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January 5, 2017SEFCU Donates $260,000 to Rescue Missions and Food Pantries
SEFCU has once again provided significant year-end support to many struggling rescue missions and food pantries in the Capital Region by donating $143,000 to local organizations, up from $135,500 in 2015. In total, SEFCU presented checks for $260,000 across the state today as part of this effort. This is the seventh year that the credit union has made donations to these organizations.
The donation reflects SEFCU’s longtime commitment to giving back to the community. The credit union focuses on a number of issues including homelessness, food insecurity, and the problems that result for families who do not have adequate food to meet family members’ needs.
“According to Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap 2014, there were more than 100,000 people in Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, and Saratoga counties in 2014 who were food insecure. That’s 100,000 men, women, and children who don’t know where their next meal is coming from,” said Michael J. Castellana, president and CEO of SEFCU. “We proudly support local food pantries and city missions in all of our markets, but our work is not done. There are still many neighbors who need our help to draw attention to the continued problem of hunger in our communities,” he added.
The donations were made to Capital Region, Buffalo, Syracuse and Binghamton organizations that serve the homeless and the hungry as follows:
Rensselaer County
CoNSERNS – U Food Pantry (Cath. Charities) – $5,000
St. Paul’s Center – $5,000
YWCA Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen – $5,000
Roarke Center (Catholic Charities) – $5,000
Hope 7 Food Pantry – $5,000
Commission on Economic Opportunity – $1,500
Unity House – $1,500
Albany County
Capital City Rescue Mission – $15,000
Sr. Maureen Joyce Center – $10,000
The Food Pantries – $10,000
South End Children’s Café -Streams of Dreams – $7,500
Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region – $5,000
St. John – St. Anne – $2,500
Cathedral Food Pantry – $2,500
St. Catherine’s Marillac Family Shelter – $2,500
Schenectady County
City Mission of Schenectady – $15,000
Bethesda House – $5,000
Schenectady Inner City Ministry (SICM) – $5,000
Saratoga County
Saratoga EOC – $5,000
Greater Galway Comm. Services Association – $5,000
Christ Episcopal Church Food Pantry – $2,500
