Editorial Submitted to the Paper

It seems that non-profits have been in the news a lot recently.
Normally, and I say this with some experience as the director of a non-
profit, these organizations have to push and prod to get noticed by
political aspirants. But as the Binghamton mayoral race draws to a
conclusion, it seems that two of our mayoral candidates cannot seem to
say enough about how non-profits are an untapped revenue source for
municipalities. One candidate goes so far as to say that he will
shame non-profits into paying taxes or a fee to government for use of
government services. Not wanting to speak on behalf of all non-
profits, or even on behalf of my organization, I offer the following
as a response of a taxpayer and a citizen of Binghamton.
Many of the charities in the City of Binghamton perform mandated
services on contract with county and state governments. The reason
these municipalities contract with faith based charities and secular
not-for-profits is that these organizations can perform the same
services with better outcomes at a fraction of the cost of state run
programs. The question that this raises is should non-profits that are
performing these mandated programs on behalf of the government be
taxed for providing the tax saving programs that they are contracted
to perform? In short, should organizations funded by larger government
entities to perform necessary services that they would have to perform
pay for City resources on a local level? Isn't this a case of robbing
Peter (the state) to pay Paul (the City) and how does this really save
taxpayers money in the long term?
The examples of this are far too numerous to fit into a short
editorial. Catholic Charities and the Children's Home of the Wyoming
Conference save the county millions of dollars in organizing foster
care and housing at risk children. My organization works
cooperatively with the Sheriff's office in assisting prisoners leaving
the jail in developing a discharge plan and performing pastoral care
ministry at a fraction of what it would cost the county to perform a
similar state mandated program. This does not even begin to scratch
the surface of the services that Fairview Recovery Services, The YMCA
and The YWCA and the many other human resources and medical non-
profits perform in our community.
Nor do the candidates account for the non-profits that help bring us
art, books, music, plays, and opera. These non-profits add depth and
beauty to our community, but they also are economic generators. We
should not forget that Speedie Fest, the Tri-Cities Opera, The Arts
Council, First Night, WSKG, just to mention a few, raise additional
tax revenue for our local municipalities and income for businesses in
the area. Where would our community be without them?
While it is convenient and easy for candidates to propose that this
tax, let us just call it what it is, covers what it costs the city to
house non-profits, it is an entirely different proposition to say what
it would cost the city if non-profits did not exist or from where the
funds for the non-profits work comes. I think that instead of taxing
or shaming non-profits into paying a fee for city services, candidates
should instead see the many ways that non-profits save municipalities
money, help raise revenue, and influence the quality of life for all
citizens.
Rev. Dr. Joseph Sellepack

Wheelchair Ramp Letter and Donation

Today we received a lovely card and donation from a gentleman who had a ramp built by the Council.  Here is some of it below:

To the Broome County Council of Churches-

Thank you for building my ramp.  Now after over two years, I can get out without help.

My donation will help the next person that needs one.

Thank you,

ps - Greg Jenkins did a fine job overseeing the work and so did the Volunteers for the Lions Club.

Facebook Entry for the Jail Ministry

Broome County Council of Churches Jail Ministry Program The Windsor Bible Baptist Church just joined our reentry project by opening up a new Celebrate Recovery Group which will start the first week of Dec!

IBM CHOW Donation on NewsChannel34

IBM CHOW Drive

Last Update: 10/23 9:33 pm

IBM has just completed its 5th annual food collection drive.
Employees of Big Blue collected 6 tons of food which have been donated to to the CHOW pantry.
George Madl, with IBM loves the commitment his employees have made.

George Madl says, "we have some wonderful employees here that it doesn't take the leadership team here to do a sales job or do a marketing campaign. They just take off and do some wonderful things. The idea of giving is part of the IBM-ers DNA."

IBM also raised more than 300-thirty-one thousand dollars for other non-profit agencies too through its Employee Charitable Contribution Campaign.

To view the video (with some nice shots of Ralph and some of our workers out back):  http://www.newschannel34.com/news/local/story/IBM-CHOW-Drive/7y88aWt-WUW-_kym950qlA.cspx?rss=120

Letter from Hillel at Binghamton 10-23-09

CHOW
3 Otseningo Street
Binghamton, NY 13903
Deacon Edward M Blaine



Dear Deacon Blaine,

We are writing to you as the leaders of the Challah for Hunger chapter at Binghamton University.Challah for Hunger (CfH) is a non-profit organization with chapters around the country.The chapters bake and sell challah bread on their college campuses, then donate their profits to a local and international charity.As part of the organization's mission, half of our proceeds will be donated to the American Jewish World Service Sudan Relief and Advocacy Fund.We have decided to donate the other half of our proceeds to CHOW.

