McCoy Grain generates $2,500 in grant funds for Fairfield Care

-Jackie Tee photo

Traci Bozarth, administrator of Fairfield Care, is presented with a $1,000 check from Cindy Lyden of Northwest Farm Credit Services Tuesday.

The McCoy Grain Terminal was recently awarded a $1,000 grant by Northwest Farm Credit Services which they relayed Tuesday to Fairfield Care. McCoy also matched the grant funding to help provide new chairs for the dining room at the care center.

“We wish to thank Northwest Farm Credit Services for the grant award in the amount of $1,000 to purchase new chairs for the dining room at Fairfield Care,” said Jackie Tee, CFO at McCoy. “Upon notification of the award, McCoy matched the grant award with a contribution of $1,000 toward the purchase of new chairs.”

Also part of the funding is $500 for individual contributions, bringing the total amount to $2,500, Tee told the Gazette.

Tee, who serves on the board for Fairfield Care, said McCoy seeks to be a contributor to communities.

“McCoy does contribute funds, particularly to the schools and 4H and FFAs,” she said. “We also help support, when we can, things like this.”

Tee said as a customer of Northwest Farm Credit Services, McCoy became aware of the funding that was available and applied for it to be able to serve the need that had arisen at Fairfield Care. She said the purchase of new dining chairs for the facility will be a boost for the residents.

“The chairs in the dining room have been put on the wish list, as the old chairs are outdated, cracked and generally in very poor condition,” Tee explained. “The new chairs will truly enhance the comfort and the morale of residents.”

Fairfield Care has been operating as an assisted living facility for three years after a community effort to bring it back.

“We re-opened it three years ago. It was the Good Samaritan Society, and that closed down about 10 years ago,” said Tee. “It had been closed for a few years, and we had to put a lot of money into it to get it open again.”

Fairfield Care currently houses 40 residents and employs 25 to 30 people from the area. Tee said it has been a great asset to the community.

“It helps to keep a part-time doctor's office and pharmacy in the community,” she noted.

McCoy presented separate checks Tuesday to Fairfield Care with two in a ceremony at the center, one being from McCoy and the other from Northwest Farm Credit Services.