WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) this week voted in favor of two pieces of legislation that work to preemptively block any future attempts from the Biden administration to restrict the use of gas stoves or otherwise limit consumer choice.
H.R. 1615, the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, passed the House by a vote of 248-180. This bill would prohibit the Consumer Product Safety Commission from using federal funds to regulate a gas stove ban under the pretense that they are “hazardous products.”
H.R. 1640, the Save Our Stoves Act, passed the House by a vote of 249-181. This legislation would stop the Energy Department from finalizing a rule that sets energy conservation standards for household appliances.
“Nearly 46% of New York households rely on natural gas to fuel their cooking appliances, power their electricity, and run their home heating systems,” Tenney said. “Earlier this year, Kathy Hochul’s $229 billion dollar budget made New York the first state in the nation to ban gas stoves. Now, under the Biden administration, federal agencies are potentially exploring similar policies in what would be an unprecedented and inappropriate expansion of federal power. Federal bureaucrats have no right telling American consumers what kind of stoves they can use, and this week, House Republicans made that abundantly clear.”
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 15 June 2023 at 11:03 am
Many teachers still have trouble telling sisters apart
Photo by Tom Rivers: Three sets of twins will be graduating from Holley on June 24. Pictured from left include Elise Quincey, Lily Sprague, Sarah Kelly, Shannon Kelly, Ava Quincey and Lydia Sprague.
HOLLEY – Three sets of twins in Holley’s Class of 2023 have been in school together since kindergarten and the group has pushed each other to excel in the classroom.
Lily and Lydia Sprague, Sarah and Shannon Kelly, and Ava and Elise Quincy all have been close friends for more than a decade, and they said their twin is like a “built-in best friend.”
The three sets of twins all have the distinction of excelling in the classroom in finishing in the Top 10 in the Class of 2023, which has about 60 students. Ava Quincey is the salutatorian while her sister Elise is top in the class valedictorian.
The twins, after spending their lives so close, will be forging their own paths this fall and won’t be attending the same college.
“We’re all excited to become our own person,” said Lydia Sprague, who is going to the University of Rochester to major in psychology. “We’re excited to start our own lives.”
Her sister Lily is taking a gap year and plans to enroll in Brockport State College in the fall of 2024, majoring in education.
Lydia said teachers through the years often couldn’t tell her and her sister apart, and will simply lumped them together.
“The teachers have gotten better this year,” Lydia said. “It is annoying when they just call us the Spragues and don’t acknowledge that we’re separate people.”
Sarah and Shannon Kelly are twins but feel like there are clear differences in their appearance. Sarah doesn’t wear glasses and Shannon does. Shannon has straight hair compared to her sister’s curls.
“It’s like having a built-in best friend,” Shannon said about her twin sister. “But it does get annoying when people call us by different names.”
Shannon is headed to Monroe Community College to study to be a dental hygienist. Sarah is taking a gap year before she plans to enroll in flight school.
Sarah said she is proud of all the Top 10 at Holley for pushing themselves to do well in their classes and get all their assignments done.
Ava Quincey is the class salutatorian and Elise is the valedictorian. They will both speak at graduation on June 24.
Ava is headed to Geneseo State College to major in education while Elise is going to Nazareth College to major in global sustainability and political science.
Elise said she is thankful to have her sister as a twin “because she is so cool.”
She said people often are overly fixated on the two sisters being twins.
“Be respectful of their individuality,” Elise urged people when interractign with twins. “Don’t treat twins as a zoo animal.”
Elise also said she is proud of her classmates, and how far they have come as students, especially enduring through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ava said next year will be so different for the three sets of twins as they embark on the next steps of life after high school, and in their new surroundings they won’t be known as a twin.
“It will be so different because we’ve only know being twins our whole lives,” Ava said. “We get to find ourselves.”
BATAVIA – After more than a decade of leadership and service to the institution, Genesee Community College President, Dr. James Sunser, announced that he intends to retire at the conclusion of the 2023-24 academic year.
In a personal message, Sunser informed the campus community and thanked colleagues for being partners in always holding student success as the highest priority.
