{"id":75853,"date":"2016-12-07T09:46:54","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T14:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=75853"},"modified":"2016-12-06T19:54:52","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T00:54:52","slug":"letter-share-a-caring-christmas-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=75853","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: Share a Caring Christmas Thank You"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"images\"<\/a>To the Editor:<\/em><\/p>\n

Dec. 3 brought the 33rd\u00a0year of Share a Caring Christmas at Nye Automotive in Oneida. This year in our local community, we had more than 500 families that benefited from the efforts of this wonderful annual event and the\u00a0number of families will continue to grow right up to Christmas Eve. This year we had over 30 local businesses that donated to this annual event. We couldn\u2019t be more proud of the volunteers, sponsors, and overwhelming support that was witnessed firsthand.<\/p>\n

Dec. 3 brought the 33rd\u00a0year of Share a Caring Christmas at Nye Automotive in Oneida. This year in our local community, we had more than 500 families that benefited from the efforts of this wonderful annual event and the\u00a0number of families will continue to grow right up to Christmas Eve. This year we had over 30 local businesses that donated to this annual event. We couldn\u2019t be more proud of the volunteers, sponsors, and overwhelming support that was witnessed firsthand.<\/p>\n

The refreshments were flowing and many people couldn\u2019t believe they were free! Thanks to the many local\u00a0businesses that provided them: Ye Olde Pizza Pub, Top\u2019s Markets, Little Caesars Pizza, Oneida Madison Dairy\u00a0Coop, SavOn, Dunkin Donuts, Center Street Market, Servomation, Pepi\u2019s Pizza, H.P. Hood, Bimbo Bakery,\u00a0Queensboro Dairy Store, Wal-Mart, Price Chopper and Jreck Subs.<\/p>\n

Thank you to the Madison County Dairy Princess and her ambassadors. Their attendance reinforced the importance\u00a0of supporting our local community. Special thanks to Bear Paw Printing who printed our flyers and programs.<\/p>\n

To our volunteer that has been helping every year and even made toys just like Santa himself, Russell Eastman,\u00a0thank you from the bottom of our heart! To the two elves from AmeriCU, Rachel Siderine and Christine Rurak your\u00a0seamless organization of the day\u2019s performers was tremendous, thank you. To those of you who just stepped up\u00a0and pitched in young and old, we may not remember your name but your kindness warmed our hearts. Many hands\u00a0made light work.<\/p>\n

The showroom sparkled with holiday color thanks to decorations provided by Oneida Floral and Gifts, Romagnoli\u2019s\u00a0Christmas Tree Farm and Lowe\u2019s. We also can\u2019t forget Campbell Dean Funeral Home and J. Homer Ball Funeral\u00a0Home for donating chairs so attendees would have a place to rest and enjoys the sights and sounds of the holiday\u00a0season.<\/p>\n

Thank you to Oneida Fire Department for bringing Santa safely to the Nye Ford Showroom and to Santa for taking\u00a0time out of his busy schedule to greet children and listen to their wish list. Also, Direct Factory Furniture for donating\u00a0Santa\u2019s chair.<\/p>\n

This year we need to say thank you to some local business that stepped up and collected toys and surprised us\u00a0beyond words, those businesses are: Lowe\u2019s, Big Lots and St. Pat\u2019s Elementary.<\/p>\n

We cannot forget the bands and choruses: St Patrick\u2019s School Choir, Fritz\u2019s Polka Band, EA McAllister Elementary,\u00a0Rome Catholic School, VVS Vocal and String Ensemble, VVS Instrumental Group, Chittenango Select Choir,\u00a0Chittenango Brass Quartet, Chittenango Chamber Orchestra, DeRuyter High School Band and Chorus. The\u00a0performances were amazing and filled the showroom with the spirit of the season. Their hard work and dedication\u00a0were apparent. To the families of our performers, thank you for coming to listen and supporting your child and others\u00a0in their musical endeavors.<\/p>\n

We would like to give an extra special thank you to AmeriCU, Community Bank NA, Jim and Nancy Asher and Auto\u00a0Finishers for their generous cash donations which allowed us to help more families making this year the most\u00a0successful in recent years. Special thanks also go out to PAC 99 who taped the festivities for those that could not attend. We also need to give\u00a0huge thanks to Big FROG 104 and Lite 98.7 for stepping in and taking over for\u00a0the loss of no longer having WMCR, who broadcasted this wonderful event for 31years, The Kallet Theater and\u00a0Oneida Dispatch for the promotion and coverage of this year\u2019s event. Lastly, to Melissa King, words cannot express\u00a0the gratitude for all that you do for our community and being our MC this year.<\/p>\n

On behalf of the NYE Automotive Group again we\u2019d like to thank all those that helped to make the 2016 Share a\u00a0Caring Christmas a huge success and to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.<\/p>\n

William F. Nye,\u00a0President, Nye Automotive Group<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To the Editor: Dec. 3 brought the 33rd\u00a0year of Share a Caring Christmas at Nye Automotive in Oneida. This year in our local community, we had more than 500 families that benefited from the efforts of this wonderful annual event and the\u00a0number of families will continue to grow right up to Christmas Eve. This year […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-jJr","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/images.png?fit=234%2C105&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}