GROC News

A few updates:

The weather has been perfect for the last four Monday nights for our Soccer Clinic, so let’s continue to keep our fingers crossed! So far, today looks ok.  Over 100 children have registered, and an average of 90 come to play every week.   Special thanks to the outreach center volunteer coaches, as they have really made this clinic a success.  We have three large fields which are being used by the older boys and girls who play hard; this year, we have over 27 older girls playing every Monday, more than any prior year.  This is a great community event and a net win for all; the cops have great interaction with the players and their parents, and Deputy Supervisor and Councilman Tony Martinez make sure the fields and bathrooms are in perfect shape for us.

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The yellow forsythia bushes are blooming everywhere, daffodils are starting to bloom, and it looks like the tulips will be blooming soon! Spring is here, and life is good!

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Just a few items:

If anyone would like a 50/50 raffle book and a stamped, self-addressed envelope to participate in our Summer Camp fundraiser, please reply to this email with your address.  Thank you in advance for your support.   The drawing will be held at the Golf Outing on May 22^nd, and you need not be present to win.  Our prior 50/50 prize winners have received thousands of dollars, and I expect the same for this year. So try out your luck and help fund a child for camp!

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Here we go. We are back!

The Gerald J. Ryan Outreach Center’s Annual Golf Outing will be held on Monday, May 22nd, 2023, at the Indian Hills Country Club.

On the 50th anniversary of the Outreach and the 40th anniversary of the Summer Camp, we are having our golf outing as a much-needed fundraiser for the families we serve. Unfortunately, many factors have negatively impacted the Outreach Center’s donations, such as runaway inflation, the three-year-old ongoing global health threat, and the loss of several large donors. This has resulted in very challenging times for nonprofit organizations like the Outreach. You know who we are; typically, the Summer camp has at least one-third of our campers who are homeless, shelter,  foster, or children in the custody of their grandparents. For the past 40 years, this camp has been very impactful in the lives of thousands of these children.

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With the holiday months behind us, I would like to extend a very special thank you to all those individuals that enabled the Outreach to fulfill its mission of serving families in need with food, winter coats, clothes, and not forgetting toys for the kids. We are now gearing up for our spring and summer activities.

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The November 19th Thanksgiving distribution went very well; a big thank you to all the volunteers and donors as we could not have done this without your help! Over 300 turkeys and food baskets were distributed to those with families and 30 baskets with chickens to singles; we also home delivered 45 baskets to our seniors.

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Some updates:

• The Job Fair held last week at the Outreach was very well attended, with over 120 plus candidates and 40 companies; kudos to both the Wyandanch Resource Center, which organized the event, and the GROC staff for their assistance in making sure all went smoothly.
• The Catholic Health Mobile Van will be at the Outreach Center on Thursday, October 27th, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm to offer flu vaccinations and health screenings like simple blood tests for cholesterol and glucose, blood pressure screening, and referrals as needed.
• We started our winter coat distribution this week, each client can select a coat from the racks in the clothing room.  Fortunately, we have many coats in good condition and some new coats to distribute.  All of our programs are in full swing!

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