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Butler County Answer Book: How to contact community organizations

Jen Butler takes time from her morning to donate blood during a blood drive to honor the memory of fallen firefighter Corey Comperatore in Freeport on Saturday, April 12, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

∎Alliance for Nonprofit Resources

Address: 127 S. Main St., Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Chris Lunn, executive director

Telephone: 724-431-3663

Website: www.anrinfo.org

∎American Red Cross

Address: 2801 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Contact: Jorge Martinez, chief executive officer, Southwestern PA chapter

Telephone: 412-263-3100

Website: www.redcross.org/local/pennsylvania/greater-pennsylvania.html

Givee Murphy and Quan Jamison feed the animals at the Big Butler Fair petting zoo in 2024. Holly Mead/ Special to the Eagle

∎Big Butler Fair and Agricultural Association

Address: 1127 New Castle Road, Prospect, PA 16052

Telephone: 724-865-2400

Website: www.bigbutlerfair.com

∎Butler County Council of Governments

Address: 2525 Rochester Road, Cranberry, PA 16066

Telephone: 724-612-7315

Email: butlercog@gmail.com

Butler County Dairy Princess Mercedes Guynup drinks some Marburgers chocolate milk as Thiele Dairy Farm hosted a dairy legislation promo on Thursday June 13, 2024. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

∎Butler County Farm Bureau

Contact: County information director, Evelyn Minteer

Telephone: 724- 679 -8169

Email: eminteer362@gmail.com

Website: www.pfb.com/butler

Board meetings: 7:30 p.m. fourth Wednesday of each month

∎Butler County Fire Chiefs Association

Address: 120 McCune Drive, Butler, PA, 16001

Contact: Chief of directors of emergency services, Scott Frederick

Telephone: 724-283-3430 ext. 218

Email: BCFCA10@gmail.com

Website: www.butlercountyfca.org/

∎Butler County Fire Police Association

Address: 363 Little Creek Road, Harmony, PA 16037

Contact: Eugene Bartlett, president

Telephone: 724-816-2115

Email: zfp221@hotmail.com

Website: www.bcfpa87.org

∎Butler County 4-H

Address: Penn State Extension of Butler County, 101 Motor Pool Way, Butler, PA 16001

Telephone: 724-287-4761

Email: ButlerExt@psu.edu

Website: extension.psu.edu/butler

∎Butler County HazMat Team

Address: 124 W. Diamond St., Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Scott Hoffman

Telephone: 724-284-5211 ext. 3

Email: shoffman@co.butler.pa.us

Website: www.butlercountypa.gov/directory.aspx?did=15

Jaxon Lopes, 5, plays in water at the Alameda Park pool on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎Butler County Parks and Recreation

Address: 184 Alameda Park Road, Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Lance Welliver, director

Telephone: 724-284-5383

Email: alamedapark@co.butler.pa.us

Website: bcpr.recdesk.com/community

The chalkboard in the Little Red Schoolhouse in Butler reads “Welcome to History Day” during Butler County History Day on Saturday, June 21, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎Experience Butler County

Address: 310 E. Grandview Ave., Zelienople, PA 16063

Contact: Amy Pack, executive director

Telephone: 724-234-4619

Email: info@visitbutlercounty.com

Website: www.visitbutlercounty.com

∎Butler Dog Training Association

Address: 1017 Evans City Road, Renfrew, PA 16053

Telephone: 724-482-6017 or 724-287-3933

Email: dogpawscs@zoominternet.net

Website: www.butlerdogtraining.com

Caitlin Wirick, 5, checks out a John Deere tractor during the 25th annual Kids Day America event at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Saturday, May 10, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎Butler Farm Show

Address: 625 Evans City Road, Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Ken Laughlin, board of directors president

Telephone: 724-482-4000

Email: info@butlerfarmshow.com

Website: www.butlerfarmshow.com

Marsh Miller places meal bags into his car on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 in preparation to deliver meals for Meals on Wheels. Eddie Trizzino/Butler Eagle

∎Butler Meals on Wheels

Address: 218 E. Jefferson St., Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Terri Tirk, director

Telephone: 724-285-3815

Email: directorofmow@gmail.com

Website: www.butlermealsonwheels.com

Celia Puz demonstrates tai chi moves to newcomers during a World Tai Chi Day celebration at the Butler YMCA on Sunday, April 27, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎Butler YMCA

Address: 339 N. Washington St., Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Tom Spence, executive director, Dave Hilliard, president and CEO

Telephone: 724-287-4733

Fax: 724-287-1007

Website: bcfymca.org

∎Center for Community Resources

Address: 212-214 S. Main St., Suite 625, Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Brandon Savochka

