The W. E. and Betty L. Gaunt Endowment for the West Jay Community Center, a fund of The Dunkirk Foundation, was established in 2008 by the West Jay Community Center with a gift it had received from Betty L. Gaunt upon her passing.  The fund is named for Betty and her late husband, Willard Gaunt who owned the W.E. Gaunt Jewelry Store and the Ingénue Beauty Salon in Dunkirk.  The fund is to provide support for the West Jay Community Center.