The Napoleones gratefully accepted a gift of $1,000 from the Town of Batavia Fire Department at their annual awards banquet.

“It really started with the idea from the president, Scott Garlock, and his wife Lynn, just trying to do something different at this year’s banquet from what we’ve done previously. Instead of buying a small gift for everyone that attended, we decided we would take the money we normally spend and come up with a local charity to give that money to,” Fire Chief Dan Coffey said.

Gathered for the check presentation to the Michael Napoleone Memorial Foundation-From left: Batavia Town Fire Department Chief Dan Coffey, Laurie Napoleone, Mark Napoleone and Department President Scott Garlock.