Challah for Hunger is a project of students through Hillel at Binghamton. Hillel at Binghamton is an organization that provides quality programming, leadership opportunities and professional support to the Binghamton University community.Hillel at Binghamton strives to foster Jewish education and awareness, strengthen community and identity as uniquely Jewish and universally human, and promote the values of pluralism,tikkun olam(healing the world), Israel, and Jewish Peoplehood.

We have seen that our campus community cares about the work that CHOW does. We hope the kindness of our volunteers, customers, and supporters can be passed on to your clients and beneficaries through our donation. We hope it will help to further your cause and we look forward to continuing our support.

Challah for Hunger at Binghamton intends to continue giving to CHOW two times per year(representing each semester). For future inquiries, please contact us through Hillel or Shana Teig Kantor, Executive Director of Hillel at Binghamton.




Sincerely,


Alexandra Kassimir and Lauren Rothschild
Coordinators Binghamton Challah for Hunger

Facebook Entry about the Reentry Program

Broome County Council of Churches Jail Ministry Program The Jail Ministry Program reentry project is a member of the Broome County Reentry Task Force. For more information on this initiative please visit the link below.

Offender Re-Entry

http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/crimnet/ojsa/initaitives/tpci_crtf.htm

Relationships

Read this today and want to offer it as a thought for today: "In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions." ~ Margaret Wheatly

If this is true, and I believe it is, the question is not whether you have the title commensurate with the role you're playing, rather it is found in the quality of the relationships you are able to develop with those closest to you. I believe Margaret Wheatly is onto something.

Though I would add that often we overfunction to compensate for those who take little responsibility for themselves or underfunction and heap responsibility onto a few. It's always better to treat relationships as sacred, but to do so somewhat circumspectly since some exist to use other's generostiy.

The advise then is in relationships to be as wise as serpants and innocent as doves....

CHOW Event in pressconnects.com

October 18, 2009

Holiday Shopping and CHOW Donation Event
Meg Hayes & Heather Gaughan

Reader Submitted

Holiday Shopping and CHOW Donation Event is being held on November 21, 2009 from 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Owego Treadway Inn. This is a FREE Admission Event and we are encouraging people to bring a non-perishable food item to donate to CHOW. CHOW is a Broome County Council of Churches Program that is always looking for donations, but this year especially seems to be a difficult year. With all the layoffs and the economic crisis, many families are facing difficult financial decisions. We encourage those who can to give back and donate to this wonderful organization as well as support these local businesses, At Home America, Avon, BabyCrazy, Celebrating Home, Creative Memories, Homemade Gourmet, Essential Bodywear, Longenberger, Madison Handbags, MaryKay, Pampered Chef, Party Lite, Pet Lane, Signature HomeStyle, Silpada, Stampin Up, Tastefully Simple, Tupperware, Vantel Pearls, The Clay Ground, Candy Faces, Spinawebb and Crafters. Whether your shopping for yourself, to give as a gift or donate to your favorite charity or organization, this event is perfect for supporting CHOW and local businesses. Please come out on Saturday, November 21, 2009 from 12:00p.m. - 4:00 p.m. and show your support!

Broome County Council of Churches Jail Ministry Program

If you missed the first one, The Sheriff's Office, State Police and the Broome County Council of Churches Jail Ministry Program are again hosting a Homeland Security program entitled: "Operation Safeguard" on Monday 12/7 at 10:00 AM a......t the Council Offices at 3 Otseningo St, Binghamton, NY. The program is to assit congregational leaders and clergy recognize and thwart potential violence in light of a number of recent violent episodes during religious services. Please e-mail Rev. Cris Mogenson at bcjchaplain@juno.com for RSVP or to request more information  Read More:

Counter terrorism Zone 6 New york state Homeland Security

Source: ctz6.org

New York State Terrorsim Tips Hotline 1-(866) SAFE NYS (1-866-723-3697) All calls are toll free and will remain strictly confidential FBI Tips and Public Leads

Facebook Jail Min Post

Broome County Council of Churches Jail Ministry Program The entire chaplaincy staff at the Broome County Jail are all memebers of the American Correctional Chaplains Association. Here is a good article they have posted about Multi-Faith Corrections chaplaincy

http://www.correctionalchaplains.org/Garys%20Article/Rogers.pdf

 

Facebook post announcing the CHOW Walk

The Broome County Council of Churches CHOW Walk for Hunger on Sunday!! Be there for food, fun, entertainment, and a great 2.5 mile walk, all to raise $$$ and awareness for hunger in Broome County.

