FULTON – Friends of Great Bear, trail stewards for Great Bear Springs Recreation Area, is pleased to announce that the group is the recipient of a 2017 $4,200 grant from “The Emerick Fund, a component of the Oswego County Community Foundation.”
The grant is for the repair and improvement of a popular and well used trail section at Great Bear.
The improvement will help prevent erosion and make the trail section safer for users of the trail.
Friends of Great Bear was the recipient of a Oswego Community foundation grant in 2015 for a stone staircase trail connection adjacent to a historic limestone lock on the old Oswego Canal.
Frederick Emerick was the founder of “Great Bear Spring” bottled water, with the water originally taken from the springs at the Great Bear location.
Great Bear Springs is now a public non-motorized multi-use wooded recreation area.
The area encompasses several miles of trails, bordering the Oswego River and the Oswego Canal.
More information, including trail maps, can be found at http://www.friendsofgreatbear.org/
The Oswego County Community Foundation is an affiliate fund of the Central New York Community Foundation.
Established in 1927, the Central New York Community Foundation encourages local philanthropy by supporting the growth of permanent charitable endowments for the betterment of the region.
The Community Foundation is the largest charitable foundation in the region with assets of nearly $193 million.
It awarded $11 million in grants last year to nonprofit organizations.
Since its inception, it has invested nearly $150 million in the community.
The Community Foundation serves as the steward of charitable legacies for
individuals, families and businesses through the administration of more than 700 funds.
The organization also serves as a civic leader, convener and sponsor of special initiatives designed to strengthen local nonprofits and address the region’s most pressing challenges.
http://www.cnycf.org.
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Congratulations Friends of Great Bear! We appreciate the beautiful recreation area and the work you do to make it accessible and enjoyable. You make possible this Gem we have in Central New York. Thank you.