OUR HONOREE Minkus Family Farms Sun River Health Foundation is proud to be honoring Minkus Family Farms at our upcoming Honoring The Hands event on April 27th for their commitment to agriculture and health. We are so grateful to have partners like Minkus Family Farms who share the belief that we can cultivate good produce […]
The first Annual Father John V. Boland Memorial Scholarship was awarded this past week to Melissa Cortez, a High School Senior at Goshen High School in Goshen New York, who is also a student participant in several Warwick Area Migrant Farmworker programs. She will be attending SUNY Orange (Orange County Community College) in Middletown, New […]
Vanessa Ortiz Aquillar, an 11th grade student in the Warwick Valley Central High School, received a Youth Award from the Orange County Youth Bureau. This special award was presented by the County Executive, Steve Neuhaus on June 9, 2022 . The award was the Leadership Award for Volunteerism and Citizenship. Vanessa has been working with […]
The Pine Island Chamber of Commerce recognized two of the youth members of the Warwick Area Farmworker Organization for their volunteer work this past week. Luis Andrade and Leslie Leal were recognized by the Chamber for their volunteer service over the last year within the Pine Island New York community. Both of the award recipients […]
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 […]
Katherine Brieger Receives National Award: Lifetime Achievement Award in Migrant Health The National Association of Community Health Centers has awarded the 2020 Lifetime Achievement in Migrant Health Award to Katherine Brieger, Executive Director of the Warwick Area Migrant Committee. Due to the current COVID precautions, there will be a delayed public presentation of the award. […]
Kathy Brieger and Jeanette Shanahan, of the Warwick Area Migrant Committee, were recognized by the Warwick Valley Central School District Board of Directors. They were recognized for their work in leading the Summer Enrichment Program for Farmworker Children called “Dulce Esperarnza”. This program was a seven week enrichment program held at the Pine Island School. […]
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