The Randall Hart Family Community Enhancement Fund provided $25,000 to Seneca Valley for teacher classroom grants. Pictured, from left, are Lynn Burtner, Seneca Valley School District business manager; Annie Mersing, Seneca Valley Foundation development director; Randy Hart; and his son, Justin Hart, Harmony Fire District assistant chief. Submitted photo

The Hart family has set aside $100,000 of their own money to donate via grants to important entities in and around Zelienople.

Randy Hart said of the Randall Hart Family Community Enhancement Fund, $50,000 is earmarked for Harmony Fire District; $25,000 for teacher grants at Seneca Valley School District; and $25,000 for park and Main Street improvements in Zelienople borough.

“We’ve been very fortunate,” Hart said, “so it came time to go big or go home.”

He said about $35,000 has been distributed so far, with the fire district receiving $22,000, the Strand Theater $5,000, along with various smaller grants of $1,000.