Thank you to the community for a successful United Way golf event

To the Editor:

The 2026 United Way of Mifflin-Juniata’s Golf United Classic was held on May 8 at the Lewistown Country Club. This was the fifth annual Golf United Classic event, and it was a great success.

This event was a fantastic example of the supportive and giving nature of our communities. We want to thank our sponsors who made this day a success. Special thanks go to our title sponsor Geisinger College of Health Sciences! We also wish to thank our Ace sponsor Juniata Valley Bank, and our Eagle sponsors: The Stewardship Group, Century 21 Above & Beyond, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Nittany Valley, and Fleet Reps. Thank you to our gift bag sponsor – Rick Noerr, our hole-in-one sponsor Horizon Farm Credit and our hole sponsors: Altiery Gingerich Insurance Agency, LLC; Boulevard Station Car Wash; Boyer & Ritter, LLC; Burnt Timbers Winery; Crider-Mitchell Construction; Dunkin’ Donuts; Downtown OIP & Grille; Fike Brothers Carpet One Floor & Home; FoxPro, Inc.; King-Barr Funeral Home; Kish Printing; Lake Ford; Lerch RV; MCS Bank; Miller Cinemas; Pennian Bank; Penn State Construction; Phoenix Physical Therapy; Sanitation Solutions Plus, LLC; Sheetz, Inc.; State Farm Insurance, Amanda Moeller; and The Square Café. We also thank those companies and individuals who donated items gifts and prizes: Dunkin’ Donuts, Sheetz, FoxPro, Century 21 Above and Beyond, The Downtown OIP, Lewistown Country Club, Hungry Run Distillery, Gold Key Real Estate and Appraising, Hungry Run Distillery, Miller Cinemas, FNB, Shy Bear Brewing, and AAA.

We feel very lucky to have so many great community-minded businesses and individuals in Mifflin and Juniata counties. A big thank you also goes out to the Lewistown Sentinel, Juniata Valley Chamber of Commerce and Seven Mountains Media for helping us spread the word for this important annual event. We send a big thank you to the Lewistown Country Club for their work in making the day so pleasurable for everyone!

United is the Way!

Collette Hartzler