“My time at Genesee has represented some of the most rewarding of my long professional career in higher education,” Sunser said. “I have been honored to serve a dedicated board of trustees, faculty and staff that always put students and their success at the center of every decision. I could not have asked for more and I will leave with a heart filled with gratitude. I want to thank the entire GCC community for the support and friendship you have offered me over so many years.”
During his time leading GCC, Sunser oversaw the development of the Richard C. Call Arena and the Student Success Center, capital projects that represented the largest fundraising efforts ever undertaken by the College. He also provided leadership during the historic Covid-19 pandemic that drastically altered the delivery of services, never wavering from the commitment to putting students first.
Sunser joined GCC as president in 2011. Prior to his service at GCC, Sunser held several senior level positions at SUNY Onondaga Community College over a 22-year period. In addition, he served five years as an administrator at Syracuse University. He currently serves as the Immediate Past Chair of the Middle State Commission on Higher Education’s Executive Committee, where he previously served two terms as Chair in 2020 and 2021.
In the coming months, the GCC Board of Trustees will launch a comprehensive search for the next campus president.
Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C-Batavia) denounced the recent reports of a deal between Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration and the Seneca Nation to build a casino in downtown Rochester.
The construction of a new casino in the area would be damaging to the local economy and would jeopardize the more than 400 jobs at Batavia Downs.
Local officials and New York lawmakers were also not included in any discussions between the governor and the Seneca Nation. Hawley is frustrated that local businesses and communities are once again not being given priority by the state government
“The recent news of the deal between the state and the Seneca Nation is disappointing and yet another example of the livelihood of local businesses, like Batavia Downs, being trampled on by this governor’s administration,” Hawley said. “A move like this that doesn’t take into account the needs or desires of the community while purposely shunning local leaders from the conversation will undoubtedly do nothing more than hinder the local economy and create further consequences down the road.”
BATAVIA – Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C-Batavia) is once again partnering with the Sunnking recycling group to offer free electronic device collection and recycling for the community.
Collection day will be Saturday, June 17, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the parking lot at 5130 E Main Street Rd. in Batavia. Pre-registration is requested of all attendees. Click here to register online.
“Recycling is a small but impactful way we can help keep our communities clean, and I’m grateful to the good people at Sunnking for partnering with me for another year of work,” Hawley said. “Anything from cell phones to computers to TV’s can be recycled, so please, register today and help keep our communities clean!”
By Ginny Kropf, correspondent Posted 15 June 2023 at 9:06 am
ALBION – The spring 2023 Microenterprise Assistance Program graduated nine entrepreneurs Tuesday night at the Lockstone, bringing the total number of graduates to 576 since the program started about 25 years ago.
MAP manager Diane Blanchard said she has given out nearly $1 million in grants to 50 start-up businesses since 2010.
Blanchard also announced she will be retiring in September, and no class will be held in the fall while she trains her successor. The new program manager will be announced in the near future.
“I’ve met so many people and made so many friends in the last 20 years,” Blanchard said. “But it was time to retire.”
She said she will miss seeing the new entrepreneurs get their dreams off the ground, but she is going to stay in touch.
Former county legislator Ken DeRoller was on the board when MAP was started in 1999 by the Orleans Economic Development Agency. He praised Blanchard for the work she has done with the program.
“She’s aggressive and she cares about people,” he said.
(Left) Former county legislator Ken DeRoller congratulates MAP leader Diane Blanchard on announcement of her retirement in September. She has led the program for nearly 20 years. (Right) Diego Russell, who graduated from MAP last year, shared his story of starting his own business at the age of 21 and having employees working for him.
DeRoller said how difficult it is to start a new business. He said out of the 576 who went through the Microenterprise Assistance Program, only 168 are still in business.
“Covid knocked the living daylights out of a lot businesses,” he said.
He said what a big impact small businesses make in the county with their unique ideas, such as dog walking, lawn services or crafting. Fifty percent of businesses fail without a business plan, and making a business plan is one of the important things taught in the MAP, along with marketing, he said. He added his encouragement to the graduates who chose to go into business in Orleans County, in light of school enrollment dropping and the population shrinking to about 38,000.
Spring graduates and their businesses are Linda Aguirre, crafter; Xhezide Bela, AN Homes; Nicole Brown, cat café/healing center; Kelly Fischer, Necka’s treasurers; Donald Greenough, business consultant/graphic designer; Terri Loessl, Doggie Day Care; David Robinson, land maintenance; Leann Sample, cleaning services; and Doris Vidal, Serenity Spa and Holistic Center.
