The Warwick Area Migrant Committee (WAMC) Summer Enrichment Program in years past has annually planted a summer garden through a cooperative effort of students, parents, and program volunteers at the Pine Island Elementary School in Pine Island, New York. The Summer Program is hosted as this school each year and provides educational enrichment opportunities for […]
The Warwick Area Migrant Committee (WAMC) continues its Gratitude Project with all its program participants by collecting the feedback on what our programs have done for the lives of migrant farm workers and their families. This positive feedback continues to pour in from the migrant farm worker community. We continue our COVID-19 Pandemic Response Program […]
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. […]
The Warwick Area Migrant Committee (WAMC) continues its Gratitude Project as we enter the month of May. WAMC program participants are continuing to provide feedback and letters of thanks to all those who support our various programs throughout the year. The migrant farm workers of Southern Orange County NY and their families are truly grateful […]
Dear Friends of the Warwick Area Migrant Committee, The expression of gratitude seems like a natural human response. While it does not take much effort, it yields a tremendous gift to both the person expressing it and those receiving it. Living in these times has made us more aware of the gifts of family, friends […]
The Warwick Area Migrant Committee is proud to announce that our Annual Report for 2019 is now available online here. Thank you to all our supporters, donors, volunteers, staff, program parents, and the children in the program for making this year such a successful one. We look forward to continuing and growing that success in […]
We hope everyone had an amazing Christmas! This year the Warwick Area Migrant Committee had our Christmas store and we able to help over 160 families. For the kids, Santa was there and volunteers brought crafts for the kids to do. The crafts included cookie decorating and ornament making. Thank you to everyone volunteered and […]
Giving Tuesday is a day dedicated to supporting local non-profit organizations and their charitable works by making a donation. This year Giving Tuesday is Tuesday; December 3, 2019. We ask you to consider contributing to our Giving Tuesday Dulce Esperanza GoFundMe fundraiser that can be found here. Your charitable donation will go directly to support […]
Thanks to a strong turn out from donors and supporters, the Warwick Area Migrant Committee Sixtieth Anniversary Celebration Dinner was a success! We appreciate all the support, donations, and volunteer hours put in by all to make this event such a great success. We are grateful to the Southern Orange County community at large, as […]
On Wednesday; October 16, 2019 the Warwick Area Migrant Committee debuted its new documentary film “Dulce Esperanza, WAMC at Sixty”. The video was produced by Grandvue Productions and filmed under the direction of John Borst. The documentary covers how the need for migrant farm workers’ help was needed in harvesting and maintaining the crops starting […]
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