Volunteers Needed For PR Project -- Non-Profit in Poughkeepsie, NY

Eddie Summers, presidential fellow for Marist College President Dennis Murray, has offered announced an opportunity for any faculty members or students who would like to complete a capstone or other class project in support of a very deserving non-profit organization in Poughkeepsie, NY.

Eddie, who recently became president of the board of directors for the Catharine Street Community Center in Poughkeepsie, wants to promote awareness of the center’s 90th anniversary in 2012. The center (http://www.catharinecenter.org/) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote and coordinate educational, health, and cultural programming that enriches and enhances the lives of individuals, children, and families. The organization provides an array of programs for the community ranging from after-school programs, a boys choir, pre-k, ESL, medical and case management, to name a few.

In conjunction with the anniversary, Eddie and the center’s board would like to arrange a number of programs, events, activities throughout 2012 that will lead up to a 90th anniversary celebration event in August 2012. The center is even thinking of creating a video charting the history of the organization.

If you or anyone you know might be interested in pursuing this opportunity, please contact Eddie, edward.summers@marist.edu.