received in a car accident in February and is still unable to return to work. To donate leave to Serrano, contact the human resources department at Pilgrim. The number is 631-761-3951. • Yudelka Shpolyansky is an underwriter
1 at the state Insurance Fund in Manhattan. She must have gall bladder surgery, but just returned to work from maternity leave and has no leave left to cover the absence. To donate leave to her, call the SIF personnel office at 212-312- 7414. • Robert Thomas is a housing and
community renewal specialist 1 for the state Office of Homes and Community Renewal in New York City. A former PEF Executive Board Member and council leader of PEF Division 168, Thomas has exhausted his leave while undergoing surgeries and other treatments related to diabetes. To donate leave to him, email the agency’s personnel office at
samanthakarmel@nyshcr.org. • Patty Tokarz is an habilitation
specialist at Sunmount Developmental Disabilities Services Office. She has exhausted her leave and needs leave donations following her stem cell transplant treatment October 1 for cancer. To donate leave to Tokarz, call Sunmount at 518-359- 3311. • Beth Tompkins is a nurse practitioner
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at the SUNY College at New Paltz. She has exhausted her leave, but still needs more medical care for damaged disks in her back. To donate leave to Tompkins, contact the human resources department at SUNY New Paltz. • RobertWeaver is a project assistant for
the state Statewide Financial System in Albany. He has been out of work for a prolonged period because of severe complications, including paralysis after he was infected with a very rare and dangerous strain of West Nile virus. To donate leave to Weaver, call Lorissa Camarda at the state Division of Budget human relations department at 518-474-7366. • DebraWhite is a licensed social worker
2 at Long Island Developmental Disabilities Services Office. She has been on medical leave since May due to breast cancer surgeries. She used the last of her leave accruals in August, but must still complete post-surgical cancer treatment. To donate leave to White, contact the personnel office at 631-493-1817. • Nancy Zacharek is a teaching and
research center nurse 2 at University Hospital in Syracuse. She lacks enough leave to cover a three-month medical leave required for hip replacement surgery. She is having the surgery in early July and expects to need leave donations beginning
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in mid-August. To donate leave to Zacharek, contact Linda Mazzone in human resources at the hospital. Her number is 315-464-4943. • Kimberly Zick is an unemployment
insurance referee at the state Labor Department in New York. She has exhausted her leave while undergoing treatment for chronic pancreatitis and dealing with a death in her family. To donate leave to her, call the agency’s personnel department at 518-457-9075 or email
carole.brunner@
labor.ny.gov. The rules for making and receiving leave
donations are set forth in a memorandum of understanding included in the PS&T Contract. For more information, check the Contract Resource Center on the PEF website or refer to your contract. If you, or a PEF member you know,
needs leave donations because of a medical or urgent family situation, you may contact The Communicator to request publication of that need. You may send requests to
thecommunicator@pef.org, or call 800-342- 4306, ext. 271. Be sure to provide your contact information.
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