Each graduate in attendance shared their business plan and goals for their new endeavor.
One was Donald Greenough who will provide business consulting and graphic design to new businesses at an affordable price. He also does branding, marketing, logo development, web development and social media.
Nicole Brown shared her struggles with two cancer scares and depression. She always liked helping others and after a life coach helped her get her life back, she decided to combine her love of cats and people into a Cat Cafe and Healing Center.
Terri Loessl will offer Doggie Day Care at her facility on Gaines Basin Road. She will dog sit, train dogs to play with other dogs and offer boarding. There is no other service like that in the county, she said.
Doris Vidal has 15 years experience in a spa and holistic healing. She and her husband Lionel Heydel have purchased the building at 438 West Ave. in Albion, where she opened Serenity Spa and Holistic Center on June 1. She provides holistic healing for males and female, along with rejuvenation and massages in a relaxing and serene setting, she said. She also offers yoga and Tai Chi.
Kelly Fischer has a store at 18 East Bank St., where her business Necka’s Treasurers buys and sells overstock merchandise.
“You never know what you’ll find here,” she said. “We sell everything at 50 percent of what the big box stores charge.”
Right now she has an abundance of blankets, sheets, pillows and small furnishings. She is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Fischer got into the business because her daughter runs a similar one in Kentucky and has done very well at it.
Spring graduates of the 2023 Microenterprise Assistance Program received their diplomas Tuesday night in a ceremony at Lockstone. From left are Terri Page Loessl, Don Greenough, Xhezide Bela, Nicole Brown, Kelly Fischer, Linda Aguirre and Doris Vidal.
Xhezide Bela and her husband Arden Fazliu demonstrated their new product, a microfiber towel that removes all smudges from glass surfaces. They are washable, she said, but the one she has been using for nine months has not been washed and is still doing a good job. Their business is AN Homes and towels can be purchased online.
Linda Aguirre hopes to start a creative arts business, selling art prints, postcards, greeting cards, bookmarkers and tee shirts. She will be selling her merchandise online.
Several alumni of MAP have kept in touch with classes since they graduated, coming back to share their successes with new classes. One graduate, Dorothy Daniels, has joined the program as a teacher.
Lynn Palmer has returned several times to share how MAP helped her start her Upscale Overstock business in Albion and a grant enabled her to buy added merchandise.
Margie Steffen opened a beauty parlor, Studio 11, at 21 East Bank St., after graduating from the spring 2021 MAP class. A grant allowed her to buy a barber chair and expand into men’s haircutting.
Dan Conrad has shared his business success with several MAP classes. He opened his Toyz n Kandy store on the corner of Platt and Bank streets in Albion and is in the process of moving to a bigger store next to 39 Problems on Main Street. He has also leased space in the newly renovated Webber Hotel in Lyndonville and will open a second store there.
“I graduated in the Fall 2021 class and received a $20,000 grant,” Conrad said. “I’ve been expanding ever since. Dorothy and Diane are the best people a business person could know. I still call them every week.”
Diego Russell, who graduated from the program last year, shared his success story Tuesday night.
“I am honored and pleased to be here,” he said. “I went through MAP and got a grant, which gave me all I needed to start my lawn care business. I’m 21 and now have employees working for me. I used to work at jobs like Walmart and Door Dash, and now I’m running my own business and hope to have another and another.”
By Ginny Kropf, correspondent Posted 15 June 2023 at 8:15 am
Collaborative Kitchen, candy store among tenants so far
Photos by Ginny Kropf: Participating in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the renovated Webber Hotel in Lyndonville include, from left: Orleans County Chamber president Dave Gagne, Lyndonville mayor John Belson, Chamber director Darlene Hartway, building owner and Lyndonville native Robert Smith and Assemblyman Steve Hawley.
LYNDONVILLE – Completion of a project several years in the making was celebrated at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday afternoon on Lyndonville’s Main Street.
Building owner Robert Smith of California, a Lyndonville native, cut the ribbon signifying the opening of the Webber Hotel and Webber Kitchen Collaborative. Joining him were Orleans County Chamber president Dave Gagne, Lyndonville mayor John Belson, Chamber director Darlene Hartway and Assemblyman Steve Hawley.
