 Helping New Yorkers in need since 1922
The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA) is a membership organization with almost 300 community-based social service agencies and church-based human service programs in its network. FPWA builds the capacity of its members through management and technical assistance; training and workshops; policy and advocacy services; and through a variety of grant programs, including camp scholarships, a holiday toy drive, and individual grants for emergency needs through its participation in the New York Times Neediest Cases fund.
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Welfare Reform Network Meeting |
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January 6, 2009, Joel Berg, author and Executive Director of the NYC Coalition Against Hunger, will discuss his new book All You Can Eat: How Hungry is America?, 9:30am to 11:00am at FPWA.
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| STORIES FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES NEEDIEST CASES FUND |
He Can Speak Now, and Sleep in His Own Bed
(photo:Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times)
If you take him at his word, Caius Gillett is 200 years old, has been attending Public School 94 in the Bronx for 99 years and is secretly made of Legos.“And I can build things, too!” he adds, twirling around on one foot, arms outstretched. His mother, Ardette Arnold, 44, offers a competing set of particulars: He is 7, in his second year at P.S. 94, 100 percent human and has a mother who is, for the moment, less impressed with the imagination that strings together his words than the fact that he can say them... Read more at NY Times.com FPWA has participated in the Neediest Cases Fund campaign for many years. The Fund provides us with money to award one-time grants to individuals and families for emergency needs. |
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