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Ontario ARC - Visit Website Ontario ARC is a private not-for-profit organization dedicated to assisting individuals with developmental disabilities and their families throughout Ontario County. The agency offers personalized services and supports that promote independence, recognize individual uniqueness and value quality of life.
• Contact: Donna Auria • Phone: 585-394-7500 • Email: dauria@ontarioarc.org Activities: Cruisin' for a Cause, annual fundraiser, third week in August. Gift Wrapping Booth at EastView Mall, Friday after Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve. Information: Ontario ARC seeks opportunities for volunteer & intern placement and job opportunities for participants affiliated with the agency.
In addtion, Ontario ARC has several opportunities for community members to volunteer and help out with recreation event, residential visits and special events.
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Bloomfield Rotary - Visit Website Rotary International is a non-denominational organization of caring men and women that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards, and helps build good will and peace on the earth. • Contact: Lydia Archer • Email: lydiaarch@juno.com Activities: Bloomfield Rotary Sponsors: • American Heritage Girls Troop NY24 • Arbor Day trees for 2nd graders • Adults with disabilities (Ontario ARC) annual Christmas party • Boy Scout Troop 55 • Bloomfield Citizen of the Year • Summer concert series in the park • Dictionaries for 3rd graders • Annual Easter egg hunt • International exchange students • High school scholarships • High school students of the month recognition • Gettysburg Address contest • Annual Tasting Extravaganza & Silent Auction at Bristol Ski Lodge • Annual Souper Bowl community soup contest Bloomfield Rotary Supports: • BCS all night graduation party • ARC Christmas gift wrapping • Camp Onseyawa (camp for youth with disabilities) • Bloomfield Christmas tree lighting • Christmas gifts for local families • Bloomfield Christmas craft show • Community food cupboard • Harmony for Heroes • Salvation Army bell ringing • Memorial Day parade float • Literacy programs—locally & globally • Highlander Cycle Tour • Interact (High School level Rotary) Club • Town highway cleanup • Rotary’s End Polio Now Campaign Information: Bloomfield Rotary Club |
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Bloomfield Lions Club - Visit Website Lions are an international network of 1.3 million men and women in 205 countries and geographic areas who work together to answer the needs that challenge communities around the world. • Meeting Date(s): 1st & 3rd Wednesday of every month 6:30 PM cocktails, 7:00 PM dinner (no meetings July & August) September - December Holloway House Restaurant, State Route 5&20, January - June: Cheap Charlies Restaurant, Elm St.• Contact: Mike Bartle • Email: mbartle@rochester.rr.com Activities: Adopt-A-Highway Information: How do we fund our activities? |
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Bloomfield Rotary - Visit Website Rotary International is a non-denominational organization of caring men and women that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards, and helps build good will and peace on the earth. • Contact: Lydia Archer • Email: lydiaarch@juno.com Activities: Bloomfield Rotary Sponsors: • American Heritage Girls Troop NY24 • Arbor Day trees for 2nd graders • Adults with disabilities (Ontario ARC) annual Christmas party • Boy Scout Troop 55 • Bloomfield Citizen of the Year • Summer concert series in the park • Dictionaries for 3rd graders • Annual Easter egg hunt • International exchange students • High school scholarships • High school students of the month recognition • Gettysburg Address contest • Annual Tasting Extravaganza & Silent Auction at Bristol Ski Lodge • Annual Souper Bowl community soup contest Bloomfield Rotary Supports: • BCS all night graduation party • ARC Christmas gift wrapping • Camp Onseyawa (camp for youth with disabilities) • Bloomfield Christmas tree lighting • Christmas gifts for local families • Bloomfield Christmas craft show • Community food cupboard • Harmony for Heroes • Salvation Army bell ringing • Memorial Day parade float • Literacy programs—locally & globally • Highlander Cycle Tour • Interact (High School level Rotary) Club • Town highway cleanup • Rotary’s End Polio Now Campaign Information: Bloomfield Rotary Club |
