The Robert H. Spitz Foundation recently awarded a $10,000 grant to the Ruth Matthews Bourger Women with Children Program Emergency Fund at Misericordia University. The award, administered through the Scranton Area Community Foundation, is designated to the Bourger program’s emergency fund. Established in 2000, the Bourger Women with Children Program at Misericordia is a two-generational initiative providing free housing, financial assistance, access to quality child care, and an array of social, academic and family enrichment programing to student mothers with up to three children. One of only eight such programs in the United States, the Bourger families live on campus while the student mothers earn a baccalaureate degree. From left: Rebecca Farrell, grants and scholarships associate, Scranton Area Community Foundation; Katherine Pohlidal, director, Ruth Matthews Bourger Women with Children Program; and Cathy Fitzpatrick, director of grants and scholarships, Scranton Area Community Foundation.