Telephone: 724-431-0095

Website: www.ccrinfo.org

Chris Wolff, a nutrition specialist with Community Partnership, bags a customer's groceries at the Produce Cart farmer's market outside the Butler Area Public Library on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎Community Partnership

Address: 122 McCune Drive, Butler, PA, 16001

Contact: Sandy Curry

Telephone: 724-766-9029

Email: scurry@yourcapinfo.org

Website: yourcapinfo.org

∎Cranberry Women’s Club

Address: P.O. Box 1402, Cranberry Township, PA 16066

Contact: Sue Brennan, president

Email: cwc16066@gmail.com

Website: www.cranberrywomensclub.org

∎Early Bird Toastmasters

Address: Butler YMCA, 339 N. Washington St., Butler, PA 16001

Telephone: 724-556-1386

Website: www.facebook.com/ButlerEarlybirds/

Meetings: 8:30 to 10 a.m. second and fourth Saturdays of the month

Katie McDonald rides Aly during the Elliott Acres Annual Horse Show & Fundraiser at Elliott Acres Therapeutic Riding Center on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎Elliott Acres Therapy Riding Inc.

Address: 168 Headland Road, Butler, PA 16002

Telephone: 724-991-2477

Website: www.elliottacrestherapyriding.org

Cynthia Kramer, left, and Peggy Tonini, two members of the GFWC Intermediate League of Butler, prepare sandwiches for attendees of an ARC of Butler event on Thursday, April 17, 2025 at the Tanglewood Center. Eddie Trizzino/Butler Eagle

∎GFWC Intermediate League of Butler

Address: 112 Westwood Manor, Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Yolanda Cypher, president

Telephone: 724-282-3447

Email: yfc2841@gmail.com

∎GFWC Junior Women’s Club of Butler

Address: P.O. Box 1749, Butler, PA 16003

Contact: Contact Gael Gilliland, vice president

Email: gfwcbutler@gmail.com

Website: www.butlerjrwomens.com

∎Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania

Address: 503 Martindale St., Suite 500, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Telephone: 800-248-3355

Website: www.gswpa.org

∎Grove City Area United Way

Address: P.O. Box 388, Grove City, PA 16127

Contact: Amy Foley, executive director

Telephone: 724-458-4527

Email: gcunitedway@zoominternet.net

Website: www.grovecityunitedway.org

Slippery Rock University student Jaden Pasquinelli has fun after presentation in a class for Institute for Learning in Retirement at Eisenberg building on Slippery Rock university campus on Thursday April 25, 2024. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

∎Institute for Learning in Retirement

Address: 165 Elm St., Slippery Rock, PA 16057

Email: info@ilretirement.org

Website: www.ilretirement.org

Michael Bestwick, owner of Pennie's Bake Shop, left, speaks with In Toto program manager Krystin Smith, center, and client Kim Bingham, on Wednesday morning, April 30, at the bake shop, surrounded by art made by In Toto clients. Eddie Trizzino/Butler Eagle

∎In Toto Community Resource Center

Address: 143 S. Main St., Zelienople, PA. 16063

Contact: Krystin Smith, inclusive autism program manager

Telephone: 724-473-0990

Website: www.intotocommunity.org

Nurse Practitioner Linda Campbell demonstrates a vision test on Executive Director Kim Reamer at the Jean B. Purvis Health Center on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎Jean B. Purvis Community Health Center

Address: 103 Bonnie Drive, Butler, PA 16002

Contact: Kimberly Reamer, executive director

Telephone: 724-841-0980

Fax: 724-841-0984

Website: www.butlerhealthclinic.org

Pete Andolina with Alpha-Sensory demonstrates a SightCare machine during an Innovations in Technology event at Lifesteps Assistive Technology in Butler on Thursday, May 29, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎Lifesteps

Address: 383 New Castle Road, Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Karen Owens, executive director

Telephone: 724-283-1010

Email: info@lifesteps.net

Website: www.lifesteps.net

Kathy Hensler sweeps between different rows of the pantry as volunteers from the Rose Schneider YMCA joined together to help clean and organize the Lighthouse Foundation Food Pantry in Valencia on Friday. March 14, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

