Latham, NY – A new concept in the dry cleaning industry – giving customers around-the-clock access to drop off and pick up their dry cleaning – is available for the first time in the capital region. Feigenbaum Cleaners, one of the area’s oldest dry cleaning businesses, has opened a 24/7 dry cleaning store in The Fresh Market Commons at the intersection of Routes 9 and 155 just south of the Latham Circle.

The fully automated store uses a computerized robotic system to take in and give out customer orders. According to company president Todd Feigenbaum, “It’s kind of like an ATM for dry cleaning.” Feigenbaum believes that in today’ [...]

East Greenbush, October 26, 2011: The New York Alliance for Donation, has been awarded two grants, totaling over $500,000 per year for statewide research that will test out new methods of educating Department of Motor Vehicles customers and employees about organ donation. This award comes from the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The grants will also fund a Challenge for Life campaign with groups who are interested in helping with the cause or organ donation education, over the next two years. The need for the grants was outlined in the grant proposal—New York has the third lowest donor enrollment in the US. These grants will inform the research on how to close that gap among adults in New York.

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ALBANY NY – The ASAP Daisies are once again partnering with the Albany County Coalition Against Domestic Abuse to Shine a Light on Domestic Violence by hosting the second annual Hunt for Purple October on Saturday, October 22nd. This scavenger hunt fundraiser is part of a county wide campaign to raise awareness about domestic violence during October which is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. All proceeds will benefit In Our Own Voices. In Our Own Voices offers a variety of programs, including the region’s only Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) specific Domestic Violence Support Line, and the Capital Region Anti-Violence Project, which works to improve domestic violence services for LGBT people of color in Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Montgomery, <a href="http://www.albany.com/thingstodo/day-trips/ [...]

ALBANY, NY-Expectant and new parents will have the opportunity to meet the doulas of The Doula Network of the Capital Region” on Monday, October 24, 2011 at 6 p.m. “Meet the Doula Night” will take place at 485 Western Avenue in Albany. Birth and postpartum doulas will answer questions and offer information about how doulas provide support for expectant and new parents.

The US maternal health crisis has sparked an interest in resources that promote positive outcomes for pregnant women and newborn babies. A doula (pronounced DOO-lah, and stemming from a Greek word which means “woman who serves”) is a trained professional who specializes [...]

Closing Reception for THE ATHLETIC ANNEX EXHIBITION
Squash Courts, Locker Rooms, Showers Will House Pop-Up Gallery On October 14

The University Club’s former fitness annex will gain new life as a “pop up art gallery” with an exhibit featuring more than 20 local and regional artists.

The artwork will be installed throughout the building, located behind the National Register-listed University Club at 141 Washington Avenue at Dove Street, Albany, NY. Special musical guests TN3 – The Todd Nelson Trio – performing in the Grille Room from 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

The Athletic Annex Exhibition will be curated by Chip Fasciana – named by Metroland as the “Best Moveable Curator” in their July 2011 Best Of issue. A painter, sculptor and founder of Albany Underground Artists, Chip has a gift for “unifying his creative colleagues, and [...]

ALBANY, NY – On Saturday, October 15th, the Addictions Care Center of Albany (ACCA) will host the 3rd Annual Start Smart Field Day to celebrate 17 years of providing substance abuse prevention education to area schools. The event, located at ACCA’s campus at 90 McCarty Avenue in Albany, will run from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm and is FREE to the community!

Start Smart is the umbrella term for ACCA’s substance abuse prevention education continuum which is provided annually to Capital Region youth and families. Start Smart Field Day, hosted by ACCA and sponsored by BlueShield of Northeastern New York, celebrates the onset of ACCA’s prevention programming in area schools. Field Day will offer plenty of [...]

October 1, 2011 (Albany, NY) – Recently, the Northeast Kidney Foundation announced it will expand its vehicle donation program aimed at channeling proceeds back to the local community. The newest markets to benefit from Kidney Wheels include Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and Westchester, New York along with Western Massachusetts and Vermont. The Northeast Kidney Foundation recently localized its car donation program so that proceeds would go to local families in need along with the many other programs the Northeast Kidney Foundation supports in the fight against kidney disease.

Kidney Wheels is a fast and easy way to support individuals in the Northeast that are living with or at risk of kidney disease, and helping the tens of thousands of individuals waiting for a lifesaving transplant simply by donating a car, truck, RV, motorcycle or boat. 100 percent of the proceeds from Kidney Wheels are channeled back into the local community [...]

Saratoga Springs, NY – On Saturday, October 15, 201, Angel Names Association (ANA) will host its 6th annual Memorial Walk at the Saratoga Spa State Park. Registration begins at noon; the walk commences at 1:15 p.m. and will be followed by a nondenominational memorial and flower ceremony.

The primary goal of the walk is to support bereaved families and to increase public awareness about pregnancy loss and infant death. More than 25,000 families each year suffer the tragedy of stillbirth; 1,700+ of them are in New York State.

Guests at this year’s walk will include members of Still Parents NY, the grassroots parents group that was instrumental in advocating for the passage of the Certificate of Still Birth law last month.

The walk is free and all who have been touched by the death of a baby are welcome to attend. Participants can opt to [...]

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Peter Yarrow is guest speaker for Mental Health Association in New York State for a Special Evening on Tuesday, October 25th, 2011.

Albany, NY October 3, 2011 – Peter Yarrow of the legendary folk group Peter, Paul & Mary will be the guest speaker at the Mental Health Association in New York State’s (MHANYS) Awards Dinner for a special evening on Tuesday, October 25th celebrating the work of its affiliates and colleagues.
Peter is an advocate for the public’s understanding of and perception of those challenged by mental illness, including Clinical Depression, from which Peter, himself, suffered for over a decade. His advocacy in this arena is, of course, very personal and important to him.

Peter Yarrow’s commitment and life’s work have been framed by his [...]

‘Cats win New York-Penn League Community Service Award
Award presented to General Manager Rick Murphy

TROY, NY— The New York-Penn League has announced that ValleyCats Vice President/ General Manager Rick Murphy has been awarded the 2011 Robert F. Julian Community & Baseball Service Award for outstanding service in and around their community.

“I am honored to be recognized by the baseball industry for an award which exemplifies the hard work and commitment the ValleyCats organization puts forth each year to help our community. Our outreach programs are essential in today’s ever challenging
environment. It is our responsibility to be a good neighbor and give back,” Murphy said.

The ValleyCats were extremely active throughout the Capital [...]