by Jennifer Mirsky | Dec 25, 2023 | News & Announcements, Stories
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...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Dec 24, 2023 | News & Announcements, Stories, Uncategorized
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...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Dec 23, 2023 | News & Announcements, Stories
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...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Dec 21, 2023 | News & Announcements, Stories
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...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Oct 24, 2023 | News & Announcements, Stories
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...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Sep 23, 2023 | News & Announcements, Stories
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...