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Walden Savings Bank continues contribution to Food Bank MONTGOMERY (January 23) – Walden Savings Bank continues support of local nonprofit organizations with this year’s Ornament Campaign donation of $4,000 to Food Bank of the Hudson Valley. Every year, Walden Savings Bank employees, along with customers, participate in the food bank’s annual campaign where paper ornaments were purchased at each branch location for $1 each from Thanksgiving until the New Year. In matching each donation, Walden Savings Bank this year provided 16,000 meals to families. “Food Bank of the Hudson Valley plays a vital role in helping families get what they need most,” said Derrik R. Wynkoop, president and CEO of Walden Savings Bank. “The holiday season can be a tough time for families in need and we’re pleased to do our part in bringing joy this time of year.” Working in partnership with the food industry, the Food Bank collects large donations of unmarketable but still edible food, and distributes it to charitable agencies feeding hungry people in a six county region. Today, the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley, in conjunction with the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York, serves over 1,000 member agencies in 23 counties from the Canadian border to the Westchester border.
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Hats, gloves, scarves donated to needy Hyde Park students HYDE PARK (January 23) - The Town of Hyde Park Historical Society members and their guests met for our annual Holiday Luncheon on January 14. Each year members bring new warm hats, gloves, mittens, and scarves that are brought to the nurses' offices of the Hyde Park grade schools for those students in need, and they are very much appreciated. The Society will meet on Tuesday, February 28th, 7:00 p.m. at the Hyde Park United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, Route 9, Hyde Park. The featured speaker will be Tobe Carey who will show his new film on "Sweet Violets." This film tells the forgotten story of the violet industry in the Hudson Valley region of New York State.
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Monthly car seat checks POUGHKEEPSIE (January 12) - Properly installed and used child safety seats reduce the risk of fatal injury by 71 percent for infants and by 54 percent for toddlers in passenger cars. Yet the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has estimated that close to 3 out of 4 parents do not use child restraints correctly based on the child’s age and size, vehicle specifications or other criteria. That is why Health Quest is partnering with Beekman Fire Department to offer a free car seat safety seat check and installation station on the first Friday of every month at the Beekman Fire House (316 Beekman Poughquag Rd.). A nationally certified car seat technician will be on hand from 6:30-9:30 pm. The next session is scheduled for Friday, February 3, 2012. Technicians will inspect your current seat or teach you how to install a new seat. Please bring your children so they can be fitted to their current seats. Special needs seat fitting is available. Appointments are required. Please call 475-9742 for more information or to schedule an appointment. Additional times & locations available.
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Chazen Companies support Regional Food Bank’s Backpack Program POUGHKEEPSIE (January 12) - The Chazen Companies donated $250 to the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York’s BackPack Program. During the check presentation, Mark Quandt, the food bank’s Executive Director accepted the check from David Ardman, Chazen’s Senior Director of Business Development. Each December, the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York and Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan (CDPHP) partner to fight childhood hunger in our community. The mission of the BackPack Program is to ensure hungry children have nutritious and easy-to-prepare food at times when other resources are not available. The program provides backpacks filled with food that is child-friendly, shelf-stable, and easily consumed. CDPHP matched donations of $100 or more and donated $5 for every new “like” on the Food Bank’s Facebook page. “Chazen has always been strongly rooted in community values and it’s important to support organizations like the Regional Food Bank that works so hard to feed hungry and disadvantaged people,” said Mark Kastner, the firm’s President. Founded over 60 years ago, The Chazen Companies is a professional services firm offering engineering, land surveying, environmental, planning, and landscape architecture services.
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Ulster County Arts & Music Week January 7 - 17 More details on our Arts & Entertainment Page
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