Friday, May 29, 2009

Foundation elects 4 to board

The Rome Sentinel reported that The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties has elected four new members to its Board of Trustees. Newly elected are Lori Kaplan Felice of Rome, CA Kaplan Co.; Keith Fenstemacher of New Hartford, retired administrator of Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare; Joseph Hobika Sr. of Utica, attorney with Callanen, Foley & Hobika; and Mary Morse of Mohawk, owner of Kwik-Kut Manufacturing.

George Aney, John Livingston, Sheila Smith and William R. Stevens retired after serving collectively for a total of 34 years. A term for trustees is three years, which may be extended to a limit of three, three-year terms.

Returning as trustees are Chair-Elect Larry Bull of Herkimer, Don Carbone of Boonville, Rudy D’Amico of Marcy, Harrison Hummel III of Mohawk, Chair Georgiana Roberts Ide of New Hartford, Robert F. Julian of Utica, Linda Macartney of Clinton, Susan Matt of New Hartford, Dr. Theodore C. Max of Holland Patent, Albert Mazloom of Utica, Secretary-Treasurer Judith Vicks Sweet of Clinton and Richard Zick of Rome.

The Foundation has been improving lives and promoting philanthropy throughout Herkimer and Oneida counties since 1952. The Foundation has made more than 4,200 grants totaling over $29.5 million in support of causes ranging from education to health care, the arts to the environment. Grants are generated by the more than 260 funds that comprise the Foundation’s endowment, established and advanced by area individuals and families.

For more information, call 735-8212 or visit www.foundationhoc.org.

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