Cambria Hts Haitian group gets $250K
cross-posted on Queens Village Times
By Ivan Pereira
Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:17 AM EDT
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State Sen. Malcolm Smith awarded the Cambria Heights-based Haitian Americans United for Progress $250,000 this week. |
A Cambria Heights nonprofit dedicated to helping the neighborhood’s Haitian community received a major boost to expand its operations Tuesday.
State Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-St. Albans) joined other southeast Queens elected officials outside the Haitian Americans United for Progress offices at 221-05 Linden Blvd. to award the group a $250,000 capital allocation.
Elsie St. Louis Accilien, executive director of HAUP, said the money will be used to help fund the organization’s new, larger headquarters.
“Through its dedicated staff and critical services offered, HAUP improves the quality of life for over 15,000 members of the southeast Queens community on a yearly basis,” Smith said in a statement. “The funds I have secured for HAUP will allow them to continue the extraordinary work they do for the Haitian and immigrant communities in southeast Queens.”
Tags: Clark, community, Comrie, Elsie Accilien, haitian, haitian-american, HAUP, Immigrant, Malcolm Smith, services
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