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| Latest Donations (February 2010) were made to -- Brighton Place Library -- Children's Non Fiction And St. Francis Soup Kitchen.
Previous Awards -- Inception of the club thru present Donations /benefits / dedications. Late 2008 - The CHATof WNY lost one of our founding members, Steve Hylkema. In November 2008, the club along side some of Steve’s other friends and family got together at Byrncliff golf course and planted a tree in his honor on the second tee box. Link To Video For
the Kids. Each year in our short five year history, the club has
increased its support to Camp Special Place in Tonawanda.
The first year we donated the equivalent of one child’s tuition.
$280. This past year we
raised the amount to sponsor five kids for the entire summer program; over
$1200. As the club and the
foundation grow, so will the support for this wonderful program the Town offers.
(Pics?) Town of Tonawanda Police Club Picnic. Now that the Town has brought back Bob Goetz the club was standing in line to be a part of the festivities. The club donated hundreds of dollars and assisted in ticket sales for this event. We hope to be a part of this event every year, both financially and in any help we can provide. Project Life Saver WNY.
projectlifesaverwny.org ”The only law enforcement based tracking
program in the world created for those prone to wandering is now available in
Western New York. Used by more than 1000 various law enforcement agencies
throughout 45 states, the District of Colombia, Australia and Canada. This
program has a 100% success rate (with an average search time of less than 30
minutes) and is responsible for over 2,000 rescues of children with
developmental disabilities (autism, Down Syndrome, mental retardation, etc.) and
elderly people with Alzheimer’s and related disorders.” o
The
club donated $500 to help purchase tracking units. Cameo’s Christmas. For the past several years cameo’s has opened its doors on Christmas day to feed the less fortunate of WNY. Several of our members have made it a tradition to help out cooking serving and even doing dishes that day. CHATofWNY also made a donation of $500 to help purchase groceries and toys for the families being served so they had something to bring home.
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