The Catskill Chronicle

Pictured in the photo above from left to right are – Kamal Duggirala, SYDA Foundation Board of Trustees, Fallsburg Police Chief Simmie Williams and Chris Williams, SYDA Foundation Manager for Community Relations. – Provided photo

SOUTH FALLSBURG, NY – The SYDA Foundation, as part of their program of ongoing contributions to the local community in the areas of health, safety, and education, has donated $3,500 to the Town of Fallsburg Police Department.

Fallsburg Police Chief Simmie Williams said that the police department has decided to use this donation to buy new Honor Guard uniforms, worn by the department’s Honor Guard police for special events such as parades and official ceremonies.

Annual donations from the SYDA Foundation since 1995 have enabled the Fallsburg Police Department to purchase two all-terrain vehicles, a scanner, surveillance cameras for the court room and police station, and a policing database system. In 2000, the SYDA Foundation donation was used to modify a police vehicle in order to transport the town’s first police dog, Cigs.

In 2008, SYDA Foundation’s donation funded a pilot program to purchase a laptop computer for one of the patrol cars. This led to the department securing a New York State grant so that five patrol cars were similarly outfitted.

The SYDA Foundation is the not-for-profit organization based in South Fallsburg, New York that makes Siddha Yoga meditation available to students around the world.