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Blue Star Mothers We are a military service organization for our deployed troops, our vets and families on the home front. We send packages to the deployed soldiers, we supply our hospitalized vets with whatever they need, within reason. We supply the families of the deployed with information if they have a problem while their soldier is deployed. We are non-political and non-profit. Our only funding comes from donations or fundraising. • Contact: Joyce Mader• Email: zendarose@rochester.rr.com Activities: None provided Information: None provided |
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Historical Society of East Bloomfield - Visit Website The Historical Society of East Bloomfield is an educational organization dedicated to the preservation and celebration of the cultural heritage of the Bloomfield community. • Meeting Date(s): 1st Monday of Month, 6:30PM @ Bloomfield Academy• Contact: Steve Beaulieu • Email: SAANYSCOR@aol.com Activities: Public programs are held on the third Thursday of the month from April through October excluding August. These meetings are held at the Bloomfield Academy beginning at 7PM. The meetings run about 1 to 1.5 hours. Refreshments are served following the presentations. While there is no admissions charge, the Society appreciates donations. Questions or comments about programs may be addressed to Mathieu Steele, Program Chairperson. Matt welcomes program ideas from interested residents. The Society sponsors an annual Christmas Party/ Auction usually on the first Saturday in December. Recently, the Society has also sponsored a booth at the Bloomfield Holiday Fair held at the elementary school. In June, the Society holds a two day community garage sale to benefit the museum fund. On the second Sunday of July, the Society sponsors a barbecue, ice cream with strawberry social, and pie sale,on its grounds. This coincides with the antique car show held in historic Elton Park. The museum strives to have a variety of exhibits in the Lena Steele Room of the museum each year. This year's first exhibit focused on "Bloomfield Through the Decades". The Society publishes a newletter, "Academy Chronicles". Members may receive a hard copy and a pdf version online. The Society also has recently established a presence on the social networking site, Facebook . To submit items for the newsletter, please contact Peg Parshall. For contributions to the Facebook site, please notify Steve Beaulieu The Historical Society's principal tenant, the Antique Wireless Association, will be moving into their own facility within the next couple of years. The Society , in anticipation of that move, is planning on how to most effectively use the additional space that will be made available for our museum's use. Information: The Society contracts for a part time executive director position with William Burlingame. The rest of the crew is made up of volunteers: East Bloomfield Historian and museum archivist Virginia Schroeder; curator and past president Stephen Beaulieu; museum committee, social committee, long range planning committee Diane Marcellus and Marlese Hawkins; past public relations/fundraiser Michele Fagan; membership Marty Mahady; buildings and grounds Gene Rogers; treasurer and finance chairman Donald Mansfield; program chairperson and webmaster Mathieu Steele; genealogists Vivian Kurtz, Barbara Hunt and Edith Huff; library volunteers Joan Eddy, Arlene Morley; director emeritus and newsletter editor Peg Parshall; newsletter publisher Nancy Hudson Nelson; museum store manager, original Freedom Festival chair Dick Delong; current President Joel Steele; retiring vice president Mary Joyce Phalen; secretary and museum volunteer Kathy Cooper; corresponding secretary Brad Murray; finance committee and Board member Jim Lyon; computer specialist and resource aide Sandy Macmillen; Past Perfect data entry and indexer Carolyn Macmillen; past president and director emeritus Charlie Thomas and many other volunteers who dedicate their time and service helping the Society achieve its goals. New Directors to be added for 2011: Marcia Hamlin Lloyd and Amy M. Repard. |
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Ontario ARC - Visit Website Ontario ARC is a private not-for-profit organization dedicated to assisting individuals with developmental disabilities and their families throughout Ontario County. The agency offers personalized services and supports that promote independence, recognize individual uniqueness and value quality of life.
