ALMOST QUARTER MILLION IN FOUNDATION GRANTS

Field Hall Foundation in Cortlandt, has announced $249,000 in new grants supporting programs that will provide respite care, caregiver support, food security, emergency relief funding and case management services for older adults and their caregivers. Specifically, the grant awardees are:

• $40,000 – To provide workforce readiness, job placement and ongoing support to low-income seniors’ cancer support team.

• $25,000 – To provide in-home nurse education, social work and case management for low-income senior cancer patients and their families; Community Center of Northern Westchester.

• $20,000 – To provide food, clothing, social work and case management services to seniors in need; Family Service Society of Yonkers.

• $20,000 – To support their Guard- ianship Program, which protects incapacitated seniors from physical and emotional abuse, neglect and financial exploitation; Habitat for Humanity of Dutchess County.

• $20,000 – To provide needed home repairs and modifications that allow seniors to continue to live in their own homes; Lifespan of Greater Rochester.

• $20,000 – To provide caregiver-directed vouchers for respite services to families in Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester counties; Association on Aging in New York.

• $24,500 – To increase caregiver identification and connect caregivers to local resources in Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester counties; Cardinal McCloskey Community Services.

• $15,000 – To replace the flooring at a senior group residence home; Meals on Wheels of White Plains.

• $15,000 – To deliver meals to home- bound seniors living in White Plains; Mental Health America of Dutchess County,

• $15,000 – To provide emergency relief funds to senior veterans in need; My Brother Vinny.

• $15,000 – To provide kitchen and bathroom essentials to low-income, newly housed senior veterans; town of Bedford.

• $10,000 – To provide emergency relief funds to seniors in need; Stonewood Farm.

• $5,000 – To provide fresh produce to food-insecure seniors in Dover; Trinity United Methodist Church.

• $4,500 – To provide fresh foods and produce to food-insecure seniors in the White Plains area.

For more information on the grants awarded or future grantmaking, visit fieldhallfoundation.org or contact Patti Lavan Horvath, program officer at 914-813-9103 or phorvath@fieldhallfdn.org.

More than 220 women and men attended the event in The Barn at Villa Venezia in Middletown, New York. “This strengthens our individual journeys and paves the way for our collective growth and progress. It’s through this that we break down barriers, shatter stereotypes and create a more inclusive and equitable society,” she said.

The conference was presented by the committee to honor, inspire and support women in nontraditional business roles.

Participants in the conference attended panel discussions covering corporate and small businesses and engaged in “fireside chats” addressing key questions and topics women face in the workplace.

Maureen Halahan, president and CEO of the Orange County Partnership, delivered the keynote speech, describing her professional journey and offering advice.

“I’ve had a fabulous journey because so many women before me worked so hard to pave those roads,” she said. She advised women to “stop, look, listen and grow in your position.”

Having served in her position since 2002, Halahan is the longest-serving economic development specialist in the Mid-Hudson region, according to the Orange County Partnership, a private, nonprofit office of economic development that serves as a marketing agent for local businesses.