Partnerships
Corporate Sponsors
“Hope” Level
Alexander W. Cruden & Co., CPA
Roman Catholic Diocese of the Albany
Sisters of Mercy Northeast Community
Store Away Self Storage, East Greenbush
W.J. Lyons, Jr. Funeral Home, Inc.
“Hospitality” Level
Catholic Charities of the Albany Diocese
Franciscan Center for Service and Advocacy at Siena College
OrthoNY
St. Michael the Archangel Parish
Women’s Cancer Care Associates
Circles of Mercy networks with over 35 local agencies and organizations, for your convenience their web-sites are listed and linked below:
Bishop Maginn High School-Albany
Boys & Girls Club of Rensselaer
Capital Regional CA$H Coalition
Catholic Central High School-Troy
Christ Child Society – Albany Chapter
Cornell Cooperative Ext. Rensselaer Co.
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Local Catholic parish churches of:
The Parish of St. John the Evangelist/St. Joseph-Rensselaer
St Mary’s – Clinton Heights
Holy Spirit – E. Greenbush
St. Michael the Archangel – N. Greeenbush
St. Mary’s Outreach Center – Albany
St. Pius X – Loudonville
All Saints Catholic Church – Albany
St. Ambrose – Latham
Manning & Napier Advisors, Inc.
Mercy Center by the Sea (Madison, CT.)
NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA)
Peter Young Housing, Industries, Treatment
Rensselaer City School District
Rensselaer Co Dept Social Services
Rensselaer Co Sheriff’s Department
Rensselaer Housing Authority
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
The St. Paul’s Center for Women
Union College VITA Training Site
United Way of the Greater Capital Region
University at Albany – Community and Public Service Program
2019 Hope & Hospitality Award
(Photo by Sister Barbara Roman, RSM)
Honoree Virginia L. Golden (left), former President of St. Peter’s and Albany Memorial Hospitals, poses with the 2019 Hope and Hospitality Award, after receiving it from Richard S. Zazycki, Executive Director and Mercy Associate of Circles of Mercy (right). read release
2018 Hope & Hospitality Award
Honoree Sister Patricia Lynch, RSM (left), Principal of Blessed Sacrament School, Albany NY, poses with the 2018 Hope and Hospitality Award, after receiving it from Richard S. Zazycki, Executive Director and Mercy Associate at Circles of Mercy (right). read release
2017 Hope & Hospitality Award
Honoree Father Peter G. Young (left) CEO of Peter Young Housing, Industries and Treatment and also a Priest serving in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany for over 58 years, poses with the 2017 Hope and Hospitality Award, after receiving it from Richard S. Zazycki, Executive Director at Circles of Mercy (right). read release
2016 Hope & Hospitality Award
Honoree Beth Coco (right) SEFCU’s Chief Financial Well-Being Officer and a founding member and initial board chair of Circles of Mercy and also a Mercy Associate, poses with the 2016 Hope and Hospitality Award, after receiving it from Richard S. Zazycki, Executive Director at Circles of Mercy (left) read release
2014 Hope & Hospitality Award
Honoree Sister Jane S. Somerville, RSM (center) Local Administrator of the Sisters of Mercy in Albany, poses with the 2014 Hope and Hospitality Award, after receiving it from Sister Barbara Dudley, RSM, Board Chair and Richard Zazycki, Executive Director at Circles of Mercy. read release
