While waiting for Pennsylvania’s budget impasse to finally end Wednesday, Nov. 12, the nonprofit Community Partnership staffers stepped up and worked without pay in September to meet client needs.

The Franklin Township nonprofit, which has a mission to decrease poverty and make fresh, healthy food accessible to residents of Butler County — had its six employees either working without pay for a month or working a quarter of their usual full-time hours and collecting unemployment.

“We’re lucky because a lot of nonprofits had to close,” Community Partnership president Sandra Curry said. “But we made some personal sacrifices as a staff to make it work.”

Some employees worked their usual hours, but picked up other jobs on the evenings or weekends to cover their own bills, Curry said.

“Somet

See Full Page