News & Announcements
Mother’s Day Brunch at Our Sister’s Place
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...
LSSNY’s Virtual Town Hall June 5th
Hear firsthand accounts of the latest news from LSSNY! Please join us for our next Virtual Town Hall on Monday, June 5th from 6-7pm. RSVP hereHere's the Zoom link in advance: https://bit.ly/LSSNYjune5 The more the merrier — please share.
The Fascinating History of Foster Care at LSSNY
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...
Volunteer Spotlight: Joan Fuerch
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...
Volunteer Spotlight: Phil Ferrato
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...
Volunteer Spotlight: Diane Kelly
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...
Shout-out to Fourteen of Our Volunteers!
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...
Meet LSSNY Board Member Rebecca O. Johnson
“I was impressed. They had a better chemistry lab than I had,” says LSSNY board member Rebecca Johnson of her tour of The New Life School — a therapeutic learning environment where the classroom fits the child and not the other way around. Seeing the classrooms,...
Crisis, Averted
Sometimes bureaucracy and geography can have serious life consequences. A family at our Brooklyn sanctuary site, Fortitude House, learned that their court case/master hearing had been scheduled in Cleveland, Ohio — miles away. Donika Prelvukaj, LMSW, Program Director...