Sally and the media

All of the TV stations in Rochester came out to cover the Hillside Special Santas headquarters opening ceremony November 28. Here are a few photos from when they interviewed Sally. The reporter is RNews weekend night anchor Rocco Vertuccio.

More from the ribbon cutting ceremony

Here is another video clip from the Hillside Special Santas headquarters opening ceremony. In this clip, Sue Schiffhauer discusses the RAC and RAC for Women locations at which people can drop off Special Santa gifts.

Open for business

As of 11:30 a.m. November 28, Hillside Special Santas headquarters is officially open for the holiday season!
Check out this clip from the ribbon cutting ceremony. The woman cutting the ribbon is Sue Schiffhauer representing Hillside Special Santas holiday partner the Rochester Athletic Clubs and the Rochester Athletic Clubs for Women.

Thank you!

Thank you to the students of Batavia High School, 98 PXY’s 2007 High School Challenge winner, and to all of the local high school students that participated in the contest. Together, these students collected and donated pennies totaling over $27,975 to Hillside Special Santas to help the holiday giving program reach its goal of providing gifts and warm clothing to the 5,600 youth and their families served by Hillside Family of Agencies this year. A special thanks also to Family First Federal Credit Union for counting all of those pennies.

Enjoy the holiday

From everyone at Hillside Special Santas, here's hoping that you and yours have a very happy, healthy, safe, and joyous Thanksgiving!

It's CRUNCH time!

The Syracuse Crunch and News 10 Now are partnering to help Hillside Special Santas this year. You can, too, by dropping off a new, unwrapped gift at the November 23, 30, and December 1 games.

For more info, check out here or here.

On the inside with the Syracuse Crunch

Sally Bohne, Hillside Special Santas manager, recently took some time out from her duties at Special Santas Headquarters to travel to the OnCenter, home of the Syracuse Crunch Hockey Club. She went inside their locker room to talk to the team about Special Santas and what their help meant to her, and the youth and families that are being helped this year.
“They’ve rejuvenated us. Their desire to help the kids and families was just exciting,” said Sally after her locker room talk.
Joining Sally was Heather Van Dyne, Special Santas assistant, and Teri Parks, News 10 Now marketing manager.