For the second year in a row, Harcros Chemicals was able to donate money to a local nonprofit organization, and this year it just happened to be during the holiday season.

Daniel Miles of Harcros Chemicals, known as the largest privately owned chemical distributor in the United States, presented a check for $10,000 to the Center for Pregnancy Choices Wednesday.

“All of our funding comes from the generosity and support of community members,” new CPC executive director Priscilla Black said.

Black accepted the check in just her third week on the job at the nonprofit organization. CPC board members Lee Robertson, Dianna Wolfe and Beverly White were also on hand for the donation.

Miles’ main mission in picking the CPC to receive the money was to help bring awareness of the organization to the community. He hopes people are aware of the center, who they are and what they do so that it will be utilized and maybe more people will choose to make a donation.

Another factor in choosing to give to the CPC was the fact that they moved into their new location, 1401 Adams St., in the spring and he knew there were a lot of remodeling expenses. Last year’s donation went to securing the new location and this year the money will help complete the settling in process.

“I knew they had done a lot of remodeling and probably still had a ways to go,” Miles said adding he wanted to help them finish the project and get on their feet.

Miles daughter Linley also got in the giving spirit by helping her dad buy children’s outfits for the center’s baby boutique. He said the company’s donation inspired his daughter to want to give as well.

Harcros intends to make a donation of some amount every year to a nonprofit organization. The past two years they have been able to give $10,000 to the CPC.

Harcros is an employee owned, or ESOP employee stock option plan, company meaning each employee owns an equal amount of stock in the company. The donation came from their home office in Kansas City. Miles said the management promotes giving back in the local communities.

“The upper management of our home office are extremely kind and generous people like I’ve never met in that type of industry before,” Miles said.

The CPC offers pregnancy tests, care and counseling, parenting classes, abstinence education, post abortion counseling and much more to the community for free. Parents can earn clothing and toys for there children by attending the classes regularly. Last year they saw 1,500 clients, which they called a low year because of their location change. The nonprofit center opened 25 years ago in 1990.