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: 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 [...]
NYSARC Volunteers Provide Assistance to Hundreds of New York State Families [Press Release]
Volunteers across the State helped hundreds of families and local organizations during the last week in March DELMAR, NY (04/04/2012)(readMedia)– Every day, volunteers from NYSARC, Inc. Chapters participate in a large variety of community activities. From food drives to Meals on Wheels to blood drives, NYSARC’s involvement in the local community is vital to the [...]
NYSARC Gives Back: The Men of Underwood Help Head Start Have a Clean Start
On March 24, staff person Amber Warren and the four men of The Arc Otsego‘s Underwood IRA, Mitch Woodbeck, Tommy Sidoti, Bernarr Miller and Mike Dewey, grabbed trowel, shovel, rake and wheelbarrow to help Oneonta’s Head Start with spring cleaning. The playground needed to be freshened up after the winter and most importantly, the sandbox [...]
NYSARC Gives Back: The Arc Otsego Participates in Blood Drive, Exceeds Goals
Oneonta - On March 27, The Arc Otsego exceeded its goal of 22 units and donated 33 units of blood to The American Red Cross. Staff, family, and friends rose to the challenge as part of NYSARC Gives Back President’s Project-a week long effort by all of NYSARC’s 55 Arc chapters to give back to the [...]
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