Funding for 41 Locations Includes Support to School-Based Pantries, Food Bank Partners

    WATERTOWN — The Northern New York Community Foundation is pleased to provide $35,000 in support to local food pantries and soup kitchens in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties. The board-approved grant will help strengthen programs and stock shelves at community food pantries, thrift stores and soup kitchens across the tri-county region.

    The Community Foundation provides annual support to organizations that operate in partnership with the Food Bank of Central New York, Syracuse. Forty-one organizations are set to receive funding through the latest grant that the Community Foundation Board of Directors approved last week.

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Hope + Healing Campaign Gift Will Aid Emergency Department Expansion Presently Underway

    ALEXANDRIA BAY — The Cary and Janet Brick Riverside Foundation, affiliated with the Northern New York Community Foundation, recently expressed support for River Hospital through a gift to aid its emergency department and expansion.

    Established in 2017, the Brick Riverside Foundation is a geographic-specific charitable foundation that provides support for St. Lawrence River-area programs and institutions to enhance the quality of life in the Thousand Islands region. It is designed to have broad impact in perpetuity.

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#giveNNY Campaign Culminates With 12-Hour #GivingTuesday Radiothon on Tunes 92.5/104.5 FM

     WATERTOWN — Twenty-seven nonprofit organizations will participate in the #giveNNY campaign day of giving tomorrow, Tuesday Dec. 3. The local effort works to unite tri-county nonprofits on the international #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide.

     The Community Foundation will match all gifts to the campaign up to $10,000. Participating nonprofit organizations benefit through an equal share of gifts made to the campaign distributed as grants from the Northern New York Community Foundation. The Foundation is also stewarding all gifts made to this year’s campaign with opportunities to give online or through traditional methods. An online giving portal is open at nnycf.org/givenny. Gifts may also be dropped off or mailed to 131 Washington St., Watertown, NY 13601.

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Grant Helps Purchase Industrial Washer to Rid Turnout Gear of Toxic Chemicals    

    CONSTABLEVILLE — A recent grant awarded from the Kenneth V. and Jeannette Remp Sawyer Community Fund of the Northern New York Community Foundation will help the local fire company maintain its turnout gear while maximizing health and safety for its firefighters.

    A $1,500 grant to the Constableville Fire Company helped purchase an industrial washing machine to effectively clean turnout gear. According to fire officials, advanced cleaning from an industrial unit helps to remove toxic chemicals and cancer-causing carcinogens that are known to contaminate turnout gear during fires. Properly cleaning the gear will minimize health risks for firefighters and extend the life of the gear.

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