DO YOU VOLUNTEER? WE WANT TO KNOW!
DECEMBER 9, 2020 by Joe Sano, 1st Vice President
Archive of RC 10 Articles
RC 10 ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY
RC 10 is pleased to announce a $1,000 scholarship award for 2022 public high school graduating seniors pursuing a degree in education at either a two-year college transfer program or a four-year college. This scholarship award will be given to one qualified student from each of the four counties represented by RC 10 (Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Washington). Funds are paid at the end of the first semester of freshman year of college.
RC 10 ELECTION OF OFFICERS, SPRING 2020
DECEMBER 2020, By Laraine Gillette, RC 10 Secretary
Since there was no general membership meeting in the spring, the membership had no opportunity to vote for the officers and delegates for 2020-2023. Following guidelines from NYSUT, the Board of Directors acted on the uncontested officer and delegate positions.
SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE REPORT
From July 2020 through February 2021, RC 10 members donated a total of $13,619 to the BackPack Program supporting over 40 schools and approximately 3,100 students. Thank you for your help. A donation of any amount is appreciated.
RC 10 ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
It is the custom of RC 10 to acknowledge the winners of the annual scholarships we award at our June dinner meeting. Unfortunately, for the last two years we have been unable to meet in person and therefore were not able to honor these recipients in the usual manner. Please read below a short introduction to each of our winners from 2021 which would have been shared at the dinner.
RC 10 SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE REPORT DECEMBER 2020
The total of donations by RC 10 members to the Backpack Food Program in 2019-2020 was $12,984. From July 1 to November 30, 2020 the total of onations from our members was $9,844. The need, however, continues. The 2020-21 school year will be like no other! All families have been impacted by COVID 19 and many school programs are in need of community assistance.
RC 10’s BACKPACK PROGRAM HOLIDAY “DRIVE FOR DONATIONS”
THANK YOU!
TOTAL: $9,844
FROM: 71 DONATIONS GIVEN FROM JULY 1 TO NOVEMBER 30, 2020
30 SCHOOLS WERE SUPPORTED
THANK YOU!
The holidays will be especially difficult this year. Our goal is to have every RC 10 district receive support during the holiday season.
WHAT INTERESTING ACTIVITIES DO YOU DO FROM HOME?
By BARB McCARTHY, December 2020
What resources have you used to keep busy during the Pandemic? Are they available to the public? Please consider sharing some of those links and give us a category to list them under on our website so that we can share with other RC 10 members. It’s going to be a long winter.
Here is an example from history:
WHAT IS OF INTEREST TO YOU?
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BY RUTH SHIPPEE, December 2020
This year has been challenging on so many levels. The holidays have been different than those in the past.
The events, conferences, and meetings that we as retirees have had previously also need to take a different look as we adapt to the current health concerns.