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Hallmarks of Our History
1920s
- Started the first prenatal clinic in Syracuse
- Coordinated in-school nutrition classes
- Assumed management of Camp Hillcrest convalescent home for children
1930s
- Started the Christmas Toy Fund
- Founded the Volunteer Center
- Provided financial support for programming of the Council of Social Agencies
1940s
- Sponsored art classes for children at the Everson Museum of Art
- Funded school concerts for children
1950s
- Helped the Everson Museum of Art open an art shop
- Provided docents for the Everson Museum
- Donated funds toward:
- an obstetrical office at Community Hospital
- the salary of a secretary at the Council on Aging
- a teaching specialist at Illingsworth Nursery School for the Blind Child
- a caseworker for the “Multi-Problem Family Project” at Huntington Family Center
1960s
- Donated funds toward:
- the founding of a slide library at the Everson Museum of Art
- the salary of a secretary for Directions and Education in Narcotics and the Everson Museum of Art Curator of Research and Information
- a craft mobile for ethnic arts and crafts for the inner city
- the founding of Home Aides
1970s
- Donated funds toward:
- the purchase of a home for the Directions and Education in Narcotics Halfway House for Women
- the expansion of Brighton Family Center
- Children’s programming at the Onondaga Civic Center
The director’s salary at the Discovery Center (MOST)
1980s
- Worked with the Dept of Social Services to establish a Cooperative Review Panel to evaluate the needs of children in foster care
- Developed and presented a public awareness campaign “What are our children watching?”
- Donated funds to the Burnet Zoo’s education and wildlife conservation program
- CONTACT Syracuse for development of an after-school program helpline
- Volunteer Connection for a multimedia based program to recruit volunteers
1990s
- Held Immunization Days for city school children
- Developed Education Days at-risk parenting seminars, which are still offered today
- Developed the Silent Witness domestic violence awareness exhibit
- Developed “Baby Think it Over” project to help prevent teenage pregnancy
- Started Project W.H.A.L.E. collection and donation program for community agencies
- Participated in millennium Project for Fire Safety Prevention and Education
Since 2000
- Donated funding and decorated playroom for McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Site
- Began the Jerridith Wilson Leadership and Development Fund for member training
- Redesigned and re-launched Silent Witness as a workplace domestic violence workplace awareness exhibit which is now under the operation of Vera House
- Hosted the First Annual Silent Witness Walk to End Domestic Violence
- Developed "A Child's Voice" project in partnership with McMahon Ryan Child Advocacy Site to address issues of child abuse
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