The Town of Webb Fund, a donor-advised fund of The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, made grants totaling $23,500 to 14 organizations that serve Town of Webb community members on July 22, 2010.
The Town of Webb Fund directs its assets exclusively to organizations serving the Town of Webb, and appeals to the charitable interests of part-time (seasonal) residents who represent nearly 75 percent of the town’s residents. The fund is designed to fill a gap, recognized in most resort communities, where the combined needs of year-round and seasonal residents are greater than the year-round community alone is able to provide.
“These organizations exemplify the diverse programs and services that are available in the Town of Webb. This community has the same complex needs as any other, and the full- and part-time residents’ support of the fund is testament to their dedication to the town,” noted Peggy O’Shea, president and CEO of The Community Foundation.
The recipients of the 2010 Town of Webb Fund grants are:
- Adirondack Economic Development Corporation received a grant in support of its Town of Webb Small Business Institute, which will offer business classes to small business owners in the town.
- Arts Guild of Old Forge received support for their exhibits and programs that enrich the lives of both residents and visitors.
- CAP-21 received a grant to maximize the fundraising abilities of not-for-profit organizations in the town through their grantwriting program.
- Catholic Charities was awarded a grant to provide teenagers with an alternate option for free time activities with a Wii gaming system.
- Central Adirondack Search & Rescue Team will use their award to offer Wilderness First Aid Training to search and rescue responders.
- Community Transportation Services received support to continue providing transportation for older adults to and from medical appointments, grocery stores and pharmacies.
- Fulton Chain of Lakes Performing Arts Council will once again offer an Evening with the Syracuse Symphony thanks to their grant.
- Health Friends will use their grant monies to help people with financial difficulties make co-payments for prescription medication.
- Home Aide Service of the Central Adirondacks (HASCA) received a grant to enable them to continue providing in-home care for elderly residents of the town.
- Kinderwood Program provides early education regardless of a family’s ability to pay tuition and will use their grant for classroom improvements.
- Kommunity Youth and Activity Center will continue to offer young people the opportunity to use their teen drop-in center with the grant they received.
- North Woods Community Center houses several not-for-profit organizations under one roof, and will use their grant to invest in building improvements.
- Old Forge Volunteer Ambulance Corp purchased a Zoll Auto Pulse cardiac support pump that administers CPR safely while an ambulance is moving at high speeds with their grant.
- Town of Webb Historical Association needed to replace their photocopier, and will be able to do so thanks to the grant they received.
The Community Foundation has been a force for improving lives and promoting philanthropy throughout Herkimer and Oneida counties since 1952. The Foundation has made more than 4,300 grants totaling over $35 million in support of causes ranging from education to health care, the arts to the environment. Grants are generated by the more than 270 funds that comprise The Foundation’s endowment, established and advanced by area individuals and families. Since its inception in 2005, the Town of Webb Fund has made a total of 68 grants in the amount of $124,700. |
