| 2013 Charity Starts Here: 1000 Reasons to Give |
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 Congratulations to Blue Chip Farms Animal Refuge for getting the most votes in this year's community event: Charity Starts Here! Five area charities competed for votes on Sunday, September 15th. All monies submitted were given to the competing charities with the winning organization receiving an addtional $1,000 donation provided by Corporate Sponsor Frontier Communications and the Dallas Harvest Festival. The five deserving Back Mountain-based charities were: Blue Chip Farms Animal Refuge, Back Mountain Rails to Trails, Michael J. Cleary Scholarship Fund, Dallas High School Mini-Thon, and Back Mountain Memorial Library. Bright orange ballot jars and ballots were placed at a half dozen Back Mountain offices and businesses: Frontier Communications office, Route 309, Dallas; Ochman’s Coins & Jewelry (next to Wayne’s World), on Route 415, Dallas; N-Mart, Route 309, Trucksville; Dallas Citgo (former Fuel-On), Route 309, Dallas; Dallas Borough office, 25 Main Street; and Dallas Township office, 2919 SR 309 Highway (just above Thomas’ Family Market, Country Club Shopping Center). Shown in the photo are Frontier Communications' Dallas Local Manager Wayne Devine and Dallas Harvest Festival Committee Chairperson Rich Fufaro. Bookmark with:
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