Goddard Bash

2025 Goddard Bash

Thank you to all who joined us for the 2025 Goddard Bash fundraiser and celebration! Please upload any photos from the night you’d like to share here.

Congratulations to the authors who won this year’s Book Prizes! View our digital journal or visit our Book Prize page to see which terrific books on issues of social justice have been named in the shortlists and the winners for our 2025 youth and adult book prizes.

If you missed the Bash, a video of the live presentation is coming soon. In the meantime, please enjoy our video presentation about our youth programming. View pictures from the night here.

Goddard Riverside believes that people living with mental illness deserve respect, care, and the support needed to live independently. In our cause area ‘Promoting Behavioral Health & Wellness’, our programs empower individuals to build on their strengths and reach their fullest potential.

We offer a range of services designed to meet people where they are—helping participants rediscover purpose, rebuild confidence, and create meaningful lives within their communities.

This year’s proceeds support participants in our Behavioral Health programs. Read about our newest mobile mental health team: “I just needed somebody to be there”: Goddard launches new mobile mental health team.

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Goddard Riverside’s 2025 Bash is back on Thursday, October 9th at 6:30 PM! The Bash will return to the Bryant Park Grill, at 25 W 40th Street with Bryant Park serving as a stunning backdrop. We will be in the fully enclosed and tented south garden.

Join us to celebrate the work of Goddard Riverside and for the announcement of our ninth annual Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice and the sixth annual Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice winners!

What to expect at the Goddard Bash?

• Open bar!
• Passed hors d’oeuvres!
• Festive attire!
• Meet and mingle with Goddard supporters and team members!

Goddard Riverside’s programs for children, teens, older adults, people experiencing homelessness, and people living with mental illness invest in people and strengthen the community. Learn more about our programs.

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Our Venue: Bryant Park Grill

Transportation

B, D, F, M Trains
6th Avenue, Bryant Park
1,2,3,4,5,6 & 7 Trains
Times Square – 42nd Street