$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 …

The Children’s Village has been selected as a semifinalist for the 2012 New York Nonprofit Excellence Awards

The Children’s Village has been selected as a semifinalist for the 2012 New York Nonprofit Excellence Awards  NEW YORK, NY — The Children’s Village (CV) has been selected as one of 10 semifinalists for the 2012 New York Community Trust-New York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence Awards sponsored by The Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York. The …

Fathers Sharing

There they sat; two men, who seemingly had very little in common. George was a pale white man from Jersey with a Masters in Fine Arts from a big university and Kofi was a very dark Ghanaian who came to the US when he was thirteen. He had a high school education.   But there they sat; telling …

Power of Preventive Care

Historically, in order to access help and services from a social service agency, families need to have a problem and already be in a tough situation. However, this approach is highly problematic. It can cause the family to view the support negatively since it is being offered when the crisis has already hit a climax. In …

New Chairman of the Board of Trustees

PAUL JENKEL ELECTED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHILDREN’S VILLAGE NEW YORK, NY — June 25, 2012 – Paul Jenkel from Chappaqua has been elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Children’s Village. A Trustee since 1993, Mr. Jenkel formerly served as a Vice Chair and Treasurer. Using his …

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