Results of SGA Haiti Relief Campaign

With CW matching the funds collected for the SGA Haiti Relief Campaign, the college will be sending $3156 to the American Red Cross. Thanks to all who donated!

Deadline for SGA Haiti Relief Campaign

Tomorrow – Friday, January 29 – is the deadline for financial contributions to the SGA Haiti Relief Campaign Fund. The total collected will be matched by CW and sent to the Red Cross. Cash and checks made payable to the American Red Cross can be submitted to Ashley Zuckerman in the Office of Career Services.

Help CW Help Haiti

CW’s Student Government Association is collecting donations, which will be

submitted to the American Red Cross in an effort to support the citizens

of Haiti through the tragedy in the aftermath of this week's earthquake.

Please contribute whatever you can!

Donations for the SGA to contribute to the

Red Cross can be brought to the Office of Career Services

on the third floor.

Toys for Tots Delivered!

At left, SGA member Michael Adebiyi sits with boxes of toys collected for children in the

White Plains Hospital Pediatrics Ward over the holidays.

Below, Nurse Managers Vivene Newman and Reema Joseph gladly accept our

Toys for Tots donations, describing how children’s faces light up when our gifts are presented

to them in their hospital rooms.

SGA and Phi Theta Kappa members who delivered the toys included (standing) Michael Adebiyi,

Genaro Cruz and Denise Martinez, and (seated) Kasey Grafer and Daniel Neves.

Many thanks to all the kind and generous contributors to this year’s campaign!

Toys for Tots!

It's not too late to participate in this year's Toys for Tots drive, which is being sponsored by the Student Government Association and Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society! Collection bins are located in the Academic Center on the 4th Floor, Career Services on the 3rd Floor, and in the Main Lobby.

All toys should be wrapped and labeled to indicate age range and gender. Toys will be given to children spending the holiday at the White Plains Hospital.

Drive ends December 22 at 6 pm.

If you have a facebook page...

Please consider voting for The College Of Westchester Charitable Foundation on the Chase Community Giving Facebook page. You can follow the link to sign in and access the voting page. Chase Community Giving, along with Facebook, are giving away $5,000,000 to charities.

http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/607471?src=wallpost&ref=nf

Thanks in advance for your participation and for encouraging others to vote for CW Foundation.

Thanksgiving Food Drive

The Honors Society and Student Government Association want to encourage you to get in the holiday spirit this Thanksgiving by donating to our food drive! Food received will be used to feed the homeless.

Please bring in canned goods and packaged foods.

Collection boxes are located in:

· Academic Center

· Career Services

· Library

· Front lobby

College of Westchester Charitable Event Honors Mayor Delfino at Scholars Event

On October 28^th, 80 CW faculty, staff and friends filled the TD Bank on Central Avenue in White Plains for the annual CW Foundation Scholarship event and silent auction, at which Mayor Delfino was honored for his fine work and tremendous support of the college. The college also recently established a Mayor Delfino scholarship.

CW and Mayor Delfino have a long, collaborative relationship that goes back more than thirty years. Mayor Joe (as he likes to be called) has stated on many occasions, "I am all about the kids, about education, taking care of the younger members of our community."

In his speech, he said, “The young people have been my life…they truly are our future. I get emotional about our children. There’s nothing they couldn’t accomplish.”

He added, “You couldn’t honor me more than to give a scholarship in my name to a student.”

Katherine Alleyene, who graduated from White Plains High in 2002 was honored to be the first CW student to receive the award. “I was very surprised,” she said. “I didn’t know that I would actually receive something like that. I’m in the medical assistance program and would like to work in a hospital or clinic with doctors and nurses. Taking care of the sick is my main goal.”

Says her older sister, Michelle, “Kathy is very motivated—when she gets her mind focused on something, she goes towards it, and she gets her goal, and she’s happy. She is also very giving and kind, and will be an asset to the community as she continues to grow in her career and in all her endeavors.” Two White Plains High School counselors were present to support Kathy as well.

Mary Magdalene Anyansi, Meira Terzian, and Mezuan Ramjohn recipients of other CW Foundation Scholarships were also in attendance. Rumana Rahman, another recipient, was not present.

Mary Magdalene, an accounting student who wants to be a CPA, was also very excited and surprised by her award. “It’s very exciting. I don’t think I’ve ever won a scholarship. I’m very happy.”

Various donors, including Camille’s Sidewalk Café Catering, Citibank, Doubletree Hotel Tarrytown, and Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival contributed items to the auction, which raised money for future scholarship. TD Bank very generously hosted the event.

For more information on how to give, visit www.cw.edu/giving.

Don't Miss This CW Charity Event

Please help us fund student scholarships. Check out the site at http://www.cmarket.com/auction/AuctionHome.action?auctionId=94310201 for the online auction and for more event details. Or contact Annette Casserly at 914-831-0343 or acasserly@cw.edu.

Mary Magdalene Anyansi, an Accounting student, said "the college has provided me with a means to juggle being a full time mom, employee and student with flexibility in my classes, a personal success coach who always counsels me in every way possible…My professors are always willing to work with me, with all the necessary resources needed to attain success.”

Sonia Crewe is a Medical Office Systems Management evening student at The College of Westchester. Of her award, she said, “I’m ecstatic. I’m so excited; I’ve been able to keep up with my grades and raise my family. I am hoping to become more marketable for the growing work force.”

Mayor Delfino is 2009 Honoree

Mayor Joe, as he likes to be referred to, consented to be our 2009 honoree. CW and Mayor Delfino have a long, collaborative relationship that goes back 30+ years. As Mayor Joe has stated on many occasions, "I am all about the kids, about education, taking care of the younger members of our community." This is one of many reasons that it is very fitting that Mayor Delfino be honored. Please join us on October 28.

Online Auction is in full swing - check out great items!

The online portion of The College of Westchester Scholarship Fund Auction is now open. The auction will run from October 10 to October 27, 2008. A live auction will take place at a fundraiser on October 28 at 5:30 in White Plains, NY. Live bids higher than online bids will win the item.

Where: TD Bank on Central Avenue in White Plains
When: Wednesday, October 28, 5:30-8:30 pm

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Coming Soon: Halloween Raffle!

Raffle tickets will be distributed soon to the entire CW Community! Enter to win one of four Halloween baskets. Donations benefit St. Jude Children's Hospital.

Winners will be announced at the Halloween Party on Thursday, October 29th at 12:30 pm in the Student Center!