On Saturday, December 12, 2020 the migrant farm workers and their families who are part of the Warwick Area Migrant Committee’s various programs gathered together to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This religious feast day is very big in Mexico, as well as, among other communities in South and Central America. This […]
The Warwick Area Migrant Committee began Phase 4 of the 2020 Christmas Amazon Wishlist Gift Drive that we have officially nicknamed “Project Santa Claus”! Due to the generous outpouring of support from the community, our volunteers, and the many sponsors who stepped up to help out, we were able to fulfill most of the […]
The Warwick Area Migrant Committee continues its 2020 Christmas Amazon Wishlist Gift Drive as we draw closer to Christmas Day. As previously reported on this web site, this year, due to Covid-19 restrictions, the Warwick Area Migrant Committee is unable to have our Annual Christmas Shop. The Christmas Shop is a way for farmworkers and […]
In late November 2020, the Warwick Area Migrant Committee received a generous donation of a large amount of handmade Peruvian style children’s winter hats that were enjoyed by the many children and adults in the WAMC’s various programs. These beautiful handmade hats were donated to our organization for the benefit of children and adults by […]
On Monday, November 22, 2020; the Warwick Area Migrant Committee’s Young Outstanding Latina Organization (YOLO Club for short) had their Monday night meeting with local immigration attorney Johanna Zaccharias. The children and young adults in the Club were able to ask questions about several important topics. The girls asked questions about the incoming Presidential term […]
This year, due to Covid-19 restrictions, the Warwick Area Migrant Committee is unable to have our Annual Christmas Shop. The Christmas Shop is a way for farmworkers and their families to get presents for Christmas at no cost to them. Instead of the WAMC Christmas Shop this year, we went around to families and asked […]
The Warwick Area Migrant Committee, due to concerns about COVID-19 safety, is making some changes to this year’s WAMC Thanksgiving Food Drive. We will still be offering a holiday Thanksgiving food program to all our WAMC program participants in the local migrant farm worker community. We will not, however, be able to have groups of […]
During its October 2020 meeting, the Pine Island Chamber of Commerce awarded the Warwick Area Migrant Committee its “Outstanding Community Organization” award in recognition of all the work done by our organization for the Pine Island, NY migrant farm worker community. We are grateful for this honor and thank the Pine Island Chamber Board, its […]
The 2020 Dulce Esperanza Summer Program was a successful one despite the many challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. This success was due to the support of our volunteers, partners, and donors. There is is no way we could have helped so many children in need this year without your support and hard work. In […]
Friday, August 14, 2020 marked the end of the seven-week summer enrichment program named Dulce Esperanza (Sweet Hope), a program of the Warwick Area Migrant Committee. This program provided enrichment activities for up to eighty-five children from farmworker families this summer. Most of the parents work in black dirt farms and packing houses. Four thousand […]
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