of Central Bucks County and Surrounding Communities
The Welfare Committee, originally named the Organized Charity Committee, was established in 1897 to serve those in need in the community.
The committee receives referrals from area social service agencies and provides financial assistance for food, clothing, baby supplies, prescription medicines, car repairs, rent, and utilities.
Annual winter gift-card giving assists financially challenged families of students enrolled in the Central Bucks School District.
Members of the committee are available seven days a week to receive referrals.
Welfare is funded by earnings from trusts, donations from VIA members and the community at large, and proceeds from VIA’s largest fundraiser – the Bucks County Designer House & Gardens.
Past Organizations Supported
| 2018 | Doylestown Food Pantry Lenape Valley Foundation Meals on Wheels A Women’s Place Doylestown FISH Bucks County Intermediate Unit Homeless Education Valley Youth House/Synergy Project |
$3,600 $3,000 $2,500 $2,500 $4,000 $2,000 $2,000 |
| 2017 | Ann Silverman Community Health Clinic A Women’s Place Bucks County Intermediate Unit Education Program Doylestown Food Pantry Doylestown FISH Lenape Valley Foundation Meals on Wheels |
$2,500 $2,500 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 $3,000 $2,500 |
| Prior Years | Ann Silverman Community Health Clinic Child, Home & Community Doylestown Food Pantry Doylestown Hospital Case Manager Fund FISH, Friends in Service to Humanity Lenape Valley Foundation Meals on Wheels A Woman’s Place Bucks County Intermediate Unit Homeless Education Valley Youth House/Synergy Project |
