2020 Lend A Hand Grant Awards

4-H Youth Development (Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County)

Grant funding will help support programming and education for community families during a remote learning environment.

After the Fire

Grant funding to provide fire victims with gift cards for supplies they lost due to fire.

Funding support will help purchase of laptops for participants in the Employment Services Program, which provides seamless online skills training and job preparedness for those seeking gainful employment.

Battenkill Community Services, Inc.

This grant will help purchase new computers and printers to meet the needs of remote learning and programming.

Clifton Park Halfmoon Emergency Corps

Funding will be used to conduct Safe Sitter Babysitting Safety Classes for 48 middle school students.

Coesa

This grant provides professional wellness retreats that offer tools, resources, and information about a variety of mindfulness and well-being methods, which aid companies in supporting their remote workforce.

Community Hospice (St. Peter’s Health Partners)

Grant funding will support pediatric bereavement services, which are fundamental to ensuring the emotional and mental health of children and teens who have experienced a significant loss.

C.R.E.A.T.E Community Studios

Grant funding will provide expressive activities to engage youth, while offering a safe environment to foster social and individual growth.

Double H Ranch

Funding will assist with the shift to alternative/virtual programs through the purchase of technical equipment and software, camper supplies and seasonal staff stipends to host and facilitate our virtual programs and activities.

First Baptist Church of Ballston Spa

The funding will help families experiencing food insecurity by providing lunches during the summer, when free or reduced-price lunches from the school district are not available.

Flower & Fruit Mission

This funding will assist Saratoga Hospital to host a Lactation Counselor Training Course, increasing the current number of Certified Lactation Counselors and ensure mothers continue to receive high-quality obstetric and neonatal care.

Franklin Community Center, Inc.

Grant funding supports Project Lift, which works to provide at-risk youth with activities to promote positive youth development and to increase social-emotional knowledge and skills in both the enrolled youth and their families.

Gateway House of Peace

Funding will help Gateway House of Peace sustain their service to the community and fulfill their mission of caring for those dying and supporting their families free of charge.

Glens Falls Area Youth Center

Grant funding will help bridge the gap between ambition and opportunity to break the generational cycle of poverty and support our children educationally in the aftermath of COVID-19.

Habitat for Humanity Northern Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties

Funds will be used to cover the cost of materials and labor for the construction of a wheelchair accessible ramp.

L.E.A.P (Washington County Economic Opportunity Council)

Grant funding supports Head Start, which equips parents with knowledge of budgeting and financial literacy that will likely help them achieve self-sufficiency for themselves and their households, which ensures a greater chance the children will be successful once they enroll in school.

Mechanicville Area Community Services Center

Grant funding will go toward the development and implementation of Boys on the Move, a groundbreaking program addressing self-esteem, respectful communication, teamwork and culmination of individual physical accomplishment by complete a real life 5K.

Nipper Knolls Equine Center

Funding will provide food and care to retired and or rescued horses used in the equine assisted activities program.

Northeast Parent & Child Society (Northern Rivers Family of Services)

Funding will allow Northern Rivers to continue to address the rise in food insecurity by creating a fund to purchase nutritional snacks for our youth.

Open Door Mission

Grant funding will provide food and direct expenses for Open Door Mission’s Hunger Relief program.

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County

This grand will fund Home Safety kits for 125 homeowners in need. These kits will include hand sanitizer, disinfectant, smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and many first-aid and disaster-preparedness essentials.

Saratoga Bridges

Grant funding will support the Creative Endeavors Art Center programming as well as cover the cost of art supplies.

Saratoga Center for the Family

Grant funding will support the growing need for financial assistance to current clients who are weathering a health crisis without jobs or health insurance.

Saratoga County Children’s Committee

This grant is to help support the Empty Stocking Project in 2021, which helps fill the needs and some gifts for children who may not otherwise receive gifts during the holiday season.

Saratoga Hospital and Saratoga Community Health Center (CHC)

This grant will support the purchase of X-ray equipment used to provide preventative care and/or as a diagnostic tool for every patient who receives dental care at Saratoga Community Health Center.

Saratoga Pride, an affiliate of the Capital District Gay Community Council

This funding will sustain and expand support for LGBTQ+ community members and allies, and to continue building visibility and connections with area businesses and other organizations.

Saratoga Senior Center

This funding will support Legacies for Life, an oral history project for seniors in Saratoga County. In partnership with Skidmore College, the project involves chronicling, documenting, and preserving stories of older adults’ lives, which can be passed down for generations.

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