• Contact: Donna Auria • Phone: 585-394-7500 • Email: dauria@ontarioarc.org Activities: Cruisin' for a Cause, annual fundraiser, third week in August. Gift Wrapping Booth at EastView Mall, Friday after Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve. Information: Ontario ARC seeks opportunities for volunteer & intern placement and job opportunities for participants affiliated with the agency.
In addtion, Ontario ARC has several opportunities for community members to volunteer and help out with recreation event, residential visits and special events.
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Historical Society of East Bloomfield - Visit Website The Historical Society of East Bloomfield is an educational organization dedicated to the preservation and celebration of the cultural heritage of the Bloomfield community. • Meeting Date(s): 1st Monday of Month, 6:30PM @ Bloomfield Academy• Contact: Steve Beaulieu • Email: SAANYSCOR@aol.com Activities: Public programs are held on the third Thursday of the month from April through October excluding August. These meetings are held at the Bloomfield Academy beginning at 7PM. The meetings run about 1 to 1.5 hours. Refreshments are served following the presentations. While there is no admissions charge, the Society appreciates donations. Questions or comments about programs may be addressed to Mathieu Steele, Program Chairperson. Matt welcomes program ideas from interested residents. The Society sponsors an annual Christmas Party/ Auction usually on the first Saturday in December. Recently, the Society has also sponsored a booth at the Bloomfield Holiday Fair held at the elementary school. In June, the Society holds a two day community garage sale to benefit the museum fund. On the second Sunday of July, the Society sponsors a barbecue, ice cream with strawberry social, and pie sale,on its grounds. This coincides with the antique car show held in historic Elton Park. The museum strives to have a variety of exhibits in the Lena Steele Room of the museum each year. This year's first exhibit focused on "Bloomfield Through the Decades". The Society publishes a newletter, "Academy Chronicles". Members may receive a hard copy and a pdf version online. The Society also has recently established a presence on the social networking site, Facebook . To submit items for the newsletter, please contact Peg Parshall. For contributions to the Facebook site, please notify Steve Beaulieu The Historical Society's principal tenant, the Antique Wireless Association, will be moving into their own facility within the next couple of years. The Society , in anticipation of that move, is planning on how to most effectively use the additional space that will be made available for our museum's use. Information: The Society contracts for a part time executive director position with William Burlingame. The rest of the crew is made up of volunteers: East Bloomfield Historian and museum archivist Virginia Schroeder; curator and past president Stephen Beaulieu; museum committee, social committee, long range planning committee Diane Marcellus and Marlese Hawkins; past public relations/fundraiser Michele Fagan; membership Marty Mahady; buildings and grounds Gene Rogers; treasurer and finance chairman Donald Mansfield; program chairperson and webmaster Mathieu Steele; genealogists Vivian Kurtz, Barbara Hunt and Edith Huff; library volunteers Joan Eddy, Arlene Morley; director emeritus and newsletter editor Peg Parshall; newsletter publisher Nancy Hudson Nelson; museum store manager, original Freedom Festival chair Dick Delong; current President Joel Steele; retiring vice president Mary Joyce Phalen; secretary and museum volunteer Kathy Cooper; corresponding secretary Brad Murray; finance committee and Board member Jim Lyon; computer specialist and resource aide Sandy Macmillen; Past Perfect data entry and indexer Carolyn Macmillen; past president and director emeritus Charlie Thomas and many other volunteers who dedicate their time and service helping the Society achieve its goals. New Directors to be added for 2011: Marcia Hamlin Lloyd and Amy M. Repard. |
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Ontario ARC - Visit Website Ontario ARC is a private not-for-profit organization dedicated to assisting individuals with developmental disabilities and their families throughout Ontario County. The agency offers personalized services and supports that promote independence, recognize individual uniqueness and value quality of life.
• Contact: Donna Auria • Phone: 585-394-7500 • Email: dauria@ontarioarc.org Activities: Cruisin' for a Cause, annual fundraiser, third week in August. Gift Wrapping Booth at EastView Mall, Friday after Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve. Information: Ontario ARC seeks opportunities for volunteer & intern placement and job opportunities for participants affiliated with the agency.
