News from the Noteworthy Jeff Katz, Executive Director, Community Foundation of Otsego County Community Foundation spotlights youth mental health Jeff Katz is the Executive Director of the Community Foundation of Otsego County. To learn more about the Community Foundation of Otsego County, and how you can help, visit https://cfotsego.org/, email at cfotsego.org, or call (607) 286-3935. It’s been two years since COVID turned society upside down. Our social lives have been disrupted in ways we could never imagine. We’ve…
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News from the Noteworthy: Fund will support Otego library A donation to the Community Foundation of Otsego County from Otego author Dennis Fowler has created The Greater Otego Library and Education Fund, focused on maintaining the Harris Memorial Library building, supporting library programs and operations, and encouraging activities to educate and enhance the lives of the residents of the village. “Otego is such a wonderful place,” said Mr. Fowler, a 50-year resident and writer with nearly 60 books published, including…
Community Foundation taps former mayor as new exec director Former Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz returns to a life of serving his community when he takes the helm as the first executive director of the Community Foundation of Otsego County at the start of the new year. “This is thrilling and an honor to have been chosen,” Mr. Katz told The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta. “I’m looking forward to the engagement and the change to get out and see people throughout Otsego…
Foundation, Otsego NOW Offer $500 Grants For PPE Otsego County small businesses and not-for-profit corporations with fewer than 50 employees are eligible for grants up to $500 to buy PPE (personal protective equipment) or install fixtures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, as long as Governor Cuomo’s emergency declaration is in effect. The new Community Foundation of Otsego County and Otsego Now have contributed $25,000 each to make $50,000 available for this purpose.…
Community Foundation Awards 1st Grant, For Helios Care PPEs ONEONTA – The two-week old Community Foundation for Otsego County today made its first grant addressing the COVID-19 emergency in Otsego County. The Foundation’s COVID-19 Fund awarded $5,000 to Helios Care, formerly known as Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care, for PPEs, personal protective equipment. Additionally, the United Way of Delaware and Otsego Counties has also awarded $2,500 to Helios Care. The foundation continues to accept donations for its COVID-19 Relief…
LET’S UNITE, FIGHT COVID-19’S THREAT Community Foundation Launches Countywide Relief, Recovery Effort By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The nation’s first community foundation, founded in 1914, is in Cleveland, Ohio, and in recent years it identified a lack of “capital wealth” as preventing the city’s blighted neighborhoods from rebounding. “With a consortium of business people, government organizations and charities, they’ve funded several hundred small businesses in those neighborhoods. “Funding entrepreneurship kept wealth in the community,” said Harry…
EDITORIAL In Time Of Trial, All Of Us Have A Chance To Do Good Otsego County is blessed with generous foundations. The Clark Foundation and its spinoffs have, of course, been transformative, and continue to be, with supporting the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Fenimore and Farmers’ museums, Glimmerglass Opera and more than $10 million in college scholarships to top local students countywide since the 1960s. The Clark’s Scriven Foundation is focused exclusively within the county, and it’s the rare…
Susquehanna SPCA Raises Over $95K In ‘Save A Life’ Campaign COOPERSTOWN Raising more than $75,000 in donations as part of the Staffworks “Save a Life” campaign, the Susquehanna Animal Shelter was one of the top performers of the fund drive, receiving an additional $10,000 towards their capital project on top of the $10,000 in matching funding for a total of $95,949. “We didn’t raise the most, but Anita felt like we did so well as newcomers that she gave…
$30,000 To Otsego County From Community Foundation Otsego County organizations received almost $30,000 in grants from the Community Foundation for South Central New York’s Community Fund, Women’s Fund and special funds, as follows: SUNY Oneonta’s Children’s Center, $6,138 to upgrade food services to code (Otsego) SUNY Oneonta’s Children’s Center, $15,000 for childcare subsidies (Otsego) Otego Community Food Pantry, $2,000 to help residents grow and use their own vegetables and greens (Otsego) Opportunities for Otsego, $6,000 for emergency counseling for victims…