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![Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund Established to Support Refugees](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/iStock-1297243433-Ukraine.jpg)
The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties has created a community-wide fund in response to the military conflict in Ukraine and the probable arrival starting this year of a substantial number of Ukrainian refugees in the community.
![Connor’s Way Partners with Community Foundation to Offer Scholarships in Memory of Connor Arthur Lynskey](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/ElementAssets/connor1.png)
As an annual run-walk honoring his memory continues to grow each year, the family of Connor Lynskey is partnering with the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties to ensure the Hinckley teen’s legacy will live on.
![Give Back to Utica Essay Contest Launches for 2022](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/GBTU-Essay-text.png)
The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties is pleased to announce that its Give Back to Utica Fund has launched its annual essay contest for local high school juniors and seniors living in Herkimer or Oneida counties.
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
![A message from our board chair, Jawwaad Rasheed](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/200812_cfhoc_frontiers_074.jpg)
Essay: Community Foundation commits to collaboration, investment to bring about change.
![Community Foundation Welcomes Two New Staff Members](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/ElementAssets/151103_cfhoc_paul_103-v2.jpg)
Olivia Paul has been named director of community investment and Eh Ka Paw will serve as finance and accounting intern at the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties.
The Mid-Utica Neighborhood Preservation Corporation (MUNPC) and the Community Foundation have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) as the next step in development of MUNPC’s Leisure Time Activity Center site as a collaborative multipurpose “impact center.”
![Community Foundation Awards More Than $50,000 to Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/200413_cfhoc_fooddrive_082T.jpg)
The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties distributed $52,795 to more than 30 local food pantries and soup kitchens this week.