FUSE and NAGE Locals Donate $1,500 to Rhode Island Veterans Home

On December 27, 2012, NAGE Locals R1-134 and R1-144 (FUSE) were honored to make a donation of $1,500 to the Rhode Island Veterans Home in Bristol RI.  The Veterans Home currently cares for 195 veterans.  This donation was made possible through the generosity of the union membership, who made cash donations and participated in raffles at the union’s Christmas Party.  As employees of the Department of the Navy, the union membership takes great pride in helping those who defended our country and to let those aging veteran’s know they are not forgotten.  This donation will assist in upgrading their recreation room and relocating it from the basement to the first floor to improve it and make it more accessible to the veterans.  Presenting the check to Brigadier General (Ret.) Baccus, on behalf of the unions, are Dale Dandrea (FUSE President), Jennifer Ferriera-DaSilva (NAGE official), and Patrick Lavery (NAGE Local R1-134 President).