Trooper Joel R. Davis Foundation

Joel R. Davis was a born and raised North Country man.  He went into law enforcement in an area where he grew up, and he raised three children there. Davis was responding to a domestic dispute in Theresa when he was shot in the chest on July 9th 2017. Davis was a devoted man, and his family was everything to him.

Davis spent 10 years as a deputy at the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office before becoming a trooper. He was just about to hit five years with state police.

Joel served as the Commissioner of the Evans Mills Youth Baseball League and was active in all youth sports. He taught community kids the fundamentals of baseball, from T-ball to fast-pitch, and helped organize the teams and kept the league on track. At the time of his death,  he was an assistant coach with the Indian River Wood Bat Baseball team and was a member of the Evans Mills 500 Club.

To honor Trooper Joel R. Davis’ legacy and life of service to others, this fund, associated with the Northern New York Community Foundation, will be a perpetual charitable grantmaking component fund of the Community Foundation. It will support charitable community projects and programs for the public benefit.