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A Part of America's Poverty-Fighting Network

Tri County Community Action has been helping people and changing lives throughout Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties for over 50 years. Offering a comprehensive approach to individual, family, and neighborhood success, Tri County Community Action provides a myriad of programming and initiatives around early childhood and family development; employment, education and financial empowerment; housing security; and community development - all to create strong families and thriving communities.

Tri County Community Action’s Promise is to care about the entire community and acknowledges that even today, structural inequities leave some behind. Tri County Community Action believes that lifting diversity, equity, and inclusion and standing against hate is core to combating those structural inequities, making all communities a better place to live.

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    PAT Program Participant

    I enjoy the [PAT] program because I get to connect with the people who work at Tri County Community Action and other parents.

Our Impact This Year

Everything we do is aimed at disrupting and permanently breaking the cycle of poverty for everyone living in our community. 

Did you know that right now, 51,419 of your neighbors, friends, co-workers, and family members are economically insecure? 

Last year, 38% of the people we helped were working and providing the sole source of income for their households - 63% were women, and 51% of households had children in the home. These were and are hard-working, caring, and productive members of our community - they are YOU - and we helped 17,624 of you stabilize, sustain, and take steps toward economic independence. 

August 27, 2020

3 Reasons Why You Should Volunteer

byErika Compliment

Now more than ever, your community needs you to volunteer. In the wake of COVID-19, our economy and our community has experienced significant loss and disruption. The work of non-profit organizations will likely become even more important over the next few months and there will be an increased demand for volunteers to help meet the needs of the community.

The relationship between an organization and their volunteers is one that is win-win. The organization reaps the benefit of a skilled volunteer to supplement the workforce. The organization isn't the only person benefiting from this experience.  Here are 3 reasons you should volunteer:

Foster Well-being

Volunteering helps foster emotional well-being. Social interaction and a sense of accomplishment that come from volunteering have been linked to overall mental health improvement. Physical health also benefits from volunteering. One study found that volunteers are more likely to utilize preventative health services and spent fewer nights in the hospital. There has even been a link found between volunteerism and lower mortality rates in adults. 

Gain Experience

Volunteering can also benefit a person professionally as they search for employment; work and experience do not have to be paid to be valuable. Volunteer work can help employers understand your interests and skills as well as support information in your resume if you have little to no paid professional experience. According to a survey conducted by LinkedIn, about 41% of hiring managers consider volunteer work to be just as valuable as paid work when looking at candidates for a job. 

Cultivate Community

The most effective and sustainable way to make positive change in our neighborhoods is through community involvement. It is important to acknowledge that the residents are the experts of their community. Coming together gives us the opportunity to improve the area we live in, work in, and children play in. Volunteering allows us to make new friends, expand our network, and boost social skills. The relationships built through volunteer work can transcend ethnic, class, and geographic lines which otherwise divide communities. The outcome of these relationships and volunteer opportunities ultimately ends with stronger communities.

Volunteer work creates opportunities for all people to thrive, to build strong and resilient communities and ensure a more equitable society. Moreover, it is a way for the community to see what organizations can do for the collective good as well as cultivate relationships with the people who call the community home.  Volunteering contributes to community cohesion as it brings together different segments of the population in a setting that can build lasting relationships and understanding. 


Interested in learning more about how you can get involved in volunteering at Tri County Community Action?  View our volunteer opportunities or contact the Volunteer Coordinator via email or call 717-232-9757 x117 to learn more.

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