CAAs in the News - November 23, 2009 through November 29, 2009 (MS Word)

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AZ Volunteer to ring a bell
Wickenburg Sun - Wickenburg, AZ
The local Community Action Partnership (CAP) office has many different functions including providing utility and rental assistance to financially...

CA 'Structural racism' must not be allowed anymore
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs, CA
Early this year, Lois Carson, director of the Community Action Partnership of Riverside County, a nonprofit agency working to end poverty through education...

Demand doubling at food bank
Bakersfield Now - Bakersfield, CA
The food bank, which is operated by the Community Action Partnership of Kern, is in need of nonperishable items. To donate, call (661) 398-4520.

CT Donations sought for boot program
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich, CT
The Thames Valley Council for Community Action's Retired and Senior Volunteer Program seeks donations for its eighth annual Santa Anonymous Boot Project...

FL Got toys? County employees need them.
Florida Today - Brevard, FL
Applications for assistance are being accepted at the Community Action Office, 400 Varr Ave., Cocoa. If you have a new, unwrapped toy for an infant to a...

GA Program to help with heating bills
The Daily Citizen - Dalton, GA
North Georgia Community Action in Dalton contracts with the state Department of Human Resources for the Energy Assistance Program. To apply, applicants must...

ID Food needs for hungry are growing
Mountain Home News - Mountain Home, ID
Demand for services from places such as the El-Ada Community Action Partnership office in Mountain Home more than doubled in the past year...

Winter Savings
KMVT - Twin Falls, ID
According to South Central Community Action Partnership officials – you can save money by lowering your thermostat at night and when you aren't at home...

IL Census seeks volunteers
Danville Commercial News - Danville, IL
To help spread the word about the 2010 Census and its impact on local funding, East Central Illinois Community Action Agency...

IN Business people
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne, IN
Community Action of Northeast Indiana added Chip Adams of ADP, Jean Hershberger of Grabill Bank and community member Ronnie Greenberg to the board...

KS Community Action distributes food in Rossville
KTKA.com - Topeka, KS
Community Action distributed food through a rural mobile food pantry at Citizen Potawatomi Nation in Rossville this afternoon. Just in time for the holiday...

Organizations Team Up Giving Away Food in Rossville
WIBW - Topeka, KS
The Community Action Rural Mobile Food Pantry, along with the Harvesters Food Network gave out free food Wednesday in Rossville...

KY Heating assistance registration under way
State-Journal.com - Frankfort, KY
Blue Grass Community Action Partnership's Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program continues through Dec. 11. The program is an effort to assist low-income...

Help for energy bill payments now available
Bowling Green Daily News - Bowling Green, KY
Community Action of Southern Kentucky is accepting applications for the subsidy portion of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program...

Trucks pick up donations for Mountain Harvest
WYMT - Lexington, KY
The Mountain Harvest Food Drive is in full swing and workers with the LKLP Community Action Agency headed out to pick up some of the donations today...

Over 300 homebound to get Thanksgiving meals
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville, KY
More than 300 homebound seniors will get a special delivery of turkey, mashed potatoes and all the fixings on Thanksgiving, thanks to volunteers with the Louisville Metro Meals on Wheels Program…

MA Needs for giving time, money or goods greater than ever this holiday
The Daily News of Newburyport - Newburyport, MA
If ever you've thought to become a bell ringer for The Salvation Army, donate food or old clothing to Community Action in Amesbury, or sponsor a family so...

Creating a happy holiday
Barnstable – Register - Barnstable, MA
The Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands is sponsoring the Make a Teen and Child Happy (MATCH) for the holiday...

MI Federal program creates area jobs
Traverse City Record Eagle - Traverse City, MI
She works for the Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency and advises struggling homeowners how to avoid foreclosure. "There's not a lot of opportunity...

20th Annual Walk for Warmth events to be bigger and better than ever before
OLHSA Press Release
OLHSA will host its 20th annual Walk for Warmth on February 7, 2010 at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Oakland County and on February 13, 2010 at the Hartland Educational Support Service Center in Livingston County.

