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TROY, N.Y. â Longtime Unity House Chief Executive Officer Chris Burke has announced that he will retire from the role in mid-2022. Only the second CEO in the organizationâs 50-year history, he has led the organization for more than 30 years.
âUnity House is in a very strong position today, with a dynamic and extremely talented leadership team in place, and I feel itâs time for me to prepare to step down next year,â Burke said. âAnnouncing my intent now will give the board plenty of time to undertake the process of finding Unity Houseâs third CEO.â
âThe name Chris Burke and Unity House are almost synonymous,â said Unity House Board Chair Kate Koval. âSo much of what the organization is today is the result of Chrisâ vision, leadership, and passion for those in need. He followed the lead of Unity House Founder Mary Jane Smith and saw the endless possibilities for helping those in our community, and he is now ready to help
RENSSELAER, N.Y. — Doane Stuart School and the Boys & Girls Club of Southern Rensselaer County have partnered up to create a Little Free Pantry for the city of Rensselaer.
RENSSELAER, N.Y. â The Rensselaer Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) held a ribbon-cutting at its Family Resource Center (FRC) recently to celebrate the opening of the FRC s new STEM-inspired playground.
STEM stands for education in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math. It is a current hot topic in the education industry as more and more educational leaders call for increased emphasis on teaching STEM curricula.
The new playground at the Rensselaer FRC has many structures that are designed to inspire opportunities of STEM thinking and learning for the children that attend the daycare there. On the preschool side of the playground is a climbing structure that looks like a rocket ship, a pretend car that looks like the Mars Rover, a music station, and a structure with gears and other manipulatives that demonstrates cause and effect. On the toddler side of the playground is another cause-and-effect structure and a kitchen play center.
Effective May 19, most business capacities â which are currently based upon percentage of maximum occupanc yâ will be removed in New York. Restaurants will only be limited by the space available for patrons or parties of patrons to maintain the required social distance of six feet.Â
Lauren Halligan - MediaNews Group file