Local Partnership Leads to $5,000 Grant for Bob McCarthy Foundation
Farm Credit East, with a recommendation from Winery of Ellicottville owners Sam and Beth Sheehy, invests in community support services
ELLICOTTVILLE - The Bob McCarthy Foundation, a 501c3 charitable foundation dedicated to acting as a bridge between families and supportive assistance, received a New Year’s surprise with a donation of $5,000 from Farm Credit East.
Farm Credit has been a partner to Northeast agriculture, commercial, fishing, and forest products for more than 100 years. As a true partner, Farm Credit provides more than just reliable credit and financial services by supporting their customers, the industries they are part of, and the rural communities they call home.
In determining a recipient for this grant, Farm Credit East, a cooperative owned by the customers it serves, asked customer members of their Regional Advisory Committee to recommend local organizations to receive this year-end donation. Sam Sheehy, who along with his wife Beth own The Winery of Ellicottville, is a member of this committee in the Western Region and recommended The Bob McCarthy Foundation. Sam and Beth have been strong partners of the Foundation for years in many ways and we cannot begin to thank them for this acknowledgment and support.
“Providing a quiet helping hand” in our community, the Foundation continues to focus precisely on its mandate while maintaining confidentiality in these endeavors. Being able to react quickly to an identified need within the community brings solutions that other agencies cannot do in real time. With this generous donation, the Bob McCarthy Foundation plans to expand and enhance our help programs further in the community.
Please visit bobmccarthyfoundation.com for more information, and feel free to contact anyone on the Foundation’s Board of Directors for information on any of our programs or how you might help.