WEST NYACK, N.Y.: The United Way of Rockland County, Inc. (UWRC) will be partnering with the Palisades Center for the 2020 Laps for Literacy Mall Walk on Sunday, February 9, 2020. This walk increases awareness of the literacy challenges facing Rockland County youth and raises funds to address these challenges. Statistics inform us that children […]
Colleagues at the Pfizer Pearl River site held a silent auction recently to benefit People to People of Nanuet, N.Y., and United Way of Rockland. Dozens of colleagues donated items, some of them handmade, and many others placed bids on the wide variety of items available. Pfizer turned over the amount of the winning bids […]
Over 30 volunteers from the Pfizer Pearl River site turned out to work at Vision Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired camp in Spring Valley during the United Way of Rockland’s 2017 Fall Day of Caring recently. The colleagues from Pfizer’s North Middletown Road research facility performed a number of chores, including cleaning […]
United Way of Rockland announced the appointment of Dana Treacy as its new president and CEO, following a unanimous vote by the Board of Directorsearlier this month. “We are delighted to welcome Dana to her new position at the United Way. She is very well-known throughout Rockland County and brings a broad level of experience […]
The United Way of Rockland welcomed three new Board members at their Annual Meeting on May 10. Susan Branam, the Deputy Director of the Veteran Service Agency of Rockland County; Kelly Maher, the Regional Site Supervisor of Crystal Run Health; and Robert Murray, the Provost at St. Thomas Aquinas College. The 2017-18 slate of officers was […]
The United Way of Rockland County and its Board of Directors are pleased to announce the approval to distribute $493,000 in Community Impact Grants to support non profits in Rockland for the next two years. The UWRC received 33 applications, and after an extensive review process awarded funding to thirteen programs. Collectively, forty-five organizations will […]