Community Impact
Volunteer Education and Training: Aging Out of Foster Care
Founded in 1851, The Children’s Village’s mission remains the same: work in partnership with families to help society’s most vulnerable children so that they become educationally proficient, economically productive, and socially responsible members of their communities. Today, The Children’s Village serves over 10,000 families and children in New York City. They invest in families and communities […]
Making the Arts Come Alive
Recognizing the importance of art education for all, especially children, the Volunteer Education and Training committee’s recently brought together volunteers from Spotlight on Performance and Beacon to Broadway committees along with their community outreach partners to discuss the how they bring make art come alive for so many in New York City. The Spotlight on […]
Announcing This Year’s Playground Improvement Project Partner
On Wednesday, November 29 the NYJL announced that this year’s Playground Improvement Project (PIP) partner is Corlears Hook Park! After two years uptown, this year’s park is located in the Lower East Side at the intersection of Jackson and Cherry Streets along the Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Drive. During this year’s project, PIP and NYJL volunteers […]
Get to Know Our Community Partner SCAN New York
Founded in 1977, SCAN New York is a non-profit youth and family service organization that provides a variety of integrated supports to the highest risk children and families of East Harlem and the South Bronx.
NYJL commemorates Women’s Equality Day
Today is Women’s Equality Day.