Support Our School

We are so appreciative of our supporters and donors. Without them, we would not be able to meet our operating costs, make building and technology improvements, and provide scholarships to our families.
There are many ways you can support our school. Explore all the options below.

Classroom Wish Lists

Support our classrooms by purchase an item or two from their wish lists.

Preschool Wish List

Pre-Kindergarten Wish List

Kindergarten Wish List

Ms. Sykes' Wish List

Library Wish List

Music Wish List

All Year Fundraisers

Donate Gently Used Clothing and Linens
Donate your gently used clothing, drapes, bedding, shoes, and stuffed animals to our St. Pauly Textile shed located in the large parking lot of the school. We receive a money monthly based on the weight of the donations. Please DO NOT place rags, household items, fabric, toys, pillows, or other non-clothing and linen items in this shed.

 

Store Store

Go to schoolstore.com. Enter in our school zip code 14456 or search for St. Francis DeSales - St. Stephen (Do not click DeSales High School.).  Shop under the merchants header and a percentage of our purchase goes back to our school.

Box Tops for Education

You may remember clipping the box tops off of certain products. Now, the companies that support Box Tops for Education no longer allow clipping the little product codes, but they have you use the Box Top App to scan and upload your receipts when you buy certain products.

Download the app today. https://www.boxtops4education.com/s/get-the-app

Search for our school (SS Francis Desales Stephen) using the zip code 14456.

Bottles and Cans

Drop off your bottles and cans to any of the Dad's Cans location on Border City Rd. Mention the school and they will be sure to send us the money. We have a white bin in the large school parking lot for bottle and can donations.

Monetary and Gifts in Kind Donations

We accept monetary donations all year long. We receive donations in memory of alumni, parishioners, and family members. All monetary donations are used to support the school operations or provide financial assistance to reduce tuition costs to families.

If interested in making a monetary donation, please mail checks to 17 Elmwood Ave. Geneva, NY 14456 or they may be dropped off to the school or parish office during operating hours.

We do accept gifts in kind.
We have received classroom supply donations and office supplies such as copy paper. Please check out the teacher wish lists above to see what specifically we are looking for.

There are many events we have baskets or item raffles. We are always accepting gift cards/certificates or unopened/unwanted new items to include in these baskets.

Be a prayer partner

We understand that not everyone can make monetary or gift donations, so we ask that you be a partner in prayer for our school.

We pray together everyday at 8:15 am and at 2:20 pm. If you would like to say a prayer at that time for our students, their families, and the school, we would greatly appreciate it. We pray for our donors and supporters everyday.

Each month, we attend Mass together at St. Stephen Church. all our welcome to join us on these days at 8:30 am.

Grants, Bequests, and Memorials

We want to especially thank all our donors who have been making Catholic education possible in Geneva.

In 2022, we were blessed with an bequeath from the estate of Harry J. Touhey totaling over $2 million dollars. We have ensured the that this donation is maintained and be available in the years to come. This bequest is being held in a trust for the exclusive use of the school and is limited to making capital improvements, providing tuition assistance, and enhancing our educational programming for the benefit of our students. Thank you Harry J. Touhey and may you rest in peace knowing you will continue to serve our Catholic school for many years to come.

Throughout the year, we have been blessed to receive donations in memory of family members, alumni, and friends of St. Francis - St. Stephen School, DeSales High School, and other Catholic schools in the Central Finger Lakes Area. We are truly grateful for these donations and would love to list all the names in memory, but this list is constantly being added to.

 

Volunteer with us

We welcome volunteers (adults 18 years or older) to assist in many ways. You may help as a volunteer in the classroom, in our lunch room, help with coordinating or working a fundraiser, and many other ways.

To volunteer with us, all volunteers must complete the Creating A Safe Environment (CASE) training. Here is the link to the training:  dor.safeenvironment.org

User Instructions Accessing Safe Environment Training

Once the training has been completed, please submit your certificate to Don Cass - donald.cass@dor.org

 

Alumni

We are more than the Geneva Catholic school. We are the Catholic school in the Central Finger Lakes region.

All Catholic school alumni, whether from St. Francis, St. Stephen, St. Francis- St. Stephen, DeSales High School,  St. Mary - Waterloo, St. Michael - Newark, St. Patrick - Seneca Falls, are a vital part of the history of our school. Not only do you provide an important link to our past, but are important in securing the future of St. Francis - St. Stephen School.

Please fill out this form: Alumni Contact Form so that we can add you to our alumni database. If you have any questions, please contact our Principal, Suzanne Pohorence.