Kazoo Fest

The Annual Joe Benet Memorial Kazoo Fest, a longstanding holiday tradition, takes place during the Holiday Season at local malls in the Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse and Ithaca, NY regions. All of the proceeds from the Annual Joe Benet Memorial Kazoo Fest benefit the many programs and services provided by Camp Good Days to children, adults and families whose lives have been touched by cancer and other life threatening challenges.

The Kazoo Fest was started more than 60 years ago by Joe Benet outside the Toy Department of the Sibley's store on Main Street in downtown Rochester and has since become one of the major and most successful fundraising events to benefit the many programs and services provided by Camp Good Days. Following Joe Benet's death from cancer, his son, former Monroe County Legislator, Bill Benet, contacted Mervis to see if the Kazoo Fest tradition could be continued, staffed by volunteers, with proceeds benefiting the programs and services at Camp Good Days. Since 1984, Camp Good Days, with help and support from various retail locations and thousands of volunteers, has continued the Kazoo Fest.

All of the programs and services provided by Camp Good Days are free of charge to the participants. Camp Good Days relies on individual contributions and special fundraising events such as the Kazoo Fest. It is only through these contributions that Camp Good Days is able to continue providing some good days and special times to so many special children and families in our community.