“INDEPENDENT”

UNION NEWS Affiliated ·Service Employees International Union ·AFL-CIO, CLC

CT EMPLOYEE UNION INDEPENDENT, SEIU LOCAL 511

MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES UNION INDEPENDENT, SEIU LOCAL 506

110 Randolph Road, P.O. Box 1268, Middletown, CT 06457

Phone: 860-344-0311 Toll Free: 1-800-622-3359

Fax: 860-344-8648 WEB SITE: www.ceui.org Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30am—5:00pm

Non-profit Org.

U.S. POSTAGE

PAID

Middletown, CT

Permit No. 18

LOCAL 511 LOCAL 506

March 2006

CONTRACT AWARD DELAYED

On Tuesday, February 28, 2006 Interest Arbitrator Larry Foy notified CEUI and the State that his award will not be issued in March. Arbitra-tor Foy is experiencing a serious family health issue and as a result, CEUI and the State have agreed to extend the due date for the con-tract award. Arbitrator Foy will issue the contract award in late April, barring any further personal circumstances.

UPON RECEIPT OF THE AWARD:

Stewards will be sent information via email providing we have cur-rent email addresses

The Union Update Line will include information on the award—dial 1-800-622-3359, x905

A leaflet outlining the award will be brought to work sites. It will in-clude locations, dates & times of Question & Answer (Q&A) meetings

Q&A meetings will be held at numerous work locations throughout the state during regular work hours. Members scheduled to work will be allowed to attend. The locations and times of Q&A meetings will be included in the leaflet dropped off at work locations and will be updated on the Union’s website at www.ceui.org

At the Q&A meetings, members will be provided additional written details of the arbitration award

Following completion of Q&A meetings, the language and economics in each article changed will be mailed along with a mail ballot in-cluding date & time to return the ballot. The ballot will be mailed to the home address presently on record at the Union

Stewards will be trained on the Award upon receipt Once the arbitrator has issued his award, the State has ten days to

submit the award to the respective House and Senate Clerks of the General Assembly

Following receipt of the arbitration award, CEUI will meet with both

the Senate and House Leadership, urging them to Emergency Cer-tify the Contract Award, allowing a vote in the Trailer/Veto Session, possibly in late May or June. Above is exactly what occurred with the 2001 Liebowitz Award Contract. Under Connecticut General Stat-ute Section 5-278(b), the 30 day clock doesn’t apply under State law since the General Assembly is not in regular session (February-May).

Dear Friends and Co-workers:

Some of you have had the pleas-ure of meeting and getting to know our granddaughter, Hennessy Hernandez. She is a student in the Head Start program in Naugatuck and just celebrated her 3rd birthday in October. For those of you unaware, Hennessy had a normal birth and develop-ment until the age of 18 months when a post mediastinal neuro-genic tumor was discovered. Hennessy underwent surgery to remove the tumor but encoun-tered complications that have left her with complete paralysis begin-ning below the rib cage.

Unfortunately, this Christmas Eve, Hennessy was admitted to Yale New Haven Hospital where she was diagnosed with (continued on Page 4)

2003 LAYOFF COURT CASE When the Felon Ex-Governor Rowland offered the illegal ERIP and laid off approximately 4,000 State employees in January 2003, SEBAC (State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition) filed a lawsuit. The law-suit alleges that Rowland violated employees constitutional rights when he ordered the layoffs. Recently the State filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. The judge has denied that motion and has ordered discovery to begin. As you can see, this lawsuit was filed approximately 3 years ago, and is still in the beginning stages. It will be several more years before any finality is brought to the litigation. It is amazing that even with CEUI's backlog in arbitration, the arbitration process is still faster then the court system.

LET THE RACE BEGIN!

On February 3, 2006 Gubernatorial candidates Mayors John DeStefano of New Haven and Dan Malloy of Stamford accepted the invitation from the Committee on Political Education (COPE) to meet with them to discuss their Gubernatorial candidacy. The Committee had the op-portunity to ask the candidates questions on issues that are important to CEUI and its members.

Some of the important issues discussed by Mayor John DeStefano in-cluded the state’s need to change to a more income based tax system which would deplete reliance on property tax, support of the existing binding arbitration law, the importance of the State keeping its end of the deal and honoring state employee pension and health insurance coverage until 2017, and his efforts in New Haven to award unions the right to organize.

