Building Capacity in the Greater Indian Lake, New York
and Hamilton County Region.

In an effort to support our community, Hamilton Helps provides essential information, food, supplies, and assistance to strengthen the social safety net of our community.

Hamilton Helps is a project of Blue Mountain Center

Hamilton Helps has collaborated with:

  • Inlet Area Community Task Force

  • Inlet Office of Tourism

  • Living ADK

  • Long Lake Meal Site

  • The Adirondack Foundation

  • The Birth to Three Alliance

  • The Town of Indian Lake

  • The Town of Inlet

  • The Town of Long Lake

  • Warren/Hamilton County Community Action

  • Warren/Hamilton County Office of the Aging

  • Wells Meal Site

  • ADK Action

  • Banks Family Farm

  • Cloudsplitter Excellus

  • Colgate University

  • Hamilton County Office of Economic Development and Tourism

  • Hamilton County Public Health

  • Hub on the Hill

  • Indian Lake Central School District

  • Indian Lake Community Development Corporation

  • Indian Lake Senior Meal Site, a subsidiary of the Warren-Hamilton County Office of Aging

Hamilton Helps projects to-date include:

  • Facilitating resource-sharing partnerships among businesses, homeowners, and agencies

  • Hosting yearly community conversations with Hamilton County food systems leaders and advocates.

  • Launching the Hamilton Healthy Food Connections program, giving seniors and individuals in need with Hamilton County Farmers Market vouchers to help make healthy food more accessible across our county

  • Providing grant writing assistance to local agencies enhancing food security in our county

  • Publicizing local food pantry’s donation needs and fundraising for additional matching contributions

  • Supporting AdkAction’s Fair Food Program which provides funding to qualified households through pre-paid credit cards which can be used in Hamilton County grocery stores.

  • Worked with Colgate University to research food issues in the County.