Through Cartons For Christmas the Spencerport community comes together annually to help local families who are struggling. With the pandemic continuing and a reduced number of volunteers, we again scaled back food donations to replace with gift cards.
Once again we were overwhelmed by the response of our community in the generous donations of gift cards, money, toys, turkeys, and some food. We thank all individuals for their donations and participation, especially the folks who delivered the goods to waiting families. A huge thank you to Lynn Phillips for coordinating the volunteers this year.
In December we served 110 families (444 people), delivering gift cards, turkeys, some food, and 176 toys to young children.
We recognize these businesses and groups who support us by contributing gift cards, toys, food, and boxes: Tops Market, Colby Homestead Farms, Victory Packaging in Liverpool, Barton’s Parkside Hots, Spencerport Rotary, Spencerport Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, SHS Student Government (Nicole Arbore), SHS Jazz Band (Jeannie Glozer), The Church Ladies (St John’s), Town & Country Eyecare Associates, Lattimore Physical Therapy-Spencerport, Spencerport United Methodist Church, Canal View Elementary School, and Churchville Lions Club.
Our financial backers include J. William Jewelers, Donald F. and Maxine B. Davison Foundation, St. John the Evangelist Church, Ogden Baptist Church, Deacon Fund Ogden Baptist Church, Kiwanis Club of Spencerport, First Congregational Church, Spencerport Lions Club, Barefoot Management Inc., Ferris Goodridge Unit No. 330, Spencerport Federal Credit Union, Spencerport Firemen’s Benevolent Association Exempts, Terry Taylor Elementary School, and Obatron Productions.
Another great effort by our Toy Coordinator, Donna Granger, ensured that all young kids received a gift. We thank our Toy Tree sponsors Ginny Swarthout (The Unique Shop), Cathy Fowler (Fowler’s Canaltown Wine & Spirits), and Nancy Bodhorn (Spencerport Federal Credit Union). We are so appreciative of the folks who selected the angels and bought and wrapped gifts for the children. Donna is grateful to her team of wrappers and organizers – Mikayla Granger, Pam Cooper, Donna Perry, and Marie Laveck.
We are indebted to Scout Troop 165 for loading vehicles. For handling many deliveries, we thank Spencerport Volunteer Fire Department Explorers (Chris Damon) and Gates Volunteer Ambulance (Rich Verdouw).
We thank transporters of food, toys, boxes, and shopping carts: Greg Dorgan, Bruce Kolb & Steve McCagg, Erin Khuns, Jim & Joann Grassi, Lynn Phillips. We depend on our scribe Ginny Mosher, Helen Grigg & Marie Laveck for keeping order in packing, Danielle Phillips, Marcia Meyer, and Alicia Saladyga for keeping deliveries on track, and Grant Wolfe for the eggs.
We appreciate the energy, thoughtfulness, and inventiveness our committee employs to attack this effort each year, but especially during COVID. Thank you Lynn Phillips, Jim & Joann Grassi, and Donna Granger.
We wish to thank our sponsors, the Ecumenical Council of Churches: St. John the Evangelist, First Congregational Church, Spencerport United Methodist Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, Ogden Baptist Church, Ogden Presbyterian Church, and Spencerport Wesleyan Church.
Maureen and Glenn Granger
Spencerport Cartons for Christmas
