School-Based Programs Also to Receive Support
The Northern New York Community Foundation will invest $37,000 in local food pantries and soup kitchens in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties this coming year. The board-approved grant will help enhance the offerings provided at community food pantries, thrift stores and soup kitchens in the region. The Foundation provides annual support to organizations operating with an official partnership with the Food Bank of Central New York. Over 50 organizations will receive funding through this grant.
The Food Bank of Central New York has also introduced a school-based food pantry program that is being piloted at four schools: Watertown City School District, Thousand Islands Central School, Clifton-Fine Central School, and Heuvelton Central School.
These grants are made possible, in part, through the Emma Phoebe Hurd Fund at the Foundation, and supporters of the “Friends of the Foundation Community Betterment Fund.”
“Community Foundation donors are helping make a difference all across the North Country. This is a grant that a difference in communities large and small. It also continues to strengthen our partnerships with the individual food pantries and the Food Bank of Central New York, that do so much to help our region,” said Rande S. Richardson, Community Foundation director.
The organizations receiving a portion of the grant are:
Jefferson County
Alexandria Bay Food Pantry
Cape Vincent Food Pantry
Clayton Council of Churches Food Pantry
Community Action Planning Council Food Pantry
Depauville Food Pantry
Feed Our Vets Food Pantry, Watertown
Gwen’s Food Pantry, LaFargeville
Indian River Baptist Church Food Pantry, Philadelphia
Rohde Center Food Pantry, Adams
St. Mary’s Church Food Pantry, Evans Mills
St. Paul’s of Redwood Food Pantry
Salvation Army, Watertown
Theresa Food PantryThousand Islands Central School Food Pantry, Cape Vincent
Village Ecumenical Ministries Food Pantry, Carthage
Watertown City School District Food Pantry
Watertown Urban Mission Food Pantry
Lewis County
Copenhagen Food Pantry
Croghan Food Pantry
Harrisville Food Pantry
Lowville Food Pantry
New Bremen Food Pantry
Port Leyden Food Pantry
St. Lawrence County
Antwerp Food Pantry
Canton Neighborhood Center Food Pantry
Church and Community Program, Canton
Christian Fellowship Center Food Pantry, Madrid
Christian Life Fellowship Food Pantry, Gouverneur
Clifton-Fine Central School Food Pantry, Star Lake
Colton-Pierrepont-Parishville Center Pantry
Free Community Meal Soup Kitchen, Star Lake
Free Will Meal Program Soup Kitchen, Canton
Gouverneur Neighborhood Center Food Pantry
Grasse River Food Pantry, Russell
Hammond Food Pantry
Heuvelton Central School Food Pantry
Life In His Arms Kitchen, North Lawrence
Massena First United Methodist Church Soup Kitchen
Massena Neighborhood Center Food Pantry
Norfolk-Raymondville Food Pantry
Ogdensburg Neighborhood Center Food Pantry
Potsdam Neighborhood Center Food Pantry
Richville Baptist Chapel Food Pantry
Salvation Army, Massena
Salvation Army, Ogdensburg
Salvation Army North Kountry Kitchen, Ogdensburg
St. James Outreach Center Food Pantry, Gouverneur
St. Vincent de Paul of Massena Food Pantry
Star Lake Neighborhood Center Food Pantry
Tri-Town Community Services Food Pantry, Winthrop
Waddington Resource Center
The Northern New York Community Foundation makes grants to support the work of non-profit organizations and provides scholarships to individuals in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties. The Foundation has been built and added to from gifts (both while living and through their legacy plans) by individuals and organizations committed to meeting the changing needs of Northern New York, as well as supporting specific charitable interests and passions.