CLYNK for Schools Challenge 2021 Begins Feb. 1st!
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- Written by Rebecca Shurtleff
Raising Funds and Environmental Awareness
The CLYNK for Schools Annual Challenge is on, and we need your help! During the 2021 recycling challenge, February 1 - March 31, our school will earn an additional $0.50 for every $1 raised through bottle and can redemption at CLYNK...plus the opportunity to earn other cash prizes while promoting recycling and environmental awareness in our community. Recycle, redeem, and raise funds for our school!
It’s easy to help.
- Fill a CLYNK collection bag tagged with our school's account information with your cans and bottles.
- Drop filled bags at the closest CLYNK drop location (your neighborhood Hannaford Supermarket).
- Already a CLYNK Family? Attach our school's CLYNK tag to your next family CLYNK bags - assign your family's CLYNK collections to our school during the challenge (2/1-3/31) or all year round.
- Not yet a CLYNK Family? Enroll in CLYNK online at www.clynk.com/register/enter-card. It's quick and easy and there is no cost to begin. You will receive 10 free CLYNK collection bags with your enrollment. Direct your CLYNK account to benefit our school during the challenge or year-round.
Ask your family, neighbors, coworkers, teammates, walking buddies, book club...everyone to help. Share CLYNK bags or school CLYNK tags with your network. Offer to collect their CLYNK bags for redemption during the Challenge. Post on your Facebook page, or share a picture of your family CLYNKing on Instagram.
Together we can make a difference for our students, our school, and our environment - and we need your help!
Contact our school coordinators for additional supplies. Let's CLYNK for Schools!
Wildwood School Curry Road location: Shelley Park, spark@wildwoodprograms.org, (518) 836-2212
Wildwood School Latham location: Andrea Doroski, adoroski@wildwoodprograms.org, (518) 640-3398.
Visit www.clynk.com/fundraising or call the CLYNK Customer Service team at 1.866.228.8454 with any questions.
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A Letter to the Editor: Remember agencies helping those living with disabilities
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- Written by Rebecca Shurtleff
Originally shared via the Times Union Opinion section.
It is difficult right now for our community to focus on anything other than the pandemic. It is a scary and emotional time and I know, for many of us, the fear has been consuming. Still, it is important that we don’t lose sight of the people and families in our community living with disabilities. We need to remember them now, more than ever.
Autism and other developmental disabilities don’t go away and people don’t grow out of them. Times may change, but the needs of families remain and, regardless of what is happening around us, these families need our help.
Agencies like Wildwood Programs support families with disabilities. We make it possible for families to stay intact, for parents to be able to have careers and for their loved ones to maximize their independence. Our more than 750 employees contribute to the local economy when they rent apartments, purchase groceries and buy school supplies for their kids. We, and agencies like us, are a significant part of the local economy.
The pandemic has left New York with a large debt. That debt will trickle down to agencies like Wildwood if there is not a federal bailout. That is not a simple budgetary line item. It will have a profound effect on people’s lives. If supports and services cannot survive, that means families, who are already up against significant challenges, will be in crisis.
I know we all are facing a difficult time. We cannot forget our neighbors and the families in our own communities who have so much to lose. We need to let our elected officials know just how important this is.
Lou Deepe
Latham
COO/Incoming CEO
Wildwood Programs