Twitter post announcing the CHOW Walk

BCCouncil CHOW Walk for Hunger Sunday afternoon. Food, Fun, Exercise, Music. Registration at 1:00, Walk starts at 2:00.

Donation from the Johnny Hart Memorial Breakfast

Today the secretary for the Johnny Hart Memorial Breakfast brought donations to the Council from the proceeds from the breakfast.  All money earned goes directly to the community.

$500 to CHOW
$100 to the General Fund for using our facilities the months proceeding the breakfast.
$100 Ramp It Up 2009

Very nice!

Pipedream Article mentioning CHOW

Handbaked challah sold for humanitarian effort


Originally Published 2009-10-16
By Robert Bellon
The Sodexo bakery, a bedraggled brick building in the parking lot of Physical Facilities, is oft-forgotten (if known at all). But inside is a bright bustling kitchen, where a small but industrious group of students meet twice a week to contribute to a common mission: make challah and make a difference.
Lauren Rothschild and Alexandra Kassimir oversee the operations of Binghamton University’s chapter of Challah for Hunger, a national non-profit organization that raises money for charitable causes in communities throughout the country and across the globe.
Rothschild, a senior human development major, and Kassimir, a junior psychobiology major, were involved in the group when it was first organized in the spring of this year.
“We just started on campus last semester,” Rothschild said. In their first semester of operation, they raised $2,000. They donated half their earnings to Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse (CHOW) and half to the American Jewish World Services Sudan Relief and Advocacy Fund.
Now, the group sells their handmade challah on Thursdays from 2 to 4 p.m. from their table outside of the food court in the New University Union. But when hungry shoppers look into the plastic bags full of hand-kneaded bread, the product they see is only the quiet culmination of the work of dozens of volunteers.
“Probably the hardest part of starting was finding a place to bake the challah,” Rothschild said. She, Kassimir and others worked last semester with the founders of the Binghamton chapter —who have since graduated — and representatives of the national Challah for Hunger to establish a brand new baking operation.
Ultimately, they found their home in their very own corner of the Sodexo bakery. Sodexo provides the group with a place to bake the bread and all the necessary equipment, including two ovens for their exclusive use.
“The ovens are only ours to use,” said Rothschild — and they need to be.
“Everything we do is strictly kosher,” said junior accounting major Matt Block, the chapter’s accounts manager. A mashgiach, a supervisor of a kosher establishment, certifies that the challah is kosher, and keeping the ovens for challah only is a way of making that process easier.
The process begins in the Sodexo bakery. The dough is mixed in a hefty industrial mixer that looks more like a giant drill press than a baking instrument, and the dough churns in an elephantine metal bowl.
When the mixing is done, the volunteers heave the bowl onto the table and reach into the bowl for the dough. They then weigh, portion and knead the dough before braiding it by hand into loaves.
The loaves are left to rise in a walk-in refrigerator overnight. The next day, it is baked in the morning, packaged, and promptly brought to the New University Union. That way, Block said, the bread is baked the day of its sale.
Last week, the group baked about 60 loaves, and all were sold. Some weeks the students make 100 loaves and sell out in an hour, according to Arielle Kahn, a sophomore psychology major and the group’s sales manager.
The group makes and sells plain and chocolate chip challah, and this week they introduced a new whole wheat variety. They are also exploring more unconventional styles of bread, including blueberry, sun-dried tomato and chai.

Rothschild is thankful to Sodexo for letting the group use their facilities and equipment. “They just donated to us,” she said. “We order all our supplies and ingredients from them.”
She also commends the volunteers.
“We have a great volunteer group,” Rothschild said. The volunteers are so willing to do work, and so many sign up for shifts that “sometimes we have to just turn them away.”
“We find that it’s kind of cathartic for a lot of people,” Rothschild said. Not only does this apply to the volunteers, but also the homeless, hungry and disaster-stricken people in Binghamton and around the world who receive their donations.
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Binghamton University Pipe Dream © 2009, All Rights Reserved.

