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Sandi Rosenthal
Director of Volunteers
Pleasantville Cottage Campus
1075 Broadway
Pleasantville, NY 10570
914-741-4569
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Volunteer News
End of Summer BBQ with JPMorgan Chase Volunteers
In September 2022, the Campus hosted 40 JPMorgan Chase staff, including executives and high-level staffers, for a barbecue on the quad, joined by many campus residents and JCCA staff. The social atmosphere was easygoing, convivial, and warm. An impromptu game of flag...
Volunteering at the Pleasantville Cottage Campus
Volunteers on JCCA’s Pleasantville Cottage Campus offer friendly, individualized attention to children who have been abused, neglected and traumatized in their young lives. This interaction with our young residents makes a meaningful difference in their lives and, we have learned, in the lives of our volunteers.
JCCA’s four residential programs on the Pleasantville Cottage Campus provide a highly protected and supervised environment for 300 inner-city children who have serious emotional and family problems and cannot live at home. They include: Pleasantville Cottage School, Edenwald Center, and Pleasantville START. Individual volunteers can serve as:
Two Together
Two Together matches tutors with students on campus to provide academic support.
Mentors
Mentors can change a child’s life. They engage in a one-to-one relationship with campus residents, meeting with them at least two hours every other week. Contact Sandi Rosenthal at 914-741-4569.
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Special interest activities sponsors
Share your talents with our residents. Teach them chess, gardening, art, photography, exercise, yoga, etc.
Lunch Bunch
Monthly visits to the same cottage with the same group of volunteers, who provide lunch, fun activities and birthday celebrations.
School-age volunteers
- Volunteer with friends in the same cottage once a month, with a parent in attendance
- Provide a meal, fun activities and companionship
- Weekends only
Fundraising committee
Join a committee to help raise much-needed funds for campus programs and services.
Other volunteer opportunities:
- Provide holidays or special event parties
- Donate school supplies, sports equipment, tickets to events (sporting events, plays, concerts, etc.)
- Provide sponsorship for annual fundraisers and events:
- A Tree Grows in Pleasantville
- Arts in Action
- Movies, holidays, off-campus outings
Requirements and skills
- Deep interest and ability to relate to inner-city young people
- Interest in helping others
- Must go through orientation and registration process
- Volunteers 18 and older can volunteer alone
- Volunteers under 18 must come with parent supervision
Sandi Rosenthal
Director of Volunteers
Pleasantville Cottage Campus
1075 Broadway
Pleasantville, NY 10570
914-741-4569
Contact us
Volunteer News
End of Summer BBQ with JPMorgan Chase Volunteers
In September 2022, the Campus hosted 40 JPMorgan Chase staff, including executives and high-level staffers, for a barbecue on the quad, joined by many campus residents and JCCA staff. The social atmosphere was easygoing, convivial, and warm. An impromptu game of flag...