Smith’s idea for the historic renovation was born in August 2017 when he came home for his mother’s birthday.
“I grew up here and I love this community,” he said Wednesday afternoon.
Thus began a restoration completed with a $490,000 matching grant, which included complete gutting of interiors, new windows and doors and exterior upgrades.
People chat in front of the three buildings owned by Robert Smith. The white building houses the Webber Hotel on the second floor and the Webber Kitchen Collaborative on the ground floor. The blue building has been leased for a candy store and a third building to the right, not pictured, is available for lease.
The Webber Building’s first floor has been leased by Hartway for a Collaborative Kitchen. The kitchen is a New York State Certified Processing Kitchen and is available for rent by anyone who wants to learn to cook, practice their culinary skills or has a product they would like to make and sell, such as jams or baked goods. Hartway has even added a bread oven for bakers to use.
Eventually she plans to have a dietitian and nurse onsite to teach nutrition and cooking for diabetics.
“We would talk about the nutritional values of bone broth, and then make it,” she said.
The kitchen will also be open as a grab-n-go café, offering sandwiches from the Sourced Market in Millville, homemade soups, chips, bagels, tea, coffee, lattes and other snack foods. Hours will be 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Darlene Hartway stands by a table she acquired from the Lyn-D-Lounge, a restaurant owned for 18 years by Webber Hotel owner Robert Smith’s mother. Barbie Smith got the table from the former Apple Grove Inn.
The kitchen is meant to be a gathering place for the community, Hartway said.
“We want them to have a place to meet and talk,” she said.
There is room to sit and talk and space to rent for private events. Several tables were acquired from the Lyn-D-Lounge, the restaurant his mother ran for 18 years. One of the tables came from the former Apple Grove in Medina.
Throughout the building, the walls have been decorated with artwork from local artists, including Pat Greene of Medina. Many of the paintings are of local farms in the area and are available for sale.
The crowd was invited to go upstairs and tour the new hotel rooms. The first guest was welcomed to the hotel Wednesday, a Lyndonville native who came home for a visit.
This is one of the traditional rooms in the Webber Hotel, which welcomed its first guest on Wednesday, in time for the ribbon cutting.
Lyndonville Mayor John Belson was thrilled with the new hotel. In a prior interview he said it would be in big demand by people attending weddings at White Birch and by fishermen.
“It’s been 10 years since anything like this has happened in Lyndonville,” said Assemblyman Steve Hawley. “It came from the heart as you spoke,” he told Smith. “I commend anyone who comes back to New York, to their roots, invigorating the things we believe in.”
Lyndonville native Ethel Valentine said the building looked very nice.
“He put a lot of time and effort in it,” she said. “It livens up the town.”
Town of Yates supervisor Jim Simon was also excited about the new buildings.
“The Sourced Market is one of my wife’s and my favorite places to eat, so we are thrilled their food will be here,” Simon said. “This is great for the village, and what’s great for them is also great for the town.”
Robert Smith, right, owner of the Webber Building, chats with two of his new tenants, Dan Conrad, left, who plans to open a candy store, and Darlene Hartway, Orleans County Chamber director who will operate the Webber Collaborative Kitchen. The trio are standing in the kitchen prior to Wednesday’s ribbon cutting ceremony.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 14 June 2023 at 3:43 pm
David Bellavia, a 1994 Lyndonville graduate, gives a keynote address to the students. He said they are very fortunate to have grown up in a community that values respect and decency.
LYNDONVILLE – The Top 10 graduates at four schools districts in Orleans County – Holley, Kendall, Lyndonville and Medina – were recognized on Tuesday evening at the 37th annual Orleans County Academic Excellence Awards Dinner. (Albion does a separate honors convocation for seniors with grade point averages at 90 or above.)
The students and their families were invited to the White Birch Golf Course for dinner, and the honor grads received a medallion and certificate for their achievements.
David Bellavia, a Medal of Honor recipient for his acts of valor in Iraq during the War on Terrorism, served as keynote speaker. Bellavia is a 1994 Lyndonville graduate. He works as a radio host and travels as an ambassador for the U.S. Army. Bellavia’s second book was published last year, “Remember the Ramrods: An Army Brotherhood in War and Peace.”
