IT TAKES A VILLAGE
THE Y AND ITS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERS DEEPEN IMPACT IN COMMUNITIES
“EVERYBODY CAN BE GREAT BECAUSE EVERYBODY CAN SERVE” Y teens put Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words into action by participating in service learning projects across the city. Teens from several Ys gathered at the Flatbush Y to prepare goodie bags and then delivered them to families living in a homeless shelter. Service projects at other Ys included cleaning up a park, doing a clothing drive for transitional housing residents, helping at an event for blind youth and adults, and volunteering at a soup kitchen. RIDGEWOOD RISES Patrice Francois, Cross Island Y Board Member and Associate Manager of Ridgewood Savings Bank - Hollis, and her colleague Fateha Rahman presented a donation to YMCA VP of Operations La-Vena Francis at the Cross Island Y.
TEE IT UP The Jamaica Y hosted its 9th Annual Charity Golf Tournament, where it honored Council Member Nantasha Williams (pictured with Jamaica Y Board Member Bernard Warren and Cedric Dew, VP of Transitional Housing and the Jamaica YMCA) and Dwayne Jones, CRA Officer at State Bank of India, New York. INVESTING IN STATEN ISLAND Congress Member Nicole Malliotakis, with Broadway Y and South Shore Y Executive Director Meghan Sinback, visited to announced the $1 million in federal funds that she secured to make improvements to Staten Island YMCAs.
EAT THE RAINBOW The Castle Hill Y partnered with NewYork-Presbyterian’s CHALK program to host a nutrition workshop where members heard from Community Nutrition Specialist Ana Rodriguez about how to prepare healthy, tasty meals. 6
WE’RE HERE FOR ALL NEW YORKERS –
to empower youth, improve health, and strengthen community.
