Eastern Farm Workers Association supports low-income residents Lucy Messineo-Witt | Asst. Photo Editor During the pandemic, EFWA has expanded its emergency and supplemental food distributions. Many of the supplies it offers members come from donations from the surrounding community. Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter here. On Christmas Eve, Tamara Dursely’s family and friends were planning to come over for dinner. But after months of work as the benefit coordinator for Syracuse’s Eastern Farm Workers Association, Dursely realized she had no food for her guests and little means of getting any. “I need help, and I need help now,” Dursely said.