Northport YDA Wants You!

YDA

Administrative Office:
7 Diane Court • East Northport, NY 11731
Tel: (631 ) 261-7901 • Fax: (631 ) 261-1460
www.ydaonline.org

M.ay 5,2017

Dear Retired United Teachers of Northport:

Youth Directions & Alternatives (YDA) is a private non-profit 50103 community and youth agency that serves participants aged 11 to 21 in the Northport/East Northport, Elwood and Harborfields School Districts. YDA was established n 1912 in order to provide comprehensive services to youth through an accessible neighborhood based agency. ln 2A16, we seryed over 2,500 different adolescents. Continue reading

Help for Seniors with Hearing Loss

ClearCaptions for hearing impaired Seniors

ClearCaptions is a free service that provides text of telephone conversations  to seniors with hearing loss. Certified as a caption telephone provider by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), ClearCaptions offers an innovative suite of communication services on a variety of platforms, including personal computers, mobile devices and home phones. The telephone equipment is free and plugs into your current phone – all that is needed is internet access.  It provides simultaneous print out of in coming phone calls and printed message on the answering machine.  Visit the ClearCaptions website for  more information.

Upcoming NYSARA Conference …

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NYSARA

Long Island Chapter

Conference

Friday April 28, 2017

10:30 – 12:30

Main Topic:

Ramifications to Medicare & Medicaid if Obamacare repealed

Martha Livingston, PhD, Chair, Public Health SUNY Old Westbury will be giving a presentation on impact of repealing ACA
Also
NYSARA President, Barry Kaufmann will update on current issues we should be aware of, including proposed Constitutional Convention
NYSUT- Suffolk
150 Motor Parkway- Hauppauge (Citibank bldg)
Media Center-downstairs
Questions and RSVP to Joan Perrini at 631-273-8822

Sad News …

Alba Rappuzzi passed away on April 17th after a short illness.  She will be waked Sunday at O.B. Davis (631-744-1001), 1001 Route 25 A Miller Place,  from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Mass will be on Monday at 10 am at St. Louis De Montfort Church, 75 New York Ave. Sound Beach.  

Sympathy cards can be sent to her daughter A.J. Spagnesis,
138 Remsen Road   
Wading River NY 11792. 
 
 Memorial donations can be made to the United Teachers of Northport Scholarship Fund, UTN office 
 166 Larkfield Rd
 East Northport NY 11731 – 
note that A.J. should be notified of the donations.