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Recent Allegany-Limestone Central School graduates received awards this year from the Frank A. Martin III Memorial Scholarship, Bob and Barbara McCord and Jack Karl Scholarship and Louis W. Ensworth Charitable Foundation Trust Scholarship funds, managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.

Recent graduates of Olean High and Portville Central schools received awards this year from funds, managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation, established in memory or honor of past educators and members of law enforcement.

Five recent area graduates recently received the Jonathan Teuscher Scholarship, a four-year scholarship managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation, together receiving $12,500, over the four years of the award.

Twelve recent Portville Central School graduates received awards from the Portville College Scholarship Fund and Dr. Donald A. Wormer Family Scholarship Fund, managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.

Two area graduates recently received scholarship awards from the Cattaraugus County Trappers Memorial Scholarship Fund for aspiring conservationists and lovers of the outdoors, managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.

Five area graduates of Portville Central School and Olean High School recently received scholarship awards from scholarship funds managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation, including the Ben & Rose Schwabenbauer Educational Scholarship and the Tim Bushnell Memorial Scholarship.

Four Ellicottville Central School graduates recently received scholarship awards from funds managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.

Three area graduates recently received scholarship awards being made for the first time under from newly established scholarship funds, managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community.

Three recent Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central School graduates received scholarship awards from funds managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.

Eight area graduates recently received awards from scholarship funds managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation to support students pursing degrees in business-related areas of study.

When Carol Gloff established the Little Valley Fund, she did so with the dream of giving back to and supporting beautification projects and activities to foster a more vibrant future for the hometown she loved.

Five recent Ten Broeck Academy/Franklinville Central School graduates recently received scholarship awards from funds managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.

Eleven recent area graduates of six Cattaraugus County high schools recently received awards from the Gregory D. Spring Perseverance Scholarship Fund, an annual scholarship managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.

Four recent area graduates recently received awards from the Burt Scholarship Fund, managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.

Four area graduating seniors or recent graduates recently received the John J. Murphy Family Scholarship, managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.

Five 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.

Four area graduating seniors recently received scholarships for students pursuing health care field-related degrees from funds managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.

Two graduating Portville Central School seniors recently received scholarship awards managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation for students pursuing trade/technical careers.

Two area graduating seniors recently received the Patrick Shinners Memorial Team Player Scholarship, managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation

Nine agencies recently received grants, together totaling, $9,0000, from the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation's Community Fund for special projects and programs that support youth development, elder services, an area emergency health care organization and more.

Two graduating Cuba-Rushford Central School seniors recently received scholarships awards managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.

Two area graduating seniors recently received the Pat McGee Nurshing Scholarship, managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.

Thanks to support from the Elisa B. Hughey Fund for the Arts, handmade poppies commemorating Fallen Veterans crafted by West Valley Central School art students decorated this year's town of Ashford Memorial Day celebration.

A group of local organizers, working in collaboration with the nonprofit Remote Area Medical - RAM®, recently established the RAM Fund of Cattaraugus County at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation to bring a RAM free pop-up clinic back to Cattaraugus County in September.

The Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation will lead the next installment of its Nonprofit Link and Learn Seminar Series on June 11, with "Agency Endowments 101," a session led by CRCF Executive Director Karen Niemic Buchheit and Skip Wilday, CRCF board president and retired executive director of Morgan Stanley.

Allegany County, NY, May 11, 2021 - The Allegany-Cattaraugus-Chautauqua Fund for Women (ACC FFW) announces its fourth annual Mother's Day Campaign (through the end of June). After successfully expanding its reach and awarding five individual grants in 2020, the ACC FFW seeks to continue to affect change in 2021 and beyond, as there is much more work to be done.

The Wolfinger family recently decided to expand the philanthropic scope of the Wolfinger Family Fund and have made possible $5,500 in grants to organizations and projects chosen by the family.

Nine area nonprofits recently received grant support from four charitable funds at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation established by donors to make annual grants to designated causes, with grants together totaling $11,168.87.

Twenty-two organizations recently received grants totaling $24,000 from the third round of funding from the COVID-19 Response Fund for Cattaraugus County, bringing the total in grants made from the fund to date to nearly $94,000.

Interested in scoring a combo pass to Holiday Valley for next season? SK8EVL, a local group of skateboarding advocates, is currently selling raffle tickets to raise money for the Ellicottville Skatepark Fund.

While school districts continue to adapt to a hybrid model of in-person and distance learning and work to meet the ever-changing education needs of students, the Wolfinger Family Fund at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation is making possible $2,000 in support for the Ellicottville, Smethport (PA) and Coudersport (PA) school districts.

Grant applications for funding from the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation's Community Fund are due April 21.

The Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation will lead three Nonprofit Link and Learn webinars in 2021, continuing a successful program that began in 2020.

Twelve nonprofits, both local and national, recently received grant support from the Doris Reisner Endowment Fund and the Mike and Laura Bysiek Memorial Fund at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.

The grant application process for the COVID-19 Response Fund for Cattaraugus County, which has provided over $60,000 in COVID relief funding to date, will reopen to applications for its third round of funding on February 22.

Nine agencies recently received grant support from the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation's Community Fund, to support new projects and initiatives that provide for the changing and immediate needs of Cattaraugus County residents in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

For the third time since the beginning of the pandemic, philanthropic leaders in Cattaraugus County helped facilitate the distribution of microgrants from the WNY COVID-19 Community Fund Response Fund to organizations working on the front lines to provide relief to those most impacted by the ongoing pandemic, culminating in 36 grants totaling $45,000.

The Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation board recently elected Jim Stitt Jr. and Sandi Brundage to its board of directors and named the Foundation's officers for 2021, including the election of Skip Wilday as board president.

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, 2021. A thorough review of applications will precede award notifications on or around April 30th 2021.

BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York Blue Fund has announced $575,000 in grants to support several major health-based projects across Western New York, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a profound impact on non-profit organizations. This grant cycle includes $100,000 in new Blue Fund microgrants to 75 organizations across the eight counties of Western New York, including Cattaraugus County.