Legacy fund established for late Potsdam teen

WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) – A Potsdam teen who handed away in 2021 is being remembered by by means of the Riley Basford Legacy Fund.

The Northern New York Group Basis not too long ago established the fund, which is designed “to assist youth of their pursuit of secure and significant experiences all through their lives and in the neighborhood.”

The Riley Basford Legacy Fund helps three vital focus areas.

A high precedence is to supply funding for schooling, coaching, and consciousness to St. Lawrence County colleges for applications and initiatives centered on cyberbullying and cyber security, anti-bullying, and character schooling.

Riley’s fund can even assist college students with demonstrated wants at Potsdam Central Faculty and assist college students enrolled at St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES with funding to safe supplies for courses or assist BOCES graduates coming into the workforce.

In 2021, the household of Riley Basford stated the teenager was a sufferer of web blackmail earlier than he took his personal life.

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