In this COVID year, holding our usual crowded indoor Gala was not an option. The I Love the Upper West Side blog wrote about our digital gala and speaker series.
In the News
West Side Rag Profiles Star Student Crismary Lopez and her Tutor, Author Jane O’Connor
Sixth-grader Crismary Lopez has been admitted to the prestigious Prep for Prep program, which supports students from underserved communities to study at the city’s top private schools. The Rag wrote about Lopez and her volunteer tutor at the Star Learning Center, Jane O’Connor, author of the bestselling Fancy Nancy books.
ABC NY Highlights Green Keepers’ Riverside Park Cleanup
Reporter Kimberly Richardson covers the Green Keepers’ new contract with Riverside Park Conservancy. Our crews are helping keep the park clean after city cutbacks led to complaints about litter. You can help fund the ongoing cleanup effort by donating to the Conservancy: https://riversideparknyc.org/donations/ Read the story and watch the video here.
I Love the Upper West Side Profiles the Green Keepers
Why does Goddard Riverside have a horticultural and sanitation business? And how did Leslie Ware go from driving a florists truck to helping people re-enter the workforce? Find out all that and more in this lovely story from the I Love the Upper West Side blog. Read it here.
NY1 and UWS Websites Feature our Letters to Older Adults
As part of its Around the Boroughs segment, NY1 talked with Beth Dunphe, our director of development, about the beautiful letters and notes volunteers are writing to older adults sheltering in place on the Upper West Side during the COVID-19 pandemic. The West Side Rag and I Love the Upper West Side also covered this […]
City Limits Goes Out on Rounds with our Homeless Outreach Team
“Every conversation looks different. Sometimes we don’t talk about services because they don’t want services. So we just build a friendly relationship with them.” In a story for the City Limits news site, reporter Ahmed Jallow walks the streets of Chinatown and the Bowery with our Homeless Outreach specialists and also does a great job of […]
“This is my extended family”: Pix 11’s Heartwarming Story about our Christmas Meal
Reporter Magee Hickey talked to guests and volunteers – from a brand-new immigrant to the U.S. to a longtime participant in our programs – about why they came to our free Christmas meal for the community. Watch the story here.
CBS NY Captures our Thanksgiving Spirit
Scott Rapoport of CBS 2 made a return visit to our Thanksgiving meal and once again did a great job of showing what makes this gathering so special. See our volunteers, guests and executive director enjoying the day together. Watch the Story
A Q&A with Upper West Sider Paul Krugman in the West Side Rag
Get you Gala tickets here! The West Side Rag has a great profile of our Gala honoree, New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman! The conversation ranges from the legacy of Robert Moses, to why Krugman lives on the UWS, to the controversy over super-tall buildings. Krugman also talks about why he […]
PIX 11 Does a Lovely Story on the Green Keepers
PIX 11 sent a TV crew to catch up with the Green Keepers while they tended to plants on the Broadway Malls. They spoke with some of the Green Keepers as well as Goddard Riverside staff about overcoming barriers to work and the life-changing power of having a job. Watch the story here.