Mayor Dan Malloy voiced his consistent support of the current binding arbitration law, his non-support of privatizing public employee jobs, the importance of discussing solutions with labor organizations in the event that the state faces budgetary problems and the need for Connecticut to invest in its transportation infrastructure. Governor Rell was invited and was not available to attend. (Politics continued on Page 4)

Gubernatorial candidate Mayor John DeStefano addresses the COPE Committee

regarding his candidacy for Governor.

Gubernatorial candidate Dan Malloy responds to questions from the COPE

Committee (continued on Page 4)

GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES INTERVIEWED

MEMBERS/GRANDPARENTS SEEK YOUR HELP

JOE COURTNEY FOR CONGRESS! 2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

SEE PAGE 4

Service to Members CONTRACT VIOLATIONS

SCSU Custodians had a grievance filed on their behalf after an outside contractor was hired to do cleaning on campus. Members were forced to clean up after the contractors, redoing work; obviously this was not cost-effective. The grievance was sustained, and SCSU custodians were given overtime in order to keep up with the required cleaning. Henry Grimme Jr., Custodian, Gateway CTC-North Haven, had not been receiving his shift differential due to a systems input error. As a result, Mr. Grimme received a ret-roactive payment of $568.13, and a correction was made to the system. Terry Wynn, Lead Custodian, Capital Re-gion Mental Health Center, was facing dis-missal by his employer for alleged unauthor-ized leave. The Union intervened and pre-sented mitigating circumstances on Terry’s behalf. As a result, an agreement was reached which returned Terry to work, with a 10 day suspension. Mike Soucy, QCW Electrician, DCF/

Connecticut Juve-nile Training School, had his over-time adversely im-pacted when school residents were being used to perform NP-2 duties. A grievance was filed by the Un-ion, and as a result,

the facility agreed that students will not be used to avoid overtime for NP-2 bargaining unit members. Third Shift Custodians and Lead Custodi-ans at Manchester Community College desired an earlier starting and ending time for their work shift. A request was made by the Union to have the shift changed from 12:30am—8:30am to 11:00pm—7:00am. The Agency agreed to negotiate the matter. As a result of the work schedule negotiations, an agreement was reached which granted the schedule change requested by the members.

WORKERS COMPENSATION Richard Calabrese, HVAC, Western CT State University, injured his left knee while performing his duties. The insurance carrier denied the claim stating it was non-work re-lated. After obtaining proper documentation from the physician, the Union was able to prove that the injury was job related. Norman Vittner, Custodian, UConn/

Storrs, noticed a pain in his neck while per-forming his custodian duties. He reported it to the insurance car-rier, and the claim was denied. The Union re-quested a hearing, and with doctors notes was able to get the claim accepted and Mr. Vitt-

ner’s leave accruals reimbursed. George Bacon, DOT Crewleader, North Haven DOT, injured his left shoulder and neck while putting tools in a tool crib. GAB Robins denied the claim, stating insufficient medical documentation. The Union requested a hearing and was able to provide the medical connection to the injury. Mr. Bacon will be re-imbursed for medical payments and leave time taken. He also received surgery approval. Greg Nadeau, QCW Electrician, DMR/Hartford Regional Center, developed carpal tunnel in his right arm. When his claim was presented to the workers’ compensation insur-ance carrier, it was denied. The doctor re-

