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Spirit of Giving matching benefit total tops $60,000

VIENNA, W.Va. – The PM Company held its annual Spirit of Giving benefit Thursday and announced the 2016 recipients of the annual fundraising effort and the amount to be shared among agencies.

For the ninth year, Pat Minnite Sr. and his family elected to forego traditional gifts to tenants and vendors with whom they do business, giving the money instead to local charities.

The amount given this year was $60,050.

This brings the total cash and donations distributed by Spirit of Giving to nearly a half million dollars. PMC created the Spirit of Giving Fund at the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation, and they invite those businesses to join them in raising funds and needed items for the designated charities.

The PM Company then matches the money raised.

“This is the perfect way for us to come together with our businesses and friends, to demonstrate the spirit of the season,” Minnite said. “We look forward to this gift-giving all year, because we get to give to so many important efforts.”

The 2016 Recipients of the Spirit of Giving are Belpre Area Ministries, Family Crisis Intervention Center, Habitat for Humanity MOV, Firefly: A Spark of Hope, Parkersburg Art Center, Faithlink and Artsbridge. This year, for the first time, Student United Way members from high schools throughout the Mid-Ohio Valley collected canned food to donate to Belpre Area Ministries, as part of the effort.

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