ors reach out to help neighbors through Cartons For Christmas. The Spencerport community donated food, gift cards, money, toys, and turkeys, which were distributed to 153 families (536 people) along with 195 toys for young children. We thank all individuals for their donations and participation, especially the folks who delivered the goods to waiting families. Lynn Phillips does an excellent job coordinating all volunteer efforts.
We recognize those groups who contribute gift cards, toys, food and boxes: Tops Market, Colby Homestead Farms, Victory Packaging in Liverpool, Grant Wolfe (eggs), Lattimore Physical Therapy-Spencerport, Spencerport United Methodist Church, Ogden Baptist Church, St. John the Evangelist Church, and our schools – Bernabi, Canal View, Taylor, Munn, Cosgrove, and Spencerport High School.
Our financial backers include: Donald F. and Maxine B. Davison Foundation; Ogden Baptist Church; J. William Jewelers; St. John the Evangelist Church; Kiwanis Club of Spencerport; Barton’s Parkside Hots; The Feltner Group; First Congregational Church; St. John’s Men’s Club; Spencerport Volunteer Firemen’s Association, Inc.; Spencerport Volunteer Firemen’s Association Ladies Auxiliary Inc.; Spencerport Firemen’s Benevolent Association Exempts; Obatron Productions LLC; Barefoot Management, Inc.; Jean Black, CPA; American Legion Auxiliary Unit 330; and Big M.
We thank the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary (Barb Marhatta) for food shopping, card writing, angel cutting, making calls, and packing food; Joann Grassi for coordinating food shoppers; the Spencerport Rotary and the Spencerport Volunteer Firemen’s Association Ladies Auxiliary Inc. for adopting families and providing gifts.
Another great effort by our Toy Coordinator, Donna Granger, ensured that all young kids received a gift. We thank our Toy Tree sponsors, Cathy Fowler (Fowlers Canaltown Wine & Spirits), Ginny Swarthout (The Unique Shop), and Kate Czarnecki (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 – Pam Cooper, Donna Perry, Suzy Wilcox, and toy shoppers SHS Student Government (Nicole Arbore), the SHS Jazz Ensemble, and Margie Armstrong for their assistance.
We thank transporters of food, toys, boxes, and shopping carts: Greg Dorgan and Nate Johnson, Bruce Kolb and Jim Downs, Erin Khuns, Mike and Carol Oehlbeck, Jim and Joann Grassi, Lynn and Matt Phillips.
We thank Cosgrove Service Club for help sorting; Spencerport Travel Soccer and Ogden Presbyterian Church for help packing; CYO basketball for loading vehicles; Fred Knauf, our Outside Man for overseeing deliverers; the Spencerport Food Shelf for deliveries; and Jim Grassi for managing the floor and keeping order. For handling a large number of deliveries, we thank Spencerport Volunteer Fire Department Explorers (Chris Damon), Gates Volunteer Ambulance (Rich Verdouw), and Josh, Wade and Peter Granger. We depend on Helen and Rod Grigg, Denise Baker, Danielle Phillips, and Marcia Meyer for keeping deliveries on track. We thank Bob and Sandy McGreevy for 20 years of participation.
Our committee, consisting of Lynn Phillips, Jim and Joann Grassi, Danielle Phillips, and Donna Granger, attacks this effort each year with energy, thoughtfulness, and inventiveness. That’s how it happens!
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 Granger, Coordinator
Cartons for Christmas
