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PORT ANGELES  – Thanks to The Albert and Helen Mangan Fund, United Way of Clallam County has just given big shot in the arm to five local non-profits totaling over a half million dollars.

The Mangan’s set up the fund to support organizations that help young people and the elderly. The first-ever distribution of this fund is for a total of $565,000 and will be distributed to the following organizations:

$100,000 to Boys and Girls Clubs for the new Port Angeles club house library, $100,000 to Peninsula Behavioral Health for the naming rights of the conference room in their new children’s clinic, $15,000 to St. Andrew’s Place for completion of their building’s roofing project, $100,000 to The Answer for Youth to pay off a portion of  its building’s mortgage, and $250,000 to Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County to complete construction of an office building.

United Way’s Christy Smith says the Mangan Fund is unique from many other charity grants.

Smith says Albert and Helen Mangan gave a total of 1.59 million dollars to be distributed between 2018 and 2028.

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