Happy Holidays from the Best Western PLUS

Visit with Santa in Allegany

Thursday, December 1 2011

6 - 8 PM

Location:Santa's House
Village of Allegany
Municipal Building

Phone: 373-1460

Come visit with Santa at his newest location in Allegany! Santa's house is located next to the Village of Allegany's municipal building located across from St. Elizabeth's Motherhouse on Route 417.

 

Country Christmas

 Friday, December 2 2011

Locations:  Throughout Randolph

Enjoy a Christmas celebration throughout the entire town of Randolph.

OTW - Mike Randall A Christmas Carol

Friday, December 2 2011

7:30 PM show

Location:

Olean High School auditorium
Olean, NY

Phone:

373-SHOW

While Randall is physically the only person on stage, it seemed as though a rich cast was playing out the drama... an exquisite, moving performance of “A Christmas Carol”

OHS Theater Christmas Show

Friday, December 2 2011

Location: December 2 - 4
Olean High School
West Sullivan Street
Olean, NY

St. Bonaventure Hockey Vs. Ithaca College

Friday, December 2 2011

8:30 PM

Location: William O. Smith Rec Center
Front & State Streets
Olean, NY

Phone: 373-RINK

JCC Men's Basketball Vs. Finger Lakes CC

Friday, December 2 2011

7 PM

Location: Olean Family YMCA
1101 Wayne Street
Olean, NY

Phone: 376-7500

Cuba Christmas Parade

Saturday, December 3 2011

6 PM

Location: Genesee Parkway
Cuba, NY

Phone: 585/968-5654

Following the lighting Ceremony after the parade, head to the Cuba Fire Hall for a special reception wtih Santa. Please bring a toy for "Toys for Tots" or a non-perishable food item. Contact the Cuba Chamber of Commerce (585-968-5654) for more information or visit http://www.cubanewyork.us/

Day Out with Santa

Saturday, December 3 2011

9 AM - 2 PM

Location: Hampton Inn
101 Main Street
Olean, NY

Phone: 375-1000

This event is a free event for the entire community. This special day includes a free picture with Santa and Rudolph, a free toy for each child after their picture, and free pony rides outside the hotel.

HomeCare & Hospice plans Tree of Life ceremonies

Sunday, December 4 2011

2 PM

Location: Total Senior Care
519 N. Union St.
Olean, NY

Phone: (800) 719-7129

While the deadline to order a commemoraive ornament in time to have it engraved before the ceremonies has passed, the ornament can still be purchased and engraved once the ceremony has taken place. This year’s ornament is a pewter memory tree.

At the ceremonies, family members and friends hang ornaments on a holiday tree in remembrance of their loved one. A member of a hospice patient’s family shares their story and assists in lighting a remembrance wreath.

Each year, the HomeCare & Hospice Foundation offers an ornament as an option for remembrance, but the ceremony is not limited to families who have received hospice services.

The ornament is available for a suggested donation of $15, with engraving, shipping and handling included. Additional options include giving an ornament as a gift, or purchasing a memory tag bearing a name for $5.

Participants are encouraged to take their ornament home after the ceremony. Otherwise, the ornaments will remain on the tree and be mailed out in mid-January.

Order forms can be obtained by contacting Jacqueline Czwojdak at (800) 719-7129 or Wendy Leffler at (877) 277-2615 or they may be downloaded at www.homcare-hospice.org.

Other area Tree of Life ceremonies are set as follows:
— Wellsville, David A. Howe Memorial
Library – Dec. 1 at 5:30 p.m.;
— Little Valley, VFW Post 8734 – Dec. 5 at
5:30 p.m.;
— Arcade, Fire Hall - Dec. 10 at 12:30 p.m.

Best Western PLUS

SPORTS

JCC Men's Basketball Vs. Houghton JV

Thursday, November 10 2011 7 PM

Location: Olean Family YMCA

1101 Wayne Street

Olean, NY

Phone: 376-7500

JCC Men's Basketball Vs. Onondaga CC

Saturday, November 12 2011 3 PM

Location: Olean Family YMCA

1101 Wayne Street

Olean, NY

Phone: 376-7500

JCC Men's Basketball Vs. Broome CC

Sunday, November 13 2011 1 PM

Location: Olean Family YMCA

1101 Wayne Street

Olean, NY

Phone: 376-7500

JCC Men's Basketball Vs. Pitt-Titusville

Tuesday, November 15 2011 7 PM

Location: Olean Family YMCA

1101 Wayne Street

Olean, NY

Phone: 376-7500

St. Bonaventure Hockey Vs. Canisius College

Saturday, November 12 2011 1:30 PM

Location: William O. Smith Rec Center

Front & State Streets

Olean, NY

Phone: 373-RINK

Olean Eagles High School Hockey Vs. Dunkirk-Fredonia

Sunday, November 13 2011 11:30 AM

Location: William O. Smith Rec Center

Front & State Streets

Olean, NY

Phone: 373-RINK

CHALLENGER CENTER DINNER

Thursday, November 10 2011 5:30 PM reception, 6:30 PM dinner

Location: Premier Banquet Center

2000 Constitution Ave.

Olean

Scott Parazynski, an astronaut, physician, inventor, mountaineer, pilot and public speaker, will be the keynote speaker at the 2nd Annual Dresser-Rand Challenger Learning Center Celebration Dinner. The annual dinner, which is open to the public, follows last year's highly successful event that featured retired astronaut Col. Pamela Melroy as the guest of honor.

