News & Highlights
As our Smoke Free NYC Coordinator stood before a room full of Washington Heights Teens at the Smoke Free Youth Summit, he began the evening’s session with a question: “raise your hand if you know someone who life has been affected by smoking.” Not a single person left a hand unraised. The floor was then opened to anyone who wanted to share their story.
On Sunday March 2nd, the Y participated in the New York Road Runners Salsa, Blues Shamrocks run for kids yet again. We had a wonderful turnout with over 60 kids and their parents ready to run with the Y!
Garrett Friedman is not your typical 12 year old boy from the West Side of Manhattan. While most boys his age spend Sunday afternoon in a sports league, playing video games, or hanging out with friends, Garrett spends a portion of his Sundays at the Y volunteering at our Sunday Funday program for children with special needs.
The wait is finally over! Register for Camp Yomawha 2014 summer day camp today. Spots are limited so be sure to register soon. Save big with our early-bird discount if you register by March 30th.
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The Y is proud to partner with the Manhattan Smoke-Free Coalition to bring much needed regulation to the tobacco industry, and education to our neighbors. Tobacco has been a serious problem in our community for too long, and we have seen how these dangers have penetrated into the local youth.
In the spirit of the holiday season, The Y was honored to host UJA-Federation and Catholic Charities' Feeding our Neighbors: An Interfaith Response. Close to a hundred volunteers from all over New York swarmed the Y to fill food packages to be distributed to food pantries and local Washington Heights Seniors.
Thank you to all who came out to our Thanksgivukah event this week! We had a large crowd come celebrate with us and Inwood Jews the holidays of Chanukah and Thanksgiving.
Our Partners in Caring "Survivor Interview Series" was a huge success. Thank you to all those who came to the special 75th Anniversary of Kristallnacht -the Night of Broken Glass services at the Hebrew Tabernacle to honor our community members who have experienced the terrible darkness of the Holocaust.
Written by Victoria Neznansky
Photography by Yael Ben-Zion (detail)
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