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Community Foundation Kicks Off Third Youth Giving Challenge

October 2, 2019 By admin

Program open to 7th- and 8th-graders in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence Counties

     WATERTOWN — The Northern New York Community Foundation is pleased to kick off its 2019-2020 Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge. The challenge seeks to engage seventh- and eighth-grade students in exploring their communities as they compete for an opportunity to award a local nonprofit a $500 grant.

     This is the third year of the program, which is made possible by generous donors to the Community Foundation’s Friends of the Foundation Annual Community Betterment Fund and a gift from Community Bank, N.A., which supported the program in 2018 as well.

    Students presently attending 7th and 8th grades in Jefferson, Lewis or St. Lawrence counties are eligible to compete for a share of $10,000 in total grant awards. Twenty students will be selected to each present a $500 grant to a charitable organization of their choice. The initiative aims to have students explore their view of “community” and select a charitable organization for a grant award that makes their community a great place to live. To enter in the competition, students must complete an essay-based application in writing.

   “This remains one of the most important initiatives that our donors make possible,” said Rande Richardson, Community Foundation executive director. “Investing in this program is an investment not only in our community’s future, but also a way to help ensure that we continue to nurture and grow an awareness, interest and appreciation for the value and fulfillment of civic engagement and responsibility.”

    In its first two years, 43 students have been selected to present grants totaling $20,000 to 39 different nonprofit organizations that serve tri-county residents.

    Applications are available online at nnycf.org/givingchallenge, at local schools, or at the Northern New York Community Foundation, 131 Washington St., Watertown. Students selected to award grants in previous years are not eligible to enter.

    Entries must be postmarked or hand-delivered to the Community Foundation no later than Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. A grant review committee will judge all entries and determine 20 winning entries for grant awards. Eligible recipient organizations must be a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization in Jefferson, Lewis or St. Lawrence counties.

    An announcement of the winning submissions and grant awards will be made in early January after students return from the holiday break. A Community Foundation representative will then contact winning students to schedule them to personally visit their chosen organization and present a grant award. Contact the Community Foundation, 315-782-7110, or info@nnycf.org, to learn more about the Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge.

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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Northern New York Community Foundation

131 Washington Street
Watertown, NY 13601

Phone: 315-782-7110
Fax: 315-782-0047

info@nnycf.org

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Members of the Community Foundation’s LEAD Council recently presented a $500 gift to the Watertown Urban Mission from its 2020 LEAD Fantasy Philanthropy Challenge. From left: LEAD Council member Emily Zehr, Croghan; Dawn Cole, executive director, Watertown Urban Mission; and LEAD Council member Jessica Piatt Walczyk, Watertown.

The Northern New York LEAD Council is made possible by donors like YOU who make gifts to the Friends of the Foundation Annual Community Betterment Fund and corporate support from Morgia Wealth Management, Carthage Savings & Loan Association, and the Hyde-Stone Mechanical Contractors Charitable Foundation of the Community Foundation.

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Members of the Community Foundation’s LEAD Council recently presented a $500 gift to the Watertown Urban Mission from its 2020 LEAD Fantasy Philanthropy Challenge. From left: LEAD Council member Emily Zehr, Croghan; Dawn Cole, executive director, Watertown Urban Mission; and LEAD Council member Jessica Piatt Walczyk, Watertown. 

The Northern New York LEAD Council is made possible by donors like YOU who make gifts to the Friends of the Foundation Annual Community Betterment Fund and corporate support from Morgia Wealth Management, Carthage Savings & Loan Association, and the Hyde-Stone Mechanical Contractors Charitable Foundation of the Community Foundation.

#LEAD #NNYCF #UrbanMission #FantasyPhilanthropy
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ICYMI: it's not too late to support to the WPBS-TV Future Fund at the Northern New York Community Foundation. All gifts will help support the WPBS endowment, which was developed in partnership with the Community Foundation to help sustain the great work the station does to enrich arts and culture in Northern New York. Learn more at wpbstv.org/donate

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ICYMI: its not too late to support to the WPBS-TV Future Fund at the Northern New York Community Foundation. All gifts will help support the WPBS endowment, which was developed in partnership with the Community Foundation to help sustain the great work the station does to enrich arts and culture in Northern New York. Learn more at wpbstv.org/donate

#NNYCF #WPBS #partners
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