Local Assistance Fund

As a response to the pandemic, AVfC formed a group to offer small grants to help those in our community. Please contact us at vfc2014ny@gmail.com if you, or someone you know, is in need.

Committee Chairs
Jim Abendroth

2024 Annual Report

AVfC Local Assistance Fund (LAF) Income and Allocations in 2024

LAF balance going into 2024 was $655. Income via member donations for the LAF in 2024 was $1,310.94. Allocations to the community in 2024 totaled $1,650, leaving a balance in the LAF at the end of the year of $315.94. (Note that the Local Assistance Committee was dormant for much of 2024 due to work being done to convert AVfC to a 501(c)(4) corporation and the focus on operation of the AVfC HUB).

• 2/5/24 A $400 gift card to be used at the Village Mercantile for a Vermontville family whose home was destroyed by fire.
• 5/4/24 $200 was allocated to the Grace Pantry in Saranac Lake for the purchase of needed personal hygiene items.
• 5/12/24 A $350 gift card to be used at the Village Mercantile for a woman and her grandson who were displaced by a fire in Bloomingdale.
• 11/20/24 $300 in gift cards ($100 to the Village and $50 to Nori’s to each of two students) were given to two Saranac Lake high school students (a brother and sister, currently living apart with neighbors) who lost all their belongings in a fire. Gift cards were delivered to the Saranac Lake Community Schools Program who distributed them to the students.
• 12/19/24 $150 in gift cards ($100 for Amazon, $25 for Nori’s and $25 for the Owl’s Nest) to a Saranac Lake high school student. Gift cards were delivered to the SL Community Schools Program for distribution to the student.
• 12/19/24 $250 in gift cards ($50 to Goody Goody’s, $50 to Amazon and $25 to Stewart’s to each of two students) were given to two Saranac Lake middle school students. The gift cards were delivered to the SL Community Schools Program.

A sample of recent “thank-you notes” to the AVfC for allocations to students whose needs were recommended to the AVfC by the SL Community Schools Program and school administrators.

     On behalf of our students and their families, thank you for your generosity this holiday season.  Your gifts are truly appreciated and provide a sense of belonging that we all need and share. Erika Bezio, Community Schools Liaison

     Thank you so much for the gift cards for our two Saranac Lake Middle School students and their families.  Both students were surprised and very excited about the gifts.  Your generosity made an incredible impact on their holidays. Amy Spicer, SL Middle School Principal

2023 Annual Report

2022 Annual Report

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