$50,000 will be split among five local non-profit organizations thanks to funds secured from Security Mutual Life.

The money was secured through the Small Business Recovery Grant program of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York. $10,000 will be going to each organization. The five organizations that received the money are CHOW, VINES, the Discovery Center of the Southern Tier, Greater Opportunities, Incorporated, and The Children's Home of Wyoming Conference.

Southern Tier Community Center Director Nikki Post echoed her fellow recipients in expressing gratitude for receiving the funds.

"But we are so thankful, so grateful to security mutual and as it says, the company that cares. How wonderful for this grant, thank you very much for this grant, thank you very much to you and your team for selecting us as the recipient of this funding. As my colleagues have said before, this funding is great, comes at a wonderful time because those operational needs and things like that, that we want to provide and continue to provide a service to the community and we're collaborating within our community. It's really, really important to us so we are so grateful, so thankful for this grant and being a recipient of these funds," Post said.