Friends of CHB Youth Foundation

CHBYF Board Members Get ready to meet face to face...with Covid safety restrictions..on May 15 at 10:00 a.m. at Draper Park ! Be there, or BE SQUARE !

Thank you, Kathryn Curatolo ! You are fabulous !

My good friend Louise Woodburn is still a real swinger !

Celebrating My Mother and Father's Wedding Anniversary. 79 years ago Elizabeth Ann O'Donnell (Betty) married Charles Hibberd Bassett (Chuck) on April 18, 1942 in a Catholic Church in Ithaca, New York. My Mom was a 'good' Irish Catholic and and my Dad Episcopalian who later in life was more committed to the New York Times Sunday Paper and living his faith daily through work, family and relations. They were small town people raised through the Great Depression and married at t...he start of World War II. They were married for 52 years in the Syracuse, New York area where I was raised. I won the lottery in having 2 wonderful parents who did their best to steer me in the right direction. All the wrong turns I've taken in my life are my own doing...the right turns are due to their love and support. The Charles H. Bassett Youth Foundation, Inc. is a legacy of good will and good works in their honor and their ancestors' contributions. Always remembered..always loved..always paid forward, especially to the less fortunate. See more

The Charles H. Bassett Youth Foundation, Inc. in Owego, New York provides $ 500 educational award scholarships each year to several selected UAA TRIO Upward Bound graduating students from Bartlett, East and West High Schools in Anchorage, Alaska. The Bassett Youth Foundation supports this outstanding program and its exemplary students and advisors and you should as well !

25 Years Ago This Spring the Charles H. Bassett Youth Foundation, Inc. gave its very first student scholarship to Owego Free Academy graduating senior Patrick Gavin. Betty Ann Bassett, surviving spouse of Charles Hibberd Bassett, Foundation founder and lead supporter and her daughter, Susan Bassett Doolittle presented Mr. Gavin with his scholarship at a special breakfast in Owego, New York ! Today the CHB Youth Foundation Gives More Than 20 Scholarships To Schools and Communities in New York, Kansas, Indiana and Alaska. Community Youth Development Has Never Been More Important and Never Ends !