Wyomissing Foundation

Wyomissing Foundation is a private foundation in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] It was established in 1928 by three local businesspeople who had founded hosiery manufacturing company Berkshire Knitting Mills, later known as Wyomissing Industries.[2] Grants from the foundation helped establish the Berks County Community Foundation, which was founded in 1994.[3] In 2001, the Wyomissing Foundation donated a copy of Saving Pennsylvania, a video about the dangers of urban sprawl, to every public library in Pennsylvania.[4] In 2008, the Foundation also helped support development of the Berks County Citizens Academy, a project to educate potential volunteer members of county and municipal advisory boards and authorities about local and county government issues.[5]

The foundation's offices are located in a renovated historic mill.[6] Earlier grants by the foundation included one in the early 1930s to help pay for a memorial in Krefeld, Germany, to early German settlers in what is now the United States[7] and, in 1953, financial support for an exhibit of 90 American paintings in Germany.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Your Neighborhood: The Wyomissing Foundation". Reading Eagle. May 31, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  2. ↑ "a. OBBRLAENDER, oo, DIES IN READING Retired Hosiery Manufacturer Gave $1,000,000 to Promote Good-Will With Germany. CAME TO AMERICA AT 21 Helped to Found the Berkshire Knitting Mills in 1906 -- Started Career Here.". The New York Times. December 1, 1936. p. 25. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  3. ↑ "Community group spawned by Wyomissing Foundation". Reading Eagle. August 6, 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  4. ↑ "Briefs". The Evening Sun (Hanover, PA). November 23, 2001. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  5. ↑ Young, Mary E. (October 4, 2008). "Berks County Citizens Academy to put focus on local government". Reading Eagle. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  6. ↑ "The Wyomissing Foundation/ 'Old Evans Mill'". Kautter & Kelley Architects. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  7. ↑ "Honors German Settlers; Krefeld Has Memorial to Citizens Who Came Here in 1683". The New York Times. June 7, 1931. p. E4. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  8. ↑ "90 Paintings by US Artists Sail For Exhibitions in 3 German Cities". The New York Times. February 19, 1953. p. 25. Retrieved 2009-06-09.

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