2023 Year End Recap

A Recap of 2023 and Your Impact in the Community!

The Foundation is extremely appreciative of all the continued support in 2023! It was another great year for our organization, which will translate into another great year for our community support in 2024. Take a look below to see how YOU positively impacted our communities in 2023!

Scholarships

  • 25 scholarships awarded to various deserving individuals from multiple communities

  • 15 postsecondary scholarships (including our first graduate student!)

  • 10 secondary scholarships

  • Held our fifth student cohort as part of ourMentorship Program for Scholarship Recipients. These interactive sessions allowed for our students to share their academic and social experiences, creating a supportive network amongst our recipients. The Fall semester session was held over the winter break on December 29th and had plenty of buzz!

  • We established and awarded our first "Exemplary Scholar Award", which recognizes a scholar who embodies the CFK Foundation's values. We were proud to presemt Devaughn Woods aka Chef Vaughn, who attends the Culinary Institute of America, with this additional award toward his academic pursuits. Chef Vaughn has been a leader amongst his peers and leveraged his culinary skills to give back in his community.

Back to School Campaign

The contributions provided during our 2023 Back to School Campaign allowed for us to immediately infuse support into our communities as the 2023 scholastic year kicked off. Including:

  • Uniforms for deserving students at Nazareth Elementary School and Nativity Preparatory in Rochester, NY.

  • Basic supplies for Encompass Family Navigation in Rochester, NY.

  • Sponsored a "once in a lifetime" field trip for three special education classes from Rochester City School District's George Mather Forbes School.

And...

  • Provided funding for 3 Summer programs atNativity Preparatory Academy, Horizons at Harley and EnCompass Quad A for Kids in Rochester, NY. Just shy of 300 kids participated in these programs to minimize learning loss and provide enrichment during the summer months.

  • Helped fund college campus visits in New York and Pennsylvania for 24 teens through the Encompass Future Ready Program.

  • Held our second annual Fundraising Drive, "25 in 2", which included our secondGuest Bartender event, both successful beyond our expectations thanks to your generosity!

  • Supplied ten deserving families from Nazareth Elementary School and Nativity Preparatory in Rochester, NY with food assistance for the Thanksgiving holiday.

  • Sponsored Chef Vaughn's visit to Rochester to host the Foundation sponsored "What's Cookin'?" at Future Ready. Check out the video!

2023 Colin Cup

We were elated to be able to celebrate our 16th Anniversary of the Colin Cup in 2023!
For the third year in a row, we kicked off the Cup weekend with an intense spin class hosted by one of this year's repeat sponsors, Compass Cycle + Flow. Our favorite instructor Barb, gave us a little bit of a sweat to get the weekend started off right and help put the holiday calories in the rearview. A fan-favorite event yet again!

Activities resumed Saturday with a bustling family skate of returning families and some new smiling faces. The puck dropped shortly after and another year of stiff competition insued.

The afterparty and raffle did not disappoint for those lucky enough to hear their names called. An additional virtual raffle awarded one lucky winner with a Florida getaway!

We appreciate all of those who were able to join us (physically or virtually) and those who donated during our marque fundraiser!

Keep your eyes open for more event photos to come on the Colin Cup page!

The Foundation would also like to thank all of our 2023 Colin Cup Sponsors:City Blue, Chick-fil-A Irondequoit, Compass Flow + Spin, Carriage House Coaching, C&M Forwarding, Geraci Law, India House Restaurant, The Klee Group, HereNowHelp, Vesa's Automotive, ESL Federal Credit Union, Flour City Estates, The Del Monte Lodge, The Links at Greystone, REDD, Bodyflight PT, Constructall, Dollinger Associates PC, Rochester Colonial, Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP., Wegmans, Edgerton Reality, Scott Miller Salon, Whitney & Company, Platinum Salons, Gallina Development, MKS Instruments, the Rochester Americans, and Clover Lawn & Landscape.

Andrea Durfee