{"id":455,"date":"2017-01-09T14:49:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T14:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnycf.org\/new\/?p=455"},"modified":"2017-01-09T14:49:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T14:49:50","slug":"six-projects-receive-six-town-community-fund-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnycf.org\/new\/six-projects-receive-six-town-community-fund-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Projects Receive Six Town Community Fund Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern New York Community Foundation\u2019s Board of Directors recently approved a series of grant recommendations from the Six Town Community Fund committee to support six local projects in the region. It is the second series of grants awarded from the geographic-specific fund that will benefit the towns of Adams, Ellisburg, Henderson, Lorraine, Rodman and Worth in perpetuity. $5,000 in total grant funding will be directed toward these projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach of the funded projects had a well-developed budget and were clear on their benefits to the community\u201d, stated David J. Zembiec, Six Town Community Fund chair. \u201cThe committee was pleased to help get them off the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Six Town Community Fund was established at the Community Foundation to be a permanent philanthropic resource to enhance the quality of life in the region forever. The fund\u2019s growth can be attributed to several charitable contributions, as well as a matching grant from the Community Foundation in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The approved grants from the Six Town Community Fund are:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><strong>Historical Association of Mannsville (Town of Ellisburg) &#8211; $1,000<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Assist with costs of electrical upgrades to enhance services and venue availability<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><strong>South Jefferson School &#8211; $1,000<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Support expansion of \u201cSources of Strength\u201d wellness program to benefit students<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><strong>South Jefferson School &#8211; $1,000<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Start-up funding for an indoor track and field club team<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><strong>Lorraine Volunteer Fire Department &#8211; $750<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Supply funding for a water pump shelter and electric heater<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><strong>Henderson Historical Society &#8211; $750<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Support upgrades and repairs to the museum\u2019s handicap access ramp<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><strong>South Jefferson Housing Development Fund Company, Inc. &#8211; $500<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Assist with purchasing a high-definition television to supplement programming<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Six Town Community Fund is administered by the Community Foundation. For those interested in making a gift to support the Six Town Community Fund, please make checks payable to the Northern New York Community Foundation, 120 Washington St., Suite 400, Watertown, NY 13601. You may place \u201cSix Town Community Fund\u201d in the memo line.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern New York Community Foundation\u2019s Board of Directors recently approved a series of grant recommendations from the Six Town Community Fund committee to support six local projects in the region. It is the second series of grants awarded from the geographic-specific fund that will benefit the towns of Adams, Ellisburg, Henderson, Lorraine, Rodman and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["type-post","category-recent-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnycf.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnycf.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnycf.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnycf.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnycf.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnycf.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":456,"href":"https:\/\/nnycf.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455\/revisions\/456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnycf.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnycf.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnycf.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}