The Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation in conjunction with the Patterson Library is offering a free 2-part “Grant Seeking Basics” training on Wednesday, Oct. 5, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Patterson Library, 40 South Portage Street, in Westfield, NY.

Training in Foundation Directory Online Data Base will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and in Grant Writing Basics from 10:30 to noon. Participants of this training will learn how to search for grant sources via the Foundation Directory Online database and increase their grant writing skills.

The Foundation Directory Online Data Base is a fully searchable database which includes detailed profiles of all active U.S. foundations, as well as an extensive file of grants recently by the nation’s top funders.

Megan Disbro, Software Training and Web Specialist Librarian from the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System, will teach the Foundation Directory Online Searching session. Professional grant writer Sherry Lantz will conduct the “Grant Seeking Basics” training.

Registration is required as space is limited. For more information and to register for this training, please contact Eileen Dunn, NCCF Program Coordinator at 366-4892 or edunn@nccfoundation.org by September 28, 2011.