PHOTO PROVIDED Joyce Mills, a friend of the late Steven Heverly, presents a check to Jim Dunne, BHCA secretary.

BELLEFONTE — Friends of the late Steven Heverly have donated $1,500 to the Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association (BHCA) in his memory.

Heverly’s friends came together to raise money to buy a bench in his honor on Allegheny Street in Bellefonte. They succeeded and had money left over after the bench was installed.

Their decision to give the funds to BHCA was based on the similarity between the organization’s mission and Heverly’s interests and activities.

Heverly was a public servant who enjoyed a decades-long career working for Centre County. In his leisure time and during his retirement, he sang, played the ukulele, wrote songs, painted, took artistic photographs and wrote plays, short stories and poetry.

His full-hearted commitment to culture and the arts aligns closely to the mission of BHCA, which seeks to enrich the lives of residents and visitors by offering programs in the literary, performing and visual arts.

BHCA plans to celebrate the story of Steve Heverly’s productive, artistic and satisfying life in the first issue of its newsletter expected early next year.

For information about BHCA, contact Joseph Griffin 484-331-4856, cbproduce@comcast.net.