Service Projects
Christmas in July
Each year our club gets together to celebrate the Holidays in the Summertime. During this event, we present monetary gifts to many local agencies. This year we are excited to present gifts to the following agencies. Mary Cariola Center, Daystar Kids, HUGS Foundation, Lima Food Pantry, Honeoye Falls FISH Transportation, Uganda Water Project, and Golisano Children’s Hospital: Pediatric Behavior Health & Wellness program.
After the presentation of gifts was complete, we had a white elephant gift exchange of our own, to continue the celebration. It was a fun night had by all.
Kentucky Tornado Relief Collection
We want to send out a huge thank you to all who supported and contributed to the Kiwanis Kentucky Tornado Relief collection!
Our club joined in with many others across The New York District of Kiwanis International Clubs. A special thank you to Canandaigua National Bank & Trust, Howard Hanna Real Estate Services Mendon-Honeoye Falls Office, St. John's Episcopal Church, Honeoye Falls, New York, and First Presbyterian Church of Honeoye Falls for their support and helping collect a truck full of items. Delivery to Kentucky will happen next week!
We cannot thank the community enough for their help in this project!
Lima Food Pantry - Book Project
When the Kiwanis Club of Honeoye Falls - Lima, Mendon invited the Lima Food Pantry Coordinator in to speak to the club, we found that there might be a need for them to hand out books to the children of the families which they provide food to. With the club’s connection to the Mendon Library, we were able to have books donated from the Library and give them to the Lima Food Pantry so that they could distribute them to the children during their monthly distribution.
Mendon Public Library Donation
Kiwanis Club of Honeoye Falls-Mendon delivered a check to the Mendon Public Library to support children and teens. The money they presented will bolster children and teen services at the library, allowing even more reading and engagement among area youth.
Bike for Patton!
Justin Hilimire, who shared that his 12-year-old son Patton has four disabilities and could no longer ride his bike, and was heartbroken over the prospect that he may never be able to do so again. the members of Kiwanis Club of Honeoye Falls-Mendon took this challenge on as a project to provide a new bike specially designed for Patton. Patton Hilimire and his father Justin were overjoyed when the bicycle specifically designed for Patton’s disabilities was delivered just after Christmas.
The Kiwanis Club of Honeoye Falls-Mendon would like to thank the other Clubs in the Finger Lakes Division: Farmington-Victor, Canandaigua, Geneva, Webster, Seneca Falls-Waterloo, and Penfield-Perinton for their help on this project. It is such a gift to be able to join together to help a child in a time of need and make amazing things happen.
Nativity Preparatory Academy
James Smith from Nativity Prep located in the city of Rochester came to thank the Honeoye Falls-Lima, Mendon Kiwanis Club for their connection to the Kade Project which donated Christmas gifts to not only their families but also the YMCA which has been hurting from the pandemic. Thank you to all who helped collect toys and bring some joy to many families lives!
Kade Project: Daystar Kids
What looks like a trunk full after an ordinary day of shopping, is actually full of donations from a community and local businesses. These donations will help a child and their family have some much needed items this holiday season. This is how Kiwanis can come together and make a difference in the lives of children and their families, one child at a time.
“Daystar is New York State’s only pediatric day-respite center, helping families successfully transition their infant or young child with special healthcare needs from the hospital to home and support their healthy development all the way until they enroll in kindergarten.”
To learn more about Daystar Kids please visit their website at: https://www.daystarkids.org/