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.
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
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
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
CFOC Announces New Board Officers
At our February 11 Board meeting, a new slate of CFOC officers began their two-year terms. Eager to continue the great work of CFOC are President David Rowley, Vice-president Tim Lord, Past-president Harry Levine, Treasurer Scott White, and Secretary Patricia Kennedy. “I believe the Community Foundation of Otsego County has made a substantial impact in the last five years and I have been proud to serve on the Board of
CFOC Nonprofit Spotlight: Community Cupboard of Edmeston
This month, the CFOC Nonprofit Spotlight features Community Cupboard of Edmeston. From its beginning in 2017 as a small food pantry serving the Edmeston School District and working to improve access to food services in a rural community, Community Cupboard of Edmeston has grown to serve friends and neighbors from five counties and becoming an access point for fresh produce and dairy for other food pantries in Otsego County. Community
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