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Wayne County Endowment awards 31 grants COURTESY OF WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT In the past year, the Wayne County Community Endowment awarded 31 grants totaling $95,890 to support nonprofits that serve area residents, with $33,750 distributed from its Emergency Relief Fund to address local needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.  “The pandemic greatly strained the operations of many nonprofits providing critical services to Wayne County residents and we knew that our role was to make sure these services would continue,” said C.J. Britt, advisory board chair. “We are grateful for ...

From the Historian: Macedon Historical Society says thank you Linda Braun It is with great gratitude that we wish to thank the Bullis Fund and the memory of Auerelia “Nettie” Bullis for a donation of $10,000. The Bullis Fund is managed by the Rochester Area Community Foundation. We were recently notified of this award and we wanted to formally thank them for it.  Nettie Bullis grew up in Macedon at her home on Canandaigua Road, next to what is now Bullis Park. Nettie was a very intelligent woman who invested well. She was the personal secretary to James Gleason, president of Gleason Work...