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December 14, 2017The Big $100,000 Giveaway Winners
George Hearst III, center, stands for a group photo with Capital Region not-for-profit organization senior representatives who shared in the Times Union’s $100,000 Giveaway contest on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2017, at the Times Union in Colonie, N.Y. Pictured left to right in the back row are; Kat Brown of Trinity Alliance, Bonnie St. Onge of Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless, Todd Cramer of Mohawk Hudson Humane Society, Jeannine Garab of Northeastern New York Epilepsy Foundation NENY, David Brown of Capital District YMCA, Tracie Keeler of South End Children’s Cafe, Denise Nicastro of JDRF Northeastern New York and Peter Semenza of St. Peter’s Hospital ALS Center. Seated are ; Barbara Carroll of Whiskers Animal Benevolent League, left, and Diane Conroy-LaCivita of Colonie Senior Services, right. (Will Waldron/Times Union)
On November 16, the Times Union published our special section on philanthropy, Capital Region Gives. As part of a contest, 10 local nonprofits had the opportunity to share $100,000 in granted advertising space in the Times Union.
This year, 29 nonprofits were eligible to win a share of the $100,000 grant. Voting to determine which nonprofit will win one of the grants started on timesunion.com on November 16.
With over 24,000 votes cast, the 10 nonprofits with the most number of votes are:
Capital District YMCA, Colonie Senior Services, Epilepsy NENY, Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless, JDRF NENY, Mohawk Hudson Humane Society, St. Peters Hospital ALS Center, South End Children’s Cafe, Trinity Alliance and Whiskers Animal Benevolent League.
