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1. Winter Breakfast Starting Up!2. Course Offering: Nonviolent Communication3. An Evening of Advocacy: Nov. 20

4. Call for Cake Mix5. Views on Hunger6. Empty Bowls : Save the Date7. FOCUS Community News & Events

5. Views on Hunger

1. Winter Breakfast Starting Up!

4. Call for Cake Mix

FOCUS Churches of Albany275 State St. Albany NY 12210518.443.0460www.focuschurches.net

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3. An Evening of Advocacy: Nov. 20

Pictured above: The volunteer orientation kicks off the season at Westminster in the Assembly Hall, where service takes place. Volunteer cook Patty Burch shares infor-mation with the group.

Views on Hunger: A new survey finds that Americans believe thathunger is a serious problem in the U.S. and that government, morethan individuals or communities, must play a key role in helping solveit. Click graphic below to view the article (PDF).

7. Community News & Offerings

2. Course Offering: Nonviolent Communication

November 5th, 12th and 19th at First Church in Albany :Rev. Susan Vincent-Cox, a FOCUS Board Member and Pastor at FirstChurch will offer a 3 week course on Nonviolent Communication, a prac-tical skill set for use in every day life to increase authenticity in commu-nication, understanding, deepening connection and conflict resolution.Time: 6:30 PM-8:30 PM.

Sign Up for this workshop and obtain more information: Please contactDenise @ (518) 463-4449 or Rev. Susan Vincent-Cox at (518) 796-8793.

The FOCUS Winter Breakfast Program is starting up again on November4th. This past Tuesday night, volunteers gathered for the annual orienta-tion at Westminster Presbyterian Church. The evening included a light din-

ner and a review of all the necessary info to get the season started off right.

Join FOCUS for 2 special advocacy events, coming up on

Thursday, November 20 at Westminster Presbyterian Church262 State Street, Albany NY

5-6 PM - FOCUS Advocacy Meeting

6-7:30 PM - Minimum Wage Teach-In

FOCUS Advocates Meeting 5-6PM Whether you have been to a meeting before or would is your first, we welcome you. FOCUS Ad- vocates is an outlet for group guided advocacy onthe root causes of hunger. Together, we work to- ward changes to public policy through strategicadvocacy, meetings, and engagement of FOCUS

Faith Communities.RSVP: Contact Beth at FOCUS. 443-0460.

Minimum Wage Teach-In 6-7:30PM While corporate profits soar, minimum wage andtipped workers are left with pay that cannot coverthe high costs of living in our community. You are

invited to a community teach-in come learnabout the issues and take immediate action to:

Raise the wage, end wage theft, end sub-minimum wages for tipped workers, and support of a local wage ordinance.

For more information, contact Joanna: jb.nadeau@yahoo.com or (928) 503-4049

Employment: Trinity Seeking Pre-K TeacherTrinity Nursery and Day Care Center (located at Trinity United

Methodist) is seeking a NYS Certified Pre-K Teacher for the UPK class.Competitive salary and benefit package. Send resume to:trinityndaycare@msn.com or fax resume to 518-320-1047

African Family NightSaturday, November 1, 2014 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 85Chestnut St., Albany NY. This event will be a fundraiser to help fightEbola and other African projects. Keynote speaker: Congressman PaulTonko. Reply to 436-8544 or info@wpcalbany.org .

Wont You Consider Donating? This week New York State mailed out checks forProperty Tax Freeze Credit wont you please con-sider sharing by passing it along to help us keep theinterfaith food pantry and winter breakfast pro-gram running this winter.

The Pantry Advisory Committee is busy ordering items for our annualholiday baskets that we give each guest in the food pantry during themonth of December. We are asking for donations of cake mixes this yearto satisfy everyones sweet tooth. If you would like to donate cake mixand need to schedule a drop off time, contact Lorraine Houk at (518) 443-0460. Each basket contains about $25 worth of food items. If you would like to help offset expenses please send check to: FOCUS, 275State St., Albany NY 12210, c/o A. Tedrow. Mark check holiday.

6. Empty Bowls: Save the Date

Thats right! Empty Bowls is back for its second year. It will take place onJanuary 25th, 2015 . Save the date, mark your calendar, and get readyfor an enjoyable, seasonal event that heightens your awareness of hungerin our community and rallies our efforts behind it. This event is an annualfundraiser and combined event that will benefit FOCUS Churches of Albany and Hunger Action Network of New York State.

Admission to the event includes a handcrafted bowl from a local artist andsoup made by the Chefs Consortium. More details to be announced.

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