FOCUS Alert - April 24
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FOCUS Churches of Albany 275 State St. Albany NY 12210 518.443.0460 www.focuschurches.net Like Tweet 2. Breakfast Express Has Returned 3. CROP Walk. Sunday, May 3rd The 35th annual Albany CROP Hunger Walk is scheduled for Sunday, May 3, 2015.The Walk will begin and end at First Lutheran Church in Albany and will offer the option of a 1 mile or 3 mile loop. Visit the CROP Walk web site: www.cropwalk.org and follow the prompts to get the Albany NY walk page, then lace up your walking shoes to walk with the world. Call the CACC office at (518)462-5450 for more information. Breakfast Express has returned. Serving cold breakfast and a bag lunch to go. Tuesday and Wednesday mornings from 7:30 to 8:30. Like to volunteer from 7am to 9 am? Please contact Belinda at the FOCUS office: 443-0460 or email her: [email protected] 1. Ecumenical Advocacy Days Recap EAD was opened by Rev. Traci DeVon Blackmon, pastor from Florissant and Ferguson, MO. She spoke powerfully of the intersections of racial and pris- on justice. April 17-20, Joe Paparone and Sr Doreen Glynn, along with FOCUS allies and several Capital Area pastors, participated in Ecumenical Advocacy Days in Washington, DC. The theme this year was “Breaking the Chains: Mass Incarceration and Systems of Exploitation.” On Monday the contingent from New York traveled to Capitol Hill to lobby their legislators for an end to man- datory minimum sentencing and immigrant detention quotas. Joe and Sr. Doreen took the opportunity to have additional meetings with the offices of Senators Schumer and Gillibrand to advocate for the upcoming Childhood Nutrition Re-Authorization, and other hunger and poverty concerns. 4. Best Practices Food Bank Roundtable A presentation by FOCUS Churches was featured during the Best Practices Roundtable meeting of the Regional Food Bank Public Relations and Social Me- dia event on April 21, 2015. During the event many ideas were exchanged among the many agencies from around the Capital District. As a result of its par- ticipation, FOCUS received some Adopt-a-Program credits, which will be applied to our Food Pantry. 1. Ecumenical Advocacy Days Recap 2. Breakfast Express Has Returned 3. CROP Walk. Sunday, May 3rd 4. Best Practices Food Bank Roundtable
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FOCUS Churches of Albany 275 State St. Albany NY 12210
518.443.0460
www.focuschurches.net
Like Tweet
2. Breakfast Express Has Returned
3. CROP Walk. Sunday, May 3rd
The 35th annual Albany CROP Hunger Walk is scheduled for Sunday, May 3,
2015.The Walk will begin and end at First Lutheran Church in Albany and will
offer the option of a 1 mile or 3 mile loop.
Visit the CROP Walk web site: www.cropwalk.org and follow the prompts
to get the Albany NY walk page, then lace up your walking shoes to walk with the
world. Call the CACC office at (518)462-5450 for more information.
Breakfast Express has returned. Serving cold breakfast and a bag lunch to go.
Tuesday and Wednesday mornings from 7:30 to 8:30.
Like to volunteer from 7am to 9 am?
Please contact Belinda at the FOCUS office: 443-0460
or email her: [email protected]
1. Ecumenical Advocacy Days Recap
EAD was opened by Rev. Traci DeVon Blackmon, pastor from Florissant and
Ferguson, MO. She spoke powerfully of the intersections of racial and pris-
on justice.
April 17-20, Joe Paparone and Sr Doreen Glynn, along with FOCUS allies
and several Capital Area pastors, participated in Ecumenical Advocacy Days
in Washington, DC. The theme this year was Breaking the Chains: Mass Incarceration and Systems of Exploitation. On Monday the contingent from New York traveled to Capitol Hill to lobby their legislators for an end to man-
datory minimum sentencing and immigrant detention quotas. Joe and Sr.
Doreen took the opportunity to have additional meetings with the offices of
Senators Schumer and Gillibrand to advocate for the upcoming Childhood
Nutrition Re-Authorization, and other hunger and poverty concerns.
4. Best Practices Food Bank Roundtable
A presentation by FOCUS Churches was featured during the Best Practices
Roundtable meeting of the Regional Food Bank Public Relations and Social Me-
dia event on April 21, 2015. During the event many ideas were exchanged
among the many agencies from around the Capital District. As a result of its par-
ticipation, FOCUS received some Adopt-a-Program credits, which will be applied
to our Food Pantry.
1. Ecumenical Advocacy Days Recap
2. Breakfast Express Has Returned
3. CROP Walk. Sunday, May 3rd
4. Best Practices Food Bank Roundtable