∎Lighthouse Foundation

Address: 116 Browns Hill Road, Suite 400, Valencia, PA 16059

Mailing address: P.O. Box 366, Bakerstown, PA 15007

Contact: Victoria Spreng, executive director

Telephone: 724-586-5554

Fax: 888-457-7396

Email: info@thelighthousepa.org, vspreng@thelighthousepa.org

Website: www.thelighthousepa.org

∎Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Western Region

Telephone: 610-825-4902

Email: pa.state@madd.org

Website: www.madd.org

∎Mental Health Association

Address: 140 N. Elm St., Butler, PA 16001

Telephone: 724-287-1965

Fax: 724-287-7090

Website: www.mhabutler.org

Jasper Wood from Boy Scout Troop 16 out of Butler solders in the electronics class at the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎Moraine Trails Council, Boy Scouts of America

Address: 830 Morton Ave. ext., Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Ray Tennent, scout executive

Telephone: 724-287-6791

Fax: 724-287-0400

Website: www.morainetrails.org

∎Nonprofit Development Corporation

Address: 127 S. Main St., Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Chris Lunn, executive director

Phone: 724-431-3663

Matthew Smith competes in bareback riding during the North Washington Rodeo on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎North Washington IPRA Rodeo

Address: 2225 Oneida Valley Road, Petrolia, PA 16050

Mailing address: P.O. Box 94, North Washington, PA 16048

Contact: Dave Hazlet, president

Telephone: 724-894-2050

Fax: 724-606-1014

Email: nwvfdrodeo@gmail.com

Website: www.northwashingtonvfd.com/rodeo

Wendy Fancella, volunteer with Operation Spay & Neuter, gets cats from their crates to weigh them during a spay and neuter event at the Unionville Volunteer Fire Company on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎Operation Spay Neuter, Inc.

Address: PO Box 1604 Butler, PA 16003

Telephone: 724-287-SPAY (7729)

Email: osn@zoominternet.net

Website: www.operationspayneuter.org

∎Penn State Master Gardeners Butler County

Address: 101 Motor Pool Way, Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Diane Dallos, Master Gardener coordinator

Telephone: 724-287-4761

Email: butlerext@psu.edu

Website: extension.psu.edu/butler-county

Lara Davies keeps an eye on her son Dashyl Davies, 10 months, during a Tough Mothers workout class at the Rose E. Schneider Family YMCA in Cranberry Township on Thursday, April 10, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

∎Rose E. Schneider Family YMCA

Address: 2001 Ehrman Road, Cranberry Township, PA 16066

Contact: Carrie Fox, executive director, Dave Hilliard - president and CEO

Telephone: 724-452-9122

Website: rose.bcfymca.org/

∎Seniors for Safe Driving

Address: P.O. Box 505, Lyndora, PA 16045

Telephone: 724-283-0245

Email: support@seniorsforsafedriving.com

Website: www.seniorsforsafedriving.com

Becky Plymale presents the 2025 Community Ruby Award to Justine Brown during a luncheon sponsored by the Soroptimist International of Butler County on Saturday, March 29, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

∎Soroptimist International of Butler County

Address: P.O Box 1882, Butler, PA 16003

Contact: Marianne Hill

Telephone: 724-321-1309

Website: www.soroptimist.org

∎Southern Butler County Garden Club

Address: 380 Castle Creek Drive, Seven Fields, PA 16046

Telephone: 724-776-6099

Website: www.southernbutlercountygardenclub.org

∎Southwestern PA Corporation Commute Info Program

Address: 42 21st St., Suite 101, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Telephone: 888-819-6110

Email: commuteinfo@spcregion.org

Website: www.commuteinfo.org

∎Special Olympics Pennsylvania/Butler County

Address: 300 Cedar Ridge Drive, Ste 320, Pittsburgh

Telephone: 724-375-7515

Email: 3riversregion@specialolympicspa.org

Website: www.specialolympicspa.org

Vito Latronica, middle, helps to finish reading a story with Steven Green as St. Stephen's Lutheran Academy Glade Run Library receives new books from the United Way Big Book Drop on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

∎United Way of Southwestern PA

Address: 124 Hollywood Dr. Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Amy Franz, regional vice president

Telephone: 724-487-6032

Website: www.uwswpa.org

Email:

∎Victim Outreach Intervention Center (VOICe)

Address: 301 First St., Butler

Contact: Tracy Veri, executive director

Telephone: 724-283-8700 or 800-400-8551 (24-hour hotline)

Website: www.voicebutlercounty.org

Email: info@voiceforvictims.com

Co-founder of the group Poets Against Racism & Hate USA Patricia Thrushart speaks at the “Uniting in Poetry & Song: A Juneteenth Celebration,” at the Butler YWCA on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle

∎YWCA

Address: 120 W. Cunningham St., Butler, PA 16001

Telephone: 724-287-5709

Website: www.ywcabutler.org

Contact: Elizabeth Short, executive director

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