BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261122 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:SBC Cares 2026 Thanksgiving Appeal DESCRIPTION:Each year\, the Small Business Council (SBC)\, a Greater Rochester Chamber affiliate\, provides Thanksgiving food boxes to families in need. Participating companies will drop off their food boxes to ESL Ballpark on Friday November 20th. On Saturday November 21st volunteers deliver the boxes to local\, not-for-profit organizations who serve those in need.This year the SBC aims to support over 4\,000 local families. Thanks to your generosity\, the SBC has donated over $1.25 million in food supplies to families in need over the last 20 years!Ways to help:\n(Please confirm your commitment by November 13\, 2026)1. Build Boxes:Register your box commitment via the black button at the top right of the page. Once registered\, work with your organization to gather all the needed food and gift card items for each box as indicated in the orange checklist below.The SBC will provide the boxes. See the details below for instructions on how to get your boxes.Place all gift cards in one envelope and hand it to an SBC volunteer at drop-off.If you are donating less than 30 boxes:Empty boxes will be available for pick up starting in October.Schedule a time to pick up your boxes from RW DakeContact Kevin Hammond at 585-381-2500 x 170 or khammond@rwdake.com.Pickup location: RW Dake\, 100 Bluff Drive\, East Rochester\, NY 14445.Drop off completed boxes at ESL Ballpark on Nov. 20 between 9am- 4pm (no appointment needed)If you are donating more than 30 boxes:A volunteer from the SBC will contact you in early November to schedule a day to drop off the empty boxes to you.Pickup routes and time slots will be shared the week of Nov. 16. We will pick up completed boxes on 11/20/2026.You may also drop off boxes yourself on Nov. 20 (9:00 AM 4:00 PM) at ESL Ballpark please notify us in advance.2. Make Individual Food Item Contributions\nEasily use Amazon to purchase individual food items if you can't fill a full box!\nFood item registry coming soon. 3. Make a Donation:Donate funds for the SBC to build additional food boxes (each valued at $50) and provide additional support organizations in need. Click here to donate via credit/debit card If paying by check\, please make payable to: "Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Foundation " and write "SBC Cares" in the memo line.\n\nMail to:\nGreater Rochester Chamber of Commerce\n250 Clinton Square\nRochester\, NY 14604\n4. Volunteer Your Time: Sign up to volunteer. We need your help with:Loading boxes onto delivery trucksUnloading boxes from vehiclesDelivering boxes to nonprofitsCapturing photos/videos of the event (email Emily Hill at Emily.Hill@InseroAdvisors.com to discuss further)Volunteer sign up link coming soon\nFood box checklist: X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Each year\, the Small Business Council (SBC)\, \;a Greater Rochester Chamber affiliate\, provides Thanksgiving food boxes to families in need. Participating companies will drop off their food boxes to ESL Ballpark on Friday November 20th. On Saturday November 21st volunteers deliver the boxes to local\, not-for-profit organizations who serve those in need.

This year the SBC aims to support over 4\,000 local families. Thanks to your generosity\, the SBC has donated over $1.25 million in food supplies to families in need over the last 20 years!

Ways to help:
(Please confirm your commitment by November 13\, 2026)

1. Build Boxes:

If you are donating less than 30 boxes:

  • Empty boxes will be available for pick up starting in October.
  • Schedule a time to pick up your boxes from RW Dake
  • Contact Kevin Hammond at 585-381-2500 x 170 or khammond@rwdake.com.
  • Pickup location: RW Dake\, 100 Bluff Drive\, East Rochester\, NY 14445.
  • Drop off completed boxes at ESL Ballpark on Nov. 20 between 9am- 4pm (no appointment needed)

If you are donating more than 30 boxes:

  • A volunteer from the SBC will contact you in early November to schedule a day to drop off the empty boxes to you.
  • Pickup routes and time slots will be shared the week of Nov. 16. We will pick up completed boxes on 11/20/2026.
  • You may also drop off boxes yourself on Nov. 20 (9:00 AM &ndash\; 4:00 PM) at ESL Ballpark &mdash\;please notify us in advance.

2. Make Individual Food Item Contributions
Easily use Amazon to purchase individual food items if you can'\;t fill a full box!
Food item registry coming soon. \; \;

3. Make a Donation:

Donate funds for the SBC to build additional food boxes (each valued at $50) and provide additional support organizations in need. Click here \;to donate via credit/debit card \;

4. Volunteer Your Time: \;

Sign up to volunteer. We need your help with:

Volunteer sign up link coming soon


Food box checklist:


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