News10Now covering the Backpack Program

For video and a short article, here is the link:

http://news10now.com/southern-tier-news-1115-content/top_stories/485101/volunteers-help-curb-hunger

NewsChannel 34 covering the Hunger Walk

Daybreak Update 10/14/09

CHOW is looking for more volunteers for its 27th annual Hunger Walk on Sunday.  Walkers can pick up pledge envelopes at the offices of the Broome County Council of Churches on Otseningo Street in Binghamton through Friday.  The walk, which will be held on the Binghamton University campus, will begin a 1 o'clock with registration behind the East Gym, followed by a 2 and a half mile walk around campus at 2.  Refreshments, entertainment, and children's activities will follow the walk.  Money raised by the walk will help to build up food inventories for the winter, which is typically a busy time for CHOW.

Congregation Blast on Homeless Initiative

October 14, 2009

Dear Friends,

I want to thank you for your interest in helping serve the homeless and start a program that will help assist people in moving from homelessness to finding permanent residence and employment. Currently, for lack of a better title, we are calling this program The Center for Self-Sufficiency that is to be administered by the Broome County Council of Churches.

The program will house individuals in partnering Churches throughout Broome County. During the summer we attended a meeting with VISIONS in Wilkes-Barre, PA, a similar program to the one we are proposing, and sent out information and letters on the program. We asked for you to take the program to your governing councils and mission committees to find out your level of interest in the project.

Many congregations requested additional information, and we put together fact sheets outlining the responsibilities of the congregations that house the mobile shelter and the responsibilities of the Broome County Council of Churches in hiring, securing insurance, and hiring the team that will implement and develop the program. If you are interested in receiving that information again, please contact us at the Council and we will send it to you.

Presently, I am in the process of securing funding from HUD through an Emergency Shelter Grant that is due on October 29. What I need from you are letters supporting the Center for Self Sufficiency that specifies how your congregation will support this initiative. If you will act as a host site, please indicate that. If you have money to give to the program, or if you gave money to the program as some have done, please indicate that. If you are willing to help serve meals or provide support services, please indicate that.
Whatever you are willing to do in support of the project needs to be documented and put into the packet of information that will be sent to the Planning Department for consideration. The date when the final proposal is due is October 29, so I will need your congregation’s letter of support no later that October 22.

I apologize for the short turnaround, but I was not aware of what needed to be included in the proposal until yesterday at the meeting in the City Council Chambers. Thank you for your support. I look forward to your replies.

Peace and towels,

Rev. Dr. Joseph Sellepack

ESG Funding and Block Grant

Joe Sellepack attended a meeting at the City Council Chamber Yesterday to find out how to apply for ESG Entitlement Funding from HUD and to apply for Block Grants to the City of Binghamton. The meetings were fairly fruitful and he has the information on how to apply for the funding. Some of the Block Grant funding that we may be able to apply for is summer community food programs that benefit residents of Binghamton like we did this past year at West Presbyterian. Additionally they may be used if we had a wheelchair ramp being built in Binghamton City Limits. The funds correspond to the calendar year.

ESG funding is for programs for homeless people in our community: including shelther, food, legal help, job counseling, etc. These funds are managed by the city for HUD and are available on Feb. 1 and run to Jan the following year.

Applications for both of these funding sources can be found at www.cityofbinghamton.com Go to the planning department, then look for a Blue Link on the Right hand side for an application for Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) or Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). Applications are due at 5:00 on October 29. They were very insistent on keeping that deadline.

Facebook Entry about Apple Picking

Broome County Council of Churches Faith in Action Volunteers Program

Well, they wouldn't let us pick. Too windy I guess. That didn't stop us from bring home pounds of apples. Apple sauce, apple turnovers, apple pie, all healthy of course. You have to go outta of your way to make homemade as bad as the store ...bought. From the farm to the kitchen to the belly. Yes, sir!

Facebook Entry about the CHOW Walk

The Broome County Council of Churches CHOW Walk for Hunger this weekend. Sunday, October 18 at BU campus. Come and enjoy.......bring donations for CHOW, walk the walk, eat the food, enjoy the entertainment, hang with friends, make new friends......it's all great!

