Fair Futures
We’ve all been there––adulting is hard. Managing finances, applying for college, finding a promising job or a new apartment––and taking care of your heart and mind along the way. It’s….a lot. With Fair Futures, foster youth don’t have to do it all alone. Fair Futures...
Interview with Incoming Board President Stephanie Spiegel
A big congratulations on being named President of JCCA’s Board of Trustees. How did your election come about? I’ve been on the Board since 2010, including on the Executive Committee, and involved as a volunteer even longer. My family has a history with JCCA dating...
Bingo Night Live!
On Sunday afternoon Pleasantville youth volunteers and residents streamed into a packed Edenwald rec building for JCCA’s first-ever Bingo Night Live. Emcees Sandi Rosenthal and Labe Eden called out the numbers as arms shot in the air and excited winners jumped from...
Interview with JCCA Alum Ashley Brown
Your childhood was not an easy one. What, if anything, do you feel you learned from it? I tell people: Don't let what you’ve been through stop you from becoming a greater you. You don’t have to let your past decide your future. How do your experiences with JCCA still...
Season of Promise, Season of JCCA
For many of us, the holidays are time to connect and catch up with loved ones. Natasha, a JCCA client coming home from her first semester at SUNY Oswego, has many new experiences to share with her family and friends this season—and she’s also sharing them with us. In...