focus alert - september 19 2014
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8/11/2019 FOCUS Alert - September 19 2014
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1. Mac and Cheese Has Arrived!
2. Hungry for Justice
3. Photo Petition to End Child Hunger
4. The SEFA Campaign
5. Winter Breakfast Volunteer Orientation
6. CRTC Course: Energy & Ethics
7. Advocacy Spotlight
2. Hungry for Justice Meet-Up
3. Photo Petition to End Child Hunger
1. Mac and Cheese Has Arrived!
4. The SEFA Campaign
FOCUS Churches of Albany275 State St. Albany NY 12210
518.443.0460
www.focuschurches.net
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5. Winter Breakfast Volunteer Orientation
Make Your SEFA Pledgeto FOCUS Today.
As part of the State Employees Feder-ated Appeal, we ask that you pledge toFOCUS. This appeal provides essentialsupport to the individuals and families
who make use of the FOCUS Inter-faith Food Pantry and Breakfast Pro-gram throughout the year.
FOCUS SEFA Number is:
50-00147More informationabout this campaign:http://www.sefanys.org/index.html
6. CRTC Course Offering: Energy & Ethics
The FOCUS Photo Petition I Stand to End Child Hunger is in the works
and we want you to be a part of this important effort to contact our mem-
bers of Congress with a simple message: protect and strengthen fund-
ing for child nutrition programs.
Over the summer, FOCUS offered the opportunity to participate in the
photo petition at summer worship services. Participants held various signs
with messages of support and their pictures were taken to be included in
the petition.
We are asking FOCUS congregations to carry on with this photo petition
during the weeks of Sept. 21-28. This time frame provides 2 Sundays for
you to participate!
An enormous donation of nutritious macaroni and cheese packages has
arrived to the FOCUS Interfaith Food Pantry, thanks to the hard work of
over 100 volunteers in coordination with the Lutheran Cluster. FOCUS
and other area food programs were the recipient of a large quantity of
family-portioned meals to be distributed to pantry guests. We thank so
many of you who volunteered with the meal packaging event to make
this possible.
Are you ready? The FOCUS Winter Breakfast Volunteer orientation
is set for October 28, 2014, 5:30-7:30pm. All current, past, and prospec-
tive volunteers who plan to volunteer in this program are asked to attend
this important training and info-session. It will include news on the up-
coming season from staff, a light dinner, and a presentation on nonviolent
communication. We hope that you will join us.
The first day of Winter Breakfast will be November 4, 2014.
Please RSVP to Beth to let us know if you will be attending.
Thank you! (518) 463-0460
FOCUS will host a series of meet-ups for 18-29 yr. olds to engage in the
work of advocacy around the issue of hunger and poverty. Get to know
each other, whats happening in the world of anti-hunger advocacy, and
how to plug in! Interested? Know someone in your congregation who
may like to meet-up? Contact Beth Glassanos:
These meet-ups will provide an opportunity for you to
collaborate with others in group-guided advocacy strategies.
Our first meeting will be held September 25th 6:30-7:30 PM
Please RSVP & join us! 518-443-0460
ENERGY & ETHICS - a hot topic with complicated questions and complex
answers. You want to put your faith into action, but how can you makeknowledgeable decisions with so much information and so many opin-
ions? Floyd Barwig, member of FOCUS congregation (Westminster Pres-
byterian) is the former Director, Office of Energy Efficiency and Environ-
ment (OEEE), State of NY Public Service Commission, will facilitate a
conversation to get you fired up and talking! According to Floyd Barwig,
Energy does not exist in isolation - energy choice has an impact. Lets
take the issues, look at the pros and cons, have a conversation, and leave
better equipped to make informed decisions - and THEN put your faith
into action!
Saturday, 9/27/2014, 9:00am - 12:00pm
$50 (includes continental breakfast)
First Lutheran Church of Albany, 181 Western Avenue, Albany, NY
Conversation provided by Capital Region Theological Center.For reservation call (518) 462-2470
Click here for more event information.
7. Advocacy Spotlight
The crisp cold weather of fall is officially here and advocacy issues are
heating up. This past Tuesday & Wednesday, FOCUS and many other
groups participated in the Faith for a Fair New York Conference to discuss
our shared work on moral budgeting, low wage workers campaigns, immi-
gration reform, single payer healthcare, and more.Below is a link to one
of the key issues at stake as we fight economic inequality in our state: theOne Fair Wage campaign.
What is the One Fair Wage Campaign?
The #1FairWage Campaign is the effort to end the sub-minimum wage for
tipped workers. The sub-minimum wage for tipped workers in New York
fuels low pay, high poverty, and unstable paychecks. There is only one fix
for this broken two-tiered wage system: It's time to end the sub-minimum
wage for our state's tipped workers.
Article about the sub-minimum wage in the Daily News
I Want to Sign the Petition Now.
Coming Up Soon: The Hunger Action Network of New York
State Annual Meeting. Join us! FOCUS will be heading down to Riv-
erside Church for this all-day event. We will take off in the early morning
and return in the evening. For those interested in attending, contact FO-
CUS if you are interested in carpooling: (518) 443-0460. Click here to
view informational flyer.
Lorraine Houk, Pantry Manager
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