lated this problem to the type of work Mr. Nadeau performs. At a hearing, the doctor notes were presented to the Commissioner, and he accepted the relationship and instructed the insurance carrier to do the same. Antonio Magno, Mail Handler, UConn/Storrs, was not having the correct compensation rate com-puted while on workers comp. The insurance carrier declined to make an adjustment, claim-ing his time of employment with the agency was insufficient, hence the lower rate. The Un-ion presented paperwork proving Mr. Magno was employed at another agency, and that the time was continuous. The Attorney General’s office agreed, and Mr. Magno was awarded a higher rate and reimbursed the difference. Rosina Gabriele, Maintainer, Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, after receiv-ing benefits for her rating, was denied addi-tional continuance of her temporary total dis-ability. The Union requested a hearing and proved she was still incapacitated and not able to perform any type of work. Additionally, while out of work due to surgery from a workers comp injury, she developed problems with her legs. She was instructed to obtain an adjust-able bed. The workers comp carrier denied re-sponsibility for the purchase of the item. The Union, after several hearings and with the aid of letters from the doctors, was able to obtain partial payment towards the purchase of the bed. Wanda Bullock, Supervising Custodian, Western Connecticut State University, was injured on the job and was put out of work. Although her claim was accepted, she was not receiving workers comp payments from the carrier. The Union contacted GAB Robins, and was able to get the lost time and payments paid to Ms. Bullock. Joe D’Amato, QCW Plumber, Dept. of Pub-lic Works, Hartford, had vacation and sick leave time that was not properly restored in connection with his workers compensation claim. The Agency had improperly used full days of Mr. D’Amato’s leave time instead of only partial days to supplement his work-ers comp. A grievance was filed and pursued by the Union. The grievance was resolved, and the agency restored all vacation and sick leave time due Mr. D’Amato. Department of Public Works, Hartford filed a class action grievance because the DPW was not following guidelines given under the NP-2 contract dealing with Workers Compensa-tion, Article 38. The Union met with DPW and resolved the issue of using accrued leave bal-ances in lieu of workers comp. From now on, leave balances will only be used until a workers comp claim is accepted. A stipulated agreement was issued and agreed to by both parties. Thomas Milard, QCW Carpenters, Western Connecticut State University, was injured in an auto accident while on a snow work assign-ment. The insurance carrier denied reimburse-ment of lost time. The Union, after several hearings, was able to get the insurance carrier to reimburse Mr. Milard for sick leave he had used.

DISABILITY RETIREMENT Anthony Hubeny, DOT Crew Leader, Farmington DOT, was recently awarded a service-connected disability retirement. Brian Zalewski, DOT Maintainer 2, Brooks Street/Rocky Hill, received a non-service-connected disability retirement. John Phelan, Maintainer, Naugatuck Val-

ley Community Technical College, was re-cently awarded a non-service connected dis-ability retirement. Mr. Phelan, who applied for a disability retirement in November 1997, was turned down twice by the Medical Examining Board and was granted his pension. Karen Mazzarella, DOT Maintainer 2, Pomfret DOT, received a service-connected disability retire-ment as a result of the Un-ion’s help.

MEDICAL INSURANCE Spencer Trombly, Retired Maintenance Supervisor 2 (Electrical), contacted the Union seeking assistance because the phar-macy carrier was charging his wife Medicare out-of-area prices for her mail order prescrip-tion drugs instead of $3 and $6. The Union contacted the pharmacy carrier, the records were corrected and the Trombly’s were cred-ited $237.90 minus the copay amounts. Robert Candales, Retired DOT Maintainer 3, Waterford Maintenance, contacted the Union seeking assistance in getting the insur-ance company to pay his doctor bills. Mr. Can-dales had received a check for $115.80 from the insurance company, when his doctor bills totaled $885. The Union contacted the insur-ance company, and the remaining $734.20 of outstanding doctor bills were paid.

MISCELLANEOUS Anne Boucher, Storekeeper, Southbury Training School, filed a grievance due to child care issues and was able to receive two days of authorized leave per the Office of Labor Rela-tions. Since that grievance was filed and sus-tained, Anne unfairly received a reduction of hours. An Unfair Labor Practice was filed, and Ms. Boucher received an increase in her work hours.

ARBITRATION CASES PEARLIN GETS SUSPENSION REDUCED

TO REPRIMAND In May 2000, Keith Pearlin, a DOT Maintainer 2 in New Haven, stopped to get some soda for lunch. When he exited the convenience store, he discovered that two (2) weed whackers were missing from the body of his 9-ton DOT truck. After reporting the loss to his supervisor and the local police, Pearlin was issued a two (2) day suspension for losing the weed whackers. While finding that Pearlin did bear some responsibil-ity for the loss of the equipment, the arbitrator said that DOT had failed to take into account Pearlin’s length of service and previous work record. Citing Pearlin’s more than 20 years of service, work record and good service ratings, the arbitrator found that the two (2) day sus-pension was “excessive,” and decided that a letter of reprimand was the appropriate pen-alty. His award said that the two (2) day sus-pension was not for just cause, that the appro-priate discipline was a reprimand and that Pearlin should be paid for the two days of lost pay.

