Caritas of Port Chester Partners with Whole Foods for Charity

Whole Foods Port Chester located in the Kohl's Shopping Center will donate 5 percent of all sales made between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Jan. 7 to Caritas of Port Chester, Inc. to help alleviate hunger in our area. Caritas of Port Chester, Inc., a 501 3 organization, is an outgrowth of the Social Outreach Services of Holy Rosary Church in Port Chester.



via Port Chester Newswire http://patch.com/new-york/portchester/caritas-port-chester-partners-whole-foods-charity?

Board Member Of Port Chester's LWV Commemorated For Human Rights Day

New Rochelle resident Dr. Moshe Avital, a leading Holocaust author and scholar, shared his personal experience as an Auschwitz survivor and the meaning of the Holocaust in modern Western society on Wednesday, Dec. 10 at the countywide Westchester International Human Rights Day Commemoration at Greenburgh Town Hall. Joan Grangenois Thomas, president of the Port Chester/Rye Branch of the NAACP, was a special guest speaker at the commemoration, which was sponsored by the Westchester County Human Rights Commission, Town of Greenburgh, Yonkers Human Rights Commission and the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center.



via Port Chester Newswire http://portchester.dailyvoice.com/neighbors/international-human-rights-day-honors-dr-moshe-avital-new-rochelle