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tillwater School District Unit members Fred Myott, bus driver, and
News briefs from around the state
Upstate Medical Local Veterans Committee distributes
Valentines Day care packages to female veterans
SYRACUSE — CSEA Upstate Medical Local activist Doreen Jacobs, chair of her local’s Veterans Committee, shared the love on Valentine’s Day by distributing 100 gift bags for female veterans who recently visited the Women’s Wellness Center at the Syracuse Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Jacobs, who regularly refers patients to the wellness center as part of her job as a hospital service clerk at Upstate Medical University Hospital’s Radiology Department, filled the bags with items such as lipstick, fragrances and chocolate.
Veterans Administration Nurse Case Manager Michelle White, left, accepts donations of Valentine’s Day gift bags from Doreen Jacobs, chair of Upstate Medical University Local’s Veterans Committee.
New contract for Cheektowaga school workers
CHEEKTOWAGA — On March 30, the Cheektowaga Central Education Unit ratified a four-year deal with a 10 percent wage increase. Health insurance contributions
will remain the same. The members also negotiated a more flexible vacation schedule and an increase in sick days for part-time employees. The contract expires on June 30, 2020.
Lending a hand
to veterans
CORNING — On April 2, CSEA Western Region Women’s Committee Conference attendees
donated more
than 75 pounds of
cleaning supplies and household items to Bath Veterans Administration Medical Center. The initiative is part of our members’ ongoing Strong Communities Work commitment to develop lasting partnerships with organizations that deliver veterans services in Western New York. Accepting the donations was the hospital’s Voluntary Service Specialist Mary Harkin, far right.
Mary Brior, bus monitor, were nearing the end of their run in rural Washington County when they noticed a barn in flames. Myott stopped
at a safe distance and stayed on the bus with the two remaining students while Brior ran to the house to alert the woman inside. After calling 911, Brior helped evacuate three goats -– a mother and her kids. The fire department arrived and the duo alerted the bus garage that they would be a few minutes late getting back – all in a day’s work.
District bus staff help contain fire, save goats
Member efforts garner esteemed pCublic health achievement
SEA members employed at the Putnam
County Health Department were
part of a team that recently helped the department secure national accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board. Nearly every department
worker participated in some way in the accreditation process, an intense project that began in 2012. Putnam County is only the third county in New York to become accredited.
Above, CSEA members involved in the accreditation process include, clockwise from top left: Marianne Burdick, Erin Ray Pasaretti, Kathleen Percacciolo and Barbara Ilardi.
Local helps community’s dogs
CSEA Town of Hempstead Local President Charlie Sellitto and other local officers recently joined Town of Hempstead Supervisor Anthony J. Santino and Councilman Anthony D’Esposito in making their community stronger by kicking off the town’s dog food donation program.
The local donated 500 pounds of dog food to the program, largely by securing a generous donation from a local attorney’s office, to help town residents in need feed their pets.
CSEA Town of Hempstead Local officers deliver donated dog food to town officials. From left are Hempstead Local 3rd Vice President Theresa A. Kohutka, Local President Charlie Sellitto, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Anthony J. Santino, Councilman Anthony D’Esposito and Hempstead Local 4th Vice President Mike Errico.
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