HUTCHINGS GETS SUSPENSION REMOVED AND TWO DAYS PAY

An arbitrator ruled that DOT did not prove that Corey Hutchings was guilty of violating the De-partment’s backing policy and ordered that the suspension be removed from his record and he

Mike Soucy

Norman Vittner

Joe D’Amato

Karen Mazzarella

Keith Pearlin

PAGE 2

Congratulations to CEUI Stewards The CEUI Executive Board would like to congratulate all newly elected CEUI stewards. In accor-dance with the CEUI Constitution & Bylaws, Article XII, stewards were elected in November and December 2005 to serve a four year term—January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2009. The role of the Union steward is central to the strength of an effective labor union. Union stewards are committed and empowered to fulfill certain responsibilities in order to perform their job within the structure of the Union. The steward is the first line of Union representation.

Be Very, Very Careful…...Yes, You Have Rights! If you are called into a meeting with any management representative and have reason to believe that disciplinary action may result, read them your Weingarten rights…

If this discussion could in any way lead to my being disciplined or terminated, or affect my per-sonal working conditions, I respectfully request that my union representative or steward be pre-sent at this meeting. Without representation, I choose not to answer any questions.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in the Weingarten decision, that an employee is entitled to have a union representative present during any interview which may result in his or her discipline. It is up to you to insist on union representation. If you fail to do so, you may waive your rights.

1. Ask your supervisor if you might be disciplined as a result of the interview. If he says “NO”, ask for a written statement to that effect. If he gives you such a statement, you must participate in the interview. If not, read him your Weingarten rights, remain for the meeting, take notes, and afterwards immediately contact your union representative.

2. If he says you might be disciplined but will not allow you to have a union representative pre-sent, read him your Weingarten rights, stay in the room, take notes and do not respond to any questions. Afterwards, contact your union representative immediately. If he allows your union representative to be present, you should participate in the interview.

Read Article 17, Dismissal, Suspension, Demotion and Other Discipline, Section Six in the NP-2 Contract

by Stewards & Staff

be paid for the two (2) days of lost wages. Hutchings, a DOT Maintainer 2 at the time of the incident, had been charged with violating the policy by backing his vehicle at the Tyler-ville facility in December 2000. He was making sand deliveries out of the Tylerville yard on the day of the incident. Crew leader Kevin Darling was handing out de-livery assignments when he claimed that he

saw Hutchings back up to the sand pile and dump his sand. Another worker, Tom Kloch, who was backing vehi-cles into the salt shed, saw an or-ange DOT truck

back up and dump a load but could not identify the driver. Hutchings admitted to dumping his load after discovering that his cover had been buried but said he had never backed up to do so. Tom Howard, driving the vehicle directly behind Hutchings testified that he watched Hutchings the entire time and Hutchings never backed up. After reloading, Hutchings got his delivery as-signment from Darling, who at that point said nothing to him about backing, and did his run. Returning to Tylerville two hours later, Hutchings was charged with having backed earlier. After a fact finding, he was suspended for two (2) days for violating the backing pol-icy. Commenting that someone may have violated the backing policy, the arbitrator ruled that DOT had not proved it was Corey Hutchings and, therefore, did not have just cause to sus-pend. As a result of the arbitrator’s decision, Hutchings will have the suspension removed from his record and will get two days of back pay.

Corey Hutchings

NEW STEWARD TRAINING

Newly elected CEUI stewards attended a full day training session on February 21st at CEUI Headquarters. The new steward training was led by Education Director Barbara Nielsen with the assistance of Vice President Ron McLellan and Secretary-Treasurer Leslie Maddocks.

The class included training in the responsibilities of being a CEUI steward; fact-finding and griev-ance procedures; how to handle safety issues; workers compensation; state politics; retiree benefits and health insurance; and an update on CEUI contract negotiations. Future steward trainings will be scheduled in 2006.

PAGE 3

HEALTH, DENTAL AND PHARMACY

Health/Dental Open Enrollment is not far off—May/June—begin to think about removing any dependents who already don’t qualify for coverage or if you desire to change plans effective July 1, 2006.

Enrollment-Health Fairs-will begin in May. Watch for announcements in late April for dates, times and location of fairs.

DOT has informed CEUI that, like in 2005, members will be allowed to attend Health Fairs at state agencies closer to where they work.

