As previously posted on our website here, the Warwick Area Farmworkers Organization (WAFO) with the support of Sun River Healthcare held an event to distribute safety backpacks as part of the Warwick Area Migrant Committee Safety Backpack program on Sunday, April 18, 2021 at the at the Pine Island Elementary School in Pine Island, NY. […]
On Saturday, April 17, 2021 a group of volunteers consisting of employees of the Green Team Realty, three local area farmworkers, original team members for the CDC-NYCAMH Project, the Warwick Area Farmworker Organization Board Members (whose parent organization is the Warwick Area Migrant Committee), volunteers from the local community, and Chief Thomas McGovern of the […]
Once again for 2021 the Warwick Area Migrant Committee delivered Easter baskets to all the children whose families participate in our various programs. This Easter we gave out Easter baskets to 90 farmworkers’ children in the Warwick New York area. Some of the baskets were donated from Christ Church in Warwick, NY. The rest of […]
The Warwick Area Migrant Committee is launching a campaign to provide safety backpacks to the area farmworkers this April (2021). As the harvest season begins, many of the area farmworkers use Pulaski Highway as they walk or ride their bikes to the fields. There are no shoulders and limited lighting on the roads in the […]
The Warwick Area Migrant Committee has received several generous offers from donors to provide used furniture, clothing, household items, and other durable home goods over the last several months. We do not unfortunately have the room to store such donations or the ability to get those types of donations to our program participants. As such, […]
The Warwick Area Migrant Committee is beginning its 2021 Winter Programs and we need some volunteers to help us out with those programs. Do you want to help others out? Do you have a yearning to enrich the lives of children and adults in need? Would you like to make a positive impact in your […]
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 […]
Giving Tuesday is a day dedicated to supporting non-profit and community organizations that do good at both local and wider levels of charity work. The Warwick Area Migrant Committee, like many similar small non-profit and local organizations, has had a significantly challenging year. The need and demand for services this year is far higher than […]
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 […]
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