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Thinking about establishing a private foundation?

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Proud to partner with our friends in Lewis County to present this important professional development program! This is the final session in the six-month series!

📣 Non-Profit Bootcamp — Session 6
Hosted by the Lewis County Planning Department, NYS Tug Hill Commission & Northern New York Community Foundation
📅 Date: Thursday, April 2
💻 Location: Virtual (Zoom)
🎯 Topic: Tips and Tricks for Navigating the Statewide Financial System (SFS) for Nonprofits
Learn how nonprofits can successfully use it to access funding opportunities. Session will cover the prequalification process, required documentation, how to search for grant opportunities, and tips to help your organization be ready to apply.
✅ Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__cnBl4PpQtqjpvmftE5kRQ#/registration

#NNYCF #LewisCounty #TugHillCommission #Partnership #Training #Nonprofits #Bootcamp

Proud to partner with our friends in Lewis County to present this important professional development program! This is the final session in the six-month series!

📣 Non-Profit Bootcamp — Session 6
Hosted by the Lewis County Planning Department, NYS Tug Hill Commission & Northern New York Community Foundation
📅 Date: Thursday, April 2
💻 Location: Virtual (Zoom)
🎯 Topic: Tips and Tricks for Navigating the Statewide Financial System (SFS) for Nonprofits
Learn how nonprofits can successfully use it to access funding opportunities. Session will cover the prequalification process, required documentation, how to search for grant opportunities, and tips to help your organization be ready to apply.
✅ Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__cnBl4PpQtqjpvmftE5kRQ#/registration

#NNYCF #LewisCounty #TugHillCommission #Partnership #Training #Nonprofits #Bootcamp
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Congratulations to Watertown High School’s Forensic Science classes! The course instructors are recipients of the first grant award from the Deacon Bruce W. Daugherty Memorial Fund of the Community Foundation. 

Deacon Daugherty’s family established the fund to honor his life and legacy after he passed away on St. Patrick’s Day last year.

Watertown’s Forensic Science class provides students with an engaging, hands-on introduction to the methods and critical thinking used in real-world criminal investigations. 

The $1,492 grant funding was used to purchase corkboards for students to create “murder boards” for their final investigative project. The boards serve as visual displays of evidence, timelines, suspects, and forensic analyses, mirroring the work of actual crime scene investigators. Funding enhance instruction for 75 students in grades 11 and 12.

“Having tangible boards to display their findings makes the learning experience more authentic and helps students better understand how evidence connects to build a case,” Forensic Science Instructor Samantha Mrs. Freeman wrote in the grant application. 

Pictured, from left: Watertown High School Instructor Samantha Freeman; Deacon Daugherty’s grandsons Anthony Filippelli and Ian Filippelli; Deacon Daugherty’s daughter, Christin Filippelli; Deacon Daugherty’s grandsons Joe Filippelli and Brandon Daugherty, and granddaughter Caitlin Daugherty; Watertown High School Instructor Lisa Winkler; and Deacon Daugherty’s wife, Elizabeth “Liz” Daugherty.

#NNYCF #ThoughtfulLegacy #WatertownHigh #ForensicScience #GrantFunding

Congratulations to Watertown High School’s Forensic Science classes! The course instructors are recipients of the first grant award from the Deacon Bruce W. Daugherty Memorial Fund of the Community Foundation.

Deacon Daugherty’s family established the fund to honor his life and legacy after he passed away on St. Patrick’s Day last year.

Watertown’s Forensic Science class provides students with an engaging, hands-on introduction to the methods and critical thinking used in real-world criminal investigations.

The $1,492 grant funding was used to purchase corkboards for students to create “murder boards” for their final investigative project. The boards serve as visual displays of evidence, timelines, suspects, and forensic analyses, mirroring the work of actual crime scene investigators. Funding enhance instruction for 75 students in grades 11 and 12.

“Having tangible boards to display their findings makes the learning experience more authentic and helps students better understand how evidence connects to build a case,” Forensic Science Instructor Samantha Mrs. Freeman wrote in the grant application.

Pictured, from left: Watertown High School Instructor Samantha Freeman; Deacon Daugherty’s grandsons Anthony Filippelli and Ian Filippelli; Deacon Daugherty’s daughter, Christin Filippelli; Deacon Daugherty’s grandsons Joe Filippelli and Brandon Daugherty, and granddaughter Caitlin Daugherty; Watertown High School Instructor Lisa Winkler; and Deacon Daugherty’s wife, Elizabeth “Liz” Daugherty.

#NNYCF #ThoughtfulLegacy #WatertownHigh #ForensicScience #GrantFunding
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Awesome ‼

Congratulations!

That is awesome! Congratulations!

This is wonderful! 💙

Awesome!!!!

Congratulations

Wonderful, Liz!!

Awesome

Christin Marie! Stop it love this!

Awesome

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Hi Tara!

Congratulations to Sackets Harbor School District 😊

Nice to put a face with the voice. Thank you Tara for your help with scholarship questions!

Congratulations ❤️❤️

Hi Tara !!

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