CAAs in the News - November 9, 2009 through November 15, 2009 (MS Word)

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AZ Mayor hits on budget cuts, tax increases in state of city address
AZ Central.com - Phoenix, AZ
Pointing to gift bags on the tables, the mayor asked everyone to consider leaving a donation for the Tempe Community Action Agency food pantry...

CA Letter: Esplanade House grateful
Enterprise-Record - Chico, CA
Community Action Agency of Butte County, Inc., Esplanade House Children's Fund would like to extend our sincere appreciation to Joe Lusher and the Elks...

CT There are lots of ways to help during the holidays
Danbury News Times - Danbury, CT
The Community Action Committee of Danbury needs non-perishable Thanksgiving food items to help 300 families. For information, contact Nathan at 203-744-4700...

DE Northern Delaware job preparation program gets grant
Newark Post - Newark, DE
...has been awarded $200000 in Community Services Block Grant funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) by First State Community Action...

ID Residents lining up for heating assistance
Bonners Ferry Herald - Bonners Ferry, ID
...services because of our unemployment rate and the jobs we're losing,” said Villanueva, community engagement liaison for Community Action Partnership...

Food bank triples space
Bonners Ferry Herald - Bonners Ferry, ID
Community Action Partnership recently moved the food bank portion of the organization next door to the office located at 7164 4th St. in...

Local Action Agencies Busy with Weatherization
KPVI-TV - Pocatello, ID
Workers from the South Eastern Idaho Community Action Agency weatherize hundreds of homes each year through funding from the department of Energy...

Job Resource Fair Today in Idaho Falls
LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls, ID
The event is sponsored by the college, The Idaho Department of Labor, and the Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership. There will be information booths...

Bikers ride to help families in need
KIDK - Idaho Falls, ID
Hundreds of bikes took to the street Saturday morning to benefit the Southeast Idaho Community Action Agency...

IN CANI director to step down
News Sentinel - Fort Wayne, IN
After 33 years with Community Action of Northeast Indiana, Executive Director Joseph Conrad has decided to step down...

KY LG&E portal makes it easier for ministries to provide aid
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville, KY
“It's really kind of putting us in the 21st century,” said Michelle Garrett, crisis and prevention manager for Louisville Metro Community Action Partnership...

Mountain Harvest Food Drive begins
WYMT - Lexington, KY
Every year WYMT partners with our local Community Action Agency and Ad East Advertising to help put food on the tables of low income families during the...

KS Child safety seats inspected
Topeka Capital Journal - Topeka, KS
Bill Haislip, child passenger safety technician, secures the base for a child safety seat on Saturday for Community Action's Safe Kids Shawnee County Buckle...

MA Spending time with daddy, activities help fathers and children bond
Eagle Tribune - North Adams, MA
The collaboration between Greater Lawrence Community Action Council and city churches aims to bring together fathers and their children, ages 3 to 15...

Ismael Vasquez (left) with CAAS Executive Director Kimberly Smith-Cofield
Boston Globe - Boston, MA
Ismael Vasquez, Latino Program Director at the Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS), won an Employee Excellence Award at the 10th Annual...

Heating assistance appointments offered at YWCA
The Daily News of Newburyport - Newburyport, MA
For the first time in recent years, Community Action Inc. Heating Assistance appointments are available in downtown Newburyport at the YWCA...

Dichotomy of a Poverty Foe
Boston Globe - Boston, MA
Nationally, Coard helped engineer legislation nearly 30 years ago requiring federal funding for community action programs, ensuring that the movement ABCD...

Food pantries in Berkshire and Bennington Counties
Advocate Weekly - North Adams, MA
...North Adams: Berkshire Community Action Council, 85 Main St., 413-663-3014; Salvation Army, 393 River St., 413-663-7987; Vietnam Veterans of America...

4-H collects for food pantries
Wicked Local Plympton - Plympton, MA
The Plymouth County Extension 4-H Program presented the South Shore Community Action Council with more than 250 bags of groceries Nov. 5...

Fuel assistance information
Wareham Courier - Wareham, MA
South Shore Community Action Council, Inc. announces that the Fuel Assistance Program is open for assistance with deliveries or utility...

MD Scouting For Food Drive Fills Bank Bins
WTOP - Washington, DC
...said Sarah McAleavy, food and nutrition coordinator for the Frederick Community Action Agency, which helped with the food drive...

McClement's transition team begins work
Frederick News Post - Frederick, MD
...the departments of parks and recreation, information technology, facilities management, economic development and the Frederick Community Action Agency...

MI Leadership Little Traverse reaches out to those in need of heat
Petoskey News-Review - Petoskey, MI
The community action agency works year round to help people in our community become self-sufficient through a variety of programs. “Wreaths for Warmth” is a...

BizWeek Calendar: 11/10/2009
Traverse City Record Eagle - Traverse City, MI
Two-day Homebuyers Education Workshop sponsored by the Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency; 6 - 9 pm both evenings at the agency office at 3963 Three...

