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Foundation Extends Deadline to Enter Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge

November 19, 2019 By admin

Tri-County 7th- and 8th-Graders Encouraged to Apply No Later Than Monday, Dec. 2   

    WATERTOWN — The Northern New York Community Foundation has extended the deadline for seventh- and eighth-graders to enter the 2019-2020 Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge. Completed applications must be received or postmarked by Monday, Dec. 2.

    The challenge seeks to engage seventh- and eighth-grade students in exploring their communities as they compete for an opportunity to award a local nonprofit a $500 grant.

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Sawyer Community Fund Helps Make Key Improvements in Erwin Park

November 18, 2019 By admin

Second Grant to ‘Friends of Erwin Park’ Will Help With Overall Park Renewal Project

    BOONVILLE — Two recent grants awarded from the Kenneth V. and Jeannette Remp Sawyer Community Fund of the Northern New York Community Foundation will go a long way to improve a centerpiece of community in the village.

    A $4,000 grant to the Village of Boonville will help purchase inclusive playground equipment at Erwin Park. Installation of a wheelchair swing and interactive play station for all residents to use will be valuable additions to the playground and enhance general quality of life in the community.

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2019-2020 Jefferson-Can Community Scholars Recognized

November 15, 2019 By admin

Stephen H. Can Visits Class During Fall Reception at Jefferson Community College

WATERTOWN — The Northern New York Community Foundation is pleased to announce the 2019-2020 members of the Jefferson-Can Community Scholars program.

The new class of 35 scholars was recently honored during a fall reception at Jefferson Community College. Program donor and Jefferson Community College alumnus Stephen H. Can delivered remarks and met this year’s students.

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Ten Evergreen STEM Class of 2020 Scholarship Recipients Honored

November 14, 2019 By admin

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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Sawyer Community Fund Works to Improve Constableville Playground

November 13, 2019 By admin

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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Congratulations to the winners of our Youth Philanthropy Council's fourth “Canstruction for Northern New York” competition to help reduce food insecurity across the tri-county region.

Carthage Middle School’s Builders Club & Student Government students are the winners of the “People’s Choice Award” and the “Top Collection Award,” and Watertown High School’s Student Council students took home the “Best Design Award.”

Other teams participating in this year’s competition include: Beaver River Central School’s 9th grade Earth science class with “Pack It Up;” First Presbyterian Church of Watertown, N.Y. Sunday School Class and Youth Group with “Food Steeple;” and South Jefferson High School’s Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) chapter with “Be the Light in Someone’s Storm.”

The five participating teams combined to collect more than 3,300 canned goods and other nonperishable food items or hygiene products that will help restock school-based backpack programs and community food pantries in Jefferson and Lewis counties. Additionally, the winning teams will share $1,500 in grant awards to present to two different local nonprofit organizations that participants selected.

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Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Council Announces Winners of Fourth ‘Canstruction’ Competition April 17, 2026 By admin More than 3,300 Food and Hygiene Items Collected to Reduce Food Insecurity ...
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We are honored to continue our partnership with NBC Watertown to support its Classroom Kindness Teacher Appreciation program. Through a public nomination process, this meaningful initiative honors exceptional teachers in Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties. 

The Community Foundation provides $250 classroom improvement grants to each of the seven schools whose teachers are selected. 

Congratulations to this year’s Classroom Kindness winners who continue to inspire, support, and shape the lives of their students. 

✨ Jonathan Abbott, Mannsville Elementary School, South Jefferson CSD
✨ Heather Covey, Carthage Middle School
✨ Carrie Eastman, Belleville Henderson Central School
✨ Melissa Eichhorn, LaFargeville Central School
✨ Kimberly Lynch, Calcium Primary School, Indian River Central 
✨ Kylee Nuffer, Indian River Middle School
✨ Caree Turck, Beaver River Central School

Thank you to Community Foundation donors who help make possible our support of teachers and schools in our communities.

#ClassroomKindness #TeacherAppreciation #NBCWatertown #Educators #TeachingExcellence #NorthernNewYork #CommunityFoundation

We are honored to continue our partnership with NBC Watertown to support its Classroom Kindness Teacher Appreciation program. Through a public nomination process, this meaningful initiative honors exceptional teachers in Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties.

The Community Foundation provides $250 classroom improvement grants to each of the seven schools whose teachers are selected.

Congratulations to this year’s Classroom Kindness winners who continue to inspire, support, and shape the lives of their students.

✨ Jonathan Abbott, Mannsville Elementary School, South Jefferson CSD
✨ Heather Covey, Carthage Middle School
✨ Carrie Eastman, Belleville Henderson Central School
✨ Melissa Eichhorn, LaFargeville Central School
✨ Kimberly Lynch, Calcium Primary School, Indian River Central
✨ Kylee Nuffer, Indian River Middle School
✨ Caree Turck, Beaver River Central School

Thank you to Community Foundation donors who help make possible our support of teachers and schools in our communities.

#ClassroomKindness #TeacherAppreciation #NBCWatertown #Educators #TeachingExcellence #NorthernNewYork #CommunityFoundation
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It’s Who’s YPC!

Click through the post to learn more about one of our newest members, Hudson Guldenpfennig, a Watertown High School junior who is in his first year of Council service!

Be sure to follow our page to meet more members of the Youth Philanthropy Council of the Northern New York Community Foundation every Monday and Wednesday. 🌱

#YPC #CommunityFoundation #NNYCF #WhosYPC #NextGeneration #LeadershipImage attachmentImage attachment

It’s Who’s YPC!

Click through the post to learn more about one of our newest members, Hudson Guldenpfennig, a Watertown High School junior who is in his first year of Council service!

Be sure to follow our page to meet more members of the Youth Philanthropy Council of the Northern New York Community Foundation every Monday and Wednesday. 🌱

#YPC #CommunityFoundation #NNYCF #WhosYPC #NextGeneration #Leadership
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