News & Announcements
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...
The Spirit of Christmas
This is how we Christmas at LSSNY! Left: Ruth Acevedo, Executive Assistant to the President and CEO (aka Mrs. Claus) Ruth Acevedo and Frosty the Snowman Frosty "After" Dr, Kelly Making his Rounds No holiday party would be complete without our fearless leader making...
Hosting a Holiday Party
We’ve been spreading holiday cheer! Our new Family Enrichment Center (FEC) hosted a holiday party for our foster care program, Family Support Services, St. Johns House 2, and community members of Morrisania, Crotona, East Tremont, and Belmont. There were gifts for all...
A Visit from the Grinch
Thankfully, The Grinch had a change of heart! He and his dog Max visited our Muhlenberg Residence’s annual holiday party, hobnobbing with program participants and LSSNY staff and giving out gifts. This year we gave out comforters to the participants. Meals were cooked...
A Christmas Story at Seneca House
Annette Van Ness Seneca House Volunteers Liz Curran, Teerrie Kennedy, Virginia Boscia, Michelle Napoli Seneca House Client Original volunteer Terrie Kennedy, Seneca House social worker, hospice nurse Gina B Christmas Gifts It all began with a grammar schoolteacher in...
The Keys to a New Lease on Life
This is not any set of keys and this is not any apartment. As of two weeks ago, this space belongs to Kim F., a woman who was previously homeless, then in a three-quarter house (“like a shelter but with a little more freedom” says Kim), and then at Lutheran...
The Perfect Pirouette
Steven Melendez, Artistic Director of New York Theatre Ballet, returned to the shelter where he lived as a youth and introduced children in the South Bronx to the world of ballet. He fainted on the spot. For real. His years at the shelter, Seneca House, had been...