Every year, JCCA’s Robert Maslow Awards for Excellence in Practice recognize employees who have gone above and beyond their duties in support of JCCA’s mission. For a glimpse into the passion and dedication that power JCCA’s life-saving work, read our interview series...
JCCA Spotlight
Bari Francavilla, 2018 JCCA Maslow Award Winner
Every year, JCCA’s Robert Maslow Awards for Excellence in Practice recognize employees who have gone above and beyond their duties in support of JCCA’s mission. For a glimpse into the passion and dedication that power JCCA’s life-saving work, read our interview series...
Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi Visits JCCA
Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi visited JCCA this summer, to learn more about the ways he can support JCCA and governmental efforts to stop child sexual abuse and commercial sexual exploitation. Although it was AM Hevesi’s first visit to JCCA’s Pleasantville Campus, he...
Scarsdale Teens Donate Books to Pleasantville Cottage School
When Scarsdale teen Zoe Kleinman celebrated her bat mitzvah a few years ago, she saved up the gifts she received for education—but unlike so many other teens, it wasn’t set aside for her own college fund. Instead, she set up a foundation. Along with her friend...
Edenwald Field Day
It’s 90 degrees in August and the campus is HOT. But it’s not just the humidity—residents and staff have gathered for an afternoon of fun—jumping in bounce houses, slipping down inflatable slides, competing in games and fitness drills. It’s Field Day at Edenwald, and...
Sharon Plotch, 2018 JCCA Maslow Award Winner
Every year, JCCA’s Robert Maslow Awards for Excellence in Practice recognize employees who have gone above and beyond their duties in support of JCCA’s mission. For a glimpse into the passion and dedication that power JCCA’s life-saving work, read our interview series...
Maria Taveras, 2018 JCCA Maslow Award Winner
Every year, JCCA’s Robert Maslow Awards for Excellence in Practice recognize employees who have gone above and beyond their duties in support of JCCA’s mission. For a glimpse into the passion and dedication that power JCCA’s life-saving work, read our interview series...
Rhiannon Personick, 2018 JCCA Maslow Award Winner
Every year, JCCA’s Robert Maslow Awards for Excellence in Practice recognize employees who have gone above and beyond their duties in support of JCCA’s mission. For a glimpse into the passion and dedication that power JCCA’s life-saving work, read our interview series...
A Passion for JCCA: Stephanie Spiegel
Trustee Stephanie Spiegel is this year’s honoree at JCCA’s “A Tree Grows in Pleasantville” event. It’s a fitting award for a woman who organized the first Tree event in 2005, started the Pleasantville Cottage Campus Lunch Bunch volunteer program 14 years ago, and...
A New York Story: Morris Abramowitz and Roberta Seltzer
In the first half of the last century, Morris Abramowitz was a NYC police officer patrolling a beat in the Bronx. Born in Russia in 1905, and the second of six children, he was six months old when his parents immigrated to the US. In his teens, his mother became sick...