Recognition, Appreciation Dinner in Canton Honors Students, Founding Donors

     WATERTOWN — Ten St. Lawrence County members of the Class of 2026 were recently named as recipients of the Northern New York Community Foundation Evergreen STEM Scholarship.

     Students are awarded the scholarship due to their interest and intent to study in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field while in college and apply during their junior year of high school for selection in the summer. Recipients will receive a one-year $3,000 scholarship toward their freshman year of college next fall.

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Reception at Jefferson Community College Held for Recipients

   WATERTOWN — The 2025-2026 class of 32 Jefferson-Can Community Scholars was recently honored during a fall reception at Jefferson Community College.

   The Community Foundation administers the Jefferson-Can Community Scholars program in collaboration with Mr. Stephen H. Can and the Jefferson Community College Foundation.

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

     WATERTOWN — The Northern New York Community Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications from Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence county students who plan to enroll in any accredited post-secondary educational program in the fall of 2026.

     An online application streamlines the process for most scholarships. Students may access the scholarship portal, create a user account, and begin an online application by clicking on a button found on the home page at nnycf.org. The universal application process asks questions that will determine the scholarships for which students are eligible. There is no application fee to apply for Community Foundation scholarships.

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Tri-County Seventh, Eighth or Ninth Graders Could Win One of Ten $1,000 Grant Awards to Support a Favorite Local Charity

     WATERTOWN — The Northern New York Community Foundation’s 2025-2026 Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge is now open to tri-county students. The challenge seeks to engage seventh, eighth, and ninth graders in learning about their communities while they compete for an opportunity to award a $1,000 grant to a local nonprofit organization of their choice.

     This is the ninth year of the program, which is made possible by donors to the Community Foundation’s Friends of the Foundation Community Betterment Annual Fund, major corporate support from Community Bank and a major gift from an individual donor.

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Support will continue Thanksgiving meal tradition and aid purchase of new van

     WATERTOWN — The Northern New York Community Foundation is pleased to announce a total of $19,000 in grant funding for the Salvation Army Watertown Corps. Of that, $4,000 is to provide for the annual Thanksgiving Day meal open to all community members in need at the State Street facility.

    The support is made possible thanks to the generosity of Community Foundation donors who give to the Community Support Fund and the Friends of the Foundation Community Betterment Annual Fund. A portion of the funding is also supported by the LaVerne R. VanDeWall Jr. Legacy Fund and the Allen L. and Martha M. Smith Community Fund.

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