On December 14, members of the Lions Club of Chili delivered food to 27 families living in Chili. We also delivered gifts to 36 children living in those families. We couldn’t have done this without the community support. Mike Curley and Adam Washbon helped by finding us space and allowing us to store food in the back of the Chili Community Center until our delivery date.
The doctors and staff at Calnon & Cilano were fantastic partners in this service project, buying gifts for 30 children and wrapping them beautifully. I’m sure they made a lot of kids smile on Christmas day! They’ve been on board with us and this service project since 2019. We really appreciate all they’ve done to help the children have a nice Christmas. A BIG thank you to their office manager, Sarah, who helped coordinate the children’s first names with our food bag numbers.
The Chili Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary collected canned goods and an assortment of food and delivered it to the Chili Community Center. We thank them for their support. They always do a great job collecting food at their meetings.
Also donating food to our club was Leisure Living & Pool Supplies. They came on board with us last year and they donated a lot of food to us on December 9. Their manager, Jason Brozic, has been wonderful and very enthusiastic helping with the food.
This year the staff and residents of Addison of Parklands also collected and donated food plus gave us a cash donation.
Chili Wegmans donated 30 reusable bags for our food. The larger families received two bags of assorted food items. All families also received a loaf of bread.
Finally, we couldn’t have done this service project without the businesses and organizations that gave monetary donations: Canandaigua National Bank, Clifton Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, Dr. David D’Amico, Ace Swim and Leisure, Leo Bean & Sons Funeral Home, St. Pius X Federal Credit Union, and the Town & Country Restaurant.
Besides the food and gifts, each family received a Butterball gift check from us, good for anything in a store that sells Butterball products, except it could not be used for alcohol or tobacco.
We also thank the social workers at Paul Road School, Chestnut Ridge Elementary, and Florence Brasser. We’ve worked well together for many years. They help us find families that could use some additional help for the holidays.
The Lions Club of Chili is a group of men and women wanting to make a difference in our town. Please seek out a member if you’d like to be a member of our club.
So, as you can see, it takes a lot of caring people to make this service project be a success. A huge thank you to everyone that made this possible!
Bonnie & Tom Platt, Co-Chairs
Lions Club of Chili
Christmas Basket Committee
