2025-02-24T09:35:45-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 822906928 PLATTSBURGH CARES INC PLAT 5186451918 PO Box 1932 Plattsburgh NY 12901 Nancy Lewin Treasurer 5186451918 2025-02-24 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X plattsburghcares.org X X 52079 X 52079 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52079 0 0 0 0 0 1434 56646 58080 -6001 26871 0 20870 26871 20870 0 0 0 0 26871 20870 0 0 26871 20870 Plattsburgh Cares provides assistance to those in the Plattsburgh region in need of temporary shelter, food, transportation, child care, medical, and other personal assistance. We work with ecumenical groups and local agencies to provide safe housing on a temporary basis; to help ensure individuals and families who are temporarily homeless have access to food, transportation, and a means to communicate when in need, on a temporary basis; to assist in the provision of childcare and health care for temporarily displaced individuals and families. In March 2023, the irregular border was shut down resulting in a flood of travelers being turned back at the Canadian border. The need for our help became so overwhelming, financially and emotionally, that we were forced to shift our work to focusing on what we could manage, the provision of food for those who do not have the means to provide for themselves. Since the summer, we have largely stuck to our mission of feeding stranded refugees, travelers stuck in our area and those who are homeless and in emergency housing. We stock the local hotels where DSS puts up stranded folks with 60-75 bags of nonperishable food. We also provide food bags for DSS at their site and other central locations where people in need gather. We try to provide as nutritious food as possible that can be eaten with little or no preparation. We include breakfast, main meals, and snacks for two to three days. We check with the hotels and replenish their food bags every 2-3 weeks. We are still called upon to fill the need for bus tickets, taxis and lodging when there are no other resources to respond to emergencies, especially when families with children are involved. 20500 33344 We work with local agencies for emergency housing assistance, but provide housing assistance when such benefits run out or are unavailable 0 2065 We provide local transportation funds (taxis) for individuals and families to access local services. We also provide transportation (bus tickets) to stranded travelers to reach their next safe destination 0 20753 We provide incidental personal needs (e.g., medical, communication, personal) for those in need in the Plattsburgh area who have no other resrouces. 0 484 56646 Kathy Sajor President 10 0 0 0 Janet McFetridge Vice President 5 0 0 0 Diana Wardell Secretary 18 0 0 0 Nancy Lewin Treasurer 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY Nancy Lewin 73 Adirondack Lane Plattsburgh NY 12901 5186451918 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 8327 20691 20385 68842 52079 170324 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8327 20691 20385 68842 52079 170324 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 170324 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8327 20691 20385 68842 52079 170324 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Plattsburgh Cares provides humanitarian aid to people in crisis through assistance with food, transportation expenses, medical needs, lodging, and other personal necessities. Plattsburgh Cares works in concert with other local agencies and organizations. Schedule B, Part I One 501c3 Foundation contributed $10,000 in grant money to Plattsburgh Cares in 2024. They are not a business. Their grant was in cash.