News and Events

We were delighted to fulfill a Grant request to Brooklyn Book Bodega, located in Brooklyn, NY. Brooklyn Book Bodega is dedicated to removing barriers to literacy for youth. Our funds will help support community events, programming, and book distributions inside their Book Hub. It will also enable them to reach more readers and increase book ownership for children and families in historically underserved areas.

We were delighted to return to Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester, NY with Grant funding for their Emerging Leaders program. Our funds will help interested young survivors develop their skills and train them as mentors.

We were happy to fulfill a Grant request for Long Island Children’s Museum, based out of Garden City, NY. Long Island Children’s Museum is a not-for-profit learning space devoted to the busy work of play. Their exhibits, programs and performances fuel creativity and collaboration to inspire millions of aha moments. At the Museum, children master skills and uncover passions that will stay with them throughout their lives. LICM is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the designation recognized as the field’s gold standard for museum excellence. It signifies a museum’s quality, credibility and its deep commitment to mission and community.

We were happy to provide Grant funds to Mercy Medical Center Foundation, Rockville Center, New York, for their neonatal care unit. Our funds will be used to purchase two new and upgraded Isolette incubators to replace older units approaching end of service life for their premature newborns. Their project is called the Mercy Medical Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Isolette Replacement Initiative. Isolettes are critical in helping premature babies survive their first 2 and half months of life by helping to maintain body temperature and skin moisture. “Preemies” who are born after sometimes only 24 weeks are not able to control their body temperature and their skin is paper-thin which makes staying hydrated almost impossible.

We were happy to return to Warrior Salute Veterans Services to present Grant funding for upgrades and maintenance of NUCOR House where the veterans live. Since 2010, Warrior Salute began offering support to veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and/or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), in their transition to civilian life. Since inception, over 400 veterans have received services through Warrior Salute Veteran Services. For those veterans that come through the program, assessments show a reduction in PTSD related symptoms.

We were honored to again present Grant funds to Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Through their In the Line of Duty program, the Foundation supports our nation’s heroes and their families by providing smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first responders, and mortgage-free homes to Gold Star families and Fallen First Responder families. By the end of 2022, the Foundation’s goal is to have provided 1,000 mortgage-free homes to their program recipients.

We were honored to once again support Paws for Purple Hearts with Grant funds to support their important mission to improve the lives of America’s veterans and active-duty service members. Our funding will support their Southeast region expansion along the East Coast. Their specially bred service dogs help people with PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury and other traumas.

We were happy to provide Grant funding to Comfort Food Community in Greenwich, NY. Our funds will be used to help streamline their hub operations. CFC has been a constant to the Greenwich and Cossayuna Food Pantries, the Supplemental Student Nutrition Program and the Edible Education program. Fighting food insecurity is vital to supporting communities.