There will not be any changes in the Medical, Pharmacy and Dental Insurance Carriers during this enrollment period. What will change is the State and employee/retiree bi-weekly premium. As in the past, Comptroller Nancy Wyman will mail to active and retired workers a “Health Care Planner,” which will include the premiums effective July 1, 2006.

There is no retiree premium share for any retiree whose date of retirement is earlier than July 1, 1997 or who retired under the 1997 Golden Handshake.

KEEP IN MIND, you will not be able to enroll in, change, or add de-pendents to a plan other than during this open enrollment period ex-cept under limited circumstances in response to changes in your work or family status. Remember to notify the Personnel Department within 30 days of

marriage, divorce, when a baby is born/adopted and/or death of a family member.

Remember, if you have children, health and dental insurance cover-age stops/ceases as follows: a child on their 19th birthday is not eligible for dental coverage,

regardless if they attend college. a child 19 years old who does not attend high school and/or col-

lege is not eligible for health insurance. a child who graduates from high school or college is not eligible

for health insurance. a child on there 23rd birthday, if attending college, is not eligible

for health insurance coverage. BUT if any of the above situations occur in the next 12 months you can continue both health and dental insurance for children under CO-BRA as long as you notify the agency’s payroll department in advance and less than 30 days following his/her birthday. Out of Area Prescription Benefit Coverage for Medicare eligible retir-

ees with no Connecticut address...each covered member must satisfy a calendar year deductible of $100 for their prescription drugs. Once the $100 individual deductible has been met, prescriptions will be covered at 80%, you pay the remaining 20%. Once your 20% com-bined with the $100 deductible reaches $500 for any person in a cal-endar year, benefits will be paid at 100% of the allowable charges for the remainder of the calendar year. You may contact PharmaCare at 1-800-318-2572 to obtain a list of network pharmacies in your area.

Retired Members should not enroll in Medicare D because the pre-scription coverage provided to retirees is greater than the Medicare D plan.

Remember….Retirees—when you or your spouse receive your Medi-care Part B card (90 days before turning 65) and/or qualify for Medi-caid, you must mail a copy of the card to Union Headquarters. The pension contract pays the monthly premium, which rose to $88.50 on January 1st.

The 1997 Pension and Health Insurance Contract voted on by the members provides for: July 1, 2007, Home and Office visit increase as follows: POS plans $15 and POE $10. July 1, 2012, Home and Of-fice visits will increase to POE $15 and POS remains at $15. This in-crease does not effect those who retired prior to July 1997.

Retiree Staff Representative George Spurlock can be reached at 860-343-8722 or 800-622-3359, x722 to answer questions.

May 2006 MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS The nine (9) statewide September Membership Meetings have been scheduled. We encourage active as well as retired CEUI mem-bers to attend these important meetings. Remember your attendance at these meetings guarantees you the most up-to-date information on issues affecting you and your family. Please plan to attend. The dates, times and places of the meetings are as follows:

Sunday, April 30 UConn, Storrs, St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Center, 2:00pm Monday, May 1 Oliver Wolcott Tech, Torrington, 4:30pm Kaynor Tech, Waterbury, 7:00pm Tuesday, May 2 DPW Trade Shop, 309 Buckingham St Hartford, 12:00pm UConn, Storrs, St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 3:30pm Gateway Comm. College, Room 160, New Haven, 7:00pm Wednesday, May 3 CEUI HQ, Middletown, 7:00pm Thursday, May 4 Norwalk CTC, Norwalk Campus, Room West 128, 7:00pm Tuesday, May 9 Yantic Firehouse, Norwich, 7:00pm.

GENTLE REMINDER: The most important day for men not to forget—Sunday, May 14th, Mothers Day

SHIRT SIZE IS NEEDED—IT’S FOR THE KIDS

19 YEARS $190,000 RAISED

19th Annual

Salvatore J. Perruccio Golf Tournament

money raised goes towards

the scholarships

8:30 am registration—coffee and donuts

10:00 am Shotgun Start—Hot Dogs and

Hamburgers at the turn

3:30 pm Introduction of Scholarship Winners

and Golf Awards, Best to Worst—appetizers

and open bar

Hole-in-One on the 4th Hole will win a new

vehicle courtesy of Jackson Chevrolet. Ask

2002 Winner Rodger Schwatlow about it!

All the money raised pays for four $2,500 scholarships

to children of active members. Members are encour-

aged to play. This years’ gift to golfers will be a shirt,

and your size is needed. Contact Tracy at the Union of-

fice for a registration form (1-800-622-3359, x712)

PAGE 4

Candidate for 2nd Congressional District Joe Courtney talks with UConn stew-

ards about his campaign for Congress.

