The John Fiore Foundation

*The challenge of being a small, grassroots 501c3 charitable organization is expanding our footprint within our community. Many don’t know who we are or why we do what we do. *If we could ask you for a simple favor that takes less than 30 seconds. *Please follow the steps below to invite your friends to LIKE OUR PAGE. *If you don’t know our story, please follow this link to learn more about us. https://www.johnfiorefoundation.com/about... *Also, please feel free to SHARE this post and encourage your friends to do the same. *OUR MISSION: Enhancing the quality of life in Western New York by donating to individuals, families and community programs in honor of our hero, John. See more

For those asking about tickets purchased online: Your name is written on the ticket that goes in to be drawn. We print the PayPal sheet with the buyer’s name and contact info then staple the other half of the ticket(s) to that sheet. They are kept in numerical order so that we can easily reach out to the person whose name/number is drawn. As our purpose is to raise money, it’s not cost effective for us to mail tickets to buyers. (We’ve already sold over 1000 tickets online a...lone!) This has been our standard procedure for many years and is a system of checks and balances. If anyone would like to be texted a picture of their tickets, please inbox the foundation and we’d be happy to do that. The drawing will be posted LIVE on Facebook! Thank you to all who have purchased tickets so far. We still have four months to make this our most successful raffle yet! We are so honored to help our hero, Melissa Close Farmer. Get tickets on our website: www.johnfiorefoundation.com

Golf is full but you can support the 12th Annual John Fiore Foundation Memorial Golf Tournament by becoming a tourney sponsor. We have levels for all budgets and it’s a great way to advertise your business, pay tribute to a loved one or just help us raise for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western New York and WNYHeroes.org.

Thank you so much to Steve and Eric Gross at Empire Coating for once again joining the John Fiore Foundation Memorial Golf Tournament as a corporate sponsor and for your never ending support. We appreciate you guys more than you’ll never know. http://empirecoating.com/

Thank you Anthony Carroll and the Northwest Bank team for joining the 12th Annual John Fiore Foundation Memorial Golf Tournament as a dinner sponsor. We appreciate your continued support and looking forward to seeing you at the tourney. https://www.northwest.bank/

The John Fiore Foundation mission statement is Enhancing the quality of life in Western New York by donating to individuals, families and community programs in honor of our hero, John. This is why the 12th Annual John Fiore Foundation Memorial Golf Tournament YETI of Booze Raffle will benefit one of our first responders...Melissa CloseFarmer. If you don’t already know it, here is Melissa’s story. We couldn’t be more proud to help a local hero in her time of need. Melissa..., 33, is an active Volunteer Firefighter/EMT with the Ransomville Fire Company and works at Niagara Hospice. On November 11, 2020 she was diagnosed with stage 3c cervical cancer after becoming ill at work. Following many rounds of internal and external radiation and six rounds of chemotherapy, the cancer spread to her femur then soon after, to her liver and lungs. Melissa is now undergoing another eight rounds of a more intensive chemo, losing her hair after the second round. Melissa really misses her work and her second family at the firehall. It's very difficult for me to be the one in need of help, when I have always been the one who loves to help and lend a hand to others. Tickets are $5 each and available on our website www.johnfiorefoundation.com Melissa has been there for our community, let’s be there for her.

Just because golf at the 12th Annual John Fiore Foundation Memorial Golf Tournament is sold out doesn’t mean you can’t support The John Fiore Foundation. You can buy YETI cooler of booze tickets to support our first responder hero Melissa CloseFarmer or you can become a tourney sponsor which benefits the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western New York and WNYHeroes.org There’s a level for all budgets. www.johnfiorefoundation.com

The John Fiore Foundationis proud, humbled and incredibly grateful to announce that the 12th Annual John Fiore Foundation Memorial Golf Tournament which benefits the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western New York and WNYHeroes.org is officially SOLD OUT for golf. We’re blessed to have so many people that come back year after year and we’re equally excited to have some new teams join us. This could never have become the best golf tourney of the year without all of you...and the shot stations of course Just remember that the price of golf goes up to $125 on June 1st so please encourage your teammates to prepay online at www.johnfiorefoundation.com. Thank you again for your continued support and belief in us, we can’t wait to see you all on August 14th at Willowbrook Golf Course.

