PHOTO PROVIDED The Rotary Club of Downtown Lock Haven donated $500 each to three local nonprofits recently. From left are Laura Orndorf, president of Sleep in Heavenly Peace — PA Lock Haven; Lisa Schropp, Downtown Rotary president; Traci Fotorny, founder and president of Boxes of Hope; and Holly Beaver, executive director of The New Love Center.

LOCK HAVEN — Feeding families, helping kids, inspiring hope. Local people accomplish these things on a regular basis.

Three nonprofit organizations that help were showcased at the annual People of Action Open House, hosted recently by the Rotary Club of Downtown Lock Haven.

The public talked with Rotarians, enjoyed snacks, and met people from The New Love Center, Boxes of Hope, and Sleep in Heavenly Peace — PA Lock Haven.

Downtown Rotary donated $500 each to these three worthy causes and gave their leaders a forum to talk about what they do.

Laura Orndorf, president of the local chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, showed models of the single beds and bunk beds that SHP builds and installs for children who don’t have a bed of their own. A bed from SHP can promote not just healthy sleep but also self-respect because it gives a child a place in the house that belongs to them.

PHOTO PROVIDED Traci Fotorny, a breast cancer survivor, talks about the Boxes of Hope she sends to help women fighting the disease.

The local SHP has delivered more than 350 beds in the past three years.

Traci Fotorny founded Boxes of Hope four years ago and since then has sent more than 3,000 pink boxes filled with little gifts to women battling breast cancer. The boxes have brought comfort to women across the nation and even in other countries.

The New Love Center has fed thousands in Clinton County and other counties in the region. Holly Beaver, executive director, described the impact the center’s food programs make on our area and the people who live here.

Downtown Lock Haven Rotary gave $1,500 at the open house and credits the community’s generosity for making the donations possible.

If you sponsored a Flag of Honor for Memorial Day or an Angel Light for 9/11, or participated in any other club fundraiser, you had a small part in providing a bed, feeding the hungry, and sharing some much-needed hope.

PHOTO PROVIDED Laura Orndorf, president of Sleep in Heavenly Peace — PA Lock Haven, explains models of the beds the group builds and installs for kids.

For more information about Downtown Rotary, contact club president Lisa Schropp at 814-244-2929.

PHOTO PROVIDED Holly Beaver, right, executive director of The New Love Center, stands with Lisa Schropp, president of the Rotary Club of Downtown Lock Haven.