Dara Harper
An important quality of Whole Me is that when a person who is deaf walks into their office, they will likely be met by an employee who is also deaf.
“I realized that the people in this community were the same people who helped me build the business and become financially successful, therefore I knew I needed to give back to the community that helped me so much.”
The Community Foundation launched the Black Equity & Excellence Fund in June of 2020 to support projects that encourage self-sufficiency and improve the physical and economic conditions that affect Black community members’ quality of life.
For this Lunch & Learn, we welcomed both professional advisors and donors!
$32,400 has been distributed to organizations in Oswego County!
Congratulations to Geri and Dana on their recent promotions!
We see the Community Foundation as an engine for transformative and societal change, ensuring our support will help future generations thrive.
The Black Equity & Excellence Fund allowed for optimization of UrbanTsyr online content with professionally enhanced videos and marketing of various initiatives.
Through the generous support of the Community Foundation’s Black Equity & Excellence Fund we produced, in April and July, two high-quality, main stage productions that were recorded and streamed.
Knowing that initiatives such as the BE&E Fund believes in your vision helps wounds become assets and lessens the ability for scars to become triggers.