Sunrise Rotary Foundation Selects Victims Assistance Center for $5,000 Grant to Support its Fresh Start Program

     WATERTOWN — Watertown Sunrise Rotary’s 20th Annual Taste of the Town returns this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Jefferson Community College McVean Center Gymnasium.

     More than two-dozen local restaurants and food establishments will be on hand for patrons to enjoy a sample of their best dishes as they compete for bragging rights and awards in several categories including the coveted “People’s Choice” award.

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$6,000 in Grant Support Aids Jefferson-Lewis BOCES, Clayton Local Development Corporation

     WATERTOWN — A pair of local projects were recently supported through the Jefferson Economic Development Fund of the Northern New York Community Foundation to help strengthen career and workforce development.

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Pair of Grants are Second Awards from Geographic-Specific Fund for Theresa, Indian River Lakes Areas

     WATERTOWN —  A pair of grant awards from the Community Fund for Theresa totaling $4,500 will support improvements at the village’s Santway Park and provide scholarships for local youths to attend 4-H Camp Wabasso this summer.

     The Community Fund for Theresa is a permanent grantmaking fund of the Northern New York Community Foundation that will forever support programs, activities, and initiatives to advance the general welfare of the Theresa community. Lifelong Theresa residents Russell I. and Mary Wilcox established this family legacy fund at the Community Foundation in 2020 to help strengthen the quality of life in their community. 

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Five Local Organizations Will Share $5,000 in Funding to Strengthen Efforts

     WATERTOWN —  The Youth Philanthropy Council of the Northern New York Community Foundation has awarded $5,000 in grant support to five North Country nonprofit organizations to strengthen their missions and work in the nonprofit sector.

     The Council and its executive committee selected the five organizations based on each nonprofit’s mission, success in achieving goals, demonstration of fiscal responsibility, sustainability, and formal presentation. Funding for this important work was made possible, in part, through the Herring College Memorial Fund of the Community Foundation. Each of the following tri-county organizations were awarded a $1,000 grant to help with a wide range of community programs and projects:

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Applications for funding consideration due Friday, May 5

     WATERTOWN —  Jefferson County-based nonprofit organizations that directly serve county residents are invited to apply by Friday, May 5, for funding support from the Nonprofit COVID Recovery Program.

     The program is made possible through $1 million in funding that county officials have allocated from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to help nonprofits recover and respond to the negative impacts resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.

     Jefferson County has partnered with the Northern New York Community Foundation to administer the federal grant program and steward ARPA State and Local Recovery Funds in accordance with guidelines the United States Treasury has established.

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