BROOME COUNTY — Local 648 (SUNY Binghamton) and Local 449 (Broome Developmental Center) joined efforts to form a joint women’s committee. The team’s first project was a school supplies drive which lasted from July until the middle of September.
Members donated:
- 8 book bags
- 38 notebooks
- 17 packs of colored pencils
- 8 pencil pouches
- 4 bottles of glue
- 2 glue sticks
- 14 packs of pencils
- 7 packs of markers
- 2 pencil boxes
- 7 folders
- 18 boxes of crayons
The joint women’s committee put the names of all the school districts in Broome County in a bowl, and Maine Endwell and Johnson City Central School districts were selected at random to receive the donations.
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*Is your local or committee holding a fundraiser or event? Let CSEA Region 5 Communications Specialist Nick Newcomb know (nicholas.newcomb@cseainc.org)*