Facebook Entry about the Last Ramp

The Broome County Council of Churches Check out this final ramp of 09. Great job, folks. Thanks to all who supported this program in so many ways this summer.

CHOW article in pressconnects.com

October 12, 2009

CHOW to hold annual Hunger Walk

The Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse will hold its 27th annual Hunger Walk Sunday behind Binghamton University’s East Gym.

CHOW since has pledge envelopes available for volunteer walkers, who can pick them up at the Broome County Council of Churches, located at 3 Otseningo St. in Binghamton, through Friday. Call (607) 724-9130 for more information.

Registration on the day of the walk will begin at 1 p.m. The 2.5-mile walk around campus will begin at 2 p.m. The event also features food, entertainment and children’s activities. Anyone who collects at least $50 will receive a free t-shirt.

Jail Ministry Volunteer in Obituary

This gives us a chance to reflect on the volunteers still with us and to thank them for the work they do for the Council. 

Leon C. Vosburg
1919-2009

Wrestled on Earth
With all that sin;
Confident in
Christ Jesus,
Heaven to win!
As you read this,
Jesus is calling you near;
Cry out to Him
Who can save you
from great fear (Hell)!
Come to Jesus,
Come to Jesus!
Believe in
His Saving Power;
Come to Jesus -
the son of God,
Your Creator; Redeemer;
Source for forgiveness
for all your sins!
Come to Jesus!
Then meet me in Heaven
On "your
Graduation day"!

Leon leaves behind a large family of fellow believers in Jesus at Faith Bible Church; some at Oxford Veterans' Home too; daughter, June (Forrest) Smith, VA; 3 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren; nieces, Harriet (Robert) Bennett, FL, Doris Burgett, PA; nephews, Vernice (Roseann) Statts, PA, Raymond (Louise) Statts, PA.

Celebration Memorial Services will be held at Faith Bible Church (formerly Faith Baptist), 1807 Hawleyton Road, Binghamton, NY on Saturday, October 10, 2009, at 11 a.m. with Pastor John Treischmann officiating. Friends may call at the church from 10 - 11 a.m. Donations may be made to Faith Bible Church. God Bless You!

Ball Catchers of the Month

Congratulations Brigitte and Tom!!

2010 Budget .... Schedule

For those affected, please remember that Program Budgets are due by 10/20/09....

Upcoming CHOW Events

• Disney on Ice - Dec 17, 18,19,20 - $3 off ticket price for a donation of food to CHOW.  Barrels with be at the Arena.  There will be 4 family 4 pack givewayws at the Hunger Walk and the Craft Fair.
• Craft Fair - BU West Gym. Nov 28
• Johnny Hart Book Sale at the Mall - Book Title "I DID IT HIS WAY" - comic strips with religious themes.  The book will be on sale from Nov 27 until the books run out at the mall.
• Canadian Pacific Railroad HOLIDAY TRAIN - Nov 28 8:30 - 9:15
• Choruses for CHOW - Dec 5 at 2 pm - Sarah Jane Mem Church

Obituary 10-6-09 with Donations towards CHOW

Grace Derick

formerly of Endicott

Grace Derick, age 88, formerly of Endicott, NY, passed away on October 5, 2009 at the Vestal Nursing Home where she had resided for the past several years. Grace was born on April 27, 1921 and spent her childhood years in Maine, NY. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert Derick; parents, Stephen and Magdalena Kupkovich; sister, Helen Kupkovich; and brothers, Joseph, Stephen, Frank and John Kupkovich. She is survived by her sister, Mildred Denton of Endicott, NY, and other family members including her niece, Patricia Chodun and spouse, Sid Chodun of Endicott, NY; niece, Sandra Sage and spouse, Robert Sage of Austin, TX; and nephew, Ray Denton of New York, NY. Grace was loving, thoughtful and caring to the members of her family and especially to her many great-nieces and great-nephews.

Her family will receive friends at the Coleman and Daniels Funeral Home at 300 E. Main Street, Endicott, NY on Wednesday, October 7, from 11 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. A funeral service will follow at 12:00 p.m. with the Rev. Susan Davis officiating. Burial will follow in Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott, NY. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse (C.H.O.W.) at 3 Otseningo St., Binghamton, NY 13903.