In addtion, Ontario ARC has several opportunities for community members to volunteer and help out with recreation event, residential visits and special events.
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Order of the Eastern Star • Meeting Date(s): 2nd and 4th Tuesdays September-June, Congregational Church • Contact: Audrey Barnard • Phone: 657-7384 • Email: barnardc65@frontiernet.net Activities:
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Bloomfield Rotary - Visit Website Rotary International is a non-denominational organization of caring men and women that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards, and helps build good will and peace on the earth. • Contact: Lydia Archer • Email: lydiaarch@juno.com Activities: Bloomfield Rotary Sponsors: • American Heritage Girls Troop NY24 • Arbor Day trees for 2nd graders • Adults with disabilities (Ontario ARC) annual Christmas party • Boy Scout Troop 55 • Bloomfield Citizen of the Year • Summer concert series in the park • Dictionaries for 3rd graders • Annual Easter egg hunt • International exchange students • High school scholarships • High school students of the month recognition • Gettysburg Address contest • Annual Tasting Extravaganza & Silent Auction at Bristol Ski Lodge • Annual Souper Bowl community soup contest Bloomfield Rotary Supports: • BCS all night graduation party • ARC Christmas gift wrapping • Camp Onseyawa (camp for youth with disabilities) • Bloomfield Christmas tree lighting • Christmas gifts for local families • Bloomfield Christmas craft show • Community food cupboard • Harmony for Heroes • Salvation Army bell ringing • Memorial Day parade float • Literacy programs—locally & globally • Highlander Cycle Tour • Interact (High School level Rotary) Club • Town highway cleanup • Rotary’s End Polio Now Campaign Information: Bloomfield Rotary Club |
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Ontario ARC - Visit Website Ontario ARC is a private not-for-profit organization dedicated to assisting individuals with developmental disabilities and their families throughout Ontario County. The agency offers personalized services and supports that promote independence, recognize individual uniqueness and value quality of life.
• Contact: Donna Auria • Phone: 585-394-7500 • Email: dauria@ontarioarc.org Activities: Cruisin' for a Cause, annual fundraiser, third week in August. Gift Wrapping Booth at EastView Mall, Friday after Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve. Information: Ontario ARC seeks opportunities for volunteer & intern placement and job opportunities for participants affiliated with the agency.
In addtion, Ontario ARC has several opportunities for community members to volunteer and help out with recreation event, residential visits and special events.
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The Blessing Room (Renewalk Ministries)
To reach out to those in the community who are having a hard time "making ends meet".
• Meeting Date(s): Saturday, 10 AM to Noon (Other times (M-F) call 585 657-6199.for an appointment. • Contact: Ron Williams • Email: SUVEREVA@aol.com Activities: None provided Information: "Passing on Blessings" to those during difficult times in the Bloomfield School District to receive goods, donations and distribute to individuals and/or families in need. Currently stocked with canned goods, paper products, dry goods, daily care producst, household products and refrigerated/frozen products. |
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Bloomfield Rotary - Visit Website Rotary International is a non-denominational organization of caring men and women that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards, and helps build good will and peace on the earth. • Contact: Lydia Archer • Email: lydiaarch@juno.com Activities: Bloomfield Rotary Sponsors: • American Heritage Girls Troop NY24 • Arbor Day trees for 2nd graders • Adults with disabilities (Ontario ARC) annual Christmas party • Boy Scout Troop 55 • Bloomfield Citizen of the Year • Summer concert series in the park • Dictionaries for 3rd graders • Annual Easter egg hunt • International exchange students • High school scholarships • High school students of the month recognition • Gettysburg Address contest • Annual Tasting Extravaganza & Silent Auction at Bristol Ski Lodge • Annual Souper Bowl community soup contest Bloomfield Rotary Supports: • BCS all night graduation party • ARC Christmas gift wrapping • Camp Onseyawa (camp for youth with disabilities) • Bloomfield Christmas tree lighting • Christmas gifts for local families • Bloomfield Christmas craft show • Community food cupboard • Harmony for Heroes • Salvation Army bell ringing • Memorial Day parade float • Literacy programs—locally & globally • Highlander Cycle Tour • Interact (High School level Rotary) Club • Town highway cleanup • Rotary’s End Polio Now Campaign Information: Bloomfield Rotary Club |
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Ontario ARC - Visit Website Ontario ARC is a private not-for-profit organization dedicated to assisting individuals with developmental disabilities and their families throughout Ontario County. The agency offers personalized services and supports that promote independence, recognize individual uniqueness and value quality of life.
