Thursday, April 25, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
The Volunteer Transportation Center Inc. (VTC) has received a $5,000 grant from the Youth Philanthropy Council of the Northern New York Community Foundation. The grant is one of eight grants totaling …
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The Volunteer Transportation Center Inc. (VTC) has received a $5,000 grant from the Youth Philanthropy Council of the Northern New York Community Foundation.
The grant is one of eight grants totaling $19,530 approved by the council which, each year, reviews requests from tri-county agencies to fund projects or initiatives that positively impact the quality of life in Jefferson, Lewis or St. Lawrence counties.
The funding, said Jeremiah S. Papineau, Foundation Director and Director of Communications for the VTC, will be utilized to reimburse Volunteer Transportation Center volunteer drivers for the miles they drive with their own vehicles as they transport community members in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence Counties.
Under the VTC’s charitable programs, volunteer drivers are reimbursed at a rate of $0.445 per mile. That means a grant of this size, said Papineau, can have a significant impact when taking people to medical and dental appointments, life-supporting treatments such as chemotherapy or renal dialysis, and to go grocery shopping.
