12 Days of Giving: campus-wide initiative begins Wednesday, Nov. 28
Dear Colleagues,
This is a personal invitation requesting that all members of the Hudson Valley campus community participate in a special project to “adopt” Joseph’s House and Shelter in downtown Troy this holiday season! I know that a lot of departments adopt families for the holiday season and give back to the community in various ways. However, wouldn’t be fantastic if Hudson Valley Community College was able to give back to the community as one?
Joseph’s House is a not for profit organization that services Troy, as well as the Capital Region. They have three facilities located throughout Troy. Their vision is to develop a community where everyone has safe and affordable housing, and their mission is to provide services to end homelessness. The requests for help from the homeless have been increasing steadily by 10% every year! Visit http://www.josephshousetroy.org/ for more information.
The plan is to collect much-needed personal care items and NEW clothing – especially cold-weather gear – for the shelter guests, both men and women. Our goal is to collect 1,200 items. That’s 100 items a day for 12 days! I am encouraging all employees to work as a team to make this goal a reality, although individual donations also are welcome!
As donations are collected, they will be highlighted in the Campus Chronicle as inspiration throughout the 12 Days of Giving that will conclude on Thursday, Dec. 13 (weekend days are not included). It is my hope that there will be at least one act of generosity or creative fund-raising tactic to mention every day of this giving initiative!
Here’s how you and/or your department/office mates can help meet our goal:
Collect donations of these items:
Clothing – priority, winter-season items are shown in bold
- warm, heavy socks
- hats/mittens/scarves/heavy (ski) gloves
- sweat pants and sweat shirts
- long johns
- long-sleeved shirts
- men’s boxers/women’s underwear
- sports bras of all sizes
- slippers for both men and women
General and Personal Care – full-size (not samples) are requested
- shampoo and conditioner, or combo like Pert
- razors and shaving cream
- deodorant for men and women
- body wash
- lip balm
- nail clippers
- wash cloths
- hand warmers
- liquid laundry detergent
- fabric softener sheets
Monetary gifts will also be accepted. Please contact me (see below) for further information.
Deliver your donations to any of the following drop-off locations:
ADM 140 – Human Resources (Dina Farr)
CTR 270 – Wellness Center (Claudine Potvin-Giordano)
EOC reception desk (Lucie Marion)
FTZ 157 – Dental Hygiene (Judy Dilorenzo)
GUN 163 – The Foundation (Lisa Mattes)
HUD 130 – Construction Technology (Chris LaPlante)
LNG 105 – Technology Advisement Center (Amy McEwing)
SCI 128 – School of Health Sciences (Laura Conroy)
If you have questions, please feel free to contact:me at c.bosco@hvcc.edu or (518) 629-7409 or Laurie Conroy at l.conroy@hvcc.edu or (518) 629-7887.
The holiday season is once again upon us, and I would really love to see Hudson Valley join together to make someone’s dream a reality! Thank you for helping to make the holiday season a bit brighter for those in need!
Sincerely,
Carol Bosco
Dean of Health Sciences
Published: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 13:19:40 +0000 by c.bosco