2018-2019 Winter Cycle of Community Youth Grant Awards

The Board of Directors of the Michael Napoleone Memorial Foundation is excited to announce the recipients of the 2018-2019 winter cycle of Community Youth Grant Awards.

Grants have been awarded to the following organizations for their commitment to facilitating community youth activities for children under age 18 in the Western New York region:

• Warsaw Junior Tigers Youth Football Program: $1,600

• Batavia Middle School -- “B Squad” Running Program: $1,100 (PICTURED)

• St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. John the Baptist Church “Kids to Camp” Program: $1,000

• Batavia Girls Fastpitch Softball/Batavia Stingers: $1,500

• Genesee County Business/Education Alliance Summer Career Exploration Camps: $1,000

Equipment Donation to Research Lab

The Napoleone Foundation donated a new data analysis workstation to the University of Rochester’s Center for Pediatric Biomedical Research. This picture shows research technician Kate Fegan, M.S. performing analysis of flow cytometry data on the equipment. Learning, over her shoulder, is MD/PhD student Jerry Saunders II, M.S. Both work in the lab headed by Dr. James Palis. This new workstation is more than 10X faster than the previous machine in use, which also would sometimes crash during complex analyses. These analyses allow the team to compare and contrast the expression of multiple proteins on the cell surface, and within cells that constitute complex populations representing normal and disease conditions.

Visit To Oishei Children's Hospital

Board members delivered a number of “Wish List” items to the Child Life Team at Buffalo’s John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital before Christmas.

MNMF donates "Wishlist Items" to Buffalo Ronald McDonald House

The Foundation delivered "Wishlist Items" to support the Buffalo Ronald McDonald House.

They also toured the beautiful home that brings comfort to families in need.

MNMF donates $3,000 to Support Local Hockey Team

In supporting our mission to help youth in our community, the Michael Napoleone Memorial Foundation donated $3,000 to Notre Dame High School hockey program to assist with equipment needs.

MNMF donates $2,500 to the Arc of Genesee Orleans

Left to Right: Arc Executive Director Donna Saskowski, Allison Suttell, Joni Yaskulski, Ann Marie Suttell, and Arc Director of Education Shelley Kordish

On November 20th, the Michael Napoleone Memorial Foundation donated $2,500 to The Arc of Genesee Orleans. 

This donation will create a Dramatic Therapy Room at the Orleans Rainbow Preschool which will include a Doc McStuffins themed doctors room, stethoscopes, and doctors kits to create a kid friendly learning environment.

4th and Final Payments Made on Pledge to Golisano's

The Foundation fulfilled their 5 year pledge of $10,000 per year toward the hospital project in 3 years, making the last two payments in December 2016.

Board Members cook for Ronald McDonald House, Rochester

Board members of the Foundation served up some soups and chili at the Ronald McDonald House on Westmoreland Dr. Rochester, NY on Sunday, January 31, 2016. From left, Laurie Napoleone, Ellen DellaPenna and Joanne McInerny. The Ronald McDonald House in Rochester and around the world, act as a place to stay for families with hospitalized children who are receiving treatment. It is essentially a "home-way-from-home" for children with cancer and their families. Support your local Ronald McDonald House, the families depend on it.

Third Payment made on $50,000 Golisano's Pledge

A plaque near the Child Life Room recognizes the Foundation’s contributions.

Foundation donates $1,000 to Carli's Club at Roswell Park, Buffalo

On December 15, 2015, the Foundation presented a $1,000 check to Carli's Club at Roswell Park, Buffalo, for the purchase of items on their holiday wish list for pediatric cancer patients and siblings. Presenting the check, on behalf of the Foundation, is board member Ellen DellaPenna, and her husband Matt and son Griffin.