On September 3, the state's State Employee Combined Appeal (SECA) campaign will begin. For several months each year, the state's Office of Administration allows for state employees to donate to approved charitable organizations. This year's campaign runs from September 3 to October 25, 2019.
SECA has been around for decades, and approximately 1,000 charities participate in the campaign, allowing state employees to choose from a wide variety of charities with humanitarian and environmental missions. All charities are represented by one of nine umbrella organizations. Through the campaign, employees can donate to their favorite charities, participate in special events, and dedicate their donations.
At the DOC, one individual at Central Office is named as the statewide coordinate, and another individual serves as that person's back-up administrator. All SECA work is done in addition to their regular work duties.
This year's SECA statewide administrator is Ron Morrison, who successfully headed DOC efforts in past years. Ron works with each facility, community corrections centers, parole districts/regions/offices and DOC Central Office bureau/office directors to ensure every state is aware of the campaign and its agency contribution goal, and he works to ensure everyone knows how they can make donations.
DOC employees are reminded to take time to view the charitable organizations and to submit their donations – which can be either a one-time donation or can be deducted weekly from employee pay. Information about SECA can be view on the state's SECA website at www.seca.pa.gov
Remember, when you donate to SECA, you are helping your neighbors, friends, family and your community! Please consider donating to SECA this year.