief advancement officer, Family Service Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania; Lindsay Griffin, COO/vice president, Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber; and Gertrude McGowan, chief executive officer, FSA NEPA, display a $2,000 check from the Chamber to the nonprofit organization. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>

Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber donates to Family Service Association