Appreciation Dinner Held in Canton Recognizes Students, Honors Founding Donors

   CANTON — Ten St. Lawrence County high school students were recently honored as recipients of the Northern New York Community Foundation Evergreen STEM Scholarship.

    Students earned the scholarship due to their interest and intent to study in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics field while in college. Students applied while in their junior year of high school and were selected during the summer. Recipients are each members of the Class of 2020 and will receive a one-year $3,000 scholarship toward their freshman year of college next fall.

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Project Just One Way Kenneth V. and Jeannette Remp Sawyer Continue to Impact Areas They Loved   

    CONSTABLEVILLE — A village playground saw some much-needed revitalization this summer thanks to a grant from the Kenneth V. and Jeannette Remp Sawyer Community Fund at the Northern New York Community Foundation.

    Officials used a $1,500 award to install new bedding chips and a border to keep them in place. The grant also helped support fresh coats of stain and paint in several worn-out sections of the playground.

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Three Nonprofits Earn Support for Child Care, Early Childhood Development

    WATERTOWN — More than 600 children and their families in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties will benefit from funding the Northern New York Community Foundation’s LEAD Council recently awarded to three nonprofit organizations to address child care and early childhood development needs.

    LEAD Impact Grant Program awards will support an Imagination Library in the tri-county area, fund expansion of an after-school enrichment program in St. Lawrence County, and help to enhance curriculum at a Canton day care center.

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Monthlong Effort Culminates With Day of Giving on #GivingTuesday Dec. 3

     WATERTOWN — Twenty-seven nonprofit organizations have joined to participate in the 2019 #giveNNY campaign, a local effort that works to unite tri-county nonprofits in a day of giving on the international #GivingTuesday, Dec. 3. All nonprofit organizations in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties were invited to participate as partners.

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New Endowment Perpetuates Club’s History, Enables Others to Continue Support    

    WATERTOWN — A rich history and legacy of civic involvement and community betterment that spanned more than a century will endure thanks to a new North Side Legacy Fund permanently established at the Northern New York Community Foundation. The fund will forever honor and perpetuate the heritage and good works of the North Side Improvement League, which dissolved its assets last year and invested proceeds from the sale of its Mill Street property in the Legacy Fund.

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