Ashley and Christen Napoleone, junior board members of the Michael Napoleone Memorial Foundation Inc, seen here in black Foundation shirts, led a team representing the Foundation in the American Cancer Society's "Relay for Life" walk at St. John Fisher College on Friday April 3, 2009. Teams members solicited sponsors to raise money on behalf of the American Cancer Society. Thanks to all who participated in the walk and to the sponsors who graciously donated their money to a great organization.
Foundation donates $2,500 to Ronald McDonald House
Junior board member Mark Napoleone, Jr., on behalf of the Michael Napoleone Memorial Foundation Inc., presents a check for $2,500 to Cher Niedermaier of the Ronald McDonald House of Rochester on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 during the Greater Rochester Ronald McDonald House High School All-Star game banquet held at the RIT Conference Center in Henrietta, N.Y. The Ronald McDonald house is a home-away-from-home for families whose children are receiving medical treatment or are hospitalized in the Rochester area.
Foundation steps in to help Batavia Youth Football
Batavia Youth Football unvieled their new scoreboard courtesy of the Michael Napoleone Memorial Foundation, Inc. The dedication took place on Saturday, Oct. 4th, 2008 with a Foundation Awareness Day which included face and pumpkin painting, treats and giveaways. With the relocation of youth football, they were forced to purchase a new scoreboard. The foundation stepped in to help offset some of the cost involved with their relocation efforts by purchasing the new scoreboard.
Foundation donates to area hospitals for cancer research
This past summer, The Michael Napoleone Memorial Foundation, Inc. donated $11,000 to area hospitals. Cancer centers in Buffalo (Roswell Park) and Rochester (Golisano Children’s Hospital) each received $5,000 for research. United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia received $1,000 towards the purchase of pediatric wheelchairs. Scott Pesiak, M.D., Ph.D. student at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, is seen here using the new state-of the-art workstation purchased with donations provided by the Foundation. This new workstation allows researchers to perform multispectral imaging analysis of cells in flow. Dr. Jim Palis noted that this workstation was able to process in eight hours which would normally have taken them more than a week to do.
Foundation invited to Chamber of Commerce gathering
Michael's mom Laurie Napoleone addresses a group of Chamber of Commerce guests at Terry Hills Restaurant in Dec. 2007. The Michael Napoleone Memorial Foundation, Inc., was an invited guest to a gathering of non-profit organizations sponsored by Assemblyman Stephen Hawley and then State Senator Mary Lou Rath.