Community Action

The Community Action Committee is a service committee that endeavors to connect R-UTN members with volunteer organizations, worthy local charities, and group “field trips.”

An Second Plea for the Citizens of Louisiana

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This following is reposted from NYSUT

Donate to Disaster Relief to help union families in Louisiana

The flooding in Louisiana has been devastating. More than 110,000 homes remain damaged; more than 265,000 children (30 percent of the school-age population of the state) have been out of school; and thousands of teachers, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, and other paraprofessionals have been displaced. Please show the union families affected by the flooding that we care: Donate what you can through NYSUT Disaster Relief.
NYSUT’s national affiliates, the NEA and AFT, are soliciting donations, and NYSUT staff will participate through a “dress down” week, with contributions destined to the relief effort. Send your individual or local union contributions to NYSUT Disaster Relief Fund, 800 Troy-Schenectady Road, Latham, NY, 12110, and the union will forward them to the national effort. Thank you in advance, on behalf of our sisters and brothers in Louisiana, for your help!

Please Donate

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Louisiana is devastated by the recent floods. If you want to help you can donate online at the AFT website or the website for the American Red Cross. 

To donate by check – mail check payable to:
NYSUT Disaster Relief Fund
NYSUT
800 Troy-Schenectady Rd
Latham NY  12110
or
American Red Cross
PO Box 37839
Boone, IA 50037-0839

Support the ALS Community

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Special showing of football player Steve Gleason ALS Documentary on 8/14 at Lowes Cinema Stony Brook

 
Hey Friends,Lets get together as a community and come out to show support as well as see the documentary about a mover and shaker in the world of ALS.

Thanks to Karen Wood,we found out the Steven Gleason movie is being shown for only a limited engagement at the Lowes Cinema. I suggest everyone come out to see it. It is an important movie that deserves support. We must show the media world there is an active, vibrant and large ALS community. We have to make it a financial success so others will be willing to tackle the subject matter.

I plan on attending the 5:30 showing on sunday the 14th. We will proudly wear our ALS Ride for Life t shirts to let the world know who we are and why we are at this movie. I suggest those of you who have a shirt from ALS Ride (or some ALS shirt) wear as it well.

Hope to see a hell of a crowd so, drag a friend or two with you! Let our voice be heard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is a second showing at 8:10pm for those unable to make the 5:30pm showing.

Chris Pendergast, ALS Patient
Ride For Life Founder & President

Ride For Life Facebook Page

Call for Volunteers

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Volunteers Needed to Meet Unprecedented Demand for CAPS Prevention Programs

Child Abuse Prevention Services (CAPS), Long Island’s leading volunteer organization dedicated to preventing child abuse and neglect, is looking for concerned individuals to present their acclaimed classroom programs on bullying, Internet safety and child abuse prevention to students for the upcoming 2016 school year.

Free professional training provided this summer to present workshops to students in grades 1-12, on child abuse, bully prevention, Internet safety and more. To volunteer visit the CAPS website at www.capsli.org or call 516-621-0552. Read this Call for Volunteers June 2016 PDF document for more information.