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Voting for the First Time in Years
Since the start of the election season, our Supervisor of Social Services, Cait Graham, led the charge in encouraging our residents to have their voices heard by voting. She trained our case managers and placed signs with information about how and where to vote and...
How a “Burn It All and Start Over” Memo Prepared LSSNY for COVID
“I would never want to be them,” said Thomas Dewar, LSSNY’s Executive Director of Information Technology, when he witnessed the massive disruption at other organizations during 9/11. Employees couldn’t access their workplaces, servers, or locally stored files for...
LSSNY Tackles Social Justice
“It’s been the tipping point for the nation but for me it’s long overdue.” — Marie Louis, MSW, Clinical Supervisor, The New LIFE School On Memorial Day, May 25, the name George Floyd became etched into the minds of the American psyche when he died beneath the knee of...
LSSNY’s Unsung Hero Hylkije Halili
“I have always loved helping others in any way that I can,” says Hylkije Halili, Program Coordinator for LSSNY’s New LIFE Center of Long Island. Since volunteering with our refugee program in 1999, she has worked with both our foster care and hunger...
Early LIFE Distance Learning
We are so proud of our Early LIFE families for engaging in distance learning during the pandemic! We bought and sent school supplies to every family in the program. From tablets provided by the NYC Department of Education to blackboards and virtual graduations, we...
The New LIFE School’s Barbershop Makeover
Snip, snip, snip goes the scissor…buzz, buzz, buzz goes the buzzer… Typically, these are the sounds of our barbering program at The New LIFE School in the Bronx, a therapeutic school which serves special needs students age 8-21 (grades 3-12). These days, due to COVID,...
Our President and CEO, Dr. Damyn Kelly, on Fatherhood
Q: What does it mean to be a father? A: It’s not a biological issue. It’s about how you look at caring and preparing children to be well-functioning adults, giving them the strength to succeed in the world and providing guidance and a sort of blueprint for how they...
LSSNY’s Unsung Hero: Sandra Bisono
It’s “not just doctors and nurses” on the front lines, says Fordham University’s alumni magazine. “Everybody’s thanking doctors and nurses, but they forget about the other care providers,” says alumna Victoria Cipollone, a physician assistant in cardio-thoracic...
LSSNY’s Unsung Hero: Yannick Daley
Frontline workers such as nurses and police officers keep all of us safe, but who’s watching their children? Centers like the Rose Hill Pre-K Center are open for children of essential workers, and our employee Yannick Daley, Head Teacher at Early LIFE Watson, has...