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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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Meet Cullen Miller, an eighth grader at Lowville Academy and Central School.

For Cullen, community is “a place where people motivate and support each other to make better decisions.”

“What I love about my community is all the people. Good people make a good community. It’s a great place to live because the community is grateful, respectful, and helpful to each other,” Cullen wrote in his winning essay. 

As a Northern New York Community Foundation Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge winner, Cullen had a chance to present a grant to the Lewis County Agricultural Society, an organization he chose for its work to build community. 

“The Agricultural Society brings people together to show their love for the community and animals,” Cullen wrote. 

Cullen met with Lewis County Fair Manager Rachel Lisk last fall and presented a $500 Youth Giving Challenge grant that will help the Agricultural Society continue its work and mission. The grant is supported by donors to the Friends of the Foundation Annual Community Betterment Fund, a partnership with Community Bank, N.A., and a leadership gift from an anonymous donor. 

Pictured, from left, Fair Manager Rachel Lisk; Lowville Academy and Central Schools Middle School student and Youth Giving Challenge winner Cullen Miller; and Community Bank Lowville Branch Manager and Vice President Tammie Lambert.

Cullen is one of dozens of thoughtful youths who looked inside his community to recognize an organization that works to improve quality of life in the region. The 2021-2022 Giving Challenge asked students from Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties to explain in an essay what community means to them and to choose a nonprofit that embodies their definition of community. Cullen’s essay is one of 20 chosen from 193 submissions.

Look for more photos and stories behind the Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge in the coming weeks.

#NNYCF #ThoughtfulGiving #YouthGivingChallenge #CommunitySpirit

Meet Cullen Miller, an eighth grader at Lowville Academy and Central School.

For Cullen, community is “a place where people motivate and support each other to make better decisions.”

“What I love about my community is all the people. Good people make a good community. It’s a great place to live because the community is grateful, respectful, and helpful to each other,” Cullen wrote in his winning essay.

As a Northern New York Community Foundation Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge winner, Cullen had a chance to present a grant to the Lewis County Agricultural Society, an organization he chose for its work to build community.

“The Agricultural Society brings people together to show their love for the community and animals,” Cullen wrote.

Cullen met with Lewis County Fair Manager Rachel Lisk last fall and presented a $500 Youth Giving Challenge grant that will help the Agricultural Society continue its work and mission. The grant is supported by donors to the Friends of the Foundation Annual Community Betterment Fund, a partnership with Community Bank, N.A., and a leadership gift from an anonymous donor.

Pictured, from left, Fair Manager Rachel Lisk; Lowville Academy and Central Schools Middle School student and Youth Giving Challenge winner Cullen Miller; and Community Bank Lowville Branch Manager and Vice President Tammie Lambert.

Cullen is one of dozens of thoughtful youths who looked inside his community to recognize an organization that works to improve quality of life in the region. The 2021-2022 Giving Challenge asked students from Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties to explain in an essay what community means to them and to choose a nonprofit that embodies their definition of community. Cullen’s essay is one of 20 chosen from 193 submissions.

Look for more photos and stories behind the Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge in the coming weeks.

#NNYCF #ThoughtfulGiving #YouthGivingChallenge #CommunitySpirit
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We are proud to partner with The Orchestra of Northern New York to present “Winter Serenade” this Saturday, Feb. 4, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Marys Church in Canton and Sunday, Feb. 5, at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Watertown.

Dont miss this chance to see a wonderful live orchestral music event. The Community Foundation, with the support of its loyal donors, is a major underwriter of the entire ONNY season. Hope to see you there!

#Winterlude #WinterConcert #LiveMusic #ONNY #NNYCF

We are proud to partner with The Orchestra of Northern New York to present “Winter Serenade” this Saturday, Feb. 4, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Church in Canton and Sunday, Feb. 5, at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Watertown.

Don't miss this chance to see a wonderful live orchestral music event. The Community Foundation, with the support of its loyal donors, is a major underwriter of the entire ONNY season. Hope to see you there!

#Winterlude #WinterConcert #LiveMusic #ONNY #NNYCF
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