• Contact: Donna Auria • Phone: 585-394-7500 • Email: dauria@ontarioarc.org Activities: Cruisin' for a Cause, annual fundraiser, third week in August. Gift Wrapping Booth at EastView Mall, Friday after Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve. Information: Ontario ARC seeks opportunities for volunteer & intern placement and job opportunities for participants affiliated with the agency.
In addtion, Ontario ARC has several opportunities for community members to volunteer and help out with recreation event, residential visits and special events.
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Senior Citizens of East Bloomfield The purpose of this organization is to unite thye elderly citizens to feel a part of our community and to make it possible for them to have more interesting, useful and enjoyable lives through fellowship, recreation and community service. • Meeting Date(s): 2nd Tues. of month at Veterans Park - 12PM• Contact: Ron Bennett Activities: 2010 Dates & Activities: January 26 - Bring a sandwich with bingo to follow Information: Membership in this organization shall consist of any person 60 years of age or older and their spouse, regardless of age, race, color or national origin. A Pot Luck lunch followed by a program is held at 12:00 Noon on the second Tuesday of every month at Veterans Park on Routes 5 & 20. Bring your own table service. Coffee and tea wil be provided. If you desire something else, you may bring it. Dues are $5.00 per person for one year. |
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Serenity House of Victor, Inc.
Serenity house is a 2 bed comfort care home located in Victor. Our volunteers and staff provide 24 hour care and support to those with three months or less to live and their families. Our services are not billable and are provided to everyone at no cost. “Respect and support for the terminally ill are reflected in our work at Serenity House. Our home, hearts and hands are open to provide a warm, accepting and supportive environment for residents and their loved ones. For those nearing the end of a terminal illness, we will address their physical, emotional and spiritual needs. We allow them to leave this world with dignity. This holistic, supportive environment also extends to the bereavement process.” We strive to allow each resident to die with dignity and support. We work with families to help them come to terms with their loved ones prognosis as well as helping them through this final journey with their loved one. • Contact: Amy Carson • Email: serenity-director@rochester.rr.com Activities:
Activity Location Date(s) Annual S.H. Garage Sale Apple Farm,Victor 1st week-end in August Annual S.H. Gala Fundraiser Local Country Club Sometime in February Christmas Cookie Walk St. Patrick’s,Victor 2nd Sunday in December
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New Hope Fellowship A ministry center with vision for fellowship, discipleship and missions. We exist to glorify God, minister the Word of God and meet needs of people. • Contact: Alan Schrader • Phone: (585) 657-7983 • Email: newhopefellowship@frontiernet.net Activities: Mission Auction - November 6, 2010 Christmas Eve Service - December 24th. Information: None provided |
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American Heritage Girls American Heritage Girls offers an alternative for girls (K-12) that is more akin to the Boy Scout experience. • Contact: Pat Overmoyer • Email: povermoyer@frontiernet.net Activities: Chicken BBQ on Memorial Day after the parade. Annual Summer Faire at Elton Park, the Saturday before BCS Graduation Information: AHG is a character development program for girls aged 5-18, dedicated to “building women of integrity through service to God, family, community and country”. The program is recommended by Dr. James Dobson in his best-selling book, "How to Raise a Girl". Info can be found at www.ahgonline.org. AHG officially partnered with Boy Scouts of America in June of 2009. Troop NY0024 began in 2006 and was the first troop in NYS. Our troop is based in Bloomfield, but serves girls from Fairport, Rush, Clifton Springs, Canandaigua, Honeoye, Macedon, Victor, as well as Bloomfield. We currently have 26 girl members, 4 leaders and 2 assistant leaders. |