Published in Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin on October 6, 2009

Donations paid out to victims' families, survivors of Binghamton ACA shooting

October 2, 2009
Donations paid out to victims' families, survivors of Binghamton ACA shooting

By Nancy Dooling

ndooling@gannett.com

Six months after the April 3 massacre at the American Civic Association, local charities began paying out donations from the remaining $150,000 raised to help families of victims and survivors.

The roughly 60 payments work out to an average of about $2,500 each, but under the weighted system used by the charities, those who lost more will get more, said Alan Hertel, executive director of United Way of Broome County.

A committee of charity officials and other agencies decided how best to parcel out the money, Hertel said.

Family members of victims and survivors were not consulted in the process, and a list of who received money -- and how much -- was not made public.

"We needed to remain as neutral as possible," Hertel said. "We have to treat every family as equally as possible."

A month ago, Hertel said approximately $270,000 had been collected; of that, $70,000 was spent in the days after April 3 on expenses not covered by other aid. Costs included emergency rent payments to victims who lost the family breadwinner and food for families of immigrants who traveled to Binghamton for funerals.

At that time, Hertel said about $200,000 remained to be distributed to survivors. However, he said additional bills came due since then and were paid.

Some families already have decided what to do with their share of the money.

David Marsland, who lost his wife, Hong Xiu Mao in the April 3 massacre, will likely donate what he receives to needier families victimized, he said.

The family of Roberta "Bobbie" King will either donate the money to a scholarship fund in their mother's name at Binghamton High School or give it to local fundraising efforts to build a memorial park in Binghamton.

"Either the scholarship or the park would be appropriate," said Dr. Jeffrey King, one of Bobbie King's 10 children.

Under the payout, the two children of Marie and Marc Bernard, who were orphaned April 3 when both parents were killed, will get more than the survivors who were trapped for hours in the building while police searched for a gunman, said Hertel, who declined to list the names and amounts people received, citing privacy concerns.

Not all of the $150,000 was distributed Friday, Hertel said.

Thirteen victims died at the hands of gunman Jiverly Wong, 41, a Vietnamese immigrant. Wong killed 11 adult English students, their teacher (King) and caseworker Maria Zobniw.

Four others were seriously wounded before Wong turned one of his handguns on himself.

People and organizations began writing checks and hosting fundraisers in the days and weeks after April 3. Catholic Charities of Broome County collected the lion's share, with donations totaling $200,000. The Broome County Council of Churches collected about $50,000. The Islamic Organization of the Southern Tier collected about $8,000. United Way collected less than $5,000, Hertel said.

Those charities joined together to decide how to distribute the money. Other agencies involved include Binghamton's Crime Victims Assistance Center, Broome County Department of Social Services, the ACA and the Broome County Bar Association.

Deciding how much money to give families and survivors was a challenge, Hertel said.

Officials looked at whether children were involved, at losses of family breadwinners, and examined the on-going medical or housing needs of survivors when making decisions about how much money each person would receive.

Several legal issues are involved with giving money to victims who returned to their homelands after April 3. Those issues are now being resolved by attorneys and federal agencies, Hertel said.

People entitled to a payout were contacted this week and had to provide identification before receiving any money, Hertel said.

Money that isn't claimed in the next 30 days will be donated to the ACA, Hertel said.

2009 Thanksgiving Food Distribution

This is a blast that went out today:

We need help from the non-Catholic Congregations for the Thanksgiving Food Distribution.

Over the past years the Catholic Parishes have distributed Thanksgiving Food Baskets to the local poor.  This has become overwhelming over the past couple of years.

If your congregation is will to help out, please call Kathy Pfaffenbach, 723-4563

Sign up for the baskets will be on October 19, 20, 21, noon - 6 pm at St Mary's Recreation Center on Hawley St in Binghamton

For more information call Kathy at 723-4563 or Ed Blaine at 723-9130 x331

Time Allocation

Some staff at the Council have been asked to fill out a Time Allocation document.  This document will give a better view on where we spend our time and talents here at the Council.  All general and all CHOW employees have been asked to fill out the 15 min allotments.

Please see Greg with any questions.

Powerful Tools for Caregivers Classes

The Broome County Council of Churches is co-sponsoring this class for caregivers.  The classes will be here at the Council every Tuesday from October 13 until November 17 from 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm.  The classes will take place in the small office next to Greg's (that Zachary used to be in).  If you have any other questions, please ask Joanne.