His flight was delayed on Tuesday and he arrived at the tail end of banquet. He apologized for looking like a stage hand from Les Misérables in all black shirt and pants. Bellavia urged the grads to feel gratitude for their family, teachers and community.
“I am from the greatest town in America,” Bellavia declared. “I’m from Lyndonville.”
He said he was very fortunate to attend a school were his teachers cared about him. The Lyndonville community showed respect for veterans and didn’t make them feel like misfits.
He praised the Lyndonville community for keeping a vibrant school district, despite occasional pressures to merge with a nearby district.
“Many times Lyndonville could have folded,” Bellavia said.
He urged the Top 10 to go out and experience and compete in the world – “but come back and contribute to your community and neighbors.”
He urged them to follow their passions for a career and in community service.
“Your obligation is to show respect and decency,” he said. “I’m so proud to be from my hometown because I learned it here everyday.”
The following students were recognized during the awards banquet:
Holley – (pictured from left) Matthew Barlow, Morgan Blosenhauer, Sarah Kelly, Shannon Kelly, Julia Scrooper, Lily Sprague, Lydia Sprague, salutatorian Ava Quincey, valedictorian Elise Quincey and Casey Onisk.
Kendall – Jayson Crowe, Jacob Gregory, Taigan Guerrero, Aubreye Haskins, valedictorian Mary Jones, Michaila Moore, Danon O’Brien, Tobias Passer and Bruce Rasmusson. Not pictured: salutatorian Tori Conner.
Lyndonville – valedictorian Lorelei Dillenbeck, Annabelle Follman, Payton Grabowski, salutatorian Meagan Harder, Madison Kain, Brianna Krisher, Haley Shaffer, Parker Silversmith, Joshua Slingerland and Chyenne Tackley III.
Medina – Tatyana Baity, valedictorian Dana Faith De Vera, Lydia Fox, Gabriel Mark, Henry Rigerman, Hilda Santiago Bautista, Jeremy Waters and salutatorian Lillian Wilson. Not pictured: Melanie Kuhmann and Aidan Paul.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 14 June 2023 at 11:29 am
Arlen Jenkins
ALBION – The Subway in Albion will be donating 20 percent of its sales on June 23 to help Arlen Jenkins and her family.
Arlen is a friend of the Breese family in Lyndonville, which operates the Albion Subway at 162 South Main St. The site will be open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on June 23.
“She is a fun-loving little girl and we feel so sorry for what she is going through,” said Walt Breese.
Arlen needs chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. She and her family will need to travel to a New York City hospital for treatments.
Breese said he wants to help raise money for the family’s travel costs and out-of-pocket expenses.
Besides the sales at the Subway store that day, there will be a Chinese auction and 50/50 raffle.
Arlen is expected to be there for part of the day.
“I can’t believe how happy-go-lucky the young girl is with all she is going through,” Breese said.
There is also a GoFundMe to help support the family.
By Ginny Kropf, correspondent Posted 14 June 2023 at 11:02 am
MEDINA – Friends of Boxwood Cemetery is sponsoring a unique fundraiser on Saturday to benefit projects of the cemetery association.
Tea Time at Boxwood Cemetery will replicate similar events which were popular at the turn of century, said Cindy Robinson, a member of Friends of Boxwood Cemetery and owner of the English Rose Tea Shoppe.
Georgia Thomas of Medina will talk about how people used to picnic in the cemetery decades ago. Tea sandwiches, scones and sweets will be served with cups of tea in small baskets.
Tickets are limited to 25 and those attending should bring a lawn chair or blanket on which to sit.
A teatime picnic basket will be given away and everyone who attends will get one chance with their purchase of a ticket. If they arrive dressed in tea time finery they will receive two tickets, but if they join Friends of Boxwood Cemetery prior to or day of the event, they will get five extra tickets.
The tea will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Tickets are available at English Rose Tea Shoppe for $20 for Friends of Boxwood Cemetery or $25 for nonmembers.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 14 June 2023 at 10:57 am
ALBION – A concert by the canal scheduled for this evening in Albion has been cancelled due to the threat of rain.
