Charities
In the spirit of giving back to the community, Theo and Stacy's and the Dionysos Greek Festival donate money to support many local charities.
Here are some of the charities we have helped in the past
Vine Neighborhood Association
Girl Scouts of America
Junior League of Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo Jaycees
Fraternal Order of Police
Big Brothers and Big Sisters, A Community of Caring
Guidance Clinic
API Theater
Alzheimer's Association
This year we have chosen three worthy charities to be the recipients of a portion of the Dionysos Greek Festival proceeds.
The Kalamazoo Jaycees
The Jaycees have always been about offering "the total experience," improving the personal and professional lives of its members. All projects and programs run by the Kalamazoo Jaycees fall within one of four major programming areas of development:
Community Development
The Kalamazoo Jaycees are strongly dedicated to promoting and improving the quality of life for everyone in the community by raising thousands of dollars in money and donations to help many various organizations. In addition, the Kalamazoo Jaycees perform thousands of hours of volunteer work per year to enhance the resources and facilities available to the public. The Kalamazoo chapter encourages its members to be informed of community issues and events occurring around them.
Individual Development
Individual Development (ID) focuses on personal growth - there is something for everyone. ID is all about ?you.? It is a great place for all Jaycee members to find something that truly interests them through a diverse and unique set of activities offered.
Management Development
This area encompasses all projects dealing with the primary purpose of chapter management. This includes budgeting, obtaining and managing operating funds. Fund-raising, managing public relations, training members, and keeping chapter records are prominent areas of focus.
Membership Development
This area encompasses all projects and activities that allow current Jaycees to get to know one another and to welcome new potential members to the organization.
International Development
The Jaycees have members living in many parts of the world and this area of development offers Jaycees a chance to learn about other cultures.
Big Brothers Big Sister of Kalamazoo
The Big Brothers Big Sisters Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo and Van Buren Counties mission to enrich, empower and encourage children to reach their highest potential through safe, positive one-to-one mentoring relationships.The Big Brothers Big Sisters Vision is to provide a mentor to every child who wants or needs one.
Big Brothers Big Sisters A Community of Caring
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren Counties is a volunteer organization that provides children support, guidance, friendship and fun by matching them to adult role models. Founded in 1958, our mission is to place caring adult volunteers into the lives of children who need them to help each child to become a caring, socially competent, and responsible adult. Big Brothers Big Sisters serves this mission through a professional staff that carefully works with both the volunteers and the children to ensure that the experience of Big Brothers Big Sisters is one that is dynamic, fulfilling, memorable and fun for both the child and the volunteer.
Our Service Area
Big Brothers Big Sisters A Community of Caring serves the following 5 counties: Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren Counties.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
For over a century, Big Brothers and Big Sisters have helped children reach their potential through professionally supported one-to-one relationships with proven results.In 1904, a young New York City court clerk named Ernest Coulter was seeing more and more boys come through his courtroom. He recognized that caring adults could help many of these kids stay out of trouble, and he set out to find volunteers. That marked the beginning of the Big Brothers movement. By 1916, Big Brothers had spread to 96 cities across the country.
At around the same time, the members of a group called Ladies of Charity were befriending girls who had come through the New York Children?s Court. That group would later become Catholic Big Sisters.
Both groups continued to work independently until 1977, when Big Brothers of America and Big Sisters International joined forced and became Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
More than a century later, Big Brothers Big Sisters remains true to our founders' vision of bringing caring mentors into the lives of children. Big Brothers Big Sisters currently operates in all 50 states ... and in 35 countries around the world!
Alzheimer's Association
The Alzheimer's Association, Michigan Great Lakes Chapter is a donor-supported, non-profit voluntary health organization dedicated to providing supportive programs and services to people with Alzheimer's disease, their family members and care partners. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, the Michigan Great Lakes Chapter has three service regions and a governing board drawn from these regions. With offices in Kalamazoo, Lansing and Muskegon, the chapter serves 23 Michigan counties and an estimated 44,000 individuals with Alzheimer's disease.
Our mission
To eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.
Our vision
A world without Alzheimer's disease.