HELPING OUT
Scotia-glenville Senior Citizens
Inc. played Santa Claus to 82 nursing home and rehabilitation centers in the Glenville area last month. Members of the center take an ornament off the tree with a wish list from a patient at the Baptist and Glendale homes. They purchase the items, wrap them and donate them to the project. Representatives from the homes come with their vans to load them up for the “great reveal” later at the patients’ rooms. This past year the wish lists had many requests for blankets and teddy bears.
Paint-n-gogh presents a fundraiser for
Willard Camp 154, Sons of Union Veterans
of the Civil War on Saturday, Jan. 27, at 114 Milton Ave., Ballston Spa. This social event will offer wine, beer, cheese, crackers and good company. Special deals are available for cheesecake bites, chocolate truffles, and individual-sized cheese or charcuterie boards. These can be selected when registering for the event at: https://paintngoghbspa.as.me/willardcamp. Tickets: $48.15. Contact Heather at 518-879-6869 or heather@paintngoghbspa.com.
The Montgomery County
Youth Bureau announces a limited availability of Outreach Program funds for 2024. Funds will assist youthserving programs in the county that are currently not receiving, or are ineligible to receive, state Office of Children and Family Services funding. The funds will be allocated as mini grants and on a reimbursement basis. Info: (518) 853-4355.
The Charles R. Wood Foundation is accepting grant applications from IRS approved 501(c)3 organizations whose projects or programs assist children, health care or the arts in the Lake George region and surrounding areas. Visit www.charlesrwoodfoundation.com to submit online applications by March 1 for consideration at the spring meeting of trustees or by Sept. 1 for consideration at the fall meeting.
The Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce’s Love Our Locals Campaign had a record-breaking year in 2023, with more than $206,384 spent supporting the local economy. Shoppers and donors were encouraged to submit receipts of $20.23 or more spent at a Saratoga County business or nonprofit to be entered in a gift card giveaway. Over 2,500 receipts were submitted over the eight-week campaign, and dozens of participants were rewarded for supporting local merchants as gift card winners.
Friends of Five Rivers, the non-profit support arm of the state Department of Environmental Conservationowned Five Rivers Environmental Education Center, was awarded a $27,638 matching grant from the Environmental Protection Fund’s Park and Trail Partnership Grants program to increase marketing and outreach throughout the greater Capital Region to raise awareness of the Friends’ organization.
Order spring flowers by Feb. 13 to support the American Cancer Society Daffodil Days. Those making a $15 donation will receive one mini potted daffodils or one bunch of tulips. Those making a $25 donation will support the Gift of Hope program and send a gift of daffodils to a Capital Region cancer center. Flowers will be available for pickup the week of March 18 from 1 Penny Lane, Latham. To order, call 800-227-2345, email: Brandon.egan@cancer.org.