Date : April 26, 2008
Location : Penfield Country Club

Our Annual Spring Gala Dinner and Live Auction to benefit the Shepherd Home will be held Saturday, April 26 ,2008 at the Penfield Country Club.

We have many fun activities planned for the evening : 
*** Bid on items such as a weekend getaway, yachting trip, airplane ride,..
*** Purchase raffle tickets to win The Eiffel Tower of Wine - over 50 bottles.
*** Enjoy a delicious dinner, live band, and dancing.
 

Website : www.firstgiving.com/spikeshike
Date : May 26th, 2007
Location :Frontier Field

Exhilarated by the blue skies and perfect temperatures, seven Shepherd Home team members joined 500 others to walk in Spike's Hike-the Special Olympics fund raiser for the Genesee Region. Jan and Bill Dougherty, Kelly and Ron Centola, Kathy  Best, JoAnn McAvoy and Betsy Inglis received pledges from their families and friends to participate in the 4 1/2 mile walk; the route began at Frontier Field and wound through Corn Hill, over to the U of R and back to Frontier Field. A picnic lunch catered by Wegman's awaited the participants. Thanks to all who supported us in raising money for Special Olympics and Shepherd Home!!

On May 1st, a crew of over 15 people from Thermo Fisher Scientific (Nalge-Nunc) spent the day at the Shepherd Home for an
outdoor "spring cleaning" and improvement of the Shepherd Home grounds.

Top soil and mulch were spread, plants trimmed, new plantings added, and the berm was cleaned.
Most importantly, a good time was had by all of the volunteers!

One of the “fun” fundraisers for the Shepherd Home is our Jar Project.
We fill and sell jars of dry mixes for
* three kinds of soup: Beef, Chicken and Vegetarian;
* two kinds of cookies: Best Ever Chocolate Cookies & Chocolate Raisin Cookies
* and the most popular item of all: the Dog Biscuit Mix!!!.
The dry ingredients are arranged in layers to make a pretty presentation. You add a minimum of “wet” items such as eggs, water, etc.

We are thinking of expanding our selection this year.…Have any suggestions?

This project works only because most of the ingredients and jars are donated.
If we had to purchase these items the cost would prohibit us from selling them at a reasonable price.   

We are asking for your help to keep us in business.
We always need one quart canning jars, one quart mayonnaise jars and twenty eight ounce sauce jars. Money donations help us buy jar lids, dog bone cookie cutters, ingredients and the like.  
If you would like to donate food items, the following is our list of ingredients:
Elbow Macaroni                        Vegetable Seasoning
Bell Seasoning                          Italian Seasoning
Chicken Bouillon                       Lentils
Beef Bouillon                            Split Peas
Vegetable Bouillon                    Barley
Minced Onion                           Quick Oats (not instant)
Corn meal                                 Powdered Milk
Baking Powder                          Baking Soda
Rice (regular)                            Chocolate Covered Raisins (3 lb. jars at BJ’s)
Brown Sugar                             White Sugar
White Flour                               Whole Wheat Flour
Chocolate Chips                        Snack Size Baggies

These items can be dropped off at Shepherd Home weekdays from 9am and 5pm. For more information, call the Shepherd Home.