Pike County Veterans Support Fund and the 2026 Fundraising Luncheon

Pike County keeps a Veterans Support Fund, donated through the Greater Pike Community Foundation, that helps the Veterans Affairs Office reach veterans beyond its budget; its first annual fundraiser, the "Trailblazing Women of Valor" luncheon of May 22, 2026, honoured Katherine Lemon and charged veterans $25 against $45 general admission.

Also called: Veterans Support Fund, Greater Pike Community Foundation, fundraiser, luncheon, Women of Valor, Katherine Lemon, Kay Lemon, Tom Quick Inn, [email protected], Milford, Milford, Matamoras, Shohola, Dingmans Ferry, Hawley, Lords Valley, Blooming Grove, Palmyra, Greene, Lackawaxen, Porter, Delaware, Westfall, Lehman, Sawkill.

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Pike County, PACounty

The fund. The county's Veterans Affairs page carries a "Donate to Veterans Support Fund" link to the Greater Pike Community Foundation's donation page (fund 1167). At the Commissioners' meeting of February 18, 2026, Commissioner Caceres announced the office's first annual fundraiser for "the Pike County Veterans' Service Fund", with Katherine "Kay" Lemon of Matamoras the first honoree, saying the fund "will enable our Veterans' Services office to continue to do more great work and expand their vision and be able to fund the different things that they want to do beyond what they're doing now"; the county counts "close to four thousand" veterans. The June 3, 2026 minutes record the luncheon as "an amazing success" and the number raised for "the Veterans' Services Foundation" to follow. The luncheon. The First Annual Pike County Veterans' fundraising luncheon, Friday, May 22, 2026, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Tom Quick Inn, Milford, theme "Trailblazing Women of Valor"; general admission $45 including lunch and ceremony, veterans $25; tickets and questions by email to [email protected], or by cheque to the Pike County Veterans' Affairs Office, 837 Route 6, Unit 3, Shohola, PA 18458. Commissioner Osterberg tied it to the Matamoras Veterans' Park's June 12, 2026 unveiling of its Women in Service monument, for which women veterans were asked to send their stories. Ask the office what the fund paid for: the Veterans Affairs Office, 570-296-3563, [email protected].

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Pike County veterans	The fund is the county’s own veterans money; ask the office.

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