Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue meets with New York Senate Conference Leader John Sampson during CSEA/AFSCME Lobby Day 2010.
Metropolitan Region office assistant Moses Merisier and office manager Jessie McQueen, who have relatives in Haiti, help organize food, clothing and other supplies that Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members donated to earthquake victims in Haiti. McQueen lost a cousin and his two young children in the collapse of Port-au-Prince's Hotel Montana. Merisier's family was spared fatalities, but they lost their homes and livelihoods. After the devastating earthquake, Merisier and McQueen organized the donation drive. They are also helping coordinate a March 27 fund-raiser to benefit local humanitarian organizations, along with the region's Women's and Education committees, other unions and community groups.
Lesly Senatus works the phones at the Rockland County Local Office, soliciting donations for earthquake victims in Haiti. The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Rockland County Local's membership includes a large number of workers born in Haiti.
John Glena, husband of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Orleans County Nursing Home employee Kelley Glena, and Dave Pollock, husband of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Orleans County Clerk's Office employee Sharon Pollock, don their finest for the Rochester Polar Plunge February 14, 2011.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and Monroe County Local activists Holly Gudonis, Susan Newman and Fran Falzone needed coats and layers after the Rochester Polar Plunge February 14, 2011.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Robbie Ellis, who also serves as Livingston County Local President (left), and Alise Rounsville brave icy Lake Ontario during the Rochester Polar Plunge February 14, 2011.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Theresa Yackel, shown here on her job at the Minisink Valley Central School District, helped give her friend Barbara a second chance at a healthy life by donating a kidney.