Nonprofit News

If you are worried right now, you are not alone! Share your concerns with us. Together, we will find solutions or at least ways to cope.
Step one: send a message with your worries to talk@communityfund.org.
Step two: join the Zoom conversation on October 5 at 7:00 pm. Registration information in the comments.

The first ever Trek for Tanglewood is underway, guided hikes continue throughout the fall, staff offer up their favorite reads and don’t forget to use Amazon Smile when making purchases to support the nature Center.

ProAction of Steuben & Yates, Inc. celebrated the 55th anniversary of Pro Action providing services to our communities. The celebration was kicked off the week with this special message from their CEO, and a video presentation sharing the agency’s rich history:

Walk, run, ride or roll a 5k at your own pace, on the road, trail or treadmill when the Walk for Recovery hosted by the Steuben Opioid Coalition goes virtual from 9/25 to 9/27. Show your support by using #recoverysteuben on social media.

Are you feeling like you need to do something that provides support for our diverse community members? Join Marcus Brooks for the Corning SUNY Corning WORKFORCE Diversity Series on Modern Racial Dynamics.

Effective 9/21/20 Pro Action’s main office on 117 E Steuben St. will be open for walk-in assistance. Due to social distance requirements appointments are still preferred to ensure you can be assisted. Masks are required to be worn while in Pro Action facilities.

In this issue, Join the ‘Talk More, Worry Less’ Movement, remember that the Rising Hope Virtual Conference Starts Sept. 25, Corning Chamber of Commerce makes PPE Grant Funding Available, Register for FLXGives 2020 and Celebrate LatinX Heritage this Month.

Steuben Prevention Coalition gives an update on the work of the Opioid Committee, focused on collaborative and creative efforts to decrease opioid use among youth by through safe prescription disposal programs.

Please forward this flier to your community partners, post it at stores and laundry mats and make it available to anyone who might be in need of homeless housing services. A revised flier will be available once Catholic Charities’ Samaritan Center resumes normal hours. You can always access the most recent Homeless Services flier at: www.cs-cc.org/programs-services/emergency-shelter.

Are you registered for our hikeathon yet? Sign up and kick off two weeks of happy walking. By signing up, you will be supporting the preservation of over 300 acres of forever wild land, and the education of over 30,000 children a year. The hikeathon runs Sep.17-Oct. 1. There’s also a photo contest with sweet prizes.