Don’t golf? That’s OK, the 12th Annual John Fiore Foundation Memorial Golf Tournament has something for everyone. -You can join us for dinner only -You can purchase Yeti cooler of booze raffle tickets that benefits our local volunteer first responder, Melissa -Join us for our amazing basket raffle, it’s open to the public -You can do all this at www.johnfiorefoundation.com

Thank you so much to Rose and Steve Zambotti for becoming a Lunch Sponsor for this years’ 12th Annual John Fiore Foundation Memorial Golf Tournament and throwing in some extra for a Corporate Sponsorship too. We appreciate you more than words can say. www.johnfiorefoundation.com

*Help The John Fiore Foundation support Melissa Close Farmer, a Ransomville Volunteer Fire Company firefighter and a Niagara Hospice employee as she continues her fight with cancer *Take chances on winning a YETI cooler of booze for only $5 a ticket *Go to www.johnfiorefoundation.com to get your tickets. Winner will be drawn at the 12th Annual John Fiore Foundation Memorial Golf Tournament and DOESN’T need to be present to win.

Thank you so much to Joyce and Richard DeLong and Allegra Marketing Print Mail for joining the 12th Annual John Fiore Foundation Memorial Golf Tournament as a corporate sponsor and for your continued support. www.johnfiorefoundation.com

Today we were excited to deliver our Meat Raffle donation of $5,500 to Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission. Thank you Tom & Mark for taking the time to give us a tour and tell us about all of the wonderful things you do for our community. We’re so proud to play a small role in helping your amazing programs and look forward to expanding our relationship.

What’s better than possibly winning a YETI cooler of surf & turf ? - Helping The John Fiore Foundation raise $ for Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission and WNYHeroes.org. -Tickets are $10 each and you DO NOT need to be present to win. Winner will be drawn on March 13th at the 4th Annual John Fiore Foundation VIRTUAL Meat Raffle -Get yours at www.johnfiorefoundation.com... or via Venmo at @johnfiorefoundation See more

The cooler retails for $479, the steak & lobster, more than $500, helping these two amazing organizations...PRICELESS! -Proceeds benefit Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission and WNYHeroes.org. -Tickets are $10 each -Winner DOES NOT need to be present and will be drawn on March 13th at the 4th Annual John Fiore Foundation VIRTUAL Meat Raffle... -Get yours at www.johnfiorefoundation.com or via Venmo at @johnfiorefoundation See more

Square update: Board 1: 3rd quarter $200 and 4th quarter $350 Jacqueline Johnson Board 2:... 3rd quarter $200 and 4th quarter $350 Art Schultz Jr Board 3: 3rd quarter $200 and 4th quarter $350 Troy Normandin Congratulations and thank you to all that helped us raise $4200 for Gage and his family. God bless you all.

Square update: Board 1: 1st quarter $200 Tracy Murray 2nd quarter $350 Ann Bukata... Board 2: 1st quarter $200 Andy Newman who donated that square to Gage Stacey 2nd quarter $350 Deb Carella Board 3: 1st quarter $200 Joy Distler 2nd quarter $350 John Faso

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This coming Friday is the 12th anniversary of the crash of Flight 3407. We lost 51 beautiful souls that night, including an unborn child and an amazing man on the ground. That horrific night brought us to where we are today, here’s The John Fiore Foundation story. Our Mission: Enhancing the quality of life in WNY by donating to individuals, families and community programs in honor of our hero, John. Turning tragedy into purpose.... The family and friends of John J. Fiore founded the John J. Fiore Memorial Golf Tournament in 2009 (incorporated as The John Fiore Foundation in 2019 and certified as a 501c3 charitable organization in February 2020) as a way to honor John's memory after he passed away on Flight 3407 in Clarence, New York on February 12, 2009. He dedicated his life to his family and his country, spending 30 years serving our country in both the United States Marine Corps and the United States Air Force. He fought for our freedom in Vietnam, Desert Storm and had 2 tours of duty in the Iraqi War. John retired from active duty in 2006 and was due to retire from his civilian career at Washington Mills in 2011. Our hero continues to be sorely missed. John always had a special place in his heart for children, having spearheaded fundraisers for Children's Hospital and various local organizations. We have been able to raise over $241,000 in our first eleven years for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western New York. In addition, we've raised over $67,000 for local organizations and families in need. That brings our eleven year grand total to over $308,000. The family and friends of John thank everyone that has played a role in our success, we couldn't do it without the love and support of so many wonderful people.