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Offers a scholarship to youth who have made a unique or significant contribution to the community or who have overcome a major obstacle in their personal life. Two $750 scholarship winners are selected each year.
Offers limited scholarships to youth in the area, enabling them to attend a week-long camp at Camp Long Point on Seneca Lake.
Provides an informal source of information and support for East End business and professional women. Offers monthly dinner meetings from September to June with guest speakers. Produces newsletters, membership directory and brochure. Offers members scholarships and a Teen Scholarship competition for high school senior girls.

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Scholarships
Women
Business Networking Groups
The program offers up to $5,000 spread over 2 years to a student who will be attending Nassau or Suffolk Community College. Other accredited two-year colleges may be considered.
* Provides public education to increase early detection of kidney disorders. Professional education. End the Wait: Organ donor education, organ donor cards, living donor education. * Provides outreach to African-American and Hispanic communities. * Offers patient services such as: Peer support group. A one-to-one support system for pre-dialysis and pre-transplant patients. Kidney screenings. Renal diet literature. Social events. * Offers local and national grants given for research on kidney disease.

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Public Awareness/Education
Kidney Screening
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Nutrition Education
Peer Counseling
Charities/Grantmaking Organizations
Funding
Chronic Disease Self Management Programs
Scholarships
Organ Donor Cards/Registries
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is a fraternal society which offers community services, scholarships, youth and veterans services. Call for additional information,

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Youth Development
Scholarships
Fraternal Orders
Community Groups and Government / Administrative Offices
Provides scholarships for dependents of those killed or permanently disabled in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The University is committed to meeting the full financial need of these students. Contact the University for further information.

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Scholarships
Educational Grants
Student Financial Aid
Students
Tuition Assistance
Awards scholarships from funds established by local individuals, families, and organizations for educational grants so that deserving neighbors in the community can attend college, acquire additional skills for their jobs, or enjoy a week at summer camp.
Provides listings of scholarships that are offered for students with specific medical condition(s) or diagnoses and also non-medical challenges such as social, emotional, psychological or educational issues. There are also some for students who have a parent or a family member with a specific diagnosis. Most can be used at any school.
Promotes and unifies the retail commercial, service and industrial businesses of Nesconset as well as the professional leaders and institutions of the community. Advances community interests through study, research and legislative advocacy. Invests in the economic growth and development of the community.

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Business Associations
Chambers of Commerce
Scholarships
Offers a scholarship to youth who have made a unique or significant contribution to the community or who have overcome a major obstacle in their personal life. Two $750 scholarship winners are selected each year.
Grants, scholarships and awards come from several sources, including the college, New York State and the Federal government. Other sources include funding from corporations, unions, trust funds, religious and fraternal organizations, and other associations. Grants, scholarships and awards do not have to be paid back.

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Educational Grants
Tuition Assistance
Scholarships
Provides scholarships to graduating seniors who are pursuing further education post high school and are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Provides assistance for higher education, as well as mental and physical health care to children who lost one or both parents in the fight against terrorism in the US Military. Call or visit website for further information.

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Student Financial Aid
Scholarships
Students
Information on lupus and support for patients
Hudson Valley Cancer Resource Center's website is a navigational tool for patients to locate national, regional and local services in the following areas: Support Groups, Caregivers, Bereavement, Palliative Care, Hospice, Retreats (for Families, Women and Men), Camps, Legacy Trips, and Scholarships.

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Disease / Disability Information
Scholarships
Bereavement Counseling
Health / Disability Related Support Groups
Home Care / Hospice Associations
Organization provides educational scholarships and promotes local businesses.
Provides information and financial assistance for summer camps, education scholarships and special situations.

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Therapeutic Camps
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Scholarships
Provides scholarships to current high school graduates who are not otherwise able to meet the cost of the first year of college. Member agency of the United Community Fund.
**During the COVID pandemic, the EOC switchboard is staffer part time from 7:30am - 1pm Mon-Fri with no voicemail option. If you are unable to reach a staff member, please call back during the hours indicated. ** Offers a comprehensive year round program including participation in local youth councils and a County-wide youth council. Summer programs include youth employment, leisure time and recreational/cultural activities. Also offers a Martial Arts Program, career explorations, Martin Luther King Scholarship which is given annually to deserving students, and the Kearse Soccer Clinic. Year round individual and family counseling offered. Tutorial and homework assistance is also available as well as workshops on substance prevention, underage drinking, teenage pregnancy, and HIV/AIDS.

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Family Counseling
AIDS / HIV Prevention Counseling
Arts and Culture
Youth Job Development
Tutoring Services
Leadership Development
Educational Programs
Scholarships
Recreational Activities / Sports
Youth Development
Individual Counseling
Homework Help Programs
Youth Violence Prevention
Scholarships for Tompkins, Cortland or Tioga County residents, 24 and older, without a college degree. Maximum award is $7000 over four semesters of full-time study or eight semesters of part-time study.
* Offers training at affiliated centers for the blind. Services include:
  • Comparing software and devices.
  • Show new users what technology may be helpful to them.
  • Give advice on how to comply with accessibility standards.
  • Aide employers and employees on workplace accommodations.
  • Provides information on where to get training and equipment.
* Offers youth programs that include:
  • NFB Youth Slam - a four-day academy engages and inspires the next generation of blind youth to consider careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
  • NFB Scholarship program - gives a broad array of scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars.
  • Braille Pals Club - an early literacy program that fosters positive attitudes about Braille for children and their families and promotes a love of reading by encouraging parents to read daily with their blind or low vision child.
  • Early Explorers- designed to introduce young blind children and their families to the long white cane.

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Assistive Technology Training
Scholarships
Braille Instruction

* Offers information and referral on programs and services for the blind and visually impaired.
* Provides legislative advocacy on laws affecting blind persons.
* Offers college scholarships to blind and visually impaired students.
* Provides legislative and governmental monitoring.
* Holds annual conference featuring a large trade show of the latest high- and low-tech gadgets for blind and visually impaired people.

* Publishes monthly magazine, "The ACB Braille Forum," in braille, large print, on digital cartridge, via email, podcast, and download.

* Has an Internet radio station, ACB Media (https://www.acbmedia.org), which offers ten channels of music, talk, and entertainment.

* ACB's Community Events offer a wide variety of topics, from education to technology training, cooking and social events, braille classes, games, yoga, and much more. Visit https://www.acb.org/acb-community-events to learn more.

* ACB's Audio Description Project (https://www.acb.org/audio-description-project) maintains a list of audio-described movies, broadcast TV, DVDs, performing arts, museums, and national parks on their website. The project also offers two Audio Description Institutes each year, where people can learn how to become audio describers.


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Information and Referral
Scholarships
Public Awareness/Education
Advocacy
* Provides a college scholarship to students that impact their community, especially concerning delimiting racism.
*Offers tutoring scholarships to families of individuals with developmental disabilities.