Chris Moore was scheduled to perform beginning at 6:30 p.m. He will be rescheduled, likely for the rain date of Aug. 23 with that concert to start at 6 p.m.
Albion has a series of concerts on Wednesdays through Aug. 30.
The series started last week with the first five concerts either by the canal or on Main Street in front of the closed off bridge area. Then the six concerts shift to the amphitheater at Bullard Park beginning July 19.
ROCHESTER – Congressman Joe Morelle is fighting to provide federal funding for farmers whose crops have been significantly impacted by unexpected late-season frost.
“Yesterday I wrote to Secretary Tom Vilsack urging U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to prepare a disaster declaration and make funds available for growers who suffered extensive damage due to this year’s late frost,” Morelle said on Tuesday. “As our climate crisis worsens, these weather patterns will become even more erratic, and we need to be prepared for what this would mean for our agricultural economy. My region’s growers must have the resources needed to recover from this unprecedented event, and I urge the USDA to act promptly.”
As the third largest wine grape producer and the second largest apple producer in the country, New York’s agricultural and tourism industries are dependent on the annual yield of wine grapes and apples. This past spring, warm weather in April started plants budding. However, May 18 brought record breaking low temperatures and frost—severely damaging these key crops.
Declaring this extreme weather event a disaster will allow federal funding to be used in an effort to assist farmers. However, as the climate crisis continues, winters will get warmer exacerbating the overall threat of crop damage. Without intervention, plant species native to our area will begin moving north out of necessity, and New York will lose its agricultural economy.
“The full extent of this frost damage will reach far beyond grape and apple growers and will undoubtedly impact New York’s economy,” continued Congressman Morelle. “We must take steps now to reverse the effects of the climate crisis, or our children and grandchildren will pay the price.”
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 14 June 2023 at 9:01 am
MEDINA – The dog park on North Gravel Road will soon have a gazebo for people to get some shade from the sun and shelter from rain while bringing their canines to the site.
Cindy Davis, vice president of Friends of the Medina Dog Park, updated the Village Board on Monday about the park. Davis, owner of the Pet Nanny, said Dog Park Funds is paying for the gazebo.
She said she is at the park about five times a day. The site draws dog owners from Albion, Brockport, Batavia, Newfane and other surrounding communities, in addition to Medina residents.
“It gets a lot of activity,” she said about the fenced-in site that opened in September 2020. “It has gone over really well.”
Cindy Davis, vice president of Friends of the Medina Dog Park, updates the Village Board on Monday evening about plans for improvements at the dog park.
Davis said she would like to see the dog park look more like a typical park.
“Right now it’s a space with a fence, basically,” she said.
There aren’t any shade trees. “When you’re there you’re roasting,” she said.
Davis said she expects the gazebo to be installed later this month or in July. She asked for wood chips to be put at a spot where the grass doesn’t grow much because of so many people congregating there. Jason Watts, the DPW superintendent, said the village has an “unlimited supply” of wood chips and can add those to the dog park.
Perhaps next year there will be agility equipment for dogs. Davis said students in the BOCES program may build the agility equipment for the park.
Davis said a new “Medina Dog Park” was recently installed for the site that is north of the Erie Canal and south of Boxwood Cemetery.
The Friends of the Dog Park will coordinate with the DPW on where any new equipment goes to make it as easy as possible to mow around.
ALBION – Catholic Charities of Buffalo has promoted Katelyn DiSalvo to tri-county district director.
In her new role she is responsible for overall administration and functioning of Catholic Charities’ three tri-county offices located at 106 South Main St., Albion; 25 Liberty St., Batavia; and 6470 US-20A, Perry. The sites include the emergency financial assistance program, friendly phones and home visitation programming.
“Over the last five years, Katelyn has often been the first point of contact for individuals and families looking to Catholic Charities for hope and support during some of their darkest hours,” said Deacon Steve Schumer, president and CEO, Catholic Charities. “A long-time resident of Genesee County, Katelyn understands the needs and community resources to best serve our clients and lead our tri-county team of staff and volunteers.”
With Catholic Charities since 2018, DiSalvo most recently served as an emergency financial assistance specialist, providing support to clients in emergency situations. She also assisted the district director with office responsibilities and local community outreach projects. DiSalvo is a Batavia resident.
