The application packet for the 2019 Special Grants Program is now available from the Special Grant Chair or for download from the Grace Legendre Endowment Fund website. Applications are welcomed for NYS Women Inc. Local Chapters, Regions, State President, or State Executive Committee as well as from other organizations whose mission statement is consistent with the purpose of the Endowment Fund. Completed applications must be submitted by February 28, 2019.

We are pleased to announce that the Buffalo Niagara Chapter of NYS Women Inc. has been awarded a Special Grant of $357 in support of a commerative issue of the NIKE celebrating the 100^th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in New York State. Sue Mager and Ramona Gallagher accepted the Grant from Mary Ellen Morgan, Special Grants Chair, on behalf of the Buffalo Niagara Chapter.  The Grant was presented at the 2018 Grace LeGendre Endowment Fund Awards Luncheon, May 19th, 2018, at the Hampton Inn Albany, New York.