News & Announcements

Pictured from L to R at the farm they owned in Olney, Maryland, 1943: Brothers Lloyd and Robert; father Harold; Dog Peggy; Ken; brother Bradley. Four of the five children returned here in 1983 to figure out a life-time care plan for their mother. Ken Sherman,...

“Many of our immigrants come to us with just the clothes on their backs," says Fortitude House Program Director Bardha Fusha, MSW. "We have seen a lot of them go through detention centers, where they are stripped of any belongings that they may have. We are so...

Mother's Day can be a disheartening time for teen mothers who are more often criticized than praised. This year, we held an extraordinary holiday celebration at LSSNY’s “Our Sister’s Place,” a prenatal and parenting residential program for teenage mothers who are in...

Severe health outbreaks in New York City. A home for children that was tragically destroyed by fire. A serious fire at agency headquarters on Park Place in Manhattan, followed two years later by shuttered offices in the wake of September 11th. The care of orphaned and...

We’re closing out National Volunteer Month with a shout-out to Joan Fuerch. She started volunteering with our New LIFE Center food pantry 14 years ago. Four mornings a week, Joan carries out various jobs. She enjoys working closely with our clients and maintaining a...

For the past 3 years, Phil Ferrato has volunteered with Lutheran Family and Community Services’ New LIFE Center Food Pantry. He is always willing to help with any task that needs to be done at the pantry.   Sometimes his day starts early, as he travels to Eisenhower...

Diane Kelly has volunteered at Lutheran Family and Community Services since September 2000, in the food pantry and layette program.  Presently, she serves as the volunteer in charge of the layette program for low-income families with new babies.  She coordinates and...

Two hundred Easter baskets filled with coffee, tea, hot chocolate, cookies, pudding, juice, cake mix with frosting, fruit, and candy Twenty-four layettes for young infants Chicken, ham, or turkey for the holiday table Things many of us take for granted which make all...