When COVID Changed the Rules, They Became a Key Link When our West Side NORC was chosen to participate in Older Adults Strengthening Communities—a special initiative of the United Neighborhood Houses of New York—NORC Director Nina Kaminsky saw an opportunity. She decided to design a project to recruit volunteers to help spread the word about the NORC and expand its membership. Little did she know that within a year, […]
Ask Marina Fradera about going to Goddard Riverside Head Start as a child, and the memories come tumbling out. “I remember the location feeling mysterious. I remember feeling scared but excited to go. My grandfather would walk me every day and that was always a pleasant thing.” Fradera loved her classroom and the things it […]
Buy tickets for Once Upon the Holidays here. It’s holiday time and Karla Dionicio is ready to sing. “We’re going to do Christmas songs like Fa La La La La, La La La La!” she says excitedly. Dionicio is a member of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City at Goddard Riverside, one of […]
Many of our programs at Goddard Riverside are focused on maximizing opportunities for young people. So it’s appropriate that both of our book prizes this year went to works addressing youth and the challenges they face. Abandoned: America’s Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection won the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice, […]
Volunteer to deliver Thanksgiving meals! Email ekennedy@goddard.org On Thanksgiving and Christmas, Goddard Riverside will coordinate with our amazing volunteers to provide a festive homemade meal to anyone who wants one—as we have for years. But we’re also taking steps to keep our community safe from the COVID-19 epidemic. “This year, all meals will be picked […]
Goddard Riverside’s 34th Annual Book Fair will be the first held completely online. “The Book Fair is here just in time for the holidays!” said Beth Dunphe, Goddard’s director of development. “Just go to the Book Fair site at goddard.org/bookfair2020 this Saturday morning at 8 to shop for brand-new bestsellers at half price or less.” […]
There was a nip of fall in the air when a group of friends gathered in Riverside Park. They munched on donuts while catching up on each other’s news. Then they took a walk to enjoy the last of the summer’s flowers. This wasn’t just any coffee break. These friends are members of our TOP […]
I believe deeply in the potential of every human being. I’m grateful to have a job where I get to invest in building that potential every day. But recently I was reminded that we all struggle with our own internal biases in our relationships with other people. I was riding the train and a gentleman […]
This year’s Annual Gala will be the first of its kind. We’ve taken our usual one-night celebration and spread it out over every Thursday evening in October! Starting on October 1, we’re bringing you a series of fascinating conversations on social justice issues. October 1: Jeffrey Toobin, CNN Analyst. Could there be a more timely moment […]
With an admission rate of about 4 percent, New York City’s Prep for Prep program is a little more competitive than Harvard and significantly tougher than getting into Yale. But those odds were no match for Star Learning Center 5th grader Crismary Lopez of Washington Heights, who was accepted into the program earlier this year. Prep for […]