Food For Thought
Inside this issue:
Letter From the
Director
2
New Volunteers 2
Staff and Board List 3
Group Spotlight 3
Golf Tournament 4-5
Memorials, Tributes &
Gifts
6-7
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15th ANNUAL CRYSTAL CITY DUCK RACE
We are launching our 15th Annual Crystal City Duck Race at 7:30 PM
on Thursday, August 7, 2014, on Bridge Street in conjunction with
Corning Gaffer District’s Race Fever.
Last year’s race netted over $9,000 for our home delivered meal
program. The money raised funded over 2200 hot meals for our
homebound & frail senior neighbors in need. Thanks to all who
supported our area seniors through last year’s race. Now you, too,
can help a vulnerable senior remain in their own home by adopting
a duck, or two, or three, for this year’s race! Please adopt a duck
today! If you have already adopted ducks, please consider
adopting a few more!
You may purchase tickets using the enclosed envelope, by visiting
us online at www.cmowheels.com, or by stopping by our office at
144 Cedar Street. We would be happy to explain the event in more
detail and sell you tickets. Please don’t hesitate to call us Monday –
Friday between 8am – 3pm at (607)962-7985, or email anytime at
[email protected] for more information.
United Way Day of Caring
A great group of people from
Corning Inc. helped us during the
United Way Day of Caring on June
6th. A big thanks to (pictured
above L-R) Joe Dunning, Shelley
Pierri, Julie Whitehouse, Kristine
Dale, Jennifer Salley Ruland, and
Deb Rohde. Also a huge thanks to
our regular kitchen crew for
providing guidance! The team
prepared and packaged the cold
meals, and served the hot meals
for our seniors, too.
Abundant Garden?
Keep us in mind!!
You can help the homebound & frail
by donating your garden fresh
produce to Meals on Wheels. It’s a
delicious way of helping us keep our
costs down. We can use almost any
kind of vegetable and fruit.
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Message From the Director
NEW VOLUNTEERS: John & Deborah Horigan, Marco Hickey, Dave & Sherrie Thurkins, Michelle Dunne, Rebecca
Labella, Gary McCaslin, Rusty Smith, Christine Gurnsey, Edward Pauchard
THANKS ALSO TO OUR SHORT TERM STUDENT VOLUNTEERS: Erica Lafler, Tessa Barnum, Brandy Taylor, and
Sarah Chrisler
PIANO STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES: Caren, Nina, & Thomas Listopadzki, Anugraha Kutty, Tory LeBaron,
Lindsey Prutsman
DELIVERED MEALS DEC 18 & 27, MEMBERS OF THE VICTORY HIGHWAY WESLEYAN CHURCH: Yvonne Cutler, Paula
Drake, Katherine Miller, Craig Miller, Ryan Miller, Jordan Miller, Dawson Goodell, & Candy Foley
CMoWs
We have much to celebrate since our last Food for Thought newsletter!
As you see in the inset below, we marked 48 years of service to the community at our Volunteer Apprecia-
tion Luncheon in April. During our annual gathering we celebrated the impressive accomplishments of the home
delivered meal program in 2013. The group learned that last year our volunteers prepared, packaged and deliv-
ered 53,689 meals for 237 homebound and frail seniors in the greater Corning-Painted Post area! In delivering
those meals, our volunteer driver/visitor teams covered just shy of 47,000 miles, enough to make 20 round trips
to Orlando, Florida! Those numbers represent a huge effort by you, our skilled & faithful volunteers and donors.
Thank you for dedicating your time, talent and treasure to further CMoW’s mission to nurture health, dignity, and
independent living among people who need meals delivered to their homes.
As you read through the newsletter you will learn about the efforts of some of the hundreds of volunteers
and donors in our community who support the seniors we serve. For instance, on page 3 you’ll learn about the
generous help we received providing shelf stable emergency meals, or blizzard bags, for our seniors to have on
days when we were closed due to winter weather. On page 4 you’ll find out which team won the third annual
Corning Meals on Wheels Golf Tournament. You’ll also see how the money raised through the tournament will
benefit your senior neighbors in need. On pages 6 & 7, you’ll note those who made direct financial contribu-
tions, without which there would be no Corning Meals on Wheels.
Indeed, our program is truly a local community solution, with neighbor helping neighbor. Corning Meals
on Wheels receives very little government funding. Federal, state, and county subsidies comprise roughly only
17% of the funds required to operate. We continue to provide for our local aging population thanks to the gener-
osity of the volunteers and donors like you who so selflessly contribute your resources to helping the home-
bound & frail in the Corning-Painted Post area.
