The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, received
one of eighteen 2007 Coming Up Taller Awards from the President's
Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, presented by Laura Bush on
January 28. Junior Docents learn interpersonal and job skills through this
after school program with Yonkers Public Schools.
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Girl
Scouts Heart of the Hudson
March
is a busy month for Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson! The week of
March 9-15 marks the traditional nationwide celebration of Girl Scout
Week. Specifically, Wednesday, March 12, will be the 96th anniversary of
Girl Scouting's founding by Juliette Gordon Low. From a small group of 18
members in Savannah, Georgia, Girl Scouts of the
USA has grown to include more
than 2.5 million girls across the country and in American Girl Scout
troops overseas.
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White
Plains Hospital Center announced that
it has been named to the 2007 HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the most
successful Medicare-certified home health care providers in the
United
States. This annual review identifies the
Top 500 of agencies, ranked by an analysis of performance measures in
quality outcomes, quality improvement and financial performance.
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Effective Jan.
1, 2008, POMCO began administering medical benefits for 20,300 covered
lives of the State- Wide Schools Cooperative Health Plan (SWSCHP), a
consortium of 23 schools in Westchester
county. POMCO currently administers benefits for 28 schools and 22
municipalities across New
York state, representing 170,213 covered lives.
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ERE
LLP, a full
service public accounting firm with offices in Valhalla and Manhattan, announces that Stone, Russo & Lazzaro,
CPAs, LLP, of White
Plains, has combined with ERE. With this move,
Richard J. Stone, CPA, and Dulcidia Lazzaro, CPA, join ERE as partners.
Richard brings to the firm his extensive expertise in complex estate,
trust and individual tax planning for high net worth clients. He also has
significant experience in business valuations and litigation, often being
called as an expert witness for court cases in divorce. Richard's addition
to ERE will provide a significant expansion to its individual tax
consulting practice. Dulcidia's expertise is in corporate and individual
tax planning for closely held clients and small businesses.
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New
York
Medical College School
of Public Health GRAND ROUNDS Program
"Milestones in Public Health" An Effort to Promote and Increase
Understanding of Public Health Practice
NYMC SPH Department of
Health Policy and Management has been awarded a grant from Pfizer Inc. to
produce an educational series promoting understanding of public health
practice. The series, to be held on campus at the School of
Public Health will
focus on the current public health infrastructure and highlight some of
the most significant challenges faced by our nation's public health system
today and in the near future.
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MARYKNOLL
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND DISCUSSION The Lives of
Others, Friday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m.
MARYKNOLL, N.Y. -
The sixth offering of the Maryknoll International Film Festival sponsored
by the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers will be shown on Friday, Feb. 15 at
7:30 p.m., at the Maryknoll
Society Center, 55 Ryder Rd., in Ossining, N.Y.
The series of nine monthly
offerings titled, Life through Death: God's Self-sacrificing Love Revealed
in Relationships, continues with The Lives of Others, a 2006 German film
from director Florian Henckel von Donnersmack.
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HVTDC
PROVIDES OPERATIONS REVIEW SUPPORT TO ULSTER-GREENE
ARC
Kingston and Fishkill, New York, February 14, 2008 - Ulster-Greene
ARC announced the receipt of support from Hudson Valley Technology
Development Center (HVTDC) in Fishkill in the development of Direct
Support Professionals at their not-for-profit agency that employs more
than 950 people throughout the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains
region. "Our dedicated staff members in 21 community homes and apartments
in Greene and Ulster Counties, felt overwhelmed and needed support for the
24/7 assistance they give to the people we serve in developing skills to
live more independent lives," stated Laurie A. Kelley, Executive Director
of Ulster- Greene ARC. "We turned to HVTDC to help stabilize our staff,
and improve both morale and the care being given to the people who receive
our services. An immediate result of HVTDC's input was elimination of
mental stressors and blocks our staff members had been experiencing about
their personal responsibilities and how they best use their work hours.
Once they understood they are in control of their own time and destinies,
there was a shift in attitude, and morale improved significantly."
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Historic
Hudson
Valley
Hands-on
Heritage Crafts will take place at Van Cortlandt Manor on Saturday and
Sunday, April 5-6, featuring plenty of hands-on opportunities. Visitors
can take part in historic tasks and crafts. Make your own candles, operate
the blacksmith's bellows, and take part in spinning, weaving, coopering,
tinsmithing, hewing wood, quilting, open-hearth cooking, butter churning,
and more.
Sheep-to-Shawl will take place at Philipsburg Manor on
Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27. Sheep-shearing, dyeing wool, and weaving
cloth are just some of the weekend's activities. Scottish border collies
display their skills with sheep-herding demonstrations while newborn lambs
frolic. Visitors can explore the process of turning wool into cloth using
18th-century techniques.
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Westchester's
Intelligent Network at Work
Join County Executive Spano and other
distinguished guests at the premier of this video highlighting
accomplishments associated with the County-wide network built by Optimum
Lightpath.
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Builders
Institute Symposium a tremendous success
The
Builders Institute of Westchester in Partnership with Paradigm Associates
Hosted a One day Leadership Symposium at The Crowne Plaza Hotel in
White plains,
NY. Business owners from The
tri- state area came to hear formulas for success from five recognized
business leaders.
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Friends
of Westchester County Parks Fourth Annual Gala Set for Wednesday, May 14
The
Friends of Westchester County Parks, Inc. will hold its Fourth Annual Gala
Dinner Dance and Silent Auction on Wednesday, May 14, beginning at 6:00
p.m. at Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle, NY. With this year's
theme as "Celebrate an Evening with Friends," the Friends of Westchester
County Parks will honor Dr. Kathryn Wasserman Davis of Tarrytown, NY.
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In January,
The College of New Rochelle
participated in Focus The Nation, a national educational initiative on
global warming solutions for America. CNR's program began
with a lecture by NY Times environmental reporter Andrew Revkin and
included lectures, panels, and demonstrations by faculty and students.
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The Yonkers
Chamber of Commerce will be honoring women in the following categories
during our 16th Annual Women of Excellence Luncheon (sponsored by Glenman
Construction/Cottage International Development Group) on Wednesday, March
26th. Event will take place at 11:15 AM at the Westchester Manor,
140 Saw Mill River
Road, Route 9A, Hastings-on Hudson, NY. Our outstanding honorees this year
are: Entrepreneur: Bernice Cook, Clifford Cook Moving & Storage
Business Professional: Ellen
Lynch, Yonkers IDA Above and Beyond: Marla Hurban, Jewish
Council of Yonkers Tom Caramadre Humanitarian Award: Richard Fitzgerald,
Sound Associates For information, please call (914) 962-0332
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Millie
Hernandez Becker, Vice President Sales and Marketing, Landmark
Aviation
Millie
Hernandez Becker, who is celebrating her 12th year as a member of The
Westchester County Association, has served in leadership positions for
much of her time with The WCA.
Ms. Becker, who
was just elected to her fourth term as a member of The WCA's Board, values
the many professional and personal connections she has made and sustained
over the years. She says it has been an honor to work with her colleagues
in tackling the issues that matter most to Westchester.
"But, I've also
gained a tremendous amount of insight and understanding abou tthe business
world simply by listening and interacting with Board Members and meeting
other leaders who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table.
indeed, The WCA has been by business school.
A graduate of
Fordham university where she majored in education, Ms. Becker started out
as a teacher but that changed three years later when she was smitten by
the aviation industry. Ms. Becker is a trustee of Mercy College and was elected president of
the 100 Hispanic Women of Westchester Chapter. She and her husband, John
and eight-year-old sonn, John, reside in Pound
Ridge.
