Local 100 Gives Back to Puerto Rico

NOVEMBER 7—While TWU leaders attend the essential SOMOS conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico to to get facetime with lawmakers, they also participated in a day of community service.

Local 100 members gathered Friday to volunteer for Pinones Aprende y Emprende (PAYE), a non-profit that provides tutoring, workshops, and support to the children, youth, and community of Pinones in the Puerto Rican municipality of Loiza. The group was organized to provide services after the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria and continues with a mission of enhancing education.

PAC Director Sharase DeBouse donated some funding to PAYE in memory of former Administrative VP Nelson Rivera, who passed away in 2020 after having led three trips to the island to help victims of the hurricane.