SPIRIT NYS

10/02/2026

The Youth Group at Mary Magdalene Church is knocking our SOCKS off with kindness! We’re grateful for the warmth they’re collecting for our teens🧦🤍

It's Socktober! Please bring warm new or clean, gently used coats, gloves, hats, and socks to church to support our Youth Gloup's activities to support neighbors in need.

httpa://marymagdalenechurch.org

10/01/2026

🧥 Our Annual Coat Drive is here!

All month long, we’re collecting winterwear for our SPIRIT teens. There are 2️⃣ easy ways to donate:

🛍️ Shop our Amazon Wishlist and have items sent directly to SPIRIT: encompass.fyi/coatdrive

🧤 Donate new or clean, gently used winterwear at one of our collection sites:

📍 EnCompass: Resources for Learning, 16 Lake View Park, Rochester, NY 14613
📍 Harmco Fastener Inc, 428 State St, Rochester, NY 14608
📍 Irondequoit United Church of Christ, 644 Titus Ave, Rochester, NY 14617
📍 Mary Magdalene Church, 1008 Main St, East Rochester, NY 14445
📍 Victoria’s Gallery Salon of Mendon, 20 Assembly Dr #108, Mendon, NY 14506

We’re looking for coats, hats, gloves, scarves, hoodies, and sweatpants in adult sizes Small through 4X.

❄️ Donations can be dropped off through the end of October. Thank you for helping us keep our teens warm this winter!

09/25/2026

Rochester’s Beta Eta Chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International has chosen SPIRIT as their nonprofit to support for the next 2️⃣ years!

Their recent kickoff meeting was filled with fellowship and generosity. They donated duffel bags that will be used to bundle our upcoming coat drive donations.

Thank you, Beta Eta, for the encouragement you’ll provide to our students over the next two years!🤍

09/21/2026

❄️Help us keep our teens warm this winter!

📦Our annual Coat Drive is coming up, and we’re looking for a few more community partners to host collection boxes through the end of October.

🧥We’ll provide a box for your workplace, church, business, or organization to collect winterwear for our SPIRIT students.

💙Want to host a box? Comment below or send us a message, and we’ll get you set up!

09/15/2026

Join us in welcoming Young Women's College Prep Charter School of Rochester (YWCP) to the SPIRIT family!💛

YWCP gives young women a single-gender learning environment with a strong focus on college preparation and graduation. We’re proud to extend our mentorship, financial support, and advocacy to YWCP students.

We’re excited to be reaching even more Rochester students!

09/08/2026

Our backpacks are packed and ready for a new school year with our SPIRIT students! A great deal of teamwork went into making it all come together. Thank you to our awesome volunteers who spent their time filling them for our teens!🎒

09/04/2026

🎉We had a SPIRIT Celebration Lunch for our students!🎉

We loved celebrating all they accomplished last school year and cheering them on as they head into what’s next. Students enjoyed lunch, connected with EnCompass staff, and picked out clothes, school supplies, and other essentials. It was also a chance to remind them that there’s a whole community of people in their corner.

We’re so grateful for everyone who helped make the day special. Most of all, we’re proud of these amazing teens and excited to see where they go next!

08/29/2026

Thank you, Spencerport Rotary! So nice of you all to invite us back and show more support for our teens.🤍

08/24/2026

The Henrietta Doll Lovers Club filled our van with Back-2-School donations!✏️That’s a whole lot of school-year goodness. Thank you for helping us get our teens ready for what's ahead!

08/18/2026

A backpack here, some hygiene supplies there, a few binders, and before you know it, we have a whole collection of Back-2-School supplies ready for our students!

These are some donations from Victoria’s Gallery Salon of Mendon, St. Paul Lutheran Church’s Adella Group, and many individual supporters. It all adds up, and we're so grateful for each and every one of you!