
Helping Our Holocaust Survivors
Sunday, December 27, 2020The Y is dedicated to easing the lives of local Holocaust survivors — helping address their unique social, welfare, health, emotional, and nutritional needs.
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Kindness
Thursday, October 29, 2020Improving Our Communities and Nourishing Our Relationships
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Saluting Our Community Heroes
Friday, May 15, 2020Thank you! Gracias! Спасибо! 감사합니다! 謝謝! !תודה
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Remembering VE Day
Friday, May 08, 2020Longtime Y Member Walter Kehr Shares His Experience of Serving in the United States Army in Germany When the Nazis Surrendered
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Caring For Our Community
Tuesday, May 05, 2020Today is #GivingTuesdayNow — a global day of giving and unity. The Y is joining communities around the world to come together as one — to give, to help, to thank, to heal.
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GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO FEED HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
Friday, April 24, 2020
On Friday, March 27, 2020, the YM&YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood (the Y) served what it thought were its last grab-and-go and delivered meals to neighborhood seniors, as New York City’s Department for the Aging was taking over all citywide senior meal provisions to help prevent the further spread of COVID-19. Within days, however, the Y realized some seniors didn’t receive the promised food packages; some of them couldn’t access the canned food, as they didn’t have the strength or tools to open it; and many of them would not be sustained by what was delivered.