Back to the good news! Through the generosity of
business and individual sponsors, we have over $1,000
worth of prizes to award in the 15th annual Crystal City Duck
Race. Use the enclosed envelope to ‘adopt’ your ducks to-
day for a chance to win wonderful prizes while also helping
provide for the nutritional needs of area seniors. The Crys-
tal City Duck Race is set for Corning Gaffer District’s Race
Fever Night on August 7th. Come on down to the Bridge
Street bridge in Corning to cheer on your ducks as they ‘fly’
off the bridge at 7:30pm and ‘swim’ down the Chemung Riv-
er toward the finish line. You’ll be glad you did.
Thank you for all you do. Please consider volunteer-
ing with us and ‘adopting’ a ‘pack of quackers’. You’ll have
fun while helping CMoW enable our seniors to live inde-
pendently in their own homes.
Warmest Regards,
David
48th Annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. April
9th, was filled with great friends, good food, and good
fun. We honored Nancy Doutt with flowers in a “thank
you” mug as our longest currently serving volunteer. We
also honored Dave and Sherrie Thurkins as our newest
volunteers. We are thankful for each and every one of
our volunteers!
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STAFF
Executive Director
David W. Smith
Kitchen Supervisor
Chef Brian Rook
Assistant to the Director
Lisa Carl
Administrative Assistant
Amanda Taylor
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
Rich Graham
Vice-President
Ronald J. Klokus
Treasurer
Michele Corby
Secretary
Melissa Colacino
Fr. Ian Adkins
John Brown
Mary Beth Maxa
David Moses
Jackie Rossi
Jennifer Salley Ruland
Lisa Smith
Terrence Wilson
Corning Meals on Wheels Inc. is:
A United Way Agency and an affiliate of the NYS
Office for Aging, Administration on Aging and the Steuben County
Office For Aging.
Here is a sampling of Valentines provided for our
seniors by Corning Community College’s Phi
Theta Kappa. Thanks to Amorette Hudzina of Phi
Theta Kappa for leading this effort and involving her
fellow students, the faculty, staff, and their families in
making and buying these wonderful cards. They put
smiles on the faces of our seniors! Thank you also for
the $39 donation from those not able to provide cards
but could give money. Your caring donation funded 9
days of hot meals for a homebound senior in need!
We received some Valentines for our
seniors from the Love Letters cam-
paign, 41 cards sent from teens
around the country, including from
as far away as California!
www.mowaa.org/love-letters
We were in a pinch leading up to Feb. 21st. We were
looking at potentially 6 routes without regularly assigned
drivers & visitors. What to do? Turn to your resident piano
teacher! Judy Jerulli, who teaches piano lessons in the
same building we use, recruited members of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to fill in on the routes!
Pictured are (back row L-R) Ben Bliss, Sailor Ong, Yvette
Peacock, McKenzie Peacock, Rebeca Nix, Judy Jerulli,
Rebecca LaBella, Michelle Dunne & Kathy Ong
front L-R are Wilson Ong, Ronald Braden & Mitchell Bliss
WOW! We really used some Blizzard Bags this past winter!
Thankfully we had lots of help from the Hugh Gregg Elementary School, All
Saints Academy, and Market Street Trust Company assembling emergency
bags we supplied to our seniors for the days we were not able to deliver.
All Saints Academy Students
Hugh
Gregg
School
L-R Shelly Orban, Caroline Larson, Rachel Sherman,
Beth Landin, Alaina Masler, Stephanie Cooke & in back
Chris Girts
Market
Street
Trust
Co.
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Closest to the Pin
Nancy A. Socha & Associates,
LLC
Longest Drive Sponsor
Fazzary's Wines & Liquors
Cart Sponsor
EDC Management, Inc.
Market St. Apothecary
Simmons Rockwell Autoplaza Inc
Lunch Sponsor
Peter & Debbie Bacalles
Corning, Inc., Global
Manufacturing and Quality Group
Dinner/Awards Sponsor
Corning Inc., Corporate Security
Rich & Audrey Graham
Simmons Rockwell Autoplaza Inc.
TOURNAMENT DELIVERS FOR SENIORS Many thanks to the golfers and sponsors of the third annual
Corning Meals on Wheels Golf Tournament in Memory of
Walter E. & Maxine Smith and sponsored by Bully Hill
Vineyards, held on June 9th at the Corning Country Club.
