by Jennifer Mirsky | Feb 1, 2024 | News & Announcements, Stories
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...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Dec 30, 2023 | News & Announcements, Stories
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...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Dec 30, 2023 | News & Announcements, Stories, 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...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Dec 30, 2023 | News & Announcements, Stories
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...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Dec 30, 2023 | News & Announcements, Stories
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.
