US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Senators Gillibrand & Welch, Rep. Velázquez, Anti-Hunger Advocates Introduce Bill To Boost Snap Benefits

Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Peter Welch (D-VT) and Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-NY-07) held a press conference to announce the introduction of the Closing the Meal Gap Act, which would expand and strengthen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for over 40 million vulnerable Americans, nearly half of whom are children. Other major groups of recipients include older adults, people with disabilities, and veterans.

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Volney Fifth Graders Show Their Employable Traits, Participate In Mock Interviews

Students in Bill Cahill’s fifth grade ELA RTI class at Volney Elementary School recently completed an exercise in a mock interview process. The exercise was based on the completion of reading Yes Pa, the autobiography of Fred Sarkis, a retired Rochester businessman who made visits to Volney Elementary for 13 years but is now unable to at age 95. 

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