Goddard Riverside has been chosen for the Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge—the financial giant’s flagship pro bono program. Now in its thirteenth year, the Strategy Challenge matches high performing Associates and Vice Presidents with nonprofits to solve complex problems. In our case, it’s the intricate job of streamlining and coordinating food distribution across three neighborhood centers and dozens of programs. Khristel Simmons, Senior […]
Back by popular demand, the awards recognize volunteers who make a difference in their community Submit your nomination here. The Good Neighbor Awards are back!—along with their festive award night, the Neighbor to Neighbor Dinner. The awards honor individuals and organizations who are making “outstanding efforts to help improve the community.” Anyone can nominate anyone else. “Members of the community ask us […]
Watch our Book Chat with Annette Bay Pimentel A hundred years ago, when Pura Belpré took a job at the New York Public Library, there was a rule: the stories told to children at Story Hour could only come from books. The books were all in English, so the stories were too. Belpré, the first […]
Helping young people beat the odds is not enough: It’s time to change the odds. That’s the message of a new report released by #DegreesNYC, a collective impact movement to open doors to education co-founded by Goddard Riverside. The Changing the Odds report springs from a single question Degrees posed in 2016, the year it […]
After Kevin got his GED at the Isaacs Center, he realized he was just getting started Kevin Sampayo wasn’t a big fan of high school. He felt lost in the crowd and never graduated. Then, sometime last year, he signed up to get his equivalency degree at the Isaacs Center. “At first that’s all I […]
February 2022 GODDARD RIVERSIDE SENIOR CENTER, 593 COLUMBUS AVE | 212-873-6600 | FUNDED BY DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGING Meals As of January 10, 2022, Breakfast will no longer be served. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Jan. 31 -Chicken Noodle Soup-Baked Chicken Quarters-Baked Sweet Potatoes-Steamed Broccoli-Frozen Mixed Berries Feb. 1 -Oxtails-White Rice-Cabbage-Banana Feb. 2 -Arroz con […]
See the video of Pat Johnson’s testimony, and read a transcript, here All too often when homelessness is discussed in the halls of power, the biggest authorities on the problem—people who have actually been homeless—get left out. So it was a big deal when Pat Johnson, a resident at our Senate supportive housing residence, testified […]
As the politicians we elected in November get ready to take office, they’re appointing transition teams to provide insight on the issues. Being on a transition team means having the chance to shape an elected leader’s philosophy and future policies. So we’re proud to say that Director of Advocacy and Organizing Larry Wood has been named to incoming Manhattan Borough President […]
Calling people experiencing homelessness “our brothers and sisters,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul visited our Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center on Friday to sign a bill increasing the value of state housing vouchers. “Everyone deserves the dignity of a roof over their head, and I am proud to sign this legislation that will make that a reality for New Yorkers […]
It was a busy afternoon at Goddard Riverside’s strategic partner, the Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center in Yorkville. In the Dining Room, Senior Center members were finishing up lunch. Kitchen staffers were hard at work making food for grab-and-go meals. In the common area next to the kitchen, a food pantry was underway, and community […]