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George Ferrari, Executive Director

272-9333 or gferrari@communityfoundationoftc.org

Community Foundation gives over $25,000 in June 2007

The Community Foundation this month has awarded over $25,580 in 14 grants to supplement education in Dryden, to improve health care, to expand access to summer camps and recreation, to ensure services to meet basic needs, and to enhance cultural assets of our community. The awards were approved by the Community Foundation's board of directors after passing the organization's due diligence review and are based on the recommendation of a number of its 140 donor advisors.

A sampling of some of the grant making indicates that more than $3,000 was awarded to educational enrichment activities to benefit the students of the Dryden Central School District from the Community Foundation's Dryden Youth Opportunity Fund. Tom and Maria's Butterfly Fund combined to make grants to Loaves and Fishes and American Red Cross Tompkins County Chapter to assist people with basic needs. The Community Foundation's Strebel Community Enrichment Fund made its first grant to the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. The Browning Fund made a $5,000 gift to support the Paleontological Research Institute and another $5,000 gift to Hospicare's music program.

The Community Foundation is a non-profit public charity created by and for the people of Tompkins County . The organization accepts gifts and bequests to a variety of current or new funds. Investments are professionally managed which provides a growing source of income to enable grant making to meet the needs of today and tomorrow. Decisions for grants are made in concert with donor advisors locally to focus on the particular and unique needs of Tompkins County . To learn more about the Community Foundation, or to make a contribution or planned gift, please contact George Ferrari, Executive Director, 309 N. Aurora Street , Ithaca , NY 14850 or call 272-9333.