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The Adams County Community Foundation is pleased to announce that The Hope Clinic recently received a grant from the Earl & Pam Johnson Fund for baby supplies.
The clinic was able to purchase cribs and crib mattresses for the Safe Sleep training program, which allows Hope Clinic clients to earn a Pack ‘n Play or credit towards the purchase of a crib.
Becky Fahl, the Hope Clinic Office manager, expressed appreciation for the baby supplies, which will provide multiple families with necessary items for their babies.
Audra Snyder, ACCF Board and grants committee member, added that this will be an annual gift to the Hope Clinic as the Johnson family remembers the ACCF and this community in their estate plans.
“We celebrate this Adams County couple for the support they left for many organizations.”
Earl and Pam Johnson wanted to do something special for their community. They contacted the ACCF when they were making their estate-planning arrangements. They had dreams of helping many, and they trusted the Adams County Community Foundation to follow through with these wishes.
“If you know someone like the Johnsons, and wish to remember our community in your estate plans, please talk with your attorney or call the ACCF to make these arrangements,” said an ACCF official.
Pamela and Earl Johnson were wonderfully generous to Adams County.
Though legally blind, Earl Johnson did not allow this challenge to interrupt his walks around Decatur. Well-known in Decatur as a kind and loving spirit, he owned and operated Mi-La-Dee Beauty Salon for over 40 years. In 1974 he married his beloved Pam McCoy and they shared 38 years together. Pam worked for Do-It-Best Corporation for 44 years. They were active members of the Decatur Church of God and loved Adams County. Earl established various funds to return support to a community they so enjoyed. These are endowed funds, so an annual distribution will be made for these areas of support.
The Earl and Pam Johnson grant to the Hope Clinic is just one example of a generous couple that continues to give after they are gone.
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