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Bloomfield Rotary - Visit Website Rotary International is a non-denominational organization of caring men and women that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards, and helps build good will and peace on the earth. • Contact: Lydia Archer • Email: lydiaarch@juno.com Activities: Bloomfield Rotary Sponsors: • American Heritage Girls Troop NY24 • Arbor Day trees for 2nd graders • Adults with disabilities (Ontario ARC) annual Christmas party • Boy Scout Troop 55 • Bloomfield Citizen of the Year • Summer concert series in the park • Dictionaries for 3rd graders • Annual Easter egg hunt • International exchange students • High school scholarships • High school students of the month recognition • Gettysburg Address contest • Annual Tasting Extravaganza & Silent Auction at Bristol Ski Lodge • Annual Souper Bowl community soup contest Bloomfield Rotary Supports: • BCS all night graduation party • ARC Christmas gift wrapping • Camp Onseyawa (camp for youth with disabilities) • Bloomfield Christmas tree lighting • Christmas gifts for local families • Bloomfield Christmas craft show • Community food cupboard • Harmony for Heroes • Salvation Army bell ringing • Memorial Day parade float • Literacy programs—locally & globally • Highlander Cycle Tour • Interact (High School level Rotary) Club • Town highway cleanup • Rotary’s End Polio Now Campaign Information: Bloomfield Rotary Club |
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Boy Scout Troop 55 The Boy Scouts of America is one of the nation' largest and most prominent values-based youth development organizations. The BSA provides a program for young people that builds character, trains them in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and develops personal fitness.
The Bloomfield Rotary is the Charter Organization for Bloomfield BSA Troop 55 • Contact: Donna Hritz • Email: dmhritz@yahoo.com Activities: -Weekly meetings -Monthly camping -Summer camp -National Youth Leadership training -High Adventure trips (Adirondack canoeing, Philmont NM trek, white water rafting)
Community Service: -Rotary Road Side Clean-up (fall) -Scouting for Food -Rotary Road Side Clean-up (spring) -Veteran Grave Decorating -Memorial Day Parade Marching
Fundraising -Popcorn Sale in the fall -Pancake Breakfast in January -2011 Annual Bottle/Can Drive - Saturday, June 11 - leave your bagged donations at the end of your driveway for pickup, or drop off at Bloomfield Big M or Bristol Transfer Station from 8am-2pm -Working the Rotary concession stand at Hill Cumorah in July Information: Committee Chair: John Lane (jlane8@frontiernet.net) Scoutmaster: Frank Fessner Jr (ffessner@rochester.rr.com) Advancement: Mike Gallagher (mafg1953@gmail.com) |
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Girl Scouts Nonprofit organization helping girls become leaders of tomorrow. Girls in Bloomfield both publicly and home schooled ages 5-18. • Meeting Date(s): Varies depending on age• Contact: Kim Johnsen • Phone: 585-301-5130 • Email: jjsundown@netzero.com Activities: Girl Scout Cookies - Usually 10/15-10/30 annually Information: None provided |
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Never Alone Club The mission of the Never Alone Club is to provide drug free activities in a safe environment with supportive adult to: youth dealing with drug addiction, youth living in a chemical dependent family or youth wishing to live a healthy life and to know that they can have fun without drugs. • Meeting Date(s): Sat. 7-10 PM and Sat. Daytine for Field Trips• Contact: Nancy Seeley • Phone: 585 624 1958 • Email: wseeley63@gmail.com Activities: None provided Information: None provided |
