Stories

Project: LEAD
Project: LEAD

In 2016, The Community Foundation partnered with more than two dozen organizations to launch the Lead-Free Mohawk Valley (LFMV) coalition. The investment over the next decade will focus on the reduction of lead hazards and expand testing and community awareness of the problem.

Embracing Opportunity: A Plan for Herkimer County
Embracing Opportunity: A Plan for Herkimer County

With funding from The Community Foundation and municipal government partners, the initiative will provide a cohesive, data-driven strategy identifying opportunities to enrich and enhance economic growth and community prosperity in Herkimer County. 

Fund Spotlight: The Margarets Gaffney & Van Waes Fund
Fund Spotlight: The Margarets Gaffney & Van Waes Fund

For more than a decade, Donald Van Waes has been involved with The Community Foundation, serving as a member of the grants committee for many years and donor advisor to the fund he established with his wife, the late Margaret (Peg) Van Waes.

The Mele Family (Fund) – Committed to Doing Good for Others
The Mele Family (Fund) – Committed to Doing Good for Others

The Mele family is best-known for establishing Mele & Co.—the premier provider of jewelry boxes and accessory organizers in the nation.

Full STEAM Ahead at Dodge Pratt Northam Art and Community Center
Full STEAM Ahead at Dodge Pratt Northam Art and Community Center

Part of what makes the mix of urban and rural communities scattered throughout Herkimer and Oneida counties particularly interesting is the juxtaposition of tradition and technology, access and inclusion, and pockets of creativity in unusual places.

A Vision for a Brighter Future
A Vision for a Brighter Future

With a long-awaited upward trend in economic and urban revitalization underway, Downtown Utica is fast becoming a focus of investment and growth.

Donor Profile: Earle C. Reed
Donor Profile: Earle C. Reed

From the Boilermaker’s modest early days more than 40 years ago through decades of tremendous growth, the man behind it all was Earle C. Reed, community supporter and Boilermaker founding father.

Art @ 2608
Art @ 2608

The mosaic brings to life a pictorial representation of our region’s vibrancy—capturing important landmarks and the natural beauty of our communities from the Erie Canal and Mohawk Valley to the foothills of the Adirondacks, including city centers and many points in between.

Partners in Prevention
Partners in Prevention

Catholic Charities of Herkimer County worked in collaboration with the already established and county-led Herkimer County Suicide Prevention Coalition to create the Herkimer County Suicide Prevention Program.

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