News Release

 

November 26, 2007

Contact: Todd Pipitone

 Pennies add up to thousands for donation to Hillside Special Santas from 98 PXY High School Challenge

Student efforts raised over $27,975 to help local children and families 

Rochester, NY-November 26, 2007- Thumbs up 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.

About Hillside Family of Agencies
Hillside Family of Agencies (www.hillside.com) is a family and children services organization that provides child welfare, mental health, youth development, juvenile justice, special education, and developmental disabilities services across central and western New York. Hillside Family of Agencies is comprised of affiliates Crestwood Children's Center, Crestwood Children's Foundation, Hillside Children's Center, Hillside Children's Foundation, Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection, and Snell Farm Children's Center.

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Call us, Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Eastern time, at (585) 256-7500 or TTY (585) 256-7881. Or tpipiton@hillside.com