The Center for Anti-Violence Education focuses on providing violence-prevention curriculum to women, particularly for transgender people, teenagers and children. Programming includes self-defense courses offered at a sliding-scale fee. The center offers free childcare to participants in its courses.
The Jewish Community Center of Rockland is dedicated to promoting and enriching Jewish life in Rockland, though the organization welcomes members of all religions and backgrounds.
JCC offers a variety of programs and activities for members, including youth groups, sports leagues, a fitness center, babysitting, trips and more. It also hosts arts and cultural events like Jewish book and movie festivals and concerts.
The range of programs accomodate youths, adults and senior citizens.
Members gain access to the JCC facilities and receive discounts at several businesses around Rockland County.
YMCA, founded in 1844, is a nonprofit whose mission is to build healthy bodies, minds and spirits in the residents of the 10,000 neighborhoods where it works today.
The Y has been in New Rochelle since before 1900 and at its Weyman Avenue location since 1984. It boasts more than 3,500 members. It offers youth camps in the summer; a variety of membership discounts; and such sporting facilities as a cardio workout room, squash courts and a large swimming pool.
This historic farm was owned and operated by the Grossmann Family from 1895 to 2007. In recent years, uncertainty over what would become of the village landmark troubled many of Malverne's residents, but in late 2009, Thomas Suozzi, then current Nassau County Executive, announced that the County intended to purchase the property and preserve its farming roots. Soon after taking office, Suozzi's replacement, Ed Mangano finalized the deal on Feb. 8. 2010.
Nassau County purchased the five-acre farmland for $6,538,233. The Grossmann family retained 0.2 acres of the property, which includes the original homestead, the white house that faces the intersection at Hempstead Avenue and Ocean Avenue. The village of Malