Upcoming Events Please contact your local president to update your email address if you have one. This will allow your local president to send you important updates. Local 903 Buffalo-Niagara May 5 membership meeting at The Polish Falcons, 445 Columbia Ave, Depew, NY 14043 (716-684- 2373); June 6: Local 903 Golf Tournament at the Chestnut Hill Country Club, 1330 Broadway, Darien, NY 14040. Donations from the event will benefit Veterans One Stop and the Angola Volunteer Fire Co. Sam Mogavero was a lifetime member of CSEA and the fire company. All golfers are welcome! Aug. 3 Local 903 Picnic at the Fontana’s Grove, 2299 Clinton St., West Seneca, NY 14224. (This location is close to the Buffalo city bus line.) Donations to the Veterans One Stop and the Angola Volunteer Fire Co. that were raised at the golf tournament will be presented at the picnic. For more information, call Barb Biniecki at 716-674-3395 or Richard DiSanto at 716-668-4983. Local 910 New York April 19, June 21, Sept. 20 and Nov. 15 at the CSEA Metropolitan Region Office, 125 Maiden Lane, 5th floor, Manhattan. Executive Board meets at 10:30 a.m. General membership meeting at 1 p.m. Please note that the local will only hold four meetings this year. For more info, contact Local President Barbara Rustin at (718) 655-6939. Local 919 Nassau March 22, April 19, May 24, Sept. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 15 and Dec. 6 (Holiday Meeting & Party) at the Levittown Hall, Levittown Pkwy. and Beech Lane, Hicksville. Refreshments 11:30 a.m. Meeting noon. RSVP to Local Pres. Dominic Ciaramella at (516) 796-3701. Local 921 Westchester is planning a luncheon this spring. More details will be available soon. Local 950 West Florida Feb. 23, 2016, Saddlebrook Resort Tampa, 5700 Saddlebrook Way, Wesley Chapel, FL. 8 a.m. registration, 9 a.m. meeting with luncheon. For more information, contact Local President Barbara Adams at (813) 943-1812. Local 951 East Florida Feb. 27, 2016, Wyndham Grand Jupiter at Harbourside Place, 122 Soundings Ave., Jupiter, FL. 8 a.m. registration, 9 a.m. meeting with luncheon. For more information, contact Local President Lawrence R. Staab at (516) 314-2764. Local 952 North Florida Feb. 19, 2016, Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista, 1751 Hotel Plaza Blvd, Lake Buena Vista, FL, 8 a.m. registration, 9 a.m. meeting with luncheon. For more information, contact Local President Sarah Jones at (386) 760-2177. News you can use... Buffalo-Niagara Retiree Local 903 members have been volunteering at the New York State Veterans Home at Batavia. Local 903 members recently worked with Western Region Veterans Committee to provide a luncheon for veterans. Luncheons are scheduled for March 13, June 26 and Oct. 2. For more information, call Western Region Veterans Committee Chair Bob Pyjas at 716-896-1640. If you donate $5 for the residents, you will receive a free hot pad. The local, as well as Western Region retiree and working members, are also working together to raise money for Batavia Veterans Home residents to be able to attend extra outings, raising $1,500 since 2014. The local needs new or leftover yarn, any color, from members, to keep making hot pads to raise money. For more information, call Barb Biniecki at 716-674-3395 or Richard DiSanto at 716-668-4983. Ithaca Area Retirees activists recently attended the Central Region Conference. Front row, from left, are Ithaca Area Retirees Local Vice President Joe Coletta, Ithaca Area Retirees Local President Terry Rosesmith and Chemung County Local Corresponding Secretary Nikia Wells. Back row, from left, are Central Region 2nd Vice President and Oswego County Local President Ken Greenleaf, Chemung County Local activist Venessa Cicora and Chemung County Local John Harris. CSEA North Florida Local 952, Unit 4 (Lake & Sumter County and The Villages) collected $250 in gift cards from members and donated them to Ocala, Fla. area non-profit agency SoZo Kids to buy holiday gifts for rural poor children who live in the Ocala National Forest. The local members collected the donations at their holiday meeting on Dec. 10 at the Golden Corral in The Villages. Unit Treasurer Betty Scanlon chaired the event, along with the assistance of Unit President Joe Schlosser. Local 952 President Sarah Jones also attended the meeting and showed support. New York Metropolitan Retirees Local 910 recently hosted a veterans’ basket raffle for retirees and active CSEA Metropolitan Region members. A state Taxation and Finance (New York City) Local member won the basket. Proceeds from the raffle will benefit residents at a local veterans hospital. CSEA North Florida Retirees Local activist Delores Walker’s son, New York City Civil Court (Kings County) Judge Craig S. Walker, center, a U.S. Navy veteran who was recently named the presiding judge of the first-ever Brooklyn Misdemeanor Veterans Treatment Court. The new court specializes in connecting veterans charged in low-level misdemeanor cases to social service providers, including the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, to receive treatment for issues such as drug and alcohol abuse, mental health and vocational training before a case is prosecuted. In the photo, from left, are Ed Walker, Delores Walker, Judge Craig S. Walker, Sydney Alveraz (Delores Walker’s granddaughter) and Candace Walker. 6 CSEA RETIREE NEWS
Retiree News Winter 2016
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