7 Valley non-profits get GM grants

LORDSTOWN

To the new general manager of the General Motors Lordstown plant, support from the local community is vital.

Steve Notar Donato, the Lordstown complex plant manager, said success doesn’t happen within a vacuum; it takes the support of others.

The General Motors Foundation shared in that support and recognized it on Friday with the announcement of seven local non-profits as recipients of a variety of monetary grants totaling $100,000.

“Their support allows [our] programs and services valued by the community [to remain],” said Ginny Pasha, president and CEO of the United Way of Trumbull County.

Together, the United Ways of Mahoning and Trumbull counties will split $70,000 they received from the GM Foundation.

For the Trumbull County United Way, the GM Local 1714, Local 1112 and GM management are the largest donors.

Other recipients of the grants include the American Cancer Society, Northeast Ohio region; Boys and Girls Club of Youngstown; Inspiring Minds of Warren; March of Dimes Northern Ohio Chapter; Miss Liberty House of Ravenna; and the Warren Family Mission.

Since 1976, the GM Foundation has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to American charities, educational organizations and disaster-relief efforts worldwide.

“We are so lucky that Lordstown is here producing a world-class car,” Pasha said.

Read more about the grants and GM in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.