NYSARC Gives Back: Individuals at The Arc, Oneida-Lewis Chapter Donate to Rome Hospital and other Local Agencies
Rome, NY - For Tommy Taylor the smile he wears while knitting beautiful baby hats at the Rome Day Program at The Arc, Oneida-Lewis Chapter says it all. “He is so proud of the work he does and it shows,” said Day Hab Specialist Michele Meeks. The hats Tommy knits are donated for newborn babies on [...]
NYSARC Gives Back: Coarc Hosts Blood Drive To Help Community In Need
Residents from throughout Columbia County came out to Coarc’s Prospect Avenue building in Hudson to support the Red Cross’ efforts to cull one of the worst emergency blood shortages in recent memory. Within its first hour the drive had already taken in 15 pints of blood, and expected to see more as the day went [...]
NYSARC Gives Back: Fulton County Chapter and FLAME Concert Raise Funds and Collect Food for Local Pantries
Gloversville—A concert held in March during Disabilities Awareness Month at Lexington’s Gloversville Day Hab Building raised $2100 that will be distributed to local food pantries. These efforts were part of the “NYSARC Gives Back” initiative, which was specifically geared towards local and regional food pantries. Lexington is the Fulton County Chapter of NYSARC, Inc. Hundreds [...]
NYSARC Gives Back: Goodwill-HARC Store to Give Professional Outfits to Vets
Herkimer - Thousands of military men and women who recently returned from abroad seek to re-join the workforce at home. Some lack clothes for work and interviews or even a place to live. This Memorial Day weekend, the Goodwill-HARC Store & Donation Center, supported by the Herkimer County Chapter of NYSARC, will provide a professional outfit [...]
NYSARC Gives Back: AHRC Nassau Adults with Special Needs Read to Local School Children
Brookville, NY - Cows on strike and a generous tree brought local school children and adults with special needs together for an innovative reading program a week before National Week of the Young Child (April 22-28). Adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities from AHRC Nassau’s Vocational Training Center in Freeport visited Holy Family School in [...]
NYSARC Gives Back: Clinton County Chapter Coordinates Community-Wide Food Drive
Throughout the month of March, the Advocacy and Resource Center, the Clinton County Chapter of NYSARC, Inc., coordinated an agency- and community-wide food drive to benefit the JCEO and Interfaith food shelves in support of the NYSARC Gives Back President’s Project. Altogether, the Chapter collected more than 3,100 pounds of food. Employees and the people [...]
NYSARC Gives Back: Ulster-Greene ARC Volunteerism for NYSARC Gives Back President’s Project
“Many Ulster-Greene ARC individuals have been involved in helping their communities for years. We find that the volunteer experience itself affords a fresh perspective on individuals’ situations, defining them as capable of helping someone else. In honor of the NYSARC Gives Back President’s Project, some of our residences and Day Habs were also inspired and [...]
NYSARC Gives Back: Warren and Washington Counties ARC (WWARC) Will Present Several Hundred Donated Items to the SPCA of Upstate New York
WWARC is saying “thank you” to the Warren and Washington Counties residents by using the strength of their 350 employees and over 25 facilities sprinkled across its communities by asking their employees to assist in the collection of pet food and supplies. This will benefit pet owners who may need assistance in feeding their four-legged [...]
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