MO Community Action to host baking workshop
Gallatin North Missourian - Gallatin, MO
Green Hills Community Action Agency will host a Holiday Baking on a Budget & Taking the Stress Out of the Holidays workshop Thursday, Dec...

MT Partnership offers free legal services locally
Daily Inter Lake - Kalispell, MT
Community Action Partnership of Northwest Montana and the Montana Legal Services Association have joined together to offer free legal services to low-income...

NC Playground to be dedicated on Dec. 5
BlueRidgeNow.com - Hendersonville, NC
United Way of Henderson County and Western Carolina Community Action have partnered to conduct a needs assessment of Henderson County...

State stimulus funds trickle down to local agencies
Shelby Star - Shelby, NC
Joseph Dixon, executive director of Gaston Community Action, said the organization will likely help weatherize about 210 homes in Gaston County...

Stimulus money funneled into NC housing
ENC Today - Jacksonville, NC
The weatherization grants go to organizations such as Coastal Community Action, which administers the program in Onslow, Carteret and Duplin counties...

ND Medicare, easy for some, not for others
Dickinson Press - Dickinson, ND
Volunteers from the North Dakota State Health Insurance Program and from Community Action in Dickinson will be available to help participants determine...

NE Applebee's working with Blue Valley
York News-Times - York, NE
Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar in York will be working with Blue Valley Community Action in launching its Trees of Hope campaign this holiday...

Adopt-A-Family — a great way to help
York News-Times York, NE
The program has been in place for 20 years now — with Blue Valley Community Action overseeing the project in cooperation with the York News-Times...

NH Woman, 61, grateful for heating assistance
Seacoastonline.com - Portsmouth, NH
Money raised is distributed through the Rockingham Community Action fuel-assistance program and used to pay the fuel costs of individuals in emergency...

Community Table at new location
York Weekly - York, ME
Rockingham Community Action Head Start is currently accepting applications at all centers for the 2009-10 school year. Head Start is a federally funded...

Santa, Mrs. Claus ready for special blue light visit in Farmington
Foster's Daily Democrat - Dover, NH
There is no charge, but police will accept donations — either money or new, unwrapped toys — to help those in need through the Farmington Community Action...

Coats for Kids collection
Foster's Daily Democrat - Dover, NH
The clothing will in turn be donated to the Community Action Program serving the Farmington, Middleton and Milton communities. Clothing may be dropped off...

NJ Confronting the flu H1N1 vaccines given to school children
The Hudson Reporter - Hoboken, NJ
Last week, the North Hudson Community Action Corporation, a local non-profit that provides health care to low-income people, visited the Maria De Hostos...

Free Thanksgiving Day dinners in Hudson County
The Jersey Journal - NJ.com - Bayonne, NJ
The church is located at 41 W. 20th St. and will serve meals from 11 am to 3 pm - The Bayonne Economic Opportunity Foundation, a community action program...

Stimulus to help winterize 1000 North Jersey homes
NorthJersey.com - Woodland Park, NJ
Two inspectors from the city's anti-poverty agency, the Paterson Task Force for Community Action Inc., arrived to take a look at the boiler and to determine...

NY Freeman's 33rd annual Holiday Fund drive begins
Kingston Daily Freeman - Kingston, NY
Donations large and small are accepted and given to the fund's primary beneficiaries: The People's Place of Kingston, Family, and the Community Action...

Officials, volunteers deliver turkeys to less fortunate
Mid-Hudson News - Middletown, NY
Hall worked with the Putnam Community Action Program in Brewster Tuesday distributing turkey, pie, produce and non-perishable items to families...

Nonprofit council honors award winners
Bizjournals.com - Latham, NY
Joseph Brennan, chairman of the board of directors of the Albany Community Action Partnership. He received the 2009 Nonprofit Board Service Award...

