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17 food pantries from Canton, Massena, Ogdensburg, Potsdam and more to learn their grants from Lights on the River on Tuesday

Posted 12/29/14

LISBON -- Seventeen St. Lawrence County food pantries will learn how much they will receive from Lights on the River. The organization will announce its 2014 awards at 5 p.m. Dec. 30 at Lisbon …

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17 food pantries from Canton, Massena, Ogdensburg, Potsdam and more to learn their grants from Lights on the River on Tuesday

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LISBON -- Seventeen St. Lawrence County food pantries will learn how much they will receive from Lights on the River. The organization will announce its 2014 awards at 5 p.m. Dec. 30 at Lisbon Central School.

Last year, they doled out $18,000 and 2,700 pounds of food to about eight food pantries.

The show illuminated Lisbon Beach for the fifth year, at the same time raising money for 12 St. Lawrence County food pantries.

All of the proceeds raised are by donation.

They’ve raised $50,000 in the last four years, and $18,000 of that was last year alone. The 2013 Lights on the River also garnered 2,700 pounds of food for the needy.

Funds will go to Canton Church and Community, Canton Neighborhood Center, Gouverneur Neighborhood Center, Hammond Neighborhood Center, Heuvelton Food Pantry, Lisbon Food Pantry, Massena Neighborhood Center, Norwood-Norfolk-Raymondville Outreach, Ogdensburg Neighborhood Center, Potsdam Neighborhood Center, Richville Food Pantry, and Waddington Family and Resource Center.

This year included 75 displays, which has risen significantly from the 25 in the program's first year.