Ed Burkhart, a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member in the Great Meadow Correctional Facility Local, emerging from 46-degree Lake George, NY, water after taking the Polar Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics New York. CSEA, through a supportive relationship with Special Olympics New York and Quality Care New York, affirms its commitment to New York's developmentally disabled individuals, advocating for the highest standard in quality of care. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Staten Island DDSO electrician Mario Papa, right, poses for a photo on the winners podium with his gold winning swimming team at the 2008 Special Olympics. They are joined by co-coach Beth Lawrence, left. Papa has volunteered at the Special Olympics Summer Games more than a decade as a swim coach. CSEA members volunteer for the event in various capacities as a way to give back to their communities.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Dave Cohn, a developmental aide at Broome Developmental Center in Binghamton, NY, coached his Special Olympics Division 2 basketball team to an impressive 16-2 win. Cohn is pictured with two of the athletes he coaches. CSEA volunteers of all sorts came out to help make the 2008 Special Olympics New York Summer Games a success.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Steve Abramson, left, joins Town of Oyster Bay Local President Bob Rauff in 'Freezin' for a Reason' in the Long Island Region Polar Plunge. CSEA members from the Long Island Region raised more than $5,000 for Special Olympics New York, the most money CSEA has raised at a Polar Plunge during the winter 2007-2008 season. CSEA members across the state raised a total of $9,300 in three Polar Plunges.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Long Island Region Bathing Beauties gather at the CSEA booth immediately before the plunge at Bar Beach on Hempstead Harbor. Across the state, CSEA members have been braving freezing water to take the Polar Plunge, raising money to help send athletes to the New York Special Olympics Summer Games. CSEA members this winter raised more than $10,000 to help support the summer games.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Putnam County Local members Mark Semo and Mike O'Connor, joined by CSEA Political Action Coordinator Cody Peluso, react to the icy temperatures of Fishkill Creek during the Special Olympics Polar Plunge. O'Connor took the plunge in an Elmo costume. Across the state, CSEA members have been braving freezing water to take the Polar Plunge, raising money to help send athletes to the New York Special Olympics Summer Games. CSEA members this winter raised more than $10,000 to help support the summer games.
Western Region Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members took part in the Polar Plunge at Charlotte Beach for the Rochester, New York, Polar Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics New York. CSEA, through a supportive relationship with Special Olympics New York and Quality Care New York, affirms its commitment to New York's developmentally disabled individuals, advocating for the highest standard in quality of care.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Mary Brownell, Brenda Facin and Heidi Holcomb, all of the Greenwich School District Unit, before jumping into a frigid Lake George to help raise money for Special Olympics athletes.