Why Should You Donate?
Your investment in the Armstrong Center for Community Learning is an investment in the future of our community. Your donations help us succeed in our vision to be a valued asset and respected partner of the educational community meeting the needs our region's life long learners as well as helping to strengthen the workforce, promote innovative technologies, classes, instructors, degrees, certifications, programs, classrooms, equipment and learning, for students right here in your community.
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2024 Annual Appeal & Fundraising Campaign
"If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you." - Zig Ziglar. This represents the mission and vision of the Armstrong Center for Community Learning, which is to connect people to resources to enhance lifelong learning, and continue to be a community catalyst to address needs and gaps in educational support systems.
As we review the past year, the ACCL board of directors and staff are proud of our accomplishments, including the goals met and exceeded at the ACCL and Outdoor Discovery Center at Crooked Creek. So far this year, we awarded post-secondary scholarships totaling $28,500 to 14 Armstrong County students, created the William R. Schall Memorial Scholarship in memory of Mr. Schall, hosted two youth nature summer camps, partnered with the PA Master Naturalists of Armstrong County to hold a junior naturalist camp, hired a part-time test administrator and expanded our test center hours of operation to evenings and weekends with funding provided by the United Way of Southwestern PA, hired an AmeriCorps part-time summer employee, held our third-annual Summer's Last Fling fundraiser for the Outdoor Discovery Center, participated in the Armstrong County Community Foundation's Week of Giving, held our first environmental and conservation career panel discussion thanks to funding from the Tri-County Workforce Investment Board, held the first annual Armstrong-Indiana Career & Job Fair in partnership with multiple partners from two counties, secured grants from the PA Department of Environmental Protection and Grable Foundation, began offering the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) exam in partnership with Lenape Tech LPN and other area nursing schools, began offering PA State Board of Cosmetology and Barber testing, administered more than 2,000 post-secondary certification and licensure exams (including high school equivalency and College Level Exam Program exams), invested a portion of our testing income in our post-secondary scholarship funds, completed a three-year comprehensive plan, and we were selected for inclusion in the Pittsburgh Foundation's 2024 Wish Book. There are simply more accomplishments than we can list here.
As we gather to give thanks this year, we are reminded how appreciative we are for the continued support from our partners, friends and community! However, our work isn't finished. Your donation to our 2024 Annual Appeal will enable the ACCL to continue implementing educational programming at the Outdoor Discovery Center and providing post-secondary scholarships for Armstrong County students.
Please consider one of the following levels:
Visionary - Over $5,000
Innovator - $2,000 to $4,999
Challenger - $1,000 to $1,999
Progressive - $250 to $999
Sustainer - up to $249
Please know that we are very appreciative of any donation you can make and that the monies you entrust to the ACCL will be used to support important initiatives in Armstrong County. If you would be so kind as to donate to our 2024 Annual Appeal, please make your check payable to the Armstrong Center for Community Learning and mail it to 104 Armstrong Street, Suite A, Ford City, PA 16226, or donate by credit/debit card above.
Wishing you a Joyous Holiday Season and a Happy New Year filled with Peace and Happiness!
With appreciation,
ACCL Board of Directors & Staff

The Armstrong Center for Community Learning's Board of Directors and Staff would like to thank all who donated to the ACCL during 2022-2023:
Acorn Naturalists
Altoona Curve
Armstrong County Building & Loan Association
Armstrong Power LLC
Bonus Accounting LLC
Bradigan’s, Inc.
Byers Busing Company
Crooked Creek Dam Quilters
CWM Environmental, Inc.
Donna Weckerly Photography, LLC
Elderton State Bank
Experience Armstrong, Inc.
Fort Armstrong Wireless Association
HF Sinclair dba Sonneborn LLC
IMA-ESS Insurance
Kiskiminetas Watershed Association
Kittanning Dairy Queen
McCutcheon Enterprises, Inc.
Mecall Services LLC
Mechling & Heller LLP
NexTier Bank
Oliver Outdoor
On the Edge Manufacturing, Inc.
PA Master Naturalists
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Polish Falcons of America #159
Progressive Workshop of Armstrong County
Projectile Tube Cleaning, Inc.
R.E.D. Mantini LLC
Rachel Carson Trails Conservancy
Rosebud Mining Company
Shafer’s HVAC, Inc.
Sprankle’s Neighborhood Market
The River’s Edge Canoe & Kayak, LLC
The Traveling Greenhouse
Widnoon Soft Serve
Frank Baker
Mark & Karen Balint
Steve & Gretchen Black
Abby Bojanac
Ken and Jo Ellen Bowman
Cheryl Clark
Robert Conrad
Cynthia Conti
Marie Dillon-Griffith
Rachel Filippini
Patricia Gerheim
Patricia Goldman
Royce & Beth King
Chris Martin
David & Colleen McFarland
Richard Muth
Barbara Nixon
Beverly Nixon
Justin Nolder
Kay Owen
Jessica Schaub
Kim Smith
Michael Watterson & Joseph Bieganski
John & Cheryl Welch
Karen Zapp
Other Ways to Donate:
Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program
The ACCL is an approved educational improvement organization under the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program.
EITC is an educational tax credit program aimed at PA corporations to offset the following taxes:
- Corporate Net Income Tax
- Capital Stock Franchise Tax
- Bank and Trust Company Shares Tax
- Title Insurance Companies Share Tax
- Insurance Premiums Tax
- Mutual Thrift Institutions Tax
- Personal Income Tax of S Corporation shareholders or Partnership Partners
The dollars your business would have paid in state taxes are diverted to support educational programs that serve area residents. Your commitment can be one year (75% credit) or two years (90% credit).
To participate, download the EITC form.
EITC Business Guidelines and Application
The form is also available by calling the PA Department of Community and Economic Development at 717-787-7120 or by visiting: https://dced.pa.gov/programs/educational-improvement-tax-credit-program-eitc/.
Tax credits are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. PA can only award a maximum dollar amount of Educational Improvement Tax Credits within a given tax year, so it is imperative to be timely when submitting the application to DCED. Once the tax credit is approved, the EITC will be applied to the taxpayer’s account by the PA Dept. of Revenue.