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Casey Dinkin

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Community Outreach Workers Converge on Albany to Flaunt Food Stamp Success

Nutrition Outreach and Education Program (NOEP) Convention Comes to Albany

 

Albany, NY, 4/22/09 –Community workers whose efforts fight hunger and bring federal money into New York will gather on Wednesday, April 22nd from 11am- 2pm in the Well of the Legislative Office Building.  Forty-five NOEP workers from across the state, whose collective achievements brought $60 million in federal food stamp dollars into NYS last year, will share stories of how NOEP, and food stamps, are changing people’s lives every day in communities across the state.  They will also showcase their most effective and innovative food stamp outreach.  All are welcome to attend.

 

 

Counties Represented:

Albany ∙ Bronx ∙ Broome ∙ Cattaraugus ∙ Chemung ∙ Cortland ∙ Delaware ∙ Erie ∙ Franklin ∙ Herkimer ∙ Jefferson ∙ Kings ∙ Lewis ∙ Madison ∙ Monroe ∙ Montgomery ∙ Nassau ∙ New York ∙ Niagara ∙ Oneida ∙ Onondaga ∙ Orange ∙ Oswego ∙ Queens ∙ Rensselaer ∙ Richmond ∙ Rockland ∙ Saratoga ∙ Schenectady ∙ Schuyler ∙ St. Lawrence ∙ Steuben ∙ Suffolk ∙ Tioga ∙ Tompkins ∙ Wayne ∙ Westchester

 

 

 The Nutrition Consortium of New York State is a statewide, non-profit organization dedicated to alleviating hunger for residents of New York State by expanding the availability of, access to, and use of government nutrition assistance programs through outreach, education, and advocacy.

 

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