- Glade Run Lutheran Services: www.gladerun.org
Glade Run Lutheran Services is a non-profit social service organization founded in 1854 by the Reverend William Passavant and is believed to be the oldest Protestant orphanage in continuous operation in the United States. We provide healing and treatment to over 1000 children, individuals and families each year through a continuum of services that includes: residential programs, in-community services, educational programs, mental health treatment and alternative services. Our 325-acre main campus is located in Zelienople is home to many of our residential programs, as well as our animal-assisted therapy and horticultural therapy programs. Glade Run also reaches out to the community through satellite offices located in Butler, Shadyside and in Northern Pittsburgh.
The Church Council has heard about Glade Run Lutheran Services & their "Building Bridges Appeal". Glade Run Lutheran Services is a Social Service Ministry of the ELCA located in Zelienople, PA. It is owned by the Southwestern, PA; Northwestern, PA; and WV-WMD Synods of the ELCA. They provide residential programs for children & young adults ages 5 to 21. Programs include in-community programs, educational programs for residential & non-residential students, & specialty services for troubled children, adults, & families. Glade Run Lutheran Services intends to respond to the increasing needs of children & families in the communities within these Synods & to build for them bridges to brighter futures. To do so, the Glade Run Leadership has implemented the Building Bridges Appeal to provide funding for these projects.
mail your contribution to:
Glade Run Lutheran Services
PO Box 70
Zelienople, PA 16063
(724) 452-4453
or to:
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
300 Gaston Avenue
Fairmont, WV 26554
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