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CFOC Nonprofit Spotlight: The Otsego Refugee Resettlement Coalition

This month, the CFOC Nonprofit Spotlight features The Otsego Refugee Resettlement Coalition. The Otsego Refugee Resettlement Coalition (initially assembled in 2021) brings together nonprofit organizations, businesses, educational institutions, faith communities, and individuals to establish a process to resettle refugees in Otsego County. It models its efforts on the success of The Center in Utica, New York. Otsego County, like much of upstate New York, has been losing population. Businesses cannot

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CFOC Announces Two Grant Cycles

CFOC has opneed two of its annual grant cycles. The Advocates for Springfield Fund is offering awards up to $500. Click here for details. The deadline is May 15. The Otsego Lake Watershed Sustainability Fund is offering a total of $10,000. Click here for details The deadline is April 15. For more information, email contact@cfotsego.org.

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CFOC Nonprofit Spotlight: The Unadilla Community Farm Education Center

This month, the CFOC Nonprofit Spotlight features the Unadilla Community Farm Education Center. Transformed from an abandoned corn field, the Unadilla Community Farm Education Center was originally founded by a group of friends as an agricultural cooperative space for learning to grow their own organic produce, utilize natural building methods, make their own household products, and live off-grid in a solar powered community. UCF was incorporated as a non-profit organization

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Martha and Paul Clarvoe

CFOC Welcomes the Martha and Paul Clarvoe Recycling Initiatives Fund!

Hartwick residents Martha and Paul Clarvoe have joined with the Community Foundation of Otsego County to establish a new fund that will support recycling efforts throughout Otsego County. The Clarvoes, who have lived in Hartwick since 1980, are long-time advocates for environmental issues, including the importance of recycling. One of their largest recycling efforts was the restoration of a building in Hartwick, reusing many of the materials in the building and using

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CFOC Brings Otsego Arts Organizations Together

The Community Foundation of Otsego County is granting $100,000 to local arts organizations this Spring. Arts organizations gathered March 7 at a breakfast hosted by CFOC to talk about big ideas for the arts in Otsego County and what they need to thrive. The energy in the room was high, and, as the morning drew to a close, one participant asked if we could all stay connected going forward. The

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