OCALS appreciates help from many supporters with basket raffle

Editor:

On behalf of OCALS (Orleans County Accredited Learning Services) I would like to thank the public and local businesses for supporting our annual basket raffle fund raiser that was held this past July. OCALS is accredited by Pro Literacy and is a non-profit agency that provides free confidential tutoring services for adults, families and children in need of improving their literacy skills (including digital literacy).  We provide services to all individuals within Orleans County.

During the month of July, a total of 53 separate items were on display at Case-Nic Cookies in Medina for the public to purchase tickets in hopes of winning one (or more) of these prizes.  A special thanks goes out to the following businesses and individuals who donated these items:  Medina businesses – A Kut Above, Ashlee’s Place, Author’s Note,  Auto Zone, Avanti’s Pizza, Tompkins Community Bank, Bent’s Opera House, Blissetts Specialty Shop, BMP America, Inc., Case-Nic Cookies,  Creekside Floral, Cusimano’s, Della’s Chocolates, ellen j goods, Evan Ace Hardware, Flawless Beauty, Lee-Whedon Memorial Library, Orleans Ford, Orleans YMCA, Rosenkrans Pharmacy Inc., Shear Elegance Salon, Tim Hortons, Tops Friendly Market, Tractor Supply Company, Valu Home Center; Middleport – Friends of the Library Royalton Hartland Community Library and individuals – Assemblyman Steve Hawley, Cathy Hooker, Terry Kirkpatrick, Julie Keller, Amy Monti, Kathy Punch and Carolyn Wagner.

The backbone of our community is our local businesses and individuals who reside in the community. Your continued support (by donating items or purchasing tickets to the basket raffle) is truly amazing! We are grateful and humbled by the community support.

A special thank you to Mary Lou Tuohey for allowing us to set up in her store front at Case-Nic Cookies on Main Street in Medina and her staff for coordinating ticket sales and distribution of prizes won.

Thanks to all for making this fund raiser an even greater success in year 2 of this event!  We could not do it without you.

Carolyn Wagner

Secretary, OCALS Board of Trustees