These hands-on, interactive classes are provided at City Harvest agencies including community centers, food pantries, soup kitchens, after-school programs, senior centers, and rehabilitation centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City. Consisting of eight different curricula in five different languages, Operation Frontline is designed to meet the needs and interests of adults, children, teenagers, families, and persons living with HIV and AIDS.

In November/December, Aimee Adams volunteered her time as class manager in the program
“Well Seasoned: A Nutrition Education Program for Seniors”

Working with a nutritionist and chef, each week she went to Staten Island to shop, prep and assist a group of 6-8 seniors in preparing a meal that reflected that week’s nutritional lesson. For example, one week focused on: Medications and SideEffects; What to do when you’re not up to cooking. So the meal that week was a quick and easy corn chowder. If you’d like the recipe, click the link below.

Recipe

Men’s Sports Day

Sunrise Day Camp, for children ages 3-16, is the only dedicated day camp in the nation for children with cancer. It is a camp designed to meet the emotional, social, recreational and physical needs of these children while allowing them to enjoy the comforts and safety of their own homes at night. Children, and their siblings, are invited to attend the camp free of charge.

“Thank you Michael Korn, and the incredible “Red Army” for turning an incredibly hot day into a remarkably fun day for the kids! Your encouragement, smiles and cheers were infectious and the kids enjoyed every minute you were there. You guys were so “cool” ….and not just because you were in charge of the water spritzers! Thank you for giving up a part of your Friday to spend some time with our special kids! “

With gratitude,
Beth

Beth R. Fetner
Vice President of Agency Development
Friedberg JCC

On behalf of the Board of Directors, staff, volunteers and clients of the Alzheimer’s Association, New York City Chapter, we extend our greatest thanks. Your hard work, dedication and commitment brings us closer to the reality of living in a world without Alzheimer’s. We are humbled by your accomplishments and deeply grateful.

*You, our 440 Team Captains, ensured that /Memory Walk 2009/ was a remarkable day. You got up early on Sunday morning and joined us on an incredibly beautiful day to help us MOVE our cause forward and helped us raise over $900,000. You made the difference.

The focus was on SOP graduates who have achieved positions of power and influence in government, media, education, medicine and community leadership. Three days, and many conversations later, it became clear that Seeds of Peace is an effective organization that is slowly but surely changing the mindset of the younger generation to embrace the value of peace. It became evident that even if peace treaties in troubled areas were to be signed today, real peace would be very difficult without a mind shift of the public. That’s where SOP comes in.

Adam and Todd produced a film illustrating the effectiveness of SOP, and how by empowering the leaders of the next generation, they are influencing the hearts and minds of the average citizen towards achieving truly lasting peace. This film was shown at the SOP fund-raising gala in May 2008. Please click on the button to see it for yourself.

Watch it now:

In December of 2007, Todd journeyed to Rwanda, where he visited with the SOS Kigali Primary School, which was responsible for saving 630 children affected by the 1993 genocides. As he was touring the facilities and leaning about the programs he met Shaffy, one of Kigali’s brightest students. Shaffy told Todd how much he loved computer science, and what he believed he could accomplish beyond his education with his own laptop. Inspired by Shaffy’s determination, Todd returned to the US and sent Shaffy his own laptop.

“You are the person who I will thank up from now to end of my life.” -Shaffy

Todd and Shaffy now remain in contact through e-mail. Shaffy forwards Todd his report cards and his progress. His English and grades have both improved, and he is now third in his class.
“I showed the laptop to my dad and he was also very happy. It changed our lives. But also you are like my Dad because you did a big thing in my life.” -Shaffy