The Children’s Village Receives Child Welfare League of America(CWLA) Award For Exemplary Innovative Service to Children and Families.
NEW YORK, NY — May 14, 2013 – The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) presented The Children’s Village with its Annual Service Award for exemplary innovative service resulting in positive and successful outcomes for children.The award was presented to Jeremy Kohomban, President and CEO of The Children’s Village, at the organization’s annual conference in Washington, …
Year-Long Fundraising and Awareness Campaign Announced with Franz Viegener
NEW YORK, NY — May 18, 2013 – Christian Colman, Director of Exports for Franz Viegener presented a check for $5,000 to Jeremy Kohomban, Ph.D., President of The Children’s Village at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. The donation kicked off a year-long awareness and fundraising campaign …
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$500,000 Raised at Annual Dinner
The Children’s Village raises over $500,000 at its Annual Circle of Friends Dinner on May 9 at Chelsea Piers for vulnerable New York children and families NEW YORK, NY – The Children’s Village (CV), which provides critical services to more than 10,000 children and families throughout the New York metropolitan area, hosted its annual Circle …
Still Waiting for the Bus
This blog originally appeared on the New York Times–Motherlode: Adventures in Parenting, and was written by KJ Dell’Antonia. Click here to see the original post. Anthony R. got up at about 4:30 Tuesday morning to get to school. “It takes me about two hours,” he told me by phone from his school at the Children’s …
The Children’s Village to Open New Supportive Housing Residence for Homeless Young Adults in Westchester County in Partnership with Westhab
The Children’s Village and Westhab are pleased to announce the opening of a new supportive housing residence for young adults in Westchester County. The twelve bed unit will provide homeless young adults, aged 18-24, a safe home in addition to assistance securing employment, continuing education, and therapeutic support. The residence will officially open March 19 …
Strategic Alliance with Bridge Builders
Bridge Builders Community Partnership and The Children’s Village Form a Strategic Alliance Designed to Enhance Capacity to Serve Children and Families in the Highbridge Community in the Bronx. BRONX, NEW YORK, NY — January 17, 2013 – Bridge Builders Community Partnership Initiative (BBCPI), established in 2003 as collaboration of community-based organizations committed to improving child …
Coping with Sandy
After the hurricane, many of CV’s locations were without power. Initially, our biggest concern was the Dobbs Ferry campus, with more than 200 children in residence. Our maintenance crew established a network of generators that allowed the children to stay warm in the cottages and have hot meals, and enabled staff to keep a sense of normalcy …
I Stand Up For Bookworms
In my life so far, I have never been in the popular crowd. The popular crowd was made up of the kids everyone else wanted to be — they were funny, had good clothes and money to spend. Instead, I was always the smart girl in class, the one that everyone ignored until they needed …
