Donate

We know there are a wide range of organizations worthy of your financial support and are grateful you are considering the Middlecreek Area Community Center as one of those worthy organizations. Be assured that your contribution will be used to meet our mission to “Strengthening Our Community”. Thank you for being a part of our mission!

Greatest Need

Donations for Greatest Need provide the most flexibility for the MACC to directly fund a variety of services to the community. In 2023 the MACC is focused on adding new programs and enhancing the quality of existing programs. The goal is to provide a greater number of and a larger variety of options that appeal to more people of our community. How are the donations used?

Pay for new equipment, repair existing equipment, and replace equipment that can no longer be repaired.
Pay for additional instructors. We have added pickleball to our suite of activities offered at the MACC. We will be adding youth basketball programs which the community has expressed as a need.
Provide qualified referees for our basketball and volleyball leagues. We have great participation in these leagues. Feedback from the teams requests that qualified referees are part of the program in order to improve the competitiveness and uniformity of play.

A membership scholarship fund has been established to ensure those with financial challenges can enjoy the MACC. No one will be turned away.

Your donation to the MACC can be made by

Calling the MACC at 570-658-2276
Dropping off your donation at the MACC front desk
Mailing your donation to the MACC at 67 Elm St. Beaver Springs, PA, 17812

Food Distribution

As a partner of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, the MACC distributes food each Tuesday to needy households. The program is funded entirely by grants and private donations. In 2022 the MACC Food Distribution program served 540 households with a total of 3958 household distributions. These distributions helped 264 youth, 478 adults, and 403 seniors. Help us to help our community reduce food insecurity.

Your donation to the MACC can be made by

Calling the MACC at 570-658-2276
Dropping off your donation at the MACC front desk
Mailing your donation to the MACC at 67 Elm St. Beaver Springs, PA, 17812

Wayne Balmer Fund

The Wayne Balmer Fund was established by West Snyder High School class of 1959 in honor of Wayne Ashley Balmer who was killed in action in Vietnam, 1965. These funds are used for small capital improvement projects. Here a some examples of how these funds have contributed to the MACC:

Refurbished lobby pool table
Addition of a PA system in the gymnasium
Installation of cabinets and countertops in the childcare rooms and front office
Replacement of the front lobby water fountain included a bottle filler,
Installation of a commercial dishwasher in the kitchen
Addition of a PA system in the lobby.

Your donation to the MACC can be made by

Calling the MACC at 570-658-2276
Dropping off your donation at the MACC front desk
Mailing your donation to the MACC at 67 Elm St. Beaver Springs, PA, 17812

Capital Improvement

Capital Improvement funds are directed to major projects enhancing the facility, providing additional space or better use of the existing space, and providing additional program features such as the addition of a playground for the childcare program. Capital improvement projects include

Childcare Playground – This is a seven-phase project. The first three phases have been completed.They include a fence around the playground, a large jungle gym, toddler and youth swing sets. The following phases are planned but need to be funded:

Phase 4 – fencing to separate the toddler area from the youth area
Phase 5 – shade structures in toddler and youth areas
Phase 6 – motion play sidewalk, sand water play table, triple shoot-out baskets, fossil diggables
Phase 7 – caterpillar climber, teeter-totter bridge, moon rock climber, climber dome, play town flower climber, adventure tube, play town music store

Fitness Equipment – Fitness equipment needs to be replaced periodically due to normal wear and tear. Fitness is a key service offered by the MACC and is one of the main reasons MACC memberships are purchased.

Pave Parking Lot – The north, east, and south sides of the parking lot made of stone. This contributes to a significant amount of debris being carried into the building. The north side parking lot has significant traffic, each Tuesday, for the Food Distribution Program. The east side parking lot carries traffic between the building and playground as well as the building and storage shed. The south side parking lot carries staff traffic from the building to their cars.

Your donation to the MACC can be made by

Calling the MACC at 570-658-2276
Dropping off your donation at the MACC front desk
Mailing your donation to the MACC at 67 Elm St. Beaver Springs, PA, 17812

Endowment

One of the characteristics of our day is the tendency for people to make provisions for perpetuation of their influence beyond their lifetime. More and more persons of both large and small means are setting aside a portion of their resources to continue benevolent interest in the people of their community. Anyone contemplating such provisions for the future naturally wants assurance that money provided for this purpose will:

Accomplish some permanent good
Help build the community of the future as one would like to do—if still living
Be managed wisely with an emphasis on benevolent stewardship
Go to an organization which is stable, well managed, in touch with public sentiment, and capable of meeting the changing conditions of the future
Provide for young men and women who need the service of the MACC most

Endowment funds serve two functions.

First, these funds ensure universal accessibility to programs and services by providing a firm financial foundation. People of all ages who need our services often cannot afford to pay what it actually costs to provide them. Increasing fees to cover these costs would most certainly shut out, from the program benefits, those who need them most. Endowment Funds allow the MACC to offer these benefits to those who truly need them.
Second, these funds provide for expansion and new directions in programming as they are needed. Constantly changing social conditions require new methods and programs, while growing populations require expansion of proven programs. Relying solely on United Way funding, grants, and participant fees and contributions leaves the MACC in a position of not being able to respond to those changes in a timely and effective manner. Endowment funds make it possible.

Many friends of the MACC have made gifts or provisions in their wills whereby their lifetime ideals and interests have been perpetuated and their annual contributions capitalized. This opportunity is open to all, whether the gifts or bequests be large or small. You, too, can make a lifetime gift or bequest to strengthen and extend the services of the MACC.

For any further information, please contact Michael Bobb, Executive Director Middlecreek Area Community Center at 570-658-2276 or exec@maccrec.org

EITC

The Middlecreek Area Community Center has been approved by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as an Educational Improvement Organization. This means that local businesses can fulfill a portion of their Pennsylvania State Tax bill by donating to the MACC through the Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program.

The MACC’s Rising Readers program is an approved PA EITC Educational Improvement program. As an Educational Improvement program, the goal of Rising Readers is to enhance the reading curriculum of the Midd-West School District. Reading is foundational to all other academic achievements. Through Rising Readers, the MACC is playing a key role in the academic achievements of the participants.

For more information about utilizing the EITC tax credits, go to

https://dced.pa.gov/programs/educational-improvement-tax-credit-program-eitc/

or contact Michael Bobb, Executive Director Middlecreek Area Community Center at 570-658-2276 or exec@maccrec.org

Thank you for considering the Middlecreek Area Community Center as an organization worthy of your philanthropy!

Contact Us

MACC
67 Elm Street
Beaver Springs, PA 17812
(570) 658-2276
Fax: (570)-658-2777

Hours

Monday – Friday: 6:00am – 9:00pm
Saturday: 7:00am – 7:00pm
Sunday: 1:00pm – 5:00pm