The Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund Committee has awarded nine grants totaling $38,425 to local educational, public safety and other community organizations in the Town of Kirkland.
The number of grants awarded and the total amount of money distributed represent records for the Town-Gown Fund, which has invested more than $191,000 in the local community since grants were first made in 2001.
The Clinton Central School District received $5,775 to continue the multi-year renovation of the playground adjacent to the Clinton Elementary School, while the Clinton Fire Department was awarded $5,300 for a mannequin to assist in EMS training, and the Kirkland Police Department received $3,500 to continue its "Evening Police Academy" for in-service training of KPD and Hamilton Campus Safety officers.
Grants also were made to the Clinton Central School Foundation ($3,850) to support its Playing Fields Campaign, St. Mary's School ($4,500) for technology equipment and instruction, the Central Oneida County Volunteer Ambulance Corps ($3,000) for multimedia equipment to support the organization's continuing education program, the Kirkland Art Center ($3,500) to refinish the gallery floor and repair the steps, and the Kirkland Town Library ($4,000) for the Emergent Literacy Initiative and the Services for Teens program.
The Town-Gown Fund also provided $5,000 to Kirkland Ventures, fulfilling a two-year $10,000 commitment to the local economic development initiative. Hamilton College President Joan Hinde Stewart, who chairs the Town-Gown Fund Committee, also pledged a year ago that the college would provide Kirkland Ventures with an additional $15,000 over two years, resulting in $25,000 for the initiative.
The Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund was established in 2001 by anonymous donors to foster goodwill and better communication between the college, the Town of Kirkland and the Village of Clinton. Since its founding, the endowed fund has received gifts totaling more than $900,000 toward its $1 million goal. Income from the endowed fund is used each year to make grants to organizations in the Town of Kirkland.
In addition to Stewart, members of the Town-Gown Committee include local businessmen John Fehlner of the Clinton Cider Mill and Tom Owens of ACCESS Federal Credit Union, Mayor of Clinton Gill Goering, Clinton Schools Superintendent Jeff Roudebush, Professor of English Margaret Thickstun, Hamilton alumnus and Hamilton Point Investment Advisors President Andrew Burns, Town of Kirkland Councilman Nick Venero, and Hamilton trustees Amy Owens Goodfriend and Jack Withiam. Goodfriend is a native of Clinton.
Hamilton Vice President for Communications and Development Dick Tantillo and Executive Director of Communications Mike Debraggio sit on the committee as ex officio members.
The number of grants awarded and the total amount of money distributed represent records for the Town-Gown Fund, which has invested more than $191,000 in the local community since grants were first made in 2001.
The Clinton Central School District received $5,775 to continue the multi-year renovation of the playground adjacent to the Clinton Elementary School, while the Clinton Fire Department was awarded $5,300 for a mannequin to assist in EMS training, and the Kirkland Police Department received $3,500 to continue its "Evening Police Academy" for in-service training of KPD and Hamilton Campus Safety officers.
Grants also were made to the Clinton Central School Foundation ($3,850) to support its Playing Fields Campaign, St. Mary's School ($4,500) for technology equipment and instruction, the Central Oneida County Volunteer Ambulance Corps ($3,000) for multimedia equipment to support the organization's continuing education program, the Kirkland Art Center ($3,500) to refinish the gallery floor and repair the steps, and the Kirkland Town Library ($4,000) for the Emergent Literacy Initiative and the Services for Teens program.
The Town-Gown Fund also provided $5,000 to Kirkland Ventures, fulfilling a two-year $10,000 commitment to the local economic development initiative. Hamilton College President Joan Hinde Stewart, who chairs the Town-Gown Fund Committee, also pledged a year ago that the college would provide Kirkland Ventures with an additional $15,000 over two years, resulting in $25,000 for the initiative.
The Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund was established in 2001 by anonymous donors to foster goodwill and better communication between the college, the Town of Kirkland and the Village of Clinton. Since its founding, the endowed fund has received gifts totaling more than $900,000 toward its $1 million goal. Income from the endowed fund is used each year to make grants to organizations in the Town of Kirkland.
In addition to Stewart, members of the Town-Gown Committee include local businessmen John Fehlner of the Clinton Cider Mill and Tom Owens of ACCESS Federal Credit Union, Mayor of Clinton Gill Goering, Clinton Schools Superintendent Jeff Roudebush, Professor of English Margaret Thickstun, Hamilton alumnus and Hamilton Point Investment Advisors President Andrew Burns, Town of Kirkland Councilman Nick Venero, and Hamilton trustees Amy Owens Goodfriend and Jack Withiam. Goodfriend is a native of Clinton.
Hamilton Vice President for Communications and Development Dick Tantillo and Executive Director of Communications Mike Debraggio sit on the committee as ex officio members.
