• Started the first prenatal clinic in Syracuse
• Coordinated in-school nutrition classes
• Assumed management of Camp Hillcrest convalescent home for children

• Started the Christmas Toy Fund
• Founded the Volunteer Center
• Provided financial support for programming of the Council of Social Agencies

• Sponsored art classes for children at the Everson Museum of Art
• Funded school concerts for children

• 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

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

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)

• 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

• 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

• 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