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Sawyer Community Fund Grant Helps Increase Event
Capacity at Constable Hall
Published: May 12, 2026 at
12:30 p.m.
By: Press Release
from NNY Community Foundation
Sawyer Community Fund Grant Helps Increase Event
Capacity at Constable Hall
$8,000 in Funding Will Help Purchase Tent for Outdoor
Events
 CONSTABLEVILLE — An $8,000 grant
from the Kenneth V. and Jeannette Remp Sawyer Community Fund of the
Northern New York Community Foundation will allow the Constable Hall
Association to host a variety of private and community events each year.
Grant support
will be used to purchase a tent for the organization. With limited indoor
space at Constable Hall, the outdoor event tent will hold up to 150 people.
The organization is hosting several community events through November.
Cultural and
historical education activities have increased in past two years, and the
investment will boost capacity for additional events. Visit constablehall.org/events
to learn more.
In 2025, 13
organizations and projects were awarded grant funding totaling $60,000.
Across the three communities, many endeavors were supported by these
grants: arts and culture, children and families, community development,
historic preservation, recreation and more. This range of impact that
enhances the quality of life for all citizens makes the Sawyer family’s
gift to the community meaningful and enduring.
Grant
applications are presently being reviewed for 2026 awards. Funding
decisions will be announced following the Community Foundation’s quarterly
board meeting in June.
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.
PHOTO: Loraine
O’Donnell, Constable Hall Association executive director. An $8,000 grant from the Kenneth V. and Jeannette
Remp Sawyer Community Fund of the Northern New York Community
Foundation will allow Constable Hall to host a variety of private and
community events each year.
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 at 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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