A 90% increase in possibilities
“Gratitude” is one of the first words Leah Pepple, our director of PA Advancement and Community Relations, uses to describe how she feels about the Everett Cash Mutual (ECM) Insurance Group and its leaders. This summer the ECM Insurance Group made its fifth consecutive $500,000 Educational Improvement Tax Credit donation to help regional high school students. The funding benefits early college students living in any of the Bedford and Fulton County school districts as well as the Claysburg-Kimmel, Spring Cove, Williamsburg and Fannett-Metal school districts.
The ECM Insurance Group has made it possible for approximately 1,400 high school students to take early college courses through ACM since the 2020-2021 academic year. This is a 90% increase since the 2019-2020 academic year.
Front row: Mackenna Adams (Bedford), Jacquelyn Raymond (Bedford), Aiden Wadel (NBC), Jeff Whetstone (ECM Board), Faith Gutshall (ACM), Reaghan Grimes (NBC), Lauryle Ayers (Tussey Mountain), Alyssa Horton (Tussey Mountain), Allison Leader (Everett), and Matthew Feight (Everett). Back Row: Rachel Bithell (NBC), Larry Weber (ECM), Mike Degenhart (ECM Board), Pat Sharbaugh (ECM), Randy Shaw (ECM President/CEO), Luke Johnston (Tussey Mountain), Bette Slayton (ECM Board), and Ashton George (ACM).