GREENVILLE, Pa. – On November 7, Robert Piccirilli, vice president-branch manager, Greenville Plaza Office, and Debbie McMaster, community market president and area manager for National City Bank, presented Thiel College with a check for $3,000. The funds were donated to the college through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC). 

EITC allows businesses to direct a portion of their tax dollars to support local organizations, which are designated by the state as approved scholarship, educational improvement and/or a pre-kindergarten scholarship organizations. Thiel College is an education improvement organization, providing educational outreach to local K-12 schools through programs such as College for Kids, Thiel Scholars and Earth Week.

Pictured are Robert Piccirilli, vice president-branch manager, Greenville Plaza Office; Dr. Robert Olson ’60, president of Thiel College; and Debbie McMaster, community market president and area manager for National City Bank.