Week 1, Donors Give Foundation $127K COOPERSTOWN – In less than a week, the fledgling Community Foundation of Otsego County raised $127,000 towards its “COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund for Otsego County.” The original $30,000 challenge grant, announced Tuesday, April 21, was matched in 72 hours. A second $20,000 challenge, announced Friday the 24th, was met over the weekend. “The community is really coming on like gangbusters to support their neighbors and fellow community members,” said Harry Levine, CFOC board…
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Building A Foundation – Together Community Foundation Takes Aim At COVID-19 By HARRY LEVINE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COVID-19 has changed our world. Our community faces dire health and economic shocks that have disrupted our way of life and will continue to affect us for the foreseeable future. The Community Foundation of Otsego County was created in 2019 with the mission of improving the quality of life for all the Otsego County area. We were about to publicly announce our…
For More Details, See This Week’s Freeman’s Journal, Hometown Oneonta FOUNDATION FORMS, FIGHTING COVID-19 ITS FIRST PRIORITY Levine, Herzig In Leadership Roles; Public Asked To Assist Fundraising COOPERSTOWN – Local citizens face “an emergency need” to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the new Community Foundation of Otsego County. So at 2 p.m. today, the CFOC announced it has created the COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund. “Otsego County unemployment is rising and we are seeing growing numbers of potentially fatal…