Carmel Rotarians Feed the Hungry
The Putnam County Courier (subscription) - Cold Spring, NY
...week when members of the Carmel Rotary donned aprons and chef hats while visiting the Putnam Community Action Program (CAP) soup kitchen in Brewster...

Boos & Bravos
Glens Falls Post-Star Glens Falls, NY
Bravos to the Washington County Community Action Angels, who recently collected 5351 pairs of new socks for impoverished children as part of a statewide...

OH Niche construction firm growing strongly
Cincinnati.com - Cincinnati, OH
Most of Yates' and Packer's employees are graduates of the Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency's Blueprint for Success work program...

Carver Community Center has interim director
Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe, OH
…Ross County Community Action's Free to the Community Soup and Sandwich Meal. Smith said she is working to bring back some of the programs of a former...

Lines long for those needing help to pay for heat
Canton Repository - Canton, OH
Stark County Community Action Agency's Home Energy Assistance Program attracts lines of people on Thursday and Friday mornings seeking financial help to pay...

OR Roseburg Friendly Kitchen drive today, Saturday
NRToday.com - Roseburg, OR
The Friendly Kitchen hasn't been able to secure as much food from sources such as the United Community Action Network food bank, said Helen Lesh...

ORCCA helps families save on heating costs
Coos Bay World - Coos Bay, OR
Oregon Coast Community Action is getting ready to help families who need assistance paying for heating or utility costs this winter...

Girl Scouts sell toys to help kids
Coos Bay World - Coos Bay, OR
The 445 toys will be sold Friday and Saturday at Pony Village Mall, with proceeds to support Oregon Coast Community Action children's programs...

Editorial: At least we've hit bottom so now we can climb out slowly
NRToday.com - Roseburg, OR
Or at the United Community Action Network Food Bank, where the food coming in from food drives leaves almost as soon as it arrives for food pantries across...

PA Armstrong sees need for more free Thanksgiving food
Leader Times - Pittsburgh, PA
Community Action also has seen a lot more need this year, said community outreach director Kim Pivetta. The county agency has handed out $10 Thanksgiving...

CAP to investigate child left on bus
Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster, PA
The CEO of Community Action Program of Lancaster County pledged to conduct a vigorous investigation after a 4-year-old girl was...

RI DIVERSITY CALENDAR
Providence Journal - Providence, RI
In recognition of World AIDS Day, Comprehensive Community Action Inc will offer free HIV testing to anyone who wants it. Results are available in 20 minutes...

RI slow to spend millions in stimulus funding
The Associated Press - Providence, RI
Jeanne Gattegno, president of Westbay Community Action, a charitable agency that helps Kent County residents become self-sufficient, attributed the delays...

TN Weatherization program gets boost in Clarksville
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville, TN
Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Action Agency is looking for more families like David and...

VT Demand on food shelf up by half over last year
St. Albans Messenger - St. Albans, VT
Demand at the Franklin-Grand Isle Community Action food shelf is up 49 percent over last year, according to food shelf coordinator Joe Zorn...

Demand up at Vt. Food Shelves; Needs Met for Now
ABC News - Montpelier, VT
"We have been experiencing very high demand," said Paul Denton, executive director of the Northeast Kingdom Community Action Agency...

WA Neighborhood Thanksgiving gatherings offered
Peninsula Daily - Port Angeles, WA
This free dinner, sponsored by St. Vincent de Paul, St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church, Olympic Community Action Programs, Senior Nutrition and the...

WI Food pantry sees record Thanksgiving numbers
UW Badger Herald - Madison, WI
River's Thanksgiving turkey basket giveaway is part of a broader effort led by United Way of Dane County in partnership with Community Action Coalition for...

WV Southern W.Va. Head Start programs get $2.9M grant
phillyBurbs.com
The funding includes $448769 for Monroe County Schools, $471887 for Southwestern Community Action Council, Inc. in Huntington, $512034 for MountainHeart...

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