CLAYTON — The Cary and Janet Brick Riverside Foundation, a Northern New York Community Foundation affiliate, recently provided a $1,000 grant to the Thousand Islands Emergency Rescue Service (TIERS) for its ongoing emergency medical technician (EMT) educational program. The funding will help TIERS train future professional EMTs. The nonprofit organization delivers 24-hour emergency medical services […]
CLAYTON — The Cary and Janet Brick Riverside Foundation, a Northern New York Community Foundation affiliate, recently provided a $1,000 grant to the Thousand Islands Emergency Rescue Service (TIERS) for its ongoing emergency medical technician (EMT) educational program.
The funding will help TIERS train future professional EMTs. The nonprofit organization delivers 24-hour emergency medical services to the St. Lawrence River communities in the towns of Clayton and Orleans. The grant was made, in part, to help enhance the expansion of EMT training for younger first-responders and new recruits, the Northern New York Community Foundation said in a release.
Established in 2017, the Brick Riverside Foundation is a geographic-specific charitable foundation that provides support for St. Lawrence River–area programs and institutions to enhance the quality of life in the Thousand Islands region.
The Brick Riverside Foundation gift to support TIERS is the latest from a Northern New York Community Foundation-affiliated fund.
“TIERS is the primary emergency medical service provider for permanent and seasonal residents of the Thousand Islands,” the Bricks said in making the grant. “Through its training program for young people, it is moving forward to establish the next generation of trained EMTs.”
The Bricks said they challenged local businesses and seasonal residents from more populated areas accustomed to larger-scale emergency services to match the grant and help establish an immediate $10,000 training budget to aid the next generation of TIERS professionals.
Before establishing the Brick Riverside Foundation, the Bricks provided TIERS similar support to purchase individual lifesaving equipment for emergency personnel traveling to islands aboard the Clayton Fire Department’s fire and rescue boat, called the “Last Chance.” Cary Brick served as a fire commissioner and Janet Brick was Clayton Town and Village justice. Last year, the Brick Riverside Foundation awarded a grant to support River Hospital’s emergency-room expansion and its Hope + Healing campaign.