To make your reservation, contact the Challenger Learning Center at 716-379-8686 or email DRCLC director Tom Moser at Tom@DRCLC.org. Cost is $40 per person. Patron tickets are available for $50 each. Corporate tables for parties of eight people are available for $500. Checks can be made payable to Challenger Learning Center and mailed to 182 East Union Street, Allegany, NY, 14706.

Ham & Turkey Party

Saturday, November 12 2011 7:00 pm - ?

Location: Westons Mills Fire Department

Route 417

Westons Mills, NY

Price: 0.00

Free admission, food & drink

Beer & Wine Festival

Saturday, November 12 2011 3:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Location: Holiday Valley

Ellicottville, NY

Phone: 699-2345

Sample craft beers from around the world and New York State wines.

Best Western Social Calender

KC BINGO - Mega Bingo

Thursday, November 3 2011

DOOROPEN AT 5PM,

 EARLY BIRDS 6:30PM,

MEGA BINGO 7PM

Location: Knights of Columbus

129 Hamilton Street

Olean, NY

Phone: 372-4616

Bonanza Bingo -- 50% of Pot

Mega Bingo held every 1st and 3rd Thursdays

Regular Bingo, every Sunday

Nonprofit Networking Day

Friday, November 4 2011 8:30 AM - 1 PM

Location: JCC Cutco Theater

Olean, NY

Phone: 372-4433

The mission at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation is to “grow good” in our community. One way that we do that is to connect donors to the causes they care about most and help them make a philanthropic plan to support those causes. We also make grants to support the excellent work of nonprofits in our community.

A new way that the Foundation will be helping “grow good” is to help existing and emerging nonprofit organizations to strengthen their operations and build capacity with our first annual Nonprofit Networking Day. We are inviting staff and board members from nonprofits in our region to attend this event to share ideas and resources and provide a forum for nonprofit in the area to also network with each other.

All staff, board members and volunteers for our region’s nonprofits are welcome. Remember to bring your business cards to network with colleagues and to enter door prize drawings!

Keynote Address – The Challenge of Change

Change or Die is a popular expression in medicine, be it with drug addicts or cardiac patients. Yet few change. Same is true in organizations, where fully 80% of change initiatives fail. This keynote addresses the three critical success factors to creating transformation in your organization: Urgency, Consistency and Assets.

Speaker: Michael Brand, owner/consultant, Accelerate Now with Michael Brand

Breakout Sessions

A – How To Be a Great Nonprofit Board Member

As a board member, are you offering your organization your best? As a nonprofit manager, are you getting the most from your board’s abilities, interests and connections? This session is designed for governing board members and nonprofit managers to help maximize the enormous amount of talent in our communities. A high functioning governing board increases fiscal stability, program efficiency and the positive impact on community needs.

Presenter: Michael Brand, owner/consultant, Accelerate Now with Michael Brand

B – Effective Volunteer Recruitment and Management for Nonprofits

Volunteers are the lifeblood of any nonprofit organization. Learn how to better utilize your organization’s most important asset by maximizing the effectiveness of volunteers to meet organization goals in these tough economic times when staff size and budgets are shrinking and workload is increasing. Learn ways to keep your volunteers happy and coming back.

Presenter: Mary Driscoll, Vice President for University Advancement, St. Bonaventure University

C – Using Social Media to Promote Your Nonprofit Organization

Learn techniques for using social media to promote your organization and to help build relationships in your community. Learn how to get started and build on your existing social media plan and to create a cost-effective social media strategy right for your organization.

Presenters: Josh Curcio, vice president of marketing/owner, and Donny Kemick, president/owner, protocol80, Inc.

D – Year-end Fundraising Techniques and Direct Mail Tips

What’s in your year-end tool kit? Don’t hit the panic button if your organization has not met its annual goal. Learn new strategies for end-of-year appeals and new ways to use stewardship to bring donors back to the fold.

Presenters: Karen Niemic Buchheit, Executive Director of the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation and owner/consultant, KPBuchheit Consulting, and Don Papaj, President, Marketing Technologies of W.N.Y.

Special thanks to…

Accelerate Now with Michael Brand

GOACC

protocol 80, inc.

JCC-Olean and John Sayegh

This event is also being held in celebration of National Philanthropy Day® – which is one day set aside each year for the purpose of recognizing the great contribution philanthropy makes to our society and to honor and support individuals and organizations that are active in the philanthropic community.

Fall Sportsmen's Show

Saturday, November 5 2011 Sat. 9am-4pm, Sun. 9am-3pm

Location: November 5, 6

County Fairgrounds

Little Valley, NY

Phone: 938-6928

150 tables of merchandise including sporting goods, firearms, accessories, fishing equipment and game calls. THE place to be for fishermen, hunters, collectors and trappers. Refreshments available, armed security, plenty of parking. Cattaraugus County Pistol Permit Clerk will be available both days. A national instant criminal background check must be completed prior to all firearm sales. $5 admission, kids under 12 are FREE. Sponsored by the Little Valley Volunteer Fire Department

MOUNTAIN AUCTION

Saturday, November 5 2011

Location: Doyle Hall

St. Bonaventure University

Phone: 375-2096, 373-0807

Save the date for the Mountain Auction to benefit Mt. Irenaeus (http://www.mounti.org/). Reservations will be accepted starting mid-September for the Saturday, Nov. 5, auction at Doyle Hall, St. Bonaventure University. We have been at capacity the past few years, so plan now to attend! For additional information about the auction, contact Michelle Marcellin at (716) 375-2096 or Margaret T. Bryner, Auction Committee chair, at (716) 373-0807.