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Four recent area graduates recently received scholarship awards for students pursuing a degree in a health care-related field of study, managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.

An integral part of any friendship is a willingness to help one another. Time and time again Dr. Ashok and Dr. Yogini Kothari have stepped up to help the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation and the community as a whole in numerous ways.

Two recent Otto-Eldred High School graduates recently received scholarship awards from funds established at and managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation to support graduating OEHS students.

David and Irene Krahe made their home and raised their family as a proud part of the Olean community at 123 S. 9th St. The Krahe family will celebrate in the house where they were raised one last time Saturday, June 25 during Olean High School's alumni weekend, with the homestead party serving as a fundraiser for the Michele Krahe Peace Olean High School Scholarship.

The Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation will host the second installment of its Nonprofit Link and Learn Webinar series on May 24 with the session, "Grant Applications Made Easy: Tips on making your application stand out in a crowd."

For many, a cancer diagnosis is not only the beginning of a long, difficult treatment plan, but also the beginning of a long travel schedule to seek that treatment. The purchase of a new Computed Tomography (CT) Simulator at the Mildred Milliman Radiation Medicine Center, supported by a grant from the Mildred Milliman Fund at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation, is playing a role in changing that for many in the Cattaraugus County region.

Allegany County, NY, May 6, 2022 - The Allegany-Cattaraugus-Chautauqua Fund for Women (ACC FFW) is excited to announce its 4th annual Mother's Day campaign. After awarding three grants in 2021 and preparing to award more grants this spring (plus an expected additional round of grants to open this fall), the ACC FFW is seeking support to continue expanding its reach, since there is much more work to be done.

For 40+ years, the Cattaraugus Development Corporation helped to provide safe and affordable housing for low-income families and the elderly in Cattaraugus County.

The Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation will kick off its Nonprofit Link and Learn Series, a seminar series for nonprofit education, on April 6 with "Preparing your board and new board members for satisfying and productive board service," led by Barbara Paxton, chief program officer of BoardStrong.

Applications for grant funding from the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation's Community Fund are due April 21. The Community Fund makes possible two rounds of responsive, unrestricted grantmaking in May and November of every year that aim to support new projects and initiatives that respond to the changing needs of those living in Cattaraugus County.

The Wolfinger Family Donor Advised Fund at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation recently provided $3,450 in support to area school districts to support a number of special projects and educational programs.

A fund named in memory of Dan Daniels, a long-time member of the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels, will support renovations to the church's organ, beginning with a goal of raising of $15,000.

Announcing the open period for grant applications through the Allegany-Cattaraugus-Chautauqua Fund for Women (ACC-FFW).  Grant applications, for individual grants, are being accepted February 1st through March 15th, 2022. 

For some 60 years the Dresser-Rand Employees Scholarship has provided scholarship awards for the children of Olean-based Dresser-Rand employees to pursue a post-secondary education.

The Twin Tiers Disc Golf Association [TTDGA], inspired by the idea and efforts of group member Dave Haynes, is gearing up fundraising efforts for a 9-hole disc golf course that is designed with youth and novice players in mind. The course, being installed near Franchot's Children's Memorial Garden this summer, will also extend the garden's mission by including trees and landscape stones that memorialize children in the layout.

The Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation scholarship process will open to applications from area students on February 1.

Six nonprofit agencies recently received grants from the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation's Community Fund, together totaling $8,462, to support projects and initiatives that support the changing needs of Cattaraugus County residents.

The Lee W. and Jeremie L. Swartz Pitt-Bradford Scholarship Fund, recently established at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation, will provide annual support for graduates of Olean High School or Archbishop Walsh Academy who plan to continue their education at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford (PA).

The Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation recently named Tricia Oakley to the position of database and scholarship program manager.

Every year, Cattaraugus County Sheriff deputies flood the aisles of Walmart and local stores with the mission of bringing gifts and Christmas joy to needy area families. This year the Santa Sheriff program will support 71 children from 22 families in Cattaraugus County.

Again this year, the annual grants made from the Kaleigh Wilday Endowment Fund include several Ellicottville-based organizations, honoring the outpouring of love and support that the Wilday family has received from the Ellicottville community since the establishment of the Kaleigh Wilday Fund at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.

Recently established at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation, the Fox Derwick Family Supporting Children in the Arts Fund will provide children and youth in the Olean community financial support to attend classes and programs in the fine and performing arts.

A $1,737 grant from the Carroll and Dolores Anstaett Gift Tree fund at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation will again help the Gift Tree program, administered by Interfaith Caregivers, ensure that underprivileged families in Cattaraugus County will wake to presents under the tree on Christmas morning.

Seventy-six nonprofits from across the Cattaraugus County region are set to participate in Cattaraugus Gives, the region's day of giving, on Tuesday, Nov. 30 at cattaraugusgives.org.

Since Veterans Day of 2006, the Olean Veterans Wall of Honor memorial has stood in War Veterans Park as a reminder of all of the local service men and women who had sacrificed their lives in active duty.

The Allegany-Cattaraugus-Chautauqua Fund for Women (ACC FFW) announces today the launch of its year-end fundraising campaign, including a holiday plant sale. Funds raised during this period will support the ACC FFW's grant making activities in 2022 to benefit women seeking financial assistance for long-term financial self-sufficiency.

When skateboarding legend Tony Hawk donated his blood to be painted into 100 skateboards, he probably did not think it would play a major role in a group of Ellicottville skatepark advocates meeting a match offered by The Skatepark Project, a nonprofit that Hawk founded himself.

Thanks to the support the Redding Endowment Fund at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation, third graders at Hinsdale Central School had access to new books, STEM supplies, digital lessons and rewards when returning to school this year.

Scholarship applications are now available for those applying for membership of the Leadership Cattaraugus Class of 2022 through the organization's scholarship fund at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.

With the support of area businesses and individuals, a prize package of over $17,000 will be available to nonprofits participating in Cattaraugus Gives, a day of giving for the Cattaraugus County region.

The Ellicottville Skatepark Committee (SK8EVL) is closing in on their deadline to raise as much funding as possible to apply towards a matching grant that will pave the way to building an outdoor concrete skatepark for the community.

Throughout the year, the Kids and Cancer Fund at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation provides financial support patients, especially children and their families, facing medical treatment for cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.

For the Holcomb family, life and work on their family farm in Portville was everything. Donald Holcomb and his wife, Bern (Clayson), operated Butternut Farms, a 600-acre farm that spanned the border of Cattaraugus County and Allegany County.

When Ann Marie Sitter Tompkins and other volunteers originally decided to run a coat drive to provide warm winter clothes to children in need in 2020, they thought it would be a one-time effort.

Recently established at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation, the Kathleen Loop Snyder Memorial Scholarship will provide support to graduating seniors in the Smethport (PA) Area School District for many years to come.

The recently established James A. and Joan E. Maguire Family Scholarship Fund will support hard-working graduating seniors of four local high schools beginning in 2022.

Advocates of the proposed Ellicottville Skatepark (SK8EVL) are excited to announce a major grant that puts the project within reach of its goal.

Cattaraugus Gives, a day of giving for the Cattaraugus County area, led by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation, will return on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 for the fifth consecutive year.

Applications for the next grant funding cycle of the Community Fund at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation will be accepted beginning September 1, with a deadline of October 21.

Jim and Pat (Vossler) Long fondly remember their education at Allegany Central High School and St. Bonaventure University and recently decided to pass on the opportunity for those great memories to a new generation of students graduating from Allegany-Limestone Central School and attending St. Bonaventure.