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Foundation Makes $40,000 Grant to Food Pantries Across Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence Counties

December 24, 2018 By admin

Funding for 50 Locations Includes School-Based Pantry Support

The Northern New York Community Foundation is pleased to invest $40,000 in 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. Fifty organizations are set to receive funding through the latest grant that the Community Foundation Board of Directors approved during its quarterly meeting Dec. 18.

For the second year, the Food Bank of Central New York is also continuing a school-based food pantry program at four public schools: Watertown City School District, Thousand Islands Central School, Clifton- Fine Central School and Heuvelton Central School, as well as for the first time, Jefferson Community College.

“This grant enables us to have an impact all across the Foundation’s geographic area. We know it makes a difference now and all year long for communities in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties,” said Rande S. Richardson, Community Foundation executive director. “Support for these programs also continues to strengthen our long-standing partnerships with community-based food pantries and the Food Bank of Central New York, which helps leverage significantly more food for every dollar contributed,” he said.

According to the Food Bank of Central New York, one in eight people in Northern and Central New York are classified as “food insecure.” Each dollar local food pantries and soup kitchens spend with the Food Bank can provide enough food for three meals.

Organizations receiving grant support include:

 Jefferson County

  •      Alexandria Bay Food Pantry
  •      Antwerp 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
  •      Jefferson Community College Food Pantry
  •      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 Pantry
  •      Thousand 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

  •      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
  •      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. Vincent de Paul of Massena Food Pantry
  •      Star Lake Neighborhood Center Food Pantry
  •      Tri-Town Community Services Food Pantry, Winthrop
  •      Waddington Resource Center

 About the Northern New York Community Foundation

Since 1929, the Northern New York Community Foundation has invested in improving and enriching the quality of life for all in communities across Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties.

Through strategic partnerships with businesses and organizations, charitable foundations, and generous individual donors, the Community Foundation awards grants and scholarships from an endowment and collection of funds that benefit the community. Its commitment to donors helps individuals achieve their charitable objectives now and for generations to come by preserving legacies of community philanthropy while inspiring others.

The Community Foundation is a resource for local charitable organizations, donors, professional advisors and nonprofit organizations. It also works to bring people together at its permanent home in the Northern New York Philanthropy Center to discuss challenges our communities face and find creative solutions that strengthen the region and make it a great place to live, work, and play.

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We are pleased to introduce the first winner of this spring’s NBC Watertown Classroom Kindness Challenge — Teacher Appreciation edition!

Colton-Pierrepont Central School sixth-grade teacher Bonnie McGee was surprised last week with a celebration and a $250 award from the Northern New York Community Foundation to help with classroom improvements. Thank you to our friends at NBC Watertown who visited Mrs. McGees classroom to present the award. 

Mrs. McGee’s students appreciate their teacher’s hard work to provide meaningful instruction and lessons.

From one of the many nominations for her: “Mrs. McGee is a true gem of a teacher! I’ve known her since I was a student in her class over 20 years ago. She is still the same sweet, loving teacher she was all those years ago. She always made the class a fun place to be, and she was always there to listen and give support. To this day, she is always willing to help anyone in need whether it’s a student, parent, anyone! I hope she is still teaching when my children are old enough to be in her class!

Congratulations to Mrs. McGee, and thank you for setting a great example for your students!

#ClassroomKindness #TeacherAppreciation #NNYCF #NBCWatertown

We are pleased to introduce the first winner of this spring’s NBC Watertown Classroom Kindness Challenge — Teacher Appreciation edition!

Colton-Pierrepont Central School sixth-grade teacher Bonnie McGee was surprised last week with a celebration and a $250 award from the Northern New York Community Foundation to help with classroom improvements. Thank you to our friends at NBC Watertown who visited Mrs. McGee's classroom to present the award.

Mrs. McGee’s students appreciate their teacher’s hard work to provide meaningful instruction and lessons.

From one of the many nominations for her: “Mrs. McGee is a true gem of a teacher! I’ve known her since I was a student in her class over 20 years ago. She is still the same sweet, loving teacher she was all those years ago. She always made the class a fun place to be, and she was always there to listen and give support. To this day, she is always willing to help anyone in need whether it’s a student, parent, anyone! I hope she is still teaching when my children are old enough to be in her class!

Congratulations to Mrs. McGee, and thank you for setting a great example for your students!

#ClassroomKindness #TeacherAppreciation #NNYCF #NBCWatertown
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We are humbled to serve as the permanent home of The Peyton Lane S. Morse Legacy Foundation to help the Morse family perpetuate the life and legacy of their son, fallen Watertown City Firefighter Peyton Morse.

On Friday, Peyton was posthumously honored as a Watertown Rapids “Clutch Player of the Game” during the team’s home opener against the Utica Blue Sox at Toyota Field at the Alex T Duffy Fairgrounds. Peyton’s older brother, Parker, threw out an honorary first pitch as we celebrated Peyton’s legacy of service to others, and the importance of community.

Now in its third season, the “Rapids Support Team,” powered by the Northern New York Community Foundation, is a partnership to help the team with its charitable initiatives off the field to strengthen community and local nonprofit organizations.

Thank you to the Morse family for all your incredible work. We are honored to partner on such an important mission.

#WatertownRapids #RapidsSuportTeam #NNYCF #Partners #PeytonStrong #JusticeForPeytonImage attachmentImage attachment

We are humbled to serve as the permanent home of The Peyton Lane S. Morse Legacy Foundation to help the Morse family perpetuate the life and legacy of their son, fallen Watertown City Firefighter Peyton Morse.

On Friday, Peyton was posthumously honored as a Watertown Rapids “Clutch Player of the Game” during the team’s home opener against the Utica Blue Sox at Toyota Field at the Alex T Duffy Fairgrounds. Peyton’s older brother, Parker, threw out an honorary first pitch as we celebrated Peyton’s legacy of service to others, and the importance of community.

Now in its third season, the “Rapids Support Team,” powered by the Northern New York Community Foundation, is a partnership to help the team with its charitable initiatives off the field to strengthen community and local nonprofit organizations.

Thank you to the Morse family for all your incredible work. We are honored to partner on such an important mission.

#WatertownRapids #RapidsSuportTeam #NNYCF #Partners #PeytonStrong #JusticeForPeyton
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Nonprofit organizations serving residents of the Clifton-Fine region in southeast St. Lawrence County should apply, for grant support through the Clifton-Fine Community Fund of the Northern New York Community Foundation by Friday, July 21. Up to $6,000 in funding is available through this grant opportunity this year.

Complete details at: nnycf.org/clifton-fine-fund-2023-rfp/

#CliftonFine #NNYCF #Community

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Nonprofit organizations serving residents of the Clifton-Fine region in southeast St. Lawrence County should apply, for grant support through the Clifton-Fine Community Fund of the Northern New York Community Foundation by Friday, July 21. Up to $6,000 in funding is available through this grant opportunity this year.

Complete details at: nnycf.org/clifton-fine-fund-2023-rfp/

#cliftonfine #NNYCF #community
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