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Record Erie Gives totals

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Ruth Thompson, director of The Anna Shelter, speaks at the Erie Gives results event, while Erie Community Foundation President Karen Biloweth looks on, Sep. 17, 2024. Photo by Joel Natalie, TalkErie.com.

The 2024 edition of the annual Erie Gives giving day sponsored by the Erie Community Foundation was another record breaker.

In an event Tuesday morning at UPMC Park, Foundation officials announced that a total of $9,709,602 were raised on August 13th. A total of 11,237 donors gave to 513 different non-profits who participated. The United Way of Erie County received the highest dollar amount donated, and The Anna Shelter the most donations…1,176.