Advertisement
“In our cemeteries are the stories of the people who built Otsego County, who had vision and acted upon it, despite, I have no doubt, people telling them their ideas wouldn’t work or were pipe dreams. Again, people fought a revolution! Imagine if they had listened to [those] who told them they’d never succeed. “This is the Otsego County history we should have in mind when we think about our present and future,” Katz emphasized.…
The Community Foundation of Otsego County, which administers the Advocates for Springfield Fund, recently approved awards to two Springfield charitable organizations that support the health and well-being of the Town of Springfield. The Springfield 4th of July Committee and the Springfield Historical Society will each receive $500.00 toward upcoming events.…
Enthusiasm was high at a kickoff event hosted by CFOC on Wednesday, May 8 at Hartwick College. Representatives from more than 40 local nonprofits joined the Mohawk Valley Gives team to learn about the September 20 giving day.…
CANO Receives $5K Award Toward Juneteenth Celebration ONEONTA—The Community Arts Network of Oneonta has received a $5,000.00 award from the Community Foundation of Otsego County in support of the 2024 Juneteenth Celebration. The event will be held on Saturday, June 22 on Field Number 5 in Oneonta’s Neahwa Park. The free, family-friendly, Oneonta Juneteenth Celebration is a forum for celebrating Black joy and justice. In its fifth year in Oneonta, Juneteenth is a day filled with Black culture, community relationships,…
Katz said of this year’s grant opportunities, “The Community Foundation’s four awards cycles reflect the various ways in which we are working to making Otsego County a better place for all of our residents.”…
In support of this program, the Community Foundation of Otsego County announced recently that it has awarded $5,000.00 to CAA, based on CFOC’s grant focus on diversity, inclusion and welcoming programs.…
With representatives from area nonprofit organizations, businesses, and educational institutions, as well as local individuals and members of the faith community, the coalition successfully brought two refugees to Oneonta in the summer of 2023.…
Iron String Press hears from Otsego County's movers and shakers about what lies ahead for their organizations in the coming months.…
Seven teams of students from seven local schools presented their “Student Voices, Student Choices” solutions on November 20 in Hartwick College’s Slade Theatre to a packed auditorium of their peers, their parents, school principals, school administrators and community partners.…
EDDAS is a regional leader in adaptive sports and a chapter of Move United, the national leader in community adaptive sports. They have a 25-year track record of success bringing together athletes with disabilities and local volunteers to enjoy playing sports together.…
Now through July 31st, new or lapsed annual subscribers to the hard copy “Freeman’s Journal” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or electronically to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.
$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:
Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.
