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BC3 distributes record 83 Thanksgiving meals

November 21, 2025

(Butler, PA) Without the meal package she received from Butler County Community College’s food security team, Thanksgiving “would have been a hardship,” said a 39-year-old BC3 student from Crawford County who plans to spend the holiday with...

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BC3 Education Foundation to offer record 164 scholarships in 2025-2026

April 11, 2025

(Butler, PA) The Butler County Community College Education Foundation will have available to BC3 students in the 2025-2026 academic year the most named scholarships in its 40-year history.

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BC3 distributes record 78 Thanksgiving meal packages

November 22, 2024

(Butler, PA) Alone, Erin Conliffe will play her favorite Christmas carols on her laptop computer because, she said, she can’t afford cable or a streaming service to watch Thanksgiving parades or specials on television.

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BC3 to expand Pioneer Pantry to additional locations as part of $20K grant

January 23, 2024

(Butler, PA) A Butler County Community College food security program for low-income students will receive a $20,000 grant that will in part expand a 4½-year-old main campus Pioneer Pantry to BC3 additional locations in Armstrong, Butler, Jefferson...

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Making the grade: Students laud BC3’s free tutoring

September 25, 2023

(New Castle, PA) Thirty-six-year-old Samantha Grieve stared at the 1.5-inch-thick textbook before BC3 @ Lawrence Crossing’s spring semester began in January 2022.

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$5K raised by BC3, community to provide free holiday meals

November 11, 2022

(Butler, PA) A Butler County Community College campaign to which employees, students and community members contributed $5,145 in September will provide free holiday meals to BC3 Pioneer Pantry patrons and in boxes decorated with paper hearts painted...

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BC3 among first in PA to be designated as Hunger-Free Campus

September 27, 2022

(Butler, PA) The frozen chicken wings, fresh sweet potato, boxed pasta and bottled juice Kelly Heckert wheels with other foods in a red wagon from Butler County Community College’s Pioneer Pantry will provide supplemental nutrition for the adult...

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