The Adirondack Trust Co. Community Fund has awarded Lend-A-Hand Grants to 37 local nonprofit organizations.
Since 2012, Lend-A-Hand Grants have been awarded annually using community funds from ATCCF’s annual Autumn of Giving Match Campaign.
Officials said because of the economic stresses COVID-19 has placed on businesses and individuals, the Adirondack Trust Co. fully funded this year’s grant efforts, donating $77,000 in lieu of the typical match campaign.
“In a year full of challenges and difficult decisions, the Community Fund is grateful that Adirondack Trust quickly stepped up to fund the 2020 Lend-A-Hand Grants,” said ATCCF Advisory Committee Chair Brian Straughter. “We are so grateful for our community partnerships like this one.”
“There was absolutely no question when it came to funding this year’s grants,” said Adirondack Trust President and CEO Charles V. Wait, Jr. “Ensuring the Community Fund’s perpetuation and its ability to assist so many incredible nonprofits was a top priority, but the best part is that, even though the community didn’t have to donate this year, so many did.”
Lend-A-Hand Grants help local nonprofits throughout Saratoga, Warren, and Washington counties obtain critical funding for a diverse spectrum of needs: combatting food insecurity, improving living conditions, providing medical supplies and personal protective equipment, and so much more.
Grant awards were provided to the following organizations:
• 4-H Youth Development (Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County)
to help support programming and education for community families during a remote learning environment.
• After the Fire to provide fire victims with gift cards for supplies they lost due to fire.
• AIM Services, Inc. to help purchase of laptops for participants in the Employment Services Program.
• Ben Osborn Memorial Fund to help purchase Ben’s Personal Hygiene kits, which will be distributed to teens.
• Caffè Lena to create programming and concerts for an online audience and support the use of a professional streaming platform as the new revenue streams develops.
• Camp Abilities Saratoga to support the summer camp program that offers blind, visually impaired, and deaf/blind campers athletic activities.
• Catie Hoch Foundation to support the purchase of gas cards for families of children battling cancer.
• Clifton Park Halfmoon Emergency Corps
to be used to conduct Safe Sitter Babysitting safety classes for 48 middle school students.
• Coesa, to provide professional wellness retreats that offer tools, resources, and information about a variety of mindfulness and well-being methods.
• Community Hospice (St. Peter’s Health Partners) to support pediatric bereavement services.
• C.R.E.A.T.E Community Studios
to provide expressive activities to engage youth, while offering a safe environment to foster social and individual growth.
• Double H Ranch to assist with the shift to alternative/virtual programs through the purchase of technical equipment and software, camper supplies and seasonal staff stipends.
• First Baptist Church of Ballston Spa
to help families by providing lunches during the summer, when free or reduced-price lunches from the school district are not available.
• Flower & Fruit Mission to assist Saratoga Hospital to host a Lactation Counselor Training Course.
• Franklin Community Center to support Project Lift, which works to provide at-risk youth with activities to promote positive youth development and to increase social-emotional skills.
• Gateway House of Peace to help it fulfill their mission of caring for those dying and supporting their families free of charge.
• Glens Falls Area Youth Center
Grant to help bridge the gap between ambition and opportunity to break the generational cycle of poverty.
• Habitat for Humanity Northern Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties to be used to cover the cost of materials and labor for the construction of a wheelchair accessible ramp.
• L.E.A.P (Washington County Economic Opportunity Council)
to support Head Start.
• Mechanicville Area Community Services Center to go toward the development and implementation of Boys on the Move, a program addressing self-esteem, respectful and communication, teamwork.
• Nipper Knolls Equine Center
Funding to provide food and care to retired and or rescued horses used in the equine assisted activities program.
• Northeast Parent & Child Society (Northern Rivers Family of Services)
to allow Northern Rivers to continue to address the rise in food insecurity.
• Open Door Mission to provide food and direct expenses for its Hunger Relief program.
• Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
to fund home safety kits for 125 homeowners in need.
•Saratoga Bridges to support the Creative Endeavors Art Center programming.
• Saratoga Center for the Family
Grant to support the growing need for financial assistance to clients who are weathering a health crisis without jobs or health insurance.
• Saratoga County Children’s Committee to help support the Empty Stocking Project in 2021, which helps fill the needs and some gifts for children during the holiday season.
• Saratoga Hospital and Saratoga Community Health Center (CHC) to support the purchase of X-ray equipment.
• Saratoga Pride, an affiliate of the Capital District Gay Community
to sustain and expand support for LGBTQ community members and allies.
• Saratoga Senior Center to support Legacies for Life, an oral history project for seniors in Saratoga County.
• Shelters of Saratoga to help it obtain COVID-19 supplies, including PPE, masks, gloves, and cleaning supplies.
• SNACpack Program Inc. to support the distribution of weekly bags of food to children who live with food insecurity.
• Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
to provide food, PPE, and other essentials to homeless veterans and low-income families.
• Wait House (Warren/Washington County Homeless Youth Coalition, Inc.) to support the youth Street Outreach and Safe Harbour programs.
• Wilton Emergency Squad for upgraded technology to provide virtual lifesaving education programming and training.
•Wilton Food Pantry Grant to support the Children’s Healthy Choice breakfast/lunch program.
The Community Fund’s website is ATCCF.org.
