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NMS participated in ClearWater Conservancy's Spring Creek Family Festival for several years. We donated a basket of gift items related to our interests for their fund-raising auction (in the years when an auction was held) and presented a station illustrating some aspect of our interests, with displays and giveaways.

Iron ore minerals and historical local ironmaking, 2009

For several years, NMS has constructed a series of displays in a case at Penn State's Earth & Mineral Sciences Museum and Art Gallery, on the ground floor of Deike Building at the University Park campus. They have been organized by NMS member Bob Altamura and others, with specimens from a variety of members, and have included:
- The State College Oolite
- Major Pegmatite Districts in the Eastern U.S.
- Minerals of Mexico
- Petrified Wood

Pegmatite minerals from North Carolina (left), Maine (center), and Connecticut (right).

A collection of mineral specimen photographs by NMS member John Passaneau currently hangs in the main hallway outside the Museum galleries.

In late 2011, a new display case of fluorescent minerals was installed in the Museum. The electronic controller for the timed sequence of white light and various wavelengths of ultraviolet light was designed and made by John Passaneau.

The American Federation of Mineralogical Societies' Scholarship Foundation accepts donations and distributes scholarships through the regional federations including EFMLS (choose 'EFMLS' at the bottom of the table on that page). One dollar per club member is considered a 100% donation.

NMS has donated, in memory of those listed:

2008	200%	Jay Lininger, Pennsylvania mineral collector and publisher of MATRIX magazine
2009	100%	Thomas J. Confer, Treasures of the Earth rock shop (Howard, PA) proprietor Dr. H. Reginald Hardy Jr., collector, mineral scientist and engineer Dr. Robert E. Newnham, crystallographer and inventor who made use of crystal structure
2010	100%	Annie A. Passaneau, collector and volunteer
2011	100%	Forest L. Benford Jr., earth science enthusiast and volunteer Peter B. Nalle, collector and supporter David E. Snell, Penn State Mineral Museum curator
2017	200%	Joann Snell, member and volunteer Charlotte Smith, collector and volunteer Mike Sincak, major long-term donor and Treasures of the Earth, Ltd. (Holsopple, PA) proprietor John Passaneau, founding member, donor, officer, award-winning collector Jeanne Dague, member, volunteer and donor

NMS has undertaken a program to donate books in our field to local public and school libraries. We have donated:

2010	Penn State Earth & Mineral Sciences Library	The Mines and Minerals of Chester County, Pennsylvania, by Ron Sloto, in memory of Dr. Allen Heyl
2010	Centre Learning Community Charter School	Smithsonian Handbook: Rocks and Minerals, by Pellant
2011	Schlow Library, State College, PA	Masterpieces of the Mineral World, by Wilson and Bartsch, in memory of Annie Passaneau
2011	Mount Nittany Middle School Library	Smithsonian Handbook: Rocks and Minerals, by Pellant
2011	Park Forest Middle School Library	Minerals - A Firefly Guide, by Guastoni & Appiani
2011	State College Area High School Library North	The Picking Table (DVD), Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society
2011	State College Area High School Library South	Geology of Pennsylvania, ed. by Shultz
2011	Bellefonte Area High School Library	Geology of Pennsylvania, ed. by Shultz
2011	Penns Valley High School Library	Geology of Pennsylvania, ed. by Shultz
2011	Bald Eagle Area High School Library	Geology of Pennsylvania, ed. by Shultz
2011	St. Joseph's Academy Library	Geology of Pennsylvania, ed. by Shultz Smithsonian Handbook: Rocks and Minerals, by Pellant Minerals - A Firefly Guide, by Guastoni & Appiani
2017	Penn State Earth & Mineral Sciences Library	The Mines and Minerals of Berks County, Pennsylvania, by Ron Sloto, in memory of David Snell
2025	Penn State Earth & Mineral Sciences Library	The Mines and Minerals of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, by Ron Sloto, in memory of Charlotte Smith
2025	Penn State Earth & Mineral Sciences Library	The Mines and Minerals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, by Ron Sloto, in memory of John 'Pen' Ambler
2025	Penn State Earth & Mineral Sciences Library	The Mines and Minerals of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by Ron Sloto, in memory of Joseph A. Dague Jr. and Jeanne Dague

Our members have given presentations and donated specimens to various school, homeschool and Scout groups through the years. We may be able to provide specimens if teachers contact us with specific needs.