March ACAF Grants

ACAF • April 17, 2020

(April 2020) In March, the Grant Committee of the Allegany County Area Foundation approved $500 grants to the Fillmore Central School PTO for its backpack food program operated in conjunction with the Houghton Wesleyan Church, and the Wellsville YMCA to help with child care costs for essential workers for whom school closings have created a financial burden.

The grant committee opted to defer grants other grant applications so as to preserve funds to address emerging needs created by the Coronavirus pandemic.

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