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Mother Cabrini Health Foundation announced today it has dedicated $20 million in additional funding to support 25 nonprofit organizations addressing the ongoing healthcare and health-related needs of New Yorkers as a direct result of COVID-19.
Coronavirus Emergency Support Grants are being distributed across New York State to community-based emergency response funds, healthcare providers, hospitals, nursing homes and Catholic Charities affiliates serving all faiths, and other organizational efforts.
The $20 million in grants will support key initiatives addressing the impact of the pandemic on vulnerable populations, including:
Support for vaccine rollout, including grants to Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany to fund its mobile clinic vehicle, rental tents, and chairs to bring vaccination sites into rural communities, and to Saint Joseph s Medical Center in Yonkers to fund the development of an outreach ca
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ALBANY, N.Y. â American Red Cross recently announced Kate Qualters as the new chief development officer for its Eastern New York region.
The Red Cross in Eastern New York serves 27 counties and more than 3.6 million people throughout its Central and Northern New York, Hudson Valley, and Northeastern New York chapters along with three blood donation centers.
Last year, the region responded to 577 local disasters, providing relief to more than 2,300 people impacted by home fires, floods and other emergencies; trained 3,707 residents in free disaster training programs to help adults and children prepare for emergencies; served 2,882 military families and provided more than 5,000 case services to aid local veterans, service members and their families; enrolled 40,345 people in first aid, CPR, water safety and babysitting; and collected 66,435 units of blood to support hospitals and patients in need.
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AMSTERDAM Liberty ARC recently announced the appointment of Paul McAvoy as its new Director of Public Relations and Development. In this position, McAvoy will be responsible for managing the development, implementation and coordination of internal and external public relations strategies and day-to-day media relations.
McAvoy comes to Liberty ARC with a decade of experience in communications and development for non-profit human services organizations. He joins the agency from Maria College, where he served as the Associate Vice President of Advancement and was responsible for overseeing all operations of fundraising, communications, branding and marketing on behalf of the college.
Prior to that, McAvoy was the Director of Marketing and Communications at Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany, he served as the Senior Communications Specialist at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory and he was the Director of Communications for New Hampshire Catholic Charities.
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RENSSELAER - The Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany are helping people fight food insecurity during the pandemic.
A mass drive and walk-through food distribution was held in Rensselaer Friday morning.
Food items provided by the Regional Food Bank were packaged by volunteers.
Catholic Charities has been at this for months.
Catholic Charities has the following upcoming food distributions:
1/13 - Crosstown Plaza, 2330 Watt Street, Schenectady, 9:30 AM
1/15 - Centro Civico, 143 E. Main Street, Amsterdam, 9:30 AM
1/19 - Macedonia Baptist Church, 26 Wilson Avenue, 9:30 AM
1/20 - Hudson Valley Community College, 80 Vandenburg Avenue, Troy, 9:30 AM
1/22 - 230 Green Street, Albany at 9:30 AM
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