The Wayne P. Urbine Funeral Home, 408 S. Main St., Jersey Shore, presented the Jersey Shore Summer Recreation department with a $1,000 grant on behalf of the funeral home and the Matthew’s Children’s Foundation.

According to a news release, the Matthew’s Children’s Foundation is a non-profit organization funded by the Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions and Matthews Cemetery Products, organized in Pittsburgh where a donation in memory of the deceased is made to the Matthew’s Children’s Foundation with a purchase of a Matthews/Aurora casket at a participating funeral home.

The Matthew’s Children’s Foundation grants that money to local nonprofit children’s organizations whose sole purpose is to support children. To date, over $5 million has been awarded to children’s charities across the country.