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Centre Safe celebrates 50th anniversary with luncheon at Nittany Lion Inn
CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — An organization in Centre County is celebrating 50 years of service to the community.
Centre Safe, formerly the Centre County Women's Resource Center, held a luncheon at the Nittany Lion Inn to celebrate the special milestone as well as look into the future. What began in 1975 with a small group of women has grown to have three locations providing services to many in the area. The goal of Centre Safe is safety, equality and respect for all individuals and a community free of relationship and sexual violence.
During the luncheon, which was the first since the COVID-19 Pandemic, awards were handed out to many individuals, as well as a ribbon cutting.
'Really, people believing, believing victims and survivors, and believing in the work we do, we always say there's a bubble here in Happy Valley, but there's a lot that happens inside that bubble from all the corners of Centre County. People are affected and people need help, and CentrSafe is here to help,' Executive Director Jennifer Pencek said.
During the luncheon, the organization also launched its $2.5 million dollar, 50th anniversary fund. The goal is to raise enough money to complete much-needed projects, but also to fund Centre Safe for another 50 years.
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