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Comfort Keepers, an in-home medical care provider, recently presented the Northwest Area Elementary Life Skills class with a $1,500 donation to add to the NWA Dream of a Lifetime Fund. The Northwest Area Elementary Life Skills class is raising money to take five Life Skills students to Walt Disney World in September. The class has raised $20,000 of the $25,000 needed for the trip. For more information visit NWA Life Skills Dream of a Lifetime on Facebook. The next fundraising event will be the second annual Bike Run on Saturday, June 27. Donations can be sent to Northwest Area Life Skills/Disney Fund, PNC Bank, 132 Main St., Mocanaqua, PA 18655. At the check presentation, from left, first row, are Christina Oliphant, operations manager, Comfort Keepers, and Jennifer Oiler, special education director. Second row: students Quinn Davenport, Abigail Bierly, Tara Adams and John Slovick. Third row: Lurena Gimble, special education teacher, and Thomas Adams, licensed practical nurse. Lorelai Scafella is also a Life Skills student.