Grant Supports Equipment, Materials for Volunteers to Continue Free Initiative for Boonville Residents

    BOONVILLE — Recent support from the Kenneth V. and Jeannette Remp Sawyer Community Fund of the Northern New York Community Foundation will help the Village of Boonville continue its Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.

    A $2,200 grant will enable the purchase of equipment and materials for volunteers to continue the program in collaboration with the village. For several years, the Village of Boonville has offered the VITA program free to residents with basic income-tax filing needs. Certified volunteers offer their time and expertise to help citizens complete the annual filings. Program volunteers completed between 250 and 300 returns last year.

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Extensive, Diverse Opportunities for Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence County Students

    WATERTOWN — The Northern New York Community Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications from students in Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties who plan to enroll in post-secondary programs in the fall of 2022.

    An online application streamlines the process for most scholarships. Students may access the portal, create a user account, and begin an online application by clicking on “2022-2023 Scholarship Application” found at the top of nnycf.org/scholarships/scholarship-overview. With few exceptions, all Community Foundation scholarship applications are due Tuesday, March 15, through the online portal. Scholarships with different deadlines — some after March 15 — are noted on the same web page. It is important to note that this deadline is earlier than in past years.

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‘Operation Snowstorm’ Helps Children in Two Lewis County School Districts

    WATERTOWN — A Northern New York Community Foundation partnership that helps provide warm winter clothing to children in two Lewis County schools will continue to make a big difference for another three years.

    The collaboration with the Dyson Foundation called “Operation Snowstorm” supplies Lowville Academy and Beaver River students with coats, hats, scarves, mittens, boots, and other necessary winter garments. This fall, and in 2022 and 2023, the two schools will evenly share a grant of $11,500 to support Lewis County youth and families.

    Thanks to a long-standing relationship with the Dyson Foundation, the Community Foundation will help facilitate a meaningful holiday initiative to benefit students in the two school districts.

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Award Will Enable Expansion of a Wide Range of Community Programs for Children and Adults

    WESTERNVILLE — A recent grant awarded from the Kenneth V. and Jeannette Remp Sawyer Community Fund of the Northern New York Community Foundation will help the Western Town Library purchase new technology to enhance programs and services provided at the library.

    An $1,800 grant to the library will help library officials present a variety of programs for children and adults, including essential activities such as telemedicine appointments, workshops, seminars and more where Internet access is needed. The library serves six different communities and patrons of all ages.

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Philanthropy Center Welcomes Central Association Team to Serve Local Residents

    WATERTOWN —  The Northern New York Community Foundation and the Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CABVI) Tuesday announced a $10,000 fundraising challenge to the North Country. 

    Thousands of homes in Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties will soon receive information in the mail about how they can help residents with vision loss access vision rehabilitation services with assistance from CABVI. Gifts will stay in our three-county area to help our friends and neighbors who are blind or visually impaired. The Community Foundation will match each gift, dollar-for-dollar, up to $10,000, doubling each contribution.

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