by Jennifer Mirsky | Mar 31, 2023 | News & Announcements, Stories
“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,...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Mar 30, 2023 | News & Announcements, Stories
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...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Mar 13, 2023 | News & Announcements, Stories
Small acts of kindness can make a big impact. Guadalupe Contreras is a resident at our Muhlenberg residence. He is taking online courses to get a degree in online security, yet he didn’t have a computer of his own. Our Executive Director for Residential Services,...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Mar 8, 2023 | News & Announcements, Stories
How do you go from being general counsel for the New York Yankees to a critical board member of Lutheran Social Services of New York (LSSNY)? At the Life Lutheran Church in Old Westbury, Rachel Cohen served as missions coordinator for home and abroad. Donating to...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Feb 27, 2023 | News & Announcements, Stories
You can’t take the educator out of the educator. From the time she was confirmed at age 13, LSSNY board member Barbara Johnson started working as an assistant teacher with the children in her church’s nursery school. She would watch them while their parents were at...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Feb 3, 2023 | News & Announcements, Stories
Today was National Wear Red Day and our Bergen Street staff represented. This residence provides single-room apartments for formerly homeless individuals, along with supportive services and daily programming. Pictured staff (L to R): Asma Aljahmi, Supervisor of Social...
