Members of the Niagara PAL Youth Forum, along with adult volunteers, cook and serve
a pancake breakfast to Santa and 100 local children. After breakfast, photos
with Santa are taken and each child receives a special gift from Santa. A
variety of craft stations are set up for the children to enjoy.
Santa never misses
School 84 - it is his number one priority.
He also makes a few personnel visits during the season. Assisting the Niagara
Falls High School staff in providing food to approximately twenty-five families
in need. About 215 children receive Christmas gifts through the efforts of
Niagara PAL, which would have gone without.
Easter Event
Since 2001, the Niagara PAL Youth Forum has hosted an easter egg hunt for local
children. Refreshments, crafts, an easter egg hunt, and pictures with the
easter bunny are the highlights of the day. Each child also receives a basket
of goodies from the bunny himself.
Hard work on the part of PAL volunteers has created the Halloween Spooktacular.
Carnival games were hand crafted by members. Local children enjoy the games,
refreshments, crafts, pumpkin painting, and a costume contest.
Annually, in conjunction with Niagara County Social Services,
more than 1,000 children have the opportunity to fly a kite. This is a free
program, registration on a first come basis, run at Reservoir State Park.
Each participant receives a kite, a t-shirt, a hot dog and drink, and a chance to
win various prizes.
