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A Message To Our Community

Saluting Our Community Heroes

Thank you!  Gracias!  Спасибо!  감사합니다!  謝謝!  !תודה 

Remembering VE Day

Longtime Y Member Walter Kehr Shares His Experience of Serving in the United States Army in Germany When the Nazis Surrendered

Caring For Our Community

Today 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. 

GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO FEED HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS

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.

The Y Continues to Provide Essential Services Amid City Shutdown

Amid the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, New York State ordered 100% of non-essential work to take place from home or close for the interim, in an effort to flatten the curve and help prevent the further spread of the disease.

The Y @ Home Officially Launches

For 102 years, the YM & YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood (the Y) has been a premier community center and human-service organization in northern Manhattan with the vast majority of its activities and services taking place in person. While in recent years the Y expanded the reach of its programs to other locations under the Y’s supervision, it continued to mostly focus on face-to-face programs.

Irish Step Dancing Delight Seniors

On Sunday, March 1, 2020, members of the Center for Adults Living Well (CALW) at the YM&YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood (the Y) were treated to a lively performance by the New York Studio of Irish Step Dance.

Leading with Compassion in Uncertain Times

The YM&YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood (the Y) has been a pillar in our community for more than a century — a place where people of all ages and backgrounds can thrive. We educate the youngest among us, provide meals and companionship for those in their golden years, offer enriching activities for youth and their families, and so much more. We pride ourselves in the top-notch services we provide everyone who walks through our doors or attends any of the myriad of our offsite programs.

The Y has a Dream

To celebrate Martin Luther King’s legacy, the Y hosted a series of events in the month of January culminating with a large event and service project on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.