Christmas for Seniors & Festival of Lights

For the sixth year running, Northern Broome CARES will deliver holiday presents to some of our most vulnerable and isolated community members as part of our Christmas for Seniors program. Last year, we brought gifts to over 200 individuals. We are so grateful to this community for your support!

We are asking for monetary donations that Northern Broome CARES staff will use to purchase gifts for our seniors.

Donations can be made via:

1. Click on the green “donate now” button below. Near the bottom of the form, next to “Please use my donation to support,” use the drop-down area and select NB CARES
2. Checks made out to the Rural Health Network of SCNY, Inc. with NB CARES in the memo line, dropped off at the Northern Broome CARES office or mailed to 455 Court St., Binghamton, NY 13904

 If you prefer to shop for a gift, we will continue to accept those as well. Please contact the NB CARES   office at (607) 352-4681 with any questions.

 Donated item(s) can either be:

 1. Dropped off at the Northern Broome CARES office by Friday, December 12th. If you wrap the gift,     please place a tag on it stating what is in the package

 2. Ordered online and shipped directly to the Northern Broome CARES office: 12 Strongs Pl., Whitney   Point, NY 13862. ATTN: Megan Arenas-Cardoso

In addition to our Christmas for Seniors program. Northern Broome CARES is also selling tickets to the Festival of Lights, held at Otsiningo Park, November 17th through January 4th. Single-use tickets are   $25, and season passes good for unlimited trips are $60. To purchase a ticket, click HERE

News

Transportation providers and other interested parties are hereby notified that the Rural Health Network of SCNY, Inc. (455 Court St. Binghamton, NY 13904) is applying for a federal grant of up to $900,000, under Section 5310 of Chapter 53 of Title 49, United States Code, for its Getthere program to improve mobility and the coordination of transportation in the region, including but not limited to Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, and Tioga Counties. Getthere will meet the needs of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities through mobility management, planning, travel training, and volunteer transportation service development activities. The purpose of this notice is to invite private for-profit bus, taxi, ambulette operators and other interested parties to participate in the development of proposed grant project(s) and in the provision of enhanced transportation services to elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities.
Please contact Nick Cecconi at 607-692-7669 within 15 calendar days of this public notice to request a copy of the project(s) proposed. Comments on proposed projects must be submitted to the Rural Health Network of SCNY, Inc. within 15 calendar days after receipt of the proposed project information.