Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Apples For a Sweet New Year!
On Sunday, September 21st UJA Westchester families and Jteens went on an apple picking journey to Blue Jay Orchard in Connecticut. The volunteers picked and donated 700 pounds of apples to Met Council! The day was complete with hayrides and face painting! With all those apples, Met Council clients are sure to have a healthy, happy, sweet new year! Thanks to all the volunteers who came out to pick apples and to UJA!
Met Council Celebrates the Opening of a New Housing Site!
Met Council proudly opened another housing facility for low-income seniors at 385 Third Avenue about six months ago and on September 19th celebrated with a ribbon cutting ceremony and breakfast for the new tenants. We are happy to say that the event was a wonderful success!
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, and Councilwoman Rosie Mendez were all on hand to welcome the new tenants and applaud Met Council’s dedication to supplying quality housing to the low-income elderly throughout New York City.
Tenants of the new Third Avenue housing site enjoyed a lovely breakfast and had a chance to express their gratitude to the Met Council staff that worked so hard to see the building through to fruition. This fantastic morning would not have been possible without the efforts of Met Council’s team of volunteers, who mingled with the seniors and helped with set up and clean up. A special thanks goes to James Rooney and the volunteers of Akamai Technologies who helped to make the ceremony truly special for all that attended!
Tenants of the new Third Avenue housing site enjoyed a lovely breakfast and had a chance to express their gratitude to the Met Council staff that worked so hard to see the building through to fruition. This fantastic morning would not have been possible without the efforts of Met Council’s team of volunteers, who mingled with the seniors and helped with set up and clean up. A special thanks goes to James Rooney and the volunteers of Akamai Technologies who helped to make the ceremony truly special for all that attended!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Thanks To Everyone Who Came Out For The "Fighting Poverty With Faith: Email Campaign!"
On Monday, September 15th, Met Council participated in the nation wide Fighting Poverty with Faith: Week of Action. This was a project co-sponsored by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and Catholic Charities. People of all faiths were asked to participate in fighting poverty by asking their local, state, and national candidates what they plan on doing in their first 100 days of office to combat poverty.
Met Council hosted an “Email Campaign” in which volunteers joined us in our main office to write emails to local elected officials. As this election season progresses and funding for social service agencies dwindles it has become imperative that the public takes a more aggressive role in asking officials what they plan to do to alleviate poverty in their communities. Volunteers were able to send emails imploring elected officials to support the poor and near-poor throughout New York City. We were also grateful to have had Diane J. Barrett, Chief of Staff for Assemblyman Rory Lancman of Queens here to speak to our volunteers about what Assemblyman Lancman has done to help the people of Queens battling poverty. She spoke on how Assemblyman Lancman has made it a priority to seek and provide funding for food pantries throughout Queens. Many thanks to the wonderful Met Council Volunteers that participated in the event and a special thank you to Diane J. Barrett for coming to speak!
Met Council hosted an “Email Campaign” in which volunteers joined us in our main office to write emails to local elected officials. As this election season progresses and funding for social service agencies dwindles it has become imperative that the public takes a more aggressive role in asking officials what they plan to do to alleviate poverty in their communities. Volunteers were able to send emails imploring elected officials to support the poor and near-poor throughout New York City. We were also grateful to have had Diane J. Barrett, Chief of Staff for Assemblyman Rory Lancman of Queens here to speak to our volunteers about what Assemblyman Lancman has done to help the people of Queens battling poverty. She spoke on how Assemblyman Lancman has made it a priority to seek and provide funding for food pantries throughout Queens. Many thanks to the wonderful Met Council Volunteers that participated in the event and a special thank you to Diane J. Barrett for coming to speak!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
FIGHTING POVERTY WITH FAITH: A WEEK OF ACTION
Met Council is hosting an EMAIL CAMPAIGN
Fight poverty with a little faith and a lot of emails!
Come help us write emails to our representatives, and meet the elected officials and
candidates who have pledged to fight poverty with us. Met Council will provide lunch.
DATE: September 15th
TIME: 12:00PM-1:00PM
LOCATION: Main Office
80 Maiden Lane 21st Floor
NYC, New York 10038
If interested please contact me at 212-453-9675 or email jlupo@metcouncil.org
Met Council is hosting an EMAIL CAMPAIGN
Fight poverty with a little faith and a lot of emails!
Come help us write emails to our representatives, and meet the elected officials and
candidates who have pledged to fight poverty with us. Met Council will provide lunch.
DATE: September 15th
TIME: 12:00PM-1:00PM
LOCATION: Main Office
80 Maiden Lane 21st Floor
NYC, New York 10038
If interested please contact me at 212-453-9675 or email jlupo@metcouncil.org
385 Third Avenue Opening Ceremony and Residents Breakfast
Hi everyone!
Friday, September 19th, Met Council will be celebrating the opening of our new housing unit at 385 Third Street in Manhattan with a breakfast for the new residents. The event will take place from 9:00 to 12:00PM. Volunteers are needed to help set up, assist with food, and to help us give the new residents a warm, happy welcome to their new home!
GREAT opportunity to meet new people, give back to the community, and have fun!
If you are interested, please contact me at 212-453-9675 or email me at jlupo@metcouncil.org
Thank you and I hope everyone has a wonderful end of summer!
Friday, September 19th, Met Council will be celebrating the opening of our new housing unit at 385 Third Street in Manhattan with a breakfast for the new residents. The event will take place from 9:00 to 12:00PM. Volunteers are needed to help set up, assist with food, and to help us give the new residents a warm, happy welcome to their new home!
GREAT opportunity to meet new people, give back to the community, and have fun!
If you are interested, please contact me at 212-453-9675 or email me at jlupo@metcouncil.org
Thank you and I hope everyone has a wonderful end of summer!
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