Women's Fund Awards $5,000 Each to Five Herkimer and Oneida County Businesses; Ceremony Nov. 17 in Rome

Five women-owned businesses in Herkimer and Oneida counties will each get a $5,000 grant from the Women's Fund of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, the Daily Sentinel reports. Baird Private Wealth Management and the Griffiss Institute helped fund the awards. The fund received 41 applications.

Business	Owner	Grant pays for
A Brand New Day	Mary Warfel Moquin	Technology upgrades
Almost Local (Clinton)	Rachel Bartunek	Commercial embroidery machine
Old Path Farm	Nancy Grove	Compost spreader
Pixel Perfect Psychotherapy	Kelli Dunlap	Caregiver group pilot with equine therapy
SHOOK!	Madison Conigliaro	Refrigerated display case, marketing

Recognition event: Tuesday, Nov. 17, at the Griffiss Institute, 592 Hangar Road, Rome. Doors open at 4 p.m., program at 4:30. Register by emailing Grants@womensfundhoc.org.

To qualify, businesses had to be at least 51% women-owned, based in Herkimer or Oneida County, and open at least a year.