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NNY Community Foundation’s Sawyer Community Fund
Grant Aids Constableville Library Expansion
Published: September 29, 2023
at 08:45 p.m.
By: Press Release from NNY Community Foundation
Foundation’s Sawyer Community Fund Grant Aids
Constableville Village Library Expansion
Support Helps Library Acquire New Furniture, Games,
and Electronics
CONSTABLEVILLE — The
village’s public library will soon see a vibrant new youth space as renovations
to the upper level of its building are under way.
Thanks to an
$8,000 grant from the Kenneth V. and Jeannette Remp Sawyer Community Fund
of the Northern New York Community Foundation, the updated space will see
new furniture, games, and electronics.
The expansion
project will greatly enhance the educational and recreational opportunities
for children and families, as well as surrounding communities.
Fourteen grants
totaling $58,050 were awarded this year from the Sawyer Community Fund to
support projects and programs that broadly impact the quality of life for
residents in Boonville, Constableville and Westernville.
Pictured: Front, from left, library patrons Jacob and
Benjamin Wendt.
Back, from left, Marilyn Pidgeon, Constableville
Library Association treasurer;
Brandi Lewis, Constableville Village Library
director; and Sonia Wendt,
Constableville Library Association President.
The Kenneth V.
and Jeannette Remp Sawyer Community Fund was established in 2018 as a
geographic-specific fund to support programs, projects and initiatives that
broadly impact and enhance the quality of life in Boonville, Constableville
and Westernville in perpetuity. The Sawyers were
passionate about the quality of life in their community, participating in
many community activities and volunteering for several local organizations.
Through the community fund, the Sawyer family established a lasting
charitable resource that will positively impact these communities forever.
The application
for the next grant cycle for funding from the Kenneth V. and Jeannette Remp
Sawyer Community Fund will be available in February 2023.
About Kenneth V.
and Jeannette Remp Sawyer
Mr. and Mrs.
Sawyer participated in many community events and activities through the
years and served on local boards and committees. Mr. Sawyer was a Boonville
native, served in the United States Army, and enjoyed a career at Layng
Furniture Company and as a supervisor at Boonville’s Erwin Park. Most
notably, he was a talented musician. He played tenor saxophone in his high
school band and clarinet with the Boonville Village Band. He frequently
played with three separate drum and bugle corps in Boonville and Rome. Mr.
Sawyer died in 2008.
Mrs. Sawyer
completed a successful career of more than 45 years at Rome Savings Bank
and was an avid follower of the stock market. She also served on the
finance committee of Boonville United Methodist Church. She assisted
organizations such as the Daughters of the
American Revolution, Dodge Pratt Northam Art and Community Center, the
Erwin Library, and the Boonville Cemetery. Mrs. Sawyer died in 2015.
In 2017, the
Kenneth V. Sawyer and Jeannette Remp Sawyer Scholarship Fund was
established through the Northern New York Community Foundation to benefit
Adirondack Central School graduates. The endowed fund will award two
scholarships each year forever, supporting the business and music pursuits
of high school graduates from the district.
About the
Northern New York Community Foundation
Since 1929, the
Northern New York Community Foundation has invested in improving and
enriching the quality of life for all in communities across Jefferson,
Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties.
Through
partnerships with businesses and organizations, charitable foundations, and
generous families and individual donors, the Community Foundation
awards grants and scholarships from an endowment and collection of funds
that benefit the region. Its commitment to donors helps individuals achieve
their charitable objectives now and for generations to come by preserving
and honoring legacies of community philanthropy while inspiring others.
The Community
Foundation is a resource for local charitable organizations, donors,
professional advisors and nonprofit organizations.
It also works to bring people together at its permanent home in the
Northern New York Philanthropy Center to discuss challenges our communities
face and find creative solutions that strengthen the region and make it a
great place to live, work, and play.
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