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Community Foundation’s LEAD Council Launches Annual
Holiday Giving Initiative
Published: October 22, 2024
at 12:45 p.m.
By: Press Release
from NNY Community Foundation
Community Foundation’s LEAD Council Launches Annual
Holiday Giving Initiative
$5,000 Matching Challenge will Double Gifts to LEAD
Holiday Giving Fund
WATERTOWN — The LEAD Council
of the Northern New York Community Foundation is working to help bring joy
to seniors across the tri-county region this holiday season.
The advisory
committee of young professionals is kicking off its annual LEAD Holiday
Giving initiative to support Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties.
To begin, the Council’s LEAD Holiday Giving Fund
at the Community Foundation will provide a $5,000 matching challenge. Each
gift to the fund will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, up to $5,000.
Total gifts
contributed to the LEAD Holiday Giving Fund will be evenly distributed to
the following community initiatives and nonprofit partner organizations:
Meals on Wheels Program through Watertown
Urban Mission — Gifts will support meal expenses to provide food and
meal support to local seniors.
Santa for Seniors Program through
Lowville Food Pantry — Gifts will help purchase presents for seniors during
the holiday season.
Meals on Wheels Program through St.
Lawrence County Office for the Aging — Gifts will support a holiday gift
card drive sent to local participating seniors to help purchase groceries
and essential needs.
“Members of the
LEAD Council are graciously seeking support for our Holiday Giving Fund
initiative. Your gift is not merely a transaction, but a deliberate action
of compassion that directly aids our neighbors — a true embrace of the
holiday season,” LEAD Council Vice Chair Marc Piche said. “This is a
wonderful opportunity to make a positive impact this holiday season and
ensure that no act of kindness, no matter how small, is wasted.”
The Council’s
challenge starts today and runs through Monday, November 25. Last
year, the Council awarded $6,000 to support local
holiday initiatives and distributed hundreds more in material gifts.
The LEAD Council
is comprised of 22 young professionals who live and work in Jefferson,
Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties. The Council is empowered to develop
creative initiatives that directly benefit the community and to award
strategic grants to tri-county nonprofit organizations whose work enhances
the quality of life in the region.
To support LEAD’s
effort, make gifts to: Northern New York Community Foundation, 131
Washington Street, Watertown, New York 13601, or online at bit.ly/LEAD-HolidayFund. Please designate your thoughtful gift
to the LEAD Holiday Giving Fund.
The LEAD Council
program and experience is made possible through the generosity of the Hyde-Stone
Charitable Foundation of the Northern New York Community Foundation, Carthage
Savings, Morgia Wealth Management, and donors to the Friends
of the Foundation Annual Community Betterment Fund.
Contact Max
DelSignore, Community Foundation assistant director, 315-782-7110,
or max@nnycf.org, to learn more about LEAD and its work.
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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