Boonville Residents Will Soon Have Pedestrian Route to Nearby Grocery Store

    BOONVILLE — More than $3,000 in grant support from the Kenneth V. and Jeannette Remp Sawyer Community Fund of the Northern New York Community Foundation will help officials in the Village of Boonville continue complete a walking trail that connects the downtown district to a local grocery store.

    A $3,500 grant will help the village create a walking pathway for residents to avoid traffic and safely reach the nearest grocery store. Boonville’s lone downtown grocery store closed in 2019. The Sawyer Community Fund grant assisted with purchase of remaining stone and bridge and decking materials to finish the path.

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Young Professionals Build Charitable Support for Community Initiatives in Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence Counties

WATERTOWN — The Northern New York Community Foundation’s LEAD Council will award $6,000 to three programs that make the holidays special for Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence County residents through its Holiday Giving Fund.

The advisory committee of young professionals established the LEAD Holiday Giving Fund at the Community Foundation in 2020 to help brighten the season for tri-county residents in need. Between generous gifts to the fund and a matching commitment from the Community Foundation, three nonprofits that manage holiday programs will each receive $2,000 support to strengthen their efforts. They include:

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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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