The year 2007 closed with good wishes for all. Once again, Union students, faculty and staff demonstrated the spirit of the holiday season in many ways.
For the 14th year, the Dean of Students Office teamed up with the local Salvation Army, collecting new toys through the Angel Tree Program. For the third year, the Kenney Community Center sponsored a family through Family and Child Services of Schenectady. Participants donated clothes and personal care items. Athletics organized its annual Toys for Tots fund drive for fans attending December hockey games against Nebraska-Omaha.
And on the top floor of 17 South Lane, home to the Records Department, gifts piled up for the Adopt-a-Family program coordinated by Kathy McCann, director of College Relations Data Systems. Working with the Department of Social Services of Schenectady County, McCann and her colleagues delivered gifts and food to local families donated by more than 80 members of the College community.
Among the many thanks she received for the College’s efforts was a note from one recipient that read, in part, “…words in this card are just a small fraction of the gratitude I feel towards all of you for all the joy you’ve brought me and my children.”