The African American Museum of Bucks County recently received a donation of $10,000 from the Samuel Staten, Sr. Charitable Trust, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, to be used toward the development of its new permanent home in Middletown Township. The presentation was made at the Bucks County Visitor Center in Bensalem.
Samuel Staten, Jr., business manager LIUNA Local Union #332, secretary treasurer of Laborers’ District Council of the Metropolitan Area of Philadelphia and Vicinity, and international vice president of the Laborers International Union of North America, along with the Samuel Staten, Sr. Charitable Trust’s board of trustees, presented the $10,000 check to Linda Salley, president and executive director of the AAMBC, along with the museum’s board of directors.
Also in attendance was Bucks County Commissioner Diane M. Ellis-Marseglia and Bucks County project and diversity officer Bernard Griggs, Jr., who have been pivotal in the establishment of the new museum site.
“It’s so important that the treasured artifacts, educational programs and special exhibits that are currently a mobile museum have a permanent home and a wider audience,” said Staten. “The new home of the African American Museum of Bucks County will help spread the knowledge of the rich legacy of the African American experience to a much wider audience. The Samuel Staten, Sr. Charitable Trust is proud to support the AAMBC and hope to continue our support in the future.”
“We are grateful to the Samuel Staten, Sr. Charitable Trust for their support,” said Salley. “After the generously gifted lease from the Bucks County Commissioners of the Boone Farm, we will need to make the newly renovated building into a museum. These funds will help us do just that.”
