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Five North County middle schoolers receive $500 grants from Northern New York Community Foundation

Posted 1/31/20

Five middle school students from St. Lawrence County each received a $500 grant from The Northern New York Community Foundation on behalf of local nonprofit organizations. The awards were part of …

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Five North County middle schoolers receive $500 grants from Northern New York Community Foundation

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Five middle school students from St. Lawrence County each received a $500 grant from The Northern New York Community Foundation on behalf of local nonprofit organizations.

The awards were part of $10,000 in Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge grants from the foundation to 20 nonprofit organizations that serve Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties.

The local grants were:

• $500, Gateway Museum of Morristown, Brody Cosler, Morristown Central School

• $500, Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley, Potsdam, Kadein Kelley, Edwards-Knox Central School

• $500, Morristown Volunteer Fire Department, Raelee Downs, Morristown Central School

• $500, Ogdensburg Boys and Girls Club, Walker Belile, Morristown Central School

• $500, St. Lawrence Valley SPCA, Ogdensburg, Sydney Thompson, Thousand Islands Middle School

Now in its third year, the Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge includes schools in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties. This year’s program committee received and reviewed 104 entries from seventh- and eighth-graders who recommended grants to 66 different organizations that serve residents in the three counties, said a foundation press release.

In the coming weeks, the Community Foundation and schools will work with winning students to coordinate visits to their respective charitable agencies to present grants and learn more about the organization they chose to support.

The initiative was launched in 2017 to introduce middle school students to concepts of philanthropy and community needs. The challenge seeks to engage seventh- and eighth-graders as they explore the meaning of community and are empowered to recommend grants to support their concepts that strengthen the quality of life in the region, the foundation said.