The Michael Napoleone Memorial Foundation, Inc. presented a check for $1,000 on Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 to Barbara Lexer (fourth from left) in memory of her late husband Richard. Mr. Lexer, who passed away earlier this year, was the president of Batavia Youth Football for many years. In his memory, his family has set up a scholarship to help offset some of the expenses associated with playing Batavia Youth Football. The check was presented during the Michael Napoleone Memorial Foundation's annual "Foundation/Cancer Awareness Day" at Batavia Youth Football games at Lions Park, Batavia. The money donated by the foundation will go towards buying new football equipment for next year's season.
Napoleone Foundation donates $8,000 to research lab
Dr. Kathleen McGrath, from Golisano Children's Hospital, Rochester, NY speaks to the crowd during the second annual Michael Napoleone Memorial Baseball tournament on Saturday, July 25th, 2009. The foundation presented a check to the Biomedical Research lab, under the direction of Dr. James Palis, for the purchase of a Genomics Analysis and Data Mining Workstation. This new computer, monitor and software will enable them to investigate more than 45,000 genes at one time more completely and efficiently. Seen here with Dr. McGrath is researcher Paul Kingsley (in hat) from the Biomedical Research lab. During the same ceremony, the foundation also donated a baseball pitching machine to the Little League of Batavia, NY.
Foundation Members visit Congress
Foundation Co-Director Laurie Napoleone (Michael's mom) (r), seen here with Board Member Kathy Kelly, recently visited Washington D.C. as part of CureSearch's "Reach the Day" event. CureSearch, (www.CureSearch.org) is a National Childhood Cancer Foundation which organized families from 34 states to descend on Washington, D.C on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 to bring awareness to childhood cancer and to educate and lobby members of Congress for increased federal funding for pediatric cancer research. Cancer is the #1 cause of death by disease in children in the United States. Every school day, 46 children, or two classrooms of children, are diagnosed with cancer. One out of every five children diagnosed with cancer dies and three out of five children suffer from long-term side effects from treatment. There is so much more to be done, contact your local Congress members and urge them to support more funding for pediatric cancer research.
Foundation team walks for American Cancer Society
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.