Local Not-For-Profits to Receive Grants from Community Fund

A number of area not-for-profit organizations are going to be given grants from a local foundation.

Forty-four organizations applied for nearly $400,000 worth of private donations made to the Community Foundation for South Central New York.

In Delaware County, the Bovina Public Library will receive $6,400 to replace the furnace and hot water heater, and the Wilson Children’s Center in Deposit will receive $15,000 dollars for general operating support. The Mount Upton United Methodist Church in Chenango County will receive $11,800 to renovate the kitchen used for a community food pantry and meal center. In Otsego County, the Richfield Springs Community Center will get 1$15,000 to pay the expenses of the executive director’s salary.

The Community Foundation for South Central New York’s Community Fund uses a competitive grant cycle. They have given out more than $8.2 million since they started in 1997.

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National speaker in Rome, NY to help us increase literacy Oct. 22

CREATING A READING READINESS COMMUNITY WHO: Patrick Corvington, senior fellow for the Campaign for Grade Level Reading, and initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation; former CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service. WHAT: Getting children at their appropriate reading levels by third grade is crucial to long-term success. Patrick Corvington will use the Campaign for Grade Level Reading to support us in creating a plan that will help our community's third graders reach this crucial milestone. He also will look for our community's input on how to reach these goals nationwide.   WHEN:  5:30 p.m. Oct. 22.   WHERE:  Large auditorium at Rome Free Academy, 95 Dart Circle, Rome. RSVP: By Friday, Oct. 18, to Lara Sepanski Pimentel at 733-4691, ext. 243 orlarasp@unitedwaygu.org. For information visit www.gradelevelreading.net. Presented by The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc. and The Literacy Coalition of Herkimer & Oneida Counties.   STAY IN TOUCH        1222 State St. Utica, NY-315.735.8212