Tri-State Area residents take pride in doing what we can to take care of one another. If there is a need, we try to meet it. Given that there are still so many struggling throughout the region, that need is not likely to lessen any time soon.

It is fortunate, then, that according to WalletHub’s annual report on Most Charitable States, that our region has a couple of the highest-ranking states: Pennsylvania is ninth, according to the Washington, D.C.-based personal financial website, while Ohio is 16th. West Virginia ranks 44th.

Pennsylvania ranks 12th for volunteering and service, and 12th for charitable giving. Ohio is 21st for volunteering and 16th for charitable giving, while West Virginia is 35th for volunteering and 48th for charitable giving.

That giving doesn’t usually come in th

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