Thanks to you, the tournament raised nearly $9,900 to benefit
our senior nutrition program. The money raised will fund a
full month of home delivered meals for 40 area homebound
seniors in need!
In-Kind Contributions Atlas Brick Oven Pizza
Bella Capelli Salon
BigFox WYDC
Bottles & Corks
Charley's Grilled Subs
Corning Country Club
Crystal Cleaners
Dandy Mini Mart #52, East Corning
Erlacher Collection
Goodyear Auto Service Center
Jeff Rupert
Jill Palmer
Marcia & Ronnie Klokus
Market Street Apothecary
Massi's Gardens & Landscaping, Inc
Nathan Stranges
New Image Hair & Nail Salon
Pizza Hut
Primp
Professional Accounting Service,
Painted Post
Pudgie's Pizza, Corning
Radisson
Snug Harbor Restaurant & Inn
Spencer's Restaurant
TGIFridays
The May Street Restaurant
The Law Offices of Patrick Roth
Tom Blumer
Trinity Therapeutics
Vitrix Hot Glass Studio
Woody Knowles & Nancy Agan
Beer Donation
Market Street Brewing Co.
First Place Winners! Ed Herman, Dan Herman, Bob Guyer, & Scott Bradley
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The Corning Meals on Wheels Inc. Board of Directors and the Tournament Planning Committee would like to thank our sponsors for their generous support:
Level 1 Sponsor
Bully Hill Vineyards
Family of the late Walter E. & Maxine C. Smith
Hole Sponsor
Aniello's Pizzeria
Bill & Joyce Vincent
Black's Auto Service Center
Bottles & Corks
CMoW Board of Directors
First Heritage Credit Union
Five Star Bank
Galvin & Haines
Haughey Funeral Home
Joanne & Ed Herman
ParaCradles
Pat Keeler & Rick Ek
Pathways, Inc
Radisson
Riverfront Collision
Williams Honda
Woody Knowles & Nancy Agan
World Kitchen
Many thanks to our Tournament
Planning Committee:
Peter Bacalles
Rich Graham
Ronnie Klokus
Woody Knowles
David Smith
Lisa Smith
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FROM IN MEMORIUM
Elaine Acomb Frank Acomb
Ron & Carolyn Adams Mary E. Spellman
Sylvia Baldini John Baldini
John & Barbara Blickensderfer Mary E. McClure
Charles K. Clark & family Richard "Dick" Fero
Lisa Clark Evan Jones
CMoW Wednesday kitchen crew Vinny Cavallaro
Dan & Sarah Collins Richard "Dick" Fero
Threda Copp Ruth Hall
The Corning Museum of Glass Karl Schwartz
Russell & Judy Cranston Richard "Dick" Fero
Bill & Carole Diederich Evan Jones
Robert & Mary Ellen Galvin Richard "Dick" Fero
Thomas Garvey Richard "Dick" Fero
Tom & Sherry Gehl Evan Jones
Jeanne Grant Loris Sawchuk
Geraldine Gross Leland Stewart
Judy Hagerty Richard "Dick" Fero
Frank Hamm Evan Jones
Donna Hastings Natalie Copeland
Virginia Hauff James E. Spotts
Stephen & Diane Hazlett Richard "Dick" Fero
Melissa Hebert Loris Sawchuk
Julia Hertl John William Johnson
George & Awanda Hunt Leland Stewart
Dave & Judy Iocco Mary E. Spellman, Richard Fero
Andrew & Barbara Jackson Richard "Dick" Fero
Walter & Janet Jones Robert Kinner
Bill & Terry Kessler Leland M. Stewart
Cindy Koziatek Helen & Harold Gerhart
Jon & Evelyn Krebs Don Armbruster
Charlie & Sandy Lepkowski Richard "Dick" Fero
Herb & June Manson Richard "Dick" Fero
Phillis Martin & Family Loris Sawchuk
Sean & Corinne Mayer Richard "Dick" Fero
Anthony & Carol Midey Arlene M. Spaulding
TRIBUTE GIFTS & CONTRIBUTIONS
February 1, 2014 - June 11, 2014
FROM IN MEMORIUM
Charlie & Sue Milazzo Richard "Dick" Fero
Gloria Mishrell Marvin Mishrell
Jeff & Linda Moshier Leland Stewart