VOTE COURTNEY-2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Joe Courtney, a candidate running for Congress against Representa-tive Rob Simmons in the 2nd Congressional District, has been endorsed by the Committee on Political Education (COPE) and the Executive Board. The 2nd Congressional District has been forecasted as a toss up, meaning that there is a high probability that we will get our friend Joe Courtney back in Congress. As a legislator, Courtney continuously supported pro-worker legislation such as increasing the minimum wage and compensation benefits for workers injured on the job. Other en-dorsed candidates for Congress include: Representative Rosa DeLauro, 3rd Congressional District and State Senator Chris Murphy, 5th Congressional District

HOW DOES A CANDIDATE GET ENDORSED? Simple: If you would like your present State Legislator and/or a new-comer to politics to be considered for a CEUI/MEUI endorsement, sim-ply ask them to write a request for endorsement to Secretary/Treasurer Leslie Maddocks. Upon receipt of that request, a questionnaire will be mailed to the candidate. After the receipt of the questionnaire, the COPE Committee (made up of volunteer members) decides which can-didates they believe the Union should endorse, and then that recom-mendation is voted on by the Executive Board.

If you have any questions, please contact CEUI Political Director Alexcia Harrison at (860) 343-8715 or 800-622-3359, x715.

THANK YOU’S Dear Steven,

I wish to thank you and the members who donated time during my re-cent surgery. It means so much to have people who care about other members in need.

Sincerely, Joann Collins, CVH Hairdresser

We would like to thank the CEUI Union for representing us in our tem-porary service in a higher class grievance and obtaining a successful resolution with payments. Special recognition and thanks are in order for Staff Representative Bill Kluytenaar, who stayed the course and kept us up-to-date and supported us throughout the process. Best wishes for the future.

Sincerely, Joseph Jancewicz & Richard Morin, Department of Education, Bristol Satellite

Dear Joy,

Our hats are off to you, Mike Griffin and Paul Kalajian. How you do your job without getting crazy is beyond us. We were both genuinely im-pressed with our union representatives. Like I say, win or lose...thank you from the guys at the CCSU Copy Center.

Sincerely yours, Joe Paryis & Brendan Kelly

(Grandparents Seek Help, continued from Page 1) RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) and Pneumonia. She was discharged the evening of Monday, January 9, 2006. Due to her paralysis, Hennessy needs two machines that she will have to use for the rest of her life. The first, a Cough-Assist machine, will assist Hennessy in the removal of respiratory mucous build up. (Her paralysis has made it impossible for her to force-fully cough the mucous from her lungs making her prone to recurring pneumonia). The second, a Chest Vest, is a machine that stimulates massage, encouraging a natural cough reflex. The cost of this machine is approximately $16,000.00. Hennessy’s parents, Jessica and Danny, have been extremely diligent in caring for her special needs but do not qualify for financial support since they are just over the required guide-lines and neither of these machines is covered by their insurance. Many of you have asked for updates on Hennessy and what you may be able to do to help. Jessica and Danny are currently setting up fund raisers including events to afford these vital machines. One that is already in place is through the Naugatuck Rotary Club. All contributions are tax deductible. If you wish to contribute through this fund please send all checks to:

Naugatuck Rotary Club, PO Box 484, Naugatuck, CT 06770 Please write in the notes section of your check: Hennessy Hernandez

Hennessy’s mother, Jessica, can also be reached at 203-650-7694 or via email hernandez35@sbcglobal.net for questions on upcoming events. Please also feel free to contact us by phone 203-685-3556 or via email at charmel@optonline.net if you have additional resources at hand for raising financial support towards the purchase of these machines for Hennessy.

Thank you in advance and please keep Hennessy in your prayers!

Grandparents, Melodye (Dist. 3 Maintenance Supervisor) & Charlie Rich-mond (Dist. 3 Maintainer 3 Service Patrol)