Awards and grants
Here’s news about local awards, donations and grants in the region:
Food donation
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints members from the Albany area delivered almost 31,000 pounds of non-perishable foods Friday to six Albany Capital area pantries from Greenwich to Cobleskill. An additional 5,000 pounds of food had been delivered to The Regional Food Bank of Northeast New York last week. A total of over 1.6 million pounds of food will continue to be distributed this month and in October to 200 pantries across the state. The donation commemorates the beginnings of the church in 1820 in upstate New York 200 years ago.
Maria College students
Employees from New York State Industries for the Disabled held a food drive Friday to help students at Maria College who are struggling with food insecurity. Based on self-reported data, 22 percent of Maria students are eligible for SNAP benefits, according to a statement from NYSID.
Justice efforts
U.S. Rep. Paul D. Tonko announced that $862,250 will be awarded to local governments and public safety nonprofits in the Capital Region through the Department of Justice: $619,648 for the John Finn Institute for Public Safety, $109,876 for the state Division of Criminal Justice Services to support delinquency prevention efforts and juvenile justice system improvements, $63,358 to Albany to prevent and control crime through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program, $24,737 to
Troy to prevent and control crime through the Byrne program and $44,631 to Schenectady County to prevent and control crime through the Byrne program.
■ saratoga Hospital The 2020 Saratoga Hospital Golf Invitational presented by A.O.W. Associates, Inc. raised $157,552 for the hospital’s Nursing Scholarship Program. Mary Solomons, executive director of Saratoga Hospital Foundation, said, “In a year of challenges and change, the tournament exceeded what was raised in 2019. The hard work of our volunteer committee and the generous support of this community provided funding for 53 nursing scholarship awards this year.”
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Sacred Heart received a grant from the Diocesan School Board for awarding
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the school with a Higher Powered Learning Grant to purchase seven new laptop computers for distance learning.
albany Med
Dunkin’ last week announced the results of its recent Iced Coffee Day campaign with a donation of approximately $30,000 to the Bernard & Millie Duker Children’s Hospital at Albany Medical Center.
unity House
Bob Talham, Inc., a Troybased paving, construction and excavation company, recently donated $20,000 and a car to Unity House’s “Making Child Care Affordable Initiative” as part of the Major Gifts Campaign for the Working Poor.
■ epilepsy Foundation Derrick Rumenapp laced up his sneakers for a 26-mile journey, in honor of the one in 26 people who live with epilepsy in the U.S. (his son, Matt, is one of them), raising $12,965. This money combined with funds raised by 42 other teams resulted in more than $60,000 being raised in the annual Walk to End Epilepsy.
■ trail development At noon Wednesday, at the North Chatham Trolley Station, Route 32 & Depot Road, the Columbia Friends of the Electric Trail will accept a check for a grant of $10,000 for its capacity building efforts to maintain the soon-to-open AlbanyHudson Electric Trail in Columbia County. Funds will be used to assess organizational needs, conduct an organizational strategic plan, and other capacitybuilding initiatives. Funding was awarded from the Park and Trail Partnership Grant program. Carpooling to the event is encouraged.
■ Food pantry drive Ballston Spa National Bank and the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York and town if Milton hosts a contactless drive-thru food pantry at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29 at Milton Town Hall, Geyser Road. Open to Saratoga County area residents needing food assistance.
lions Club drive
The Saratoga Springs
Lions Club and Mama Mia’s Restaurant offer “Pasta Wednesdays” packages sold between 3 and 7 p.m. Wednesdays in the front of Mama Mia’s Restaurant, 185 Ballston Avenue in Saratoga Springs. Place orders: 518212-7752. Benefits mission of the Saratoga Springs Lions Club in sight, hearing, diabetes, youth, community, hunger, and childhood cancer.