WILLIAMSPORT– It was a very successful day for over 300 nonprofits in the region yesterday following a 30-hour online philanthropic effort. The First Community Foundation’s “Raise the Region” campaign wrapped up at midnight. Over one-point-four million dollars were given by area residents through 82-hundred gifts to those non-profits. This amount surpassed last year’s total as well. Raise the Region started on Wednesday night at 6:00 p.m. and wrapped up at midnight.
