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| In
a joint effort with our Brothers & Sisters from
SEIU-1199 P, we have been continually sending care
packages of donated snack items, drinks and personal
hygiene items to our servicemen and women currently
serving in Iraq. Our union members have also made
monetary donations to defray the cost of shipping the
packages. |
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213th Area Support Group, comprised of
soldiers from PA, NY and NJ was selected as our
project. With
the impending November, December and January 2007
holidays, we decided to have a cookie extravaganza. |
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of Health staff, some spouses and one child met at a
local farm on a Saturday and began baking 3,065
cookies with monies donated to purchase ingredients.
The packages of cookies, along with Christmas
cards and letters, were mailed in November. |
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were surprised to learn that a flag was flown on the 16th
of October over the 213th Area Support Group
Headquarters Building at Logistical Support Area
Anaconda, a base that is critical in fighting the Global
War on Terrorism. That same flag was sent to our local office along with a
Certificate of Authenticity and a photo of the 213th
Area Support Group, in recognition of our support. |
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| In
conjunction with AFSCME’s partnership with the Martin Luther
King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation “Build the
Dream” campaign, Local 2450 donated a $200 monetary gift to
assist the Memorial Foundation in the building of a memorial
in Washington, DC to honor the life, work and legacy of Dr.
King.
Our
donation serves to honor Dr. King for what he did for the
striking sanitation workers in Memphis, members of AFSCME
Local 1733 (1968), and remind our nation and the world of how
much remains to be done for all of us to realize his dream. |
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Community Links
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| Emmaus
Ministries Soup Kitchen/Food Pantry |
| Shriner’s
Hospital for Children |
| Erie
City Mission |
| Second
Harvest Food Bank |
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