The Canton Chapter of The Foundation for Community Betterment

We're hosting a baby supply drive next month to support the efforts of the Shipley Child Health Clinic. We're looking to add some drop-off locations to our list. Please let us know if your local business is willing to participate/help!

Love seeing the ripple of goodness continue to make waves in Canton! Great work, boys!

Come plan with us any night… this is how we roll!

Join us on April 25 for happy hour! We'll have light appetizers and plan to talk about what's in store for 2024! Help us kick off our hygiene necessities drive benefitting Total Living Center and your first drink is on us.

YOU helped to make this happen! Thanks to everyone who supported our organization in 2023, especially our sponsors Great Lakes Auto Group, Tee It Up Canton, Sarchione Auto Gallery, C. Massouh Printing Services, Toulou Foundry & Goods, Kurtz Brothers, Bob Fay, Dennis & Liz Nash, Kidney & Hypertension Consultants.

'God works things out.' Foundation helps Jackson family get specialized van for 'Rissy' Marvin and Lori Penrod got a wheelchair van for disabled young woman in their care through the Foundation for Community Betterment.

Thank you to everyone who helped us give our Domestic Violence Project’s adopt-a-family hopefully a very happy Christmas this year! Allison Ianni Chiofolo Denise Franken Desiree Givens Jennifer Yohe Kara Frech-Wedekamm Chellsea Petri Lori Duckworth Lewitzke Carmany Lydia Carmany

Picking up all of our printed materials from C. Massouh Printing Services means it’s almost time!!

We are PUMPED for our wine pull on Saturday… 52 chances to DEFINITELY win! See you soon!

Thank you to those that responded to our call for wine! Each bottle’s proceeds go towards Rissy!

Thank you to Hot Table Sponsor Sarchione Auto Gallery! Your generosity will help us meet our goal of helping the Penrod family!

Thanks to Kurtz Brothers for their generous sponsorship! Sponsors and donors are truly the backbone of our event.

Thank you to our generous sponsors, Dennis & Liz Nash! We appreciate your support.

Do you want to go on vacation anywhere in the world? Enter to win our vacation raffle today! The winner receives a one week stay in a condo anywhere in the world and will be selected live on October 7. Proceeds benefit our 2023 Bash recipient. Use the link below to enter. You don't have to be present to win!

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Thank you to our Hot Table sponsor Toulou Foundry & Goods! Looking for some special pieces to wear on Oct 7, Toulou has you covered!

Thank you to our longest running event sponsor, C. Massouh Printing Services! Your generosity will help us achieve our goal to help the Penrod family!

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Thank you to Hot Table sponsor Kidney & Hypertension Consultants! Your generosity will help us achieve our goal to help the Penrod family!

Interested in sponsoring, donating to or attending Betterment Bash? You can do so here —> https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTg0MzA4

Thank you to Hot Table sponsor Tee It Up Canton! Your generosity will help us achieve our goal to help the Penrod family!

Interested in sponsoring, donating to or attending Betterment Bash? You can do so here —> https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTg0MzA4

Please help us help this amazing family!

Despite having already raised their now-adult children, nine years ago Lori and Marv Penrod became the caretakers and legal guardians of Marissa “Rissy” Anderegg, who was born in 2003 with the brain injury hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), resulting in paralysis and epilepsy. Lori and her daughter were visiting nurses to Rissy, and when Rissy’s aunt, with whom she lived, unexpectedly died, Lori and Marv took Rissy in as their own child. Because Rissy loves the outdoors, the Penrods take her to their campsite on Leesville Lake when they can. However, getting her out and taking her to appointments is difficult—currently they have to physically lift her in and out of their vehicle, which has taken a toll as both Rissy and her adoptive parents have aged. The Penrods desperately need a wheelchair-friendly van to transport Rissy. Through Betterment Bash 2023, the Canton Chapter of the Foundation for Community Betterment hopes to raise enough money to provide them either with their own van or with the ability to rent a wheelchair-accessible vehicle to make the lives of this loving family easier.

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Do you want to go on vacation anywhere in the world? Enter to win our vacation raffle today! The winner will be selected at Betterment Bash - A Night in Monte Carlo on October 7. Use the link below to enter or buy tickets. You don't have to be present to win.

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We’re trying to collect 52 bottles of wine to raffle off during our Wine Pull at Betterment Bash this year. Can you help?

Check out our 2022 Bash recipient, Jeanne! The hand controls were installed on her van this spring. She’s continuing her driving lessons and will soon be able to take her final driving test. Go Jeanne!

Picking up some donations from Williams Toyota Lift! They filled our entire bin AND added two more boxes. Plus we had an adorable helper guarding the haul! Thanks again for acting as a collection point and supporting our efforts!

Please help us collect hygiene necessities for Refuge of Hope! You can drop off items at any of the locations below or contact any member of Betterment and we’ll coordinate a pick up!
Thank you to The Karcher Group, Hayes Realty, Williams Toyota Lift & Basil Asian Bistro for offering your locations as collection spots!

Thanks to Basil Asian Bistro for being a drop-off location for our Hygiene Necessities Drive to benefit Refuge of Hope! Stop by during First Friday to drop off much-needed toiletries.

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Thank you to ALL of our volunteers that help to make the world a bit brighter. We couldn't have helped over 450 recipients without you!

Alexandria Bay is one of of our other Betterment chapters. Each year they host a “Paddle” event on the bay to raise money for people in their community. In honor of National Multiple Sclerosis month, we celebrate the chapter’s support of John Slate, who was diagnosed with MS in 2012. The Alex Bay chapter was able to build John a wheelchair ramp and make modifications to his home to accommodate his needs.

In honor of National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness month, Betterment would like to highlight John Slate, a former fishing guide in Alexandria Bay, who was diagnosed in 2012 with an aggressive form of MS that had confined him to a wheel chair. Betterment was able to provide funds and manpower to build John a wheelchair ramp and make modifications to his house to accommodate the wheelchair. Fast forward to today and Lisa and Gaby Slate have been instrumental in the Alexandria Bay Paddle, running registration over the past few years.