Area Agencies Receive Funding

 The directors of Tioga County Senior Citizens Foundation have announced that funds totaling $69,202 have been awarded to area agencies for 2006.  The foundation's mission is to assist organizations that serve the needs and interests of senior citizens throughout Tioga County.

 Organizations receiving funding this year were:
 Tioga County libraries, $1,000 each
 Senior citizen clubs, $800 each
 Allied Christians of Tioga, for A.C.T. dinners ,  $800
 Alzheimer's Association, services in Tioga County ,  $10,000
 Arthritis Foundation, selected books for county libraries, $500
 Bread of Life Food Pantry in Willseyville,  refrigerator, $1,000
 Candor Emergency Squad,  wellness/exercise classes, $1,000
 Clay People at Community Center, ceramics supplies/instruction, $600
 Community Care Network of Nichols, newsletter and ins. To cover volunteers, $4,550
 Legal Counsel for Older Tiogans, workshops on critical legal/health documents, $600
 Long Meadow Apartments, transport carts to be placed in halls, $647
 Lounsberry UMC Food Pantry,  freezer, $700
 Newark Valley Historical Society,  chairs and tables for Depot, $1,605
 Open Door Mission, services in partnership with TC Rural Ministry, $2,000
 Tioga Co. Boys & Girls Club,  renovations to exercise facility, 1,000
 Tioga Co. Council on the Arts, programming and newsletter, $4,000
 Tioga Co. Rural Ministry, services in partnership with Open Door, $5,000
 Tioga Co. Tourism, Tioga Journeys reduced rate/offset cost guides and bus, $1,000
 Tioga Opportunities Aging Services,  programs, mileage for meal delivery, emergency response alerts, $8,000
 Community Services, for county food pantries and soup kitchens, $6,000
 Housing Services, furniture in public rooms at Long Meadow & Springview, $5,000

 Since it was formed in 1982, after the closure of the Owego Home for Aged Women, Senior Citizens Foundation has awarded over 1.24 million dollars for the benefit of Tioga County's senior citizens.  Fifteen men and women from across Tioga County serve as volunteer board members to oversee the business of the non-profit charitable foundation. Please remember Tioga County Senior Citizens Foundation at tax time or in your will. TCSCF seeks and gratefully accepts tax-exempt contributions or bequests to further its work.

 Non-profit organizations which serve seniors may receive an application to request funding for 2007 by writing to TCSCF,  PO Box 117, Owego, NY 13827, or calling 607-687-0229. Completed applications must be received by June 1, 2007.