The Adirondack Thunder hockey team, the ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Calgary Flames, partnered with the American Red Cross to collect over 200 pints of blood during the 7 Days of Hope blood drive in August.
Red Cross officials said the blood drive has the potential to support 624 patients in the area. Each donor received a complimentary flex ticket to an Adirondack Thunder home game at the Glens Falls Civic Center during the 2016-17 season.
The 7 Days of Hope Blood Drive was held at seven different locations in Glens Falls and Queensbury, including Glens Falls Hospital and the Queensbury Hotel. The Thunder had their mascot, Gunnar, in attendance for the final drive on Sunday, Aug. 7, at the Glens Falls YMCA, to help promote the event. The Thunder gave out tickets to each donor, resulting in over 200 tickets donated, a $2,600 value.
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Stored Technology Solutions (StoredTech) has earned the position of 1,113 on the 2016 Inc. 5000
Inc. magazine, founded in 1979 and based in New York City, is an American monthly publication focused on growing companies. The Ink 5000 list ranks the country’s top 5,000 fastest-growing private companies.
According to Eric Schurenberg, Inc. Media editor-in-chief, the companies on the list have grown almost five-fold over the last three years.
StoredTech provides a comprehensive portfolio of voice, data, and video services and equipment. It’s headquarters is in Queensbury and it has branch offices in Saratoga Springs, Plattsburgh and South Plainfield, N.J.
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Hudson Headwaters was named a National Quality Leader by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), a federal agency that oversees the community health center programs across the country.
The recognition includes an award of $279,701 to be used for additional quality improvements. Only seven of the state’s 62 community health centers achieved recognition as National Quality Leaders, and only 70 did so in the entire country.
To qualify for this award, Hudson Headwaters surpassed national quality benchmarks for chronic disease management, preventive care, and perinatal/prenatal care.
This year’s award is the fourth largest award in the state, and 14th largest in the nation.
Hudson Headwaters also received award funds for reporting clinical measures using electronic medical records, demonstrating improvements in one or more clinical measures, and having the highest clinical performance compared to its health center peers.
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The Glens Falls Foundation awarded a $6,000 grant to the Warren, Washington and Albany Counties chapter of NYSARC Inc., (WWAARC) for construction of multi-use recreational hiking trails and athletic courts for people with disabilities.
WWAARC supports people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities and their families.
The planned multi-use recreational complex will include a range of facilities for physical activities and meaningful experiences that are not available locally for people with disabilities, including a softball field, bocce ball courts and outdoor volleyball courts. It will also feature a walking and hiking trail with sensory stimulation components and wheelchair-accessible exercise stations.
The complex will be located on part of the WWAARC’s headquarters on Quaker Road in Queensbury. The 20-plus-acre property features a pond and a variety of wildlife. The facilities will be open to the public.
WWAARC has also been in discussions with Special Olympics, SUNY Adirondack and Team Red, White and Blue to provide recreational activities for veterans and members of the community.
The design phase is nearly complete and the organization hopes to begin construction on the project this fall.
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Thomas J. Murphy, president and CEO of Arrow Financial Corp., announced that a 3 percent stock dividend was declared on Aug. 31, and will be distributed on Sept. 29.
He said shareholders of record on Sept. 21, will receive three additional shares of Arrow common stock for every 100 shares owned. They will also receive the cash equivalent of any fractional shares which they are entitled, since no partial shares will be issued.
Arrow Financial is a multi-bank holding company headquartered in Glens Falls, serving the financial needs of northeastern New York. It is the parent of Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Co. and Saratoga National Bank and Trust Co.
Other subsidiaries include North Country Investment Advisers, Inc.; two property and casualty insurance agencies: McPhillips Insurance Agency, which is a division of Glens Falls National Insurance Agencies LLC, and Upstate Agency LLC; and Capital Financial Group Inc., an insurance agency specializing in the sale and servicing of group health plans.
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The Adirondack Trust Co. Community Fund is accepting grant applications from eligible nonprofit charities through Sept. 30.
Grant information and application forms may be obtained from the fund website at ATCCF.org/Nonprofits.
The fund was established in 2009 to build an endowment that acts as a perpetual source of funding for the broad array of nonprofit organizations in the community, which improve the quality of life and address issues of common concern to the area. It also seeks to foster a community spirit of giving by providing donors with unique and flexible ways to manage charitable donations.
In 2015, the fund allocated $44,600 into 23 lend-a-hand grants averaging just under $2,000 each. The grants were awarded to local, nonprofit organizations, supporting programs in such diverse areas as veteran’s outreach, mental health services, wildlife education, homelessness prevention, youth services, and the arts.
Grant recipients will be announced by the fund’s independent advisory committee in November.
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HealthyADK, a population health improvement resource website, has unveiled a number of new features to help users better research, track and report on community health improvement information and data in the Adirondack region.
The website provides current data on more than 130 health-related measures, a report creation function, and links to promising and evidence-based programs to address a variety of health issues.
New website features include: Ability to quickly compare data, county against other counties; easy-to-understand, and downloadable data graphs, charts and gauges to use in presentations, grant submissions, and reports; concise explanations about why each data measure is important to the health of the community; clear graphs to show whether a data measure has improved or worsened over time; enhanced community dashboards; simplified data access, assessment, evaluation, and sharing capabilities; and improved search functionality.
The website, supported by a grant from the state Department of Health and maintained by Adirondack Health Institute in collaboration with the North Country Population Health Improvement Program (NC PHIP), serves Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Warren, and Washington counties.
For more information, visit www.healthyadk.org.
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Stewart’s Shops ice cream and gelato flavors were ranked as the “Best of the Best” in North America at the World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest in Madison, Wisc., held Aug. 23-25.
Stewart’s Dark Chocolate took first place in the Dark Chocolate ice cream category. It is the flavor’s seventh win in 10 years. Each entry is ranked on flavor, body and texture, melting quality, appearance and color.
Top honors were also given to Stewart’s Milk Chocolate Gelato and Stewart’s Salty Caramel Gelato, earning first and second place respectively in the gelato category.
Stewart’s Shops began offering three flavors of gelato in pints last summer. That third flavor, Blackberry, earned an award at the 2015 Dairy Expo.
Stewart’s Shops makes its own ice cream and gelato daily, using fresh milk from 30 family dairy farms near their dairy in Greenfield.