Companionship Program celebrates another successful year

The Companionship Program is a partnership with Erin Hopkin's second grade class at Canandaigua Primary School and participants from Ontario ARC's YMCA and Congregational Church Community Learning Centers.  This was Ms. Hopkin's first year with the program and she did a superb job!  She encouraged her students to learn the names of individuals and assisted with monthly projects.  Erin said the parents were very pleased with the program and that their children would come home and talk about their experiences.

At the end of the school year, the Companionship Programs has a party at the Sonnenberg Garden picnic area to celebrate new friendships and wish each other well.  The Centerfield Homemakers Association graciously volunteers each year and provides a lovely lunch of full of nutrious veggies, chips, hamburgers, watermelon and a choice of dessert.  The Canandaigua National Bank staff returned again this year to offer their assistance as well.  They set-up an activity table with choices of bracelets, rub-on tattoos and trinkets.

Thank you to all of the parents who assisted the program, the Centerfield Homemakers Association and staff from Canandaigua National Bank.  What a perfect example of inclusion for the Canandaigua community!