Warwick fights hunger, keeps beach fees unchanged

WARWICK — Nearly 300 of Warwick’s youngest residents do not get enough to eat.

When school is in session, these children receive free meals but on weekends they would be hungry if not for Backpack Snack Attack, a non-profit outreach program of the Warwick Reformed Church that has been sending food home in backpacks since 2009.

Each week every child receives more than a dozen nutritional snacks at a cost of just $5 per child.

Fund raising and donations support the program, which is why the Warwick Town Board voted unanimously at its regular meeting on May 9 to make August “Backpack Snack Attack Back to School Month” throughout the town.

Representatives of Warwick Masons Lodge #544 presented Shirley Puett, the program’s director, with a check for $1,000. Backpack Snack Attack has zero administrative expenses and its annual costs are approximately $80,000.

For more information, contact Puett at 544-0548.

Beach fees unchanged
Thomas P. Morahan Waterfront Park Beach opens for business Memorial Day weekend and beach passes will cost the same as last year. The beach is located at the end of Windermere Avenue in the Village of Greenwood Lake. The fee schedule is:

Family season pass: $110 town resident; $200 non-resident

Senior season pass: $25 town resident; $60 non-resident

Adult season pass: $50 town resident; $100 non-resident

Child (5-18) season pass: $25 town resident; $60 non-resident

Children under 5 - free
Daily Pass: $4 town resident; $10 non-resident

Town Resident Guest Pass: $4
Commercial Season Pass: $60

Not-for-Profit: $2
For season passes, call the town clerk at 986-1124 ext. 1.

In other news
Warwick Police will conduct a “Click It or Ticket” campaign from May 20 through June 2 to crack down on drivers not wearing seat belts and who have children unbuckled in the car. Police report that people who do not wear seat belts are 14 times more likely to be hospitalized because of an accident than those who buckle up.

Warwick Valley Humane Society is holding rabies clinics at its Public Works Drive shelter on May 19 at 11 a.m. for cats and 11:45 a.m. for dogs with another rabies clinic on June 9 from 10 am until Noon. Cost is $15 cash only and no appointments necessary.

The next regular meeting of the board will be held on Thursday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Warwick Town Hall, 77 Main St.