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The Give Back To Utica Fund, a donor-advised fund of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, has announced the names of three college students participating in summer internships at Utica-area organizations.
![M&T Bank/Partners Trust Bank Fund Marks 15 Years with 2022 Grant Announcements](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/CF_MTPTInfograph-for-website.png)
M&T Bank/Partners Trust Bank Charitable Fund (MTPT) at the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties awarded nearly $585,000 to area nonprofits in 2022—a special year for the fund as it celebrated its 15-year anniversary supporting the Mohawk Valley.
![Essay Contest Winner Earns Summer Internship at Utica Public Library](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/GBTU-for-website-5-v2.png)
A panel of independent judges have selected Hender Hernandez Caba, a rising senior at Thomas R. Proctor High School, as the winner of the annual Give Back to Utica essay contest and recipient of a paid summer internship at the Utica Public Library.
M&T Bank/Partners Trust Bank Charitable Fund has invested $250,000 to ICAN in support of its Family Resource Center, which will also house a new, state-of-the-art Children’s Museum
![Community Foundation Awards Over $2.5 Million to Nonprofits, Opens 15 New Funds](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/210719_cfhoc_levitt_091_smaller.png)
The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties announced more than $2.5 million in community investments during the first half of 2021 to organizations and initiatives primarily in the areas of equity, economic development, education, and pandemic relief. This total includes more than $376,00 in awards through the organization’s competitive grants process as well as activity of its 120+ donor-advised funds. Also included in that total is support from the Mohawk Valley COVID-19 Response Fund to 30 local nonprofit organizations.
![Donor Contribution to Advance the Work of Young Scholars Liberty Partnerships Program at Utica College](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/Young-Scholars.jpg)
A local youth program, Young Scholars Liberty Partnerships Program (YSLPP), has received $1 million in funding to enhance and grow its programming for area students.
![Utica Native Keeps “Giving Back to Utica”](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/GBTU5.jpg)
Five students are getting real-world experience and helping out area nonprofits this summer thanks to a Utica native who’s never forgotten where he came from.
![Essay Contest Winner Earns Summer Internship at Utica Public Library](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/GBTUBF.png)
Ajla Ademovic, a rising senior at Thomas R. Proctor High School, was selected as the winner of the annual Give Back to Utica essay contest.