2018 Clifton-Fine Community Fund Newsletter

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5 days ago

Our thoughts are with the family of Colonel (Ret.) Michael T. Plummer. The Community Foundation was fortunate to have been able to work with Mike on so many endeavors that will forever benefit the region and its people, including 10th Mountain Division soldiers and their families.

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Mike was one of a kind. The world will not be the same without him.

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Northern New York Community Foundation

6 days ago

Meet Chase Nakano, a 2020-21 eighth grader (now a freshman) at Lowville Academy and Central School. For Chase, community is “a place where friends, family, and other social members live, interact, and share some of the same values.”

“What makes Lowville special is that small-town values are still practiced, such as helping neighbors in need no matter if their beliefs are the same or different than yours,” Chase wrote in his winning essay. “The willingness of those to help others in our area makes it a great place to live.”

As a 2020-2021 Northern New York Community Foundation Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge winner, Chase had a chance to present a grant to the Salvation Army of Watertown, a nonprofit organization he chose because it embodies his definition of community.

“The Salvation Army shares many of the values found within my community. In 2020, I took part in the Red Kettle holiday drive with my Dad and rang the bell at our local grocery store,” Chase wrote. “The ability to take part in something bigger than myself was a great experience.”

Chase recently met with Salvation Army Watertown Corps Captains Dominic and Elizabeth Nicoll and presented a $500 Youth Giving Challenge grant that will help the organization serve others in need. 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, Chase’s parents, Jamie and Christie Nakano, Chase Nakano, 2020-21 Lowville Academy and Central School eighth grader and Youth Giving Challenge winner; and Salvation Army Watertown Corps Captain Dominic Nicoll.

Chase 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 2020-2021 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. Grayson’s essay is one of 20 chosen from 144 submissions.

Look for more photos and stories behind the 2020-2021 Youth Giving Challenge gifts in the coming weeks, as well as an announcement of our 2021-2022 Youth Giving Challenge winners.

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