‘Operation Snowstorm’ Helps Nearly 200 Students in Two School Districts    

WATERTOWN — A Northern New York Community Foundation partnership has helped provide winter clothing for nearly 165 children at two Lewis County schools.

    The collaboration with the Dyson Foundation called “Operation Snowstorm” supplies students at Lowville Academy and Central School and Beaver River Central School with coats, hats, scarves, mittens, boots and other necessary winter garments.

    This winter, a $11,500 grant was split evenly between the two schools, which helped to warm 99 Lowville Academy students and 64 Beaver River students.

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Eligible Organizations Encouraged to Apply by Friday, Feb. 28

    WATERTOWN — Nonprofit organizations within Jefferson County are encouraged to review current programs and initiatives and consider applying for grant funding from the Jefferson Economic Development Fund of the Northern New York Community Foundation.

    The Jefferson Economic Development Fund was established to support programs, projects and efforts that help create economic development and promote general welfare in Jefferson County. The Community Foundation is asking nonprofit leaders to think creatively and broadly about their current programs or new initiatives and identify a link between their work and how it positively impacts economic development in Jefferson County.

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Opportunity for $5,000 in Funding Open to All North Country Nonprofits

     WATERTOWN — Nonprofit organizations that serve residents of Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties are encouraged to apply for the 2020 Watertown Sunrise Rotary Foundation Taste of the Town grant. The Watertown Sunrise Rotary Club Foundation is component fund of the Northern New York Community Foundation.

     “I encourage all North Country nonprofits to apply for this significant grant opportunity. Watertown Sunrise Rotary’s mission is ‘Service Above Self.’ Sunrise Rotary creates a unique partnership with nonprofit organizations by offering this one-time funding,” said Edie Roggie, Watertown Sunrise Rotary president. “The selected organization is given a chance to benefit from the proceeds of this exciting annual event and share their agency’s mission with a large audience through the extensive visibility it generates.”

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Funding Will Help Purchase Recreational Equipment for Loan on Program Outings

     CANTON — The Canton Community Fund has awarded a grant of $2,000 to Nature Up North to purchase outdoor recreational equipment. The Community Fund Board of Directors approved the grant during its January meeting.

     Administered through St. Lawrence University, Nature Up North delivers programs intended to “reconnect North Country residents with their environment,” according to its grant application. The grant will be used to buy materials such as snowshoes and rain ponchos, especially for children, for loan to use on Nature Up North outings.

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Now in Third Year, Initiative Sees More Than 100 Entries From North Country Middle School Students

    WATERTOWN — The Northern New York Community Foundation announces $10,000 in Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge grants to 20 nonprofit organizations that serve Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties.

    Now in its third year, the Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge includes schools in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties. This year’s program committee received and reviewed 104 entries from seventh- and eighth-graders who recommended grants to 66 different organizations that serve residents in the three counties.

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