News & Announcements
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What’s on YOUR vision board?
This past weekend, our recreational coordinator Hailey DelValle engaged the residents of Vanguard House — our newest sanctuary site — in vision boarding activity. All ages participated, browsing, cutting, and pasting images onto their boards. One person made two — one...
Fresh New Haircuts at Seneca House
The New LIFE School Barber Shop Barber Chair at Seneca House Snip, snip, snip goes the scissor…buzz, buzz, buzz goes the buzzer… These were the sounds of our barbering program at The New LIFE School in the Bronx, a therapeutic school which served special needs...
Closing The New LIFE School
Earlier this year, we made the difficult decision to close The New LIFE School and placed 110 students in other educational programs. Of our 2023 senior class, 17 students graduated, two were accepted to college, and four obtained barbering licenses. We saw increased...
Housing of Their Own
Four residents at Our Sister’s Place — a prenatal and parenting program for teenage mothers — obtained their own housing through our partnership with Hearts to Home. Our program aims to provide love and support, prevention services, and advocacy for young moms and...
Early Childhood Education Highlights
We focused on quality staffing, established partnerships for mental health and nutritional counseling, and implemented the Math Shelf curriculum to lessen the mathematics achievement gap among youth.
Immigration Legal Services: Year-end Highlights
We provided legal services to over 1,500 immigrants, counsel to 45 migrant minors, and humanitarian parole assistance to over 170 Ukrainians. We will launch a Legal Support Center for newly arrived asylum seekers.
Supportive Housing Highlights
We opened four residential programs this year — the Seneca House shelter in the Bronx, serving 75 families, and three sanctuary hotels, serving 209 families. Thanks to our housing specialist, we were able to place seven of our residents in permanent independent...
End-of-Year Gratitude
Thank you to US Customs and Border Protection.Each year, their employees host a toy drive and generously donate to our New LIFE Center, Uniondale. Says The New LIFE Center Coordinator Hylkije Halili, “We greatly appreciate the generosity of the US Customs and Border...
A Christmas Recipe
Mix an LSSNY board member (Rachel Cohen) with little elves and social media connections. Prep time: 13 days Cook time: 1 day Total time: Two weeks Servings: 105 toys for children in LSSNY’s foster care program Step-by-step recipe: - Match donating families with...