Nov 3, 2003 1 min read

Members of the Fayette County chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees recently presented the Fayette County commissioners with a symbolic check of $2,149,148 representing the value of 129,936 volunteer hours completed by its members last year. The group plans to present a symbolic check of $151,087,814 to Gov. Rendell later, representing the value of 9,134,693 hours of volunteer service members contributed to their communities across the state last year. In the photo (from left) are Ruth Walters, community service chair for FCPASR; J.B. Thomas, vice president of FCPASR; William Zinck, president of FCPASR; and Fayette County Commissioner Ron Nehls.