RRTC

2024
VOTE-COPE

Results:

With member support through VOTE-COPE, NYSUT continues to fight for our rights, our benefits, and for the professional respect we deserve.

On behalf of your SRTC-SEA leadership, sincere thanks to all who supported the 2024 VOTE-COPE campaign.

The following results reflect an increase in member participation and the total amount collected:

CONTRIBUTORS: 181
CONTRIBUTIONS: $13,346

Our local has continued to show support in making NYSUT’s voice heard.

Community Relations

T. McTaggart, J. Nencetti, & S. Roberts

Thank you to all for your generosity!
Our Chapter makes an annual donation of $500.00 to each of the following:

Feeding Ministry at Christ Episcopal Church
Sloatsburg Food Pantry

We will continue GIVING our support to the Christ Episcopal Church Soup Kitchen in Suffern and the Sloatsburg Food Pantry.

Our donations for 2024 totaled $5,815.00, and since 2013 we have contributed $50,497.00!

Donations will be collected at our Spring and Fall Luncheons, or can be mailed at your convenience to addresses below.

Thank you for your ongoing generosity! It is greatly appreciated!

Sloatsburg Food Pantry
Make checks payable to “Sloatsburg Food Pantry” (memo: Donation) and mail to:
Tom McTaggart
14 Waldron Terrace
Sloatsburg, NY 10974

Christ Church Soup Kitchen:Make checks payable to “Christ Episcopal Church” (memo: Soup Kitchen) and mail to:
Joyce Nencetti
371 Heights Rd.
Wyckoff, NJ 07481

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Below please see the letter from Rev. Cranston explaining the Soup Kitchen program, and how this Ministry helps those in need. He is always so thankful for our support!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I would like to give you a little more information about our 45 year old program at Christ Episcopal Church for those in need of food. Thanks to your great generosity, we are able to continue our expansive ministry both in the Feeding Ministries and our large Thrift Ministries.

In our Feeding Program we have two separate areas. The first is the Daily Lunch Program. At least three times a week it is a hot meal. On Sundays, Temple Beth Israel Shir Shalom in Mahwah, NJ, provides lunches and has done so for decades. The daily count ranges from 16 to 40, so at an average of 27, that comes to 1,404 daily lunches per year. These are complete lunches and given to anyone with no questions asked.

The second part is our Pantry Ministry. We collect and distribute large quantities of food to those who sign up. These large food boxes have enough food to feed a family for one week. It is based on the number of people in the family. We try to accommodate allergies; etc. There are canned foods, dry foods, bread, butter, milk, eggs and frozen vegetables as well as meats. The average family is four. We load this food into their automobiles so they don't have to come into the buildings. Covid has changed a lot here

Thanks to your help and the help of other charities, we see no possibility of this slowing down or even tapering off for the future.

Blessings to all of you always.
The Rev. Dale L. Cranston