MO KCP&L offers bill-paying advice
St. Joseph News-Press - St. Joseph, MO
Community Action Partnership also steered potential clients toward billing solutions. Director of Community Development Delphia Shanks said the agency...

Gallatin Police sponsor Toys for Tots
Gallatin North Missourian - Gallatin, MO
In an effort to make this holiday season a little brighter the Gallatin Police have joined together with Green Hills Community Action Agency, the Adventist...

Cost-savings through conservation
News-Leader.com - Springfield, MO
This is a good time to apply, said Todd Steinmann, director of the weatherization program, because the Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation recently...

Commentary: The poor have a wealth of worldly wisdom
McClatchy Washington Bureau - Washington, DC
Nearly 1000 people showed up at an office of United Services Community Action Agency. Police were called for crowd control; parking tickets were written...

MS Head Starts provides fun for hundreds of students and parents
WLOX - Biloxi, MS
Gulf Coast Community Action Agency put on its annual Fall Festival for its Head Start program. The festival was open to the more than 800 children enrolled...

NJ Tri-County Community Action Partnership
Press of Atlantic City - Atlantic City, NJ
With an extensive network of teachers, social workers, counselors and nutritionists, Tri-County Community Action Partnership estimates that it...

NY Scouts' annual food drive brings in 70000 items
Kingston Daily Freeman - Kingston, NY
Specifically, the food will go to The People's Place, the Salvation Army, the Caring Hands Soup Kitchen, the Queens Galley, Community Action agencies and 35...

Employment Services Available at CAP
Madison County Courier - Oneida, NY
Community Action Partnership (CAP) for Madison County is now offering employment services for those living, working or hoping to work...

CAP looking for used clothing
Oneida Dispatch - Oneida, NY
Community Action Partnership is seeking gently used professional clothing for its employment support program. To schedule a pick up or drop...

Workshop tonight outlines home energy saving
Ithaca Journal - Ithaca, NY
To help prepare for the chilly months ahead, Tompkins Community Action's Energy Services Department will be hosting "Toasty In Tompkins," a series of...

Drive seeks can openers for food distribution
WatertownDailyTimes.com - Watertown, NY
Mary J. Mathewson, Community Action Planning Council of Jefferson County Inc. family center project manager, is busy working on yet...

Want to Feed the Hungry?
The Putnam County Courier (subscription) - Cold Spring, NY
The Putnam Community Action Program (CAP) has begun its annual Thanksgiving basket program and, according to Executive Director Judy Callahan...

OH Lorain homeless prevention program makes first payments for 16 needy families
Chronicle-Telegram - Elyria, OH
Lorain's Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program has made the first set of Lorain County Community Action Agency payments to landlords...

More H1N1 Vaccination Clinics in Hamilton County
WKRC TV Cincinnati - Cincinnati, OH
The Cincinnati Health Department is also holding a vaccine session in partnership with the Community Action Agency. The session is for children ages 6...

DP&L, coalition sign deal to improve home energy efficiency
Dayton Daily News - Dayton, OH
“The whole idea is to provide some more financial resources so that local community action agencies can weatherize the homes of people in need,” said Tom...

Food pantries increasing service with partnerships
The Morning Journal - Lorain, OH
The Lorain County Community Action Agency has created seven food pantry partnerships in an effort to alleviate hunger in...

Facing Recession: Washington County
10TV - Columbus, OH
...vision of doing it and it was just deciding to take the initiative and going for it," said Kathy Lott-Gramkow with Washington County Community Action...

Trumbull Community Action begins Winter Crisis Program
Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown, OH
The Trumbull Community Action Program, 1230 Palmyra Road SW, has begun its Winter Crisis Program for this year. To be eligible for assistance...

OR ORCCA nets nearly $780000 for Head Start
Coos Bay World - Coos Bay, OR
Oregon Coast Community Action has been awarded more than $795000 in funding to create an Early Head Start program in Coos and Curry counties...

Students seek toys for kids
Coos Bay World - Coos Bay, OR
Taylor Cribbins, a junior who is organizing the Toy Tales toy drive for Oregon Coast Community Action, said the effort will bring money to the agency's...

First time home buyers class offered Saturday
The Daily Astorian - Astoria, OR
14 at Clatsop Community Action, 364 Ninth St. The curriculum is designed to qualify low to mid-income applicants for such programs as the US Department of...

Roseburg schools can drive ends Thursday
NRToday.com - Roseburg, OR
Food collected through the district-wide effort will go to United Community Action Network Food Shares. Roseburg Public Schools is partnering with Sodexo...

PA Turkey vouchers can be donated
Leader Times - Pittsburgh, PA
The Armstrong County Community Action Agency has been serving the disadvantaged of Armstrong County for more than 40 years. Each year the agency assists in...

SC C of C participating in National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
TheDigitel - Charleston, SC
Following the mayor's proclamation, students will participate in the Missouri Community Action Poverty Simulation, sponsored by the Center for Civic...

VA Group details local benefits of federal stimulus spending
Staunton News Leader - Staunton, VA
Leaders from the Community Action Partnership of Staunton, Augusta and Waynesboro gave a briefing Monday to City Council of its progress of doling out...

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