CRANBERRY TWP — The Cranberry Township Community Chest will donate $10,000 to help repair vandalism that occurred in Graham Park during the weekend, which could cost more than $20,000 to fix.

Gretchen Moran, a community chest board member, said Thursday afternoon that the board of directors decided at a meeting Wednesday night to give the money for repairs.

Almost all of the vandalism at the park occurred in a small area that honors the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Police said the vandals broke lighting, stole flags and threw items into a pond.

Township police are continuing to investigate the incident. They are checking businesses’ security cameras in the area to see if any of them caught images of the vandals entering or leaving the park.

Township police Sgt. Chuck Mascellino said police have determined that the vandals hit sometime during the night of March 16, although police aren’t sure of the exact time.

Mascellino said the damage was “extensive” and that the perpetrators threw numerous items into a pond.

The vandals stole several American flags as well as flags representing both the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. In addition, there was damage done to lighting fixtures as well as downspouts on several buildings.

Mascellino said public works crews discovered the damage early Monday morning and that most of the damage had been repaired by the afternoon.

“The community chest has a big interest in the park and the scouting plaza in particular, being that it was our community project in 2012,” Moran said. “We were just devastated that somebody would do that and we wanted to help put it back together.”

The community chest annually receives donations from hundreds of residents and businesses.

Jerry Andree, township manager, said that the township has insurance but as with any policy, when a claim is filed, premiums can increase. The $10,000 donation will help reduce the claim for damages.

“That’s a great help,” Andree said of the donation. “Right now, it’s at $20,000 (damage estimates) and we’re still calculating the costs. It could still go up.”