EDMESTON –The Pathfinder Village celebrated its 30th Anniversary this weekend with the announcement of a $1 million gift to assist the organization in its care of elders with Down syndrome.

This gift, which establishes the Jane Davey Hamilton Family Endowment, will also expand the Village’s outreach and education efforts to help families who care for an aging member who has Down syndrome.

The gift was announced by Jane Davey Hamilton Warriner and Edward Klees of Philadelphia, whose brother, Peter Hamilton, lived at Pathfinder Village from 1998 to 2005. Before a packed room Friday evening at The Otesaga Resort Hotel, Cooperstown, Warriner and Klees related their experiences with Pathfinder Village: