The Allegany County Area Foundation Grant Committee meets every two months to review applications and consider how it may help with community needs. Through October, the committee has awarded the following grants (with the fund providing the grant noted):
ACCORD - $1000 for Holiday Angels program. (Carter-Windus Fund).
Allegany County Blind Assn - $200 for a portable ramp that will provide easier access to the association’s Low Vision Clinic. (Shear Fund).
Rushford Free Library - $1500 for new, secure filing cabinets for the keeping of hard copy records and electronic equipment. (Allegany Fund).
Genesee Valley Rotary Camp - $1500 for a new PA system for the camp dining hall.(Carter-Windus Fund).
Marjorie Dieter Mastin (Canaseraga) Historical Society - $2300 for furnace work on the historic former Trinity Episcopal Church building, now owned by the Society and being converted to a public-serving space. (Bob Christian Fund $550 and Peter Sprague Fund $1750).
Alfred Box of Books Library - $700 for programing. (Allegany Fund).
Roswell Park Angel Fund - $250, in recognition of the care Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center provides for Allegany County residents. ($100 Shear Fund; $150 Moogan Fund).
HomeCare and Hospice - $1300 for tablet computers for two Allegany County based nurses. The tablets will provide for better workflow, communication, and care coordination. (Carter-Windus Fund).
Trinity Christian Day Care - $1500 for day care scholarships. (Carter-Windus Fund).
Thelma Rogers Historical Society - $500 for the Society’s Jingle and Glow holiday light display. (Shear Fund).
Southern Tier Traveling Teacher - $1000 for new testing material necessitated by changing state guidelines. (Allegany Fund).
WXXI/WXXY (radio) - $2500 for repairs to the housing that protects the station’s Caneadea transmitter. This unit provides programing and emergency alerts for significant portions of Allegany County. (Carter-Windus Fund).
YMCA Child Care - $2500 for childcare scholarships. (Carter-Windus Fund).