Bruce & Barbara Naylor Ruth Hall
Lou & Diane Nessle Philomena Chirico
Lou & Diane Nessle Yolanda Pierri
Lou & Diane Nessle Loris Sawchuk
Lou & Diane Nessle Dean Slack
Lou & Diane Nessle Charles Kosty
David Pierri, Delphine Pierri Wayne Cavalier
Delphine Pierri Yolanda Pierri
Betty Ramberg Betsy Spotts
Ed Reif Carole Reif
John Reilly Evan Jones
Edward & Priscilla Rial Jarrod Edward Rial
Edward & Priscilla Rial Leland Stewart
Tom Riff & Judy Gridley-Riff Leland Stewart
Dianne Roe Helen Roe
Grace Rosettie Richard "Dick" Fero
Shirley Ross Bernice Ferris
Donald & Cynthia Said Evan Jones
Vincent & Eleanor Sementilli Richard "Dick" Fero
David & Kim Shobert Jack & Betty Shobert
Janet Simon Helen Hagerman
Lisa Smith Wayne Tompkins
Lisa Smith Patty DiGiacomo
Suzanne Smith, Sandra Fink, &
Terri Herbert Ruth Hall
David & Mary Tammaro Richard "Dick" Fero
Patrick & Sharon Tammaro Richard "Dick" Fero
Melissa Tarkett Richard "Dick" Fero
Amanda Taylor Julie Albertalli
Chris & Deb Townsend Natalie Copeland
Chris & Deb Townsend Richard "Willy" Williamee
Chris & Deb Townsend Richard "Dick" Fero
Chris & Deb Townsend Shirley Phillips
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FROM IN HONOR OF
Fran & Sharon Colacino Tom Ehrman
Corning Lioness Club George & Awanda Hunt
John & Franziska Lorey Maxine Lorey
Pat Osborn Joan Boxall
Vincent & Eleanor Sementilli Belle McDonald's birthday
David L. Smith Lisa Smith's birthday
Martha Weber Maxine Lorey
GIFTS FROM
AmazonSmile Foundation
Anonymous
Lance Babcock
Russell Bancroft
Bath Rotary Club
Beth Bentley
Lewis Bloise
Tom Blumer
Bob & Sylvia Brown
Mike & Lisa Cain
The Chemung & Steuben County Combined Federal Campaign
Christ Episcopal Church
Barbara Cook
Corning Catering, Inc.
Corning First Baptist Church
Martin & Susan Curran
Anne Darling
Vera Dauman
Betty H. Dillon
GIFTS FROM
Nancy Doutt
Emanuel Lutheran Church
First Congregational Church - Women's Fellowship
First Congregational Church
First United Methodist Church
Robert & Carol Gardner
Mike Gilmartin
Sheri Hamilton
Phi Theta Kappa - CCC
Richard Kniffin
Linda Knowlton & family
Emma Kuehnle
Tim Leach
Grace Lubold
Gary McCaslin
Northside Floral
Kathy Olson
Jeff Overman
William Plummer
Mr. & Mrs. William Randall
Karen Rebis
William Rosch
John & Eileen Sands
Matt & Rachel Sherman
Ron & Cindy Snyder
Bruce Sonner
Paul & Whitney Trifoso
Frances Wand
Gerald & Lisa Wheeler
FROM IN MEMORIUM
Joyce Vincent Natalie Copeland
Alan & Mary Wakeman Leland M. Stewart
Alan & Mary Wakeman Helen Hagerman
Gerald & Joyce Walter Evan Jones
Betty Wheeler Richard "Dick" Fero
Earl & Ann Whitney Evan Jones
Craig & Peg Wilson Faith Thibbitts
Ronald & Barbara Woodruff Natalie Copeland
Mike & Carolyn Zaschak Mary E. Spellman
Mike & Carolyn Zaschak Michael Cilip, Sr.
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Corning Meals on Wheels , Inc
144 Cedar St
Corning, NY 14830
(607)962-7985
www.cmowheels .com
NONPROFIT ORG
US POSTAGE
PAID
DLG
We want your
old inkjet
printer
cartridges!
Bring your used
printer cartridges
and cell phones
into our office,
the UPS store or
Treu Office
Supply and help
us to raise money
to feed the
hungry and
recycle at the
same time!!
Testimonial:
To the staff and
volunteers for helping me
out following my stroke;
a very Big Thank You.
I really appreciated
everything.
Emma