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Bank of Utica supports children’s museum project with donation

Bank of Utica has committed $100,000 to ICAN’s redevelopment of the Children’s Museum in Utica. From left to right: Barry Sinnot, Bank of Utica senior VP; Steven Bulger, ICAN CEO and executive director; and Donna Migliaccio, director of the Utica Children’s Museum. (PHOTO CREDIT: ICAN)

UTICA , N.Y.— Bank of Utica has committed $100,000 to ICAN’s Family Resource Center, which will also house a new children’s museum. “Bank of Utica has had a long relationship with the Children’s Museum, and we are happy to continue to work with them as they enter this new exciting phase of their history,” Barry […]

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UTICA , N.Y.— Bank of Utica has committed $100,000 to ICAN’s Family Resource Center, which will also house a new children’s museum.

“Bank of Utica has had a long relationship with the Children’s Museum, and we are happy to continue to work with them as they enter this new exciting phase of their history,” Barry Sinnott, senior VP of Bank of Utica, said in a news release. “We are happy ICAN has the museum under their umbrella, and I can’t wait to bring my kids to it once it is finished.”

The bank’s $100,000 gift will go toward the overall project total of $14 million to make site improvements, design museum exhibits, and add a rotunda on the south side of the building at 106 Memorial Parkway in Utica.

“Bank of Utica’s family values have always aligned so well with ours, and the care for our community they illustrate again and again is admired and appreciated,” ICAN CEO and Executive Director Steve Bulger said. “We are looking forward to continuing this relationship as we build a place that will bring joy to the region for generations to come.”

The Family Resource Center unites ICAN’s youth and family programs with the Utica Children’s Museum as a hub for learning, wellness, connectedness, and fun.

ICAN broke ground last summer on the projects and expects to open the center for services including supervised visitation as well as parenting and family programs this summer. Some administrative departments will locate there as well. ICAN expects to open the museum on the second floor by the end of 2023.

ICAN provides individualized and non-traditional services to more than 1,900 at-risk individuals and families with social, emotional, mental health, and behavioral challenges with a staff of 180 including care managers, service coordinators, social workers, support specialists, and clinical staff.

Traci DeLore