Mars Planet Foundation

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The Mars Planet Foundation was established in 2009.

Board Members are:

Beth Ziegler - President
Carol Knox - Vice President
Amy Riggio - Treasurer
Tricia Holland - Secretary
Kevin Hagen
Liz Porco
LeeAnn Riner
Jenn Stuber
Doug Wolf
Vicki Zaccari


Mars Planet Foundation Board of Directors will approve all major funding decisions, including all fund-raising and allocation of funds. Terms of office for the Foundation Board president, vice president, treasurer and secretary are for one year (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31).

06/16/2026

๐Ÿˆ Scoreboard Sponsorship Opportunities Now Available!

Looking for a meaningful way to support Mars students while promoting your business?

The Mars Planet Foundation currently has a limited number of scoreboard sponsorship opportunities available at the Mars Athletic Complex for the 2026โ€“2027 school year.

Your sponsorship helps fund teacher grants, student programs, and scholarships while providing visibility at one of the most recognized gathering places in our community. ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›

Interested in learning more? Send us a message or visit marsplanetfoundation.org.

Photos from Mars Planet Foundation's post 05/05/2026

We love seeing our grants in action ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ“š

The 6th Grade Reading Relays project is going so well! The kids are fully invested, excited, and truly engaged in their books, exactly what we hoped for ๐Ÿ™Œ

The hardcover books have been a big success and we can't wait to hear about the competition.

Itโ€™s always amazing to see how these projects come to life and make a real impact for students ๐Ÿ’ซ

Vote Willingboro Chimeras or Mars Fightinโ€™ Planets: High school mascot bracket, Final 4 04/22/2026

Vote for the Mars Fightin' Planet :)

Vote Willingboro Chimeras or Mars Fightinโ€™ Planets: High school mascot bracket, Final 4 The Chimeras (New Jersey) are a No. 8 seed, while the Fightin' Planets (Pennsylvania) are No. 14.

04/07/2026

We want to say a big THANK YOU to all of the students who applied for scholarships through the Mars Planet Foundation this year. ๐Ÿ’™

We received so many thoughtful and impressive applications, and our judges are currently in the process of reviewing them.

Weโ€™re so excited to celebrate these students and announce the winners at the ceremony in May. Itโ€™s always such a special night!

Photos from Mars Planet Foundation's post 03/23/2026

๐Ÿ“บ Project Update: Mars Area High School

Installation is underway for the new TVs funded by Mars Planet Foundation.

Two monitors are already up and running, with more being added in the coming weeks. Students are also getting hands-on experience by programming the Raspberry Pi systems that power the displays.

Itโ€™s exciting to see this project come to life and make an impact throughout the school.

02/28/2026

PLEASE SHARE:
๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น?

Don McCleary Scholarship โ€“ A $2,000 Award -๐——๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ
Requirements to Apply (No Essay):

โญ Must be a graduating senior at Mars or Seneca Valley High Schools
โญ and a graduating senior at Butler County Area Vocational Technical School.
โญCurrently enrolled in a Vocational-Technical Program
โญ Plan to continue education after graduation in Heating/Cooling, Automotive Technology, Building Trades, Carpentry, Collision Repair, Heavy Equipment Repair or Welding.
โญ Must be hard worker, have good attendance, and a respectable GPA

๐Ÿ‘‰Apply Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSft3D5EIulparbS1xCPmTR15ZShr_ZkmskpuM2Aw1-0MyN53A/viewform

02/25/2026

๐Ÿšจ Mars Seniors โ€” Scholarship Deadline is This Sunday (March 1st)

https://marsplanetfoundation.org/scholarships

The Mars Planet Foundation has $29,000 available across 14 different community-based scholarships for Mars High School seniors.

These scholarships are created specifically for our local students โ€” and students can apply to more than one.

If you are a senior, or if you know one, please donโ€™t let this deadline pass.

โœ”๏ธ Review the qualifications
โœ”๏ธ Apply to any scholarships that fit
โœ”๏ธ Submit before Sunday

Letโ€™s make sure no Mars senior misses this opportunity.
https://marsplanetfoundation.org/scholarships

Photos from Mars Area School District's post 02/24/2026

A HUGE thank you to NexTierBank for their donation. And we loved seeing the drones and our teacher grants in action! ๐Ÿฅฐ https://www.facebook.com/NexTierBank

02/04/2026

Do you know a Mars High School senior? ๐ŸŽ“
Please share this with them ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ $๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€โ€”๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€. ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†-๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€.

https://marsplanetfoundation.org/scholarships

Students should visit our website to see which scholarships they qualify for and apply. Yes, seniors can apply for more than one!

Weโ€™d love to award every single dollar to Mars seniors this year ๐Ÿ’›

๐Ÿ‘‰ Tag a Mars senior
๐Ÿ‘‰ Share this post
๐Ÿ‘‰ Help spread the word

02/03/2026

The Planet Foundation was featured in the 228 Times: "๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ญ ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐€๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ž๐" Read more:
https://www.228times.com/mars-planet-foundation-expands-its-mission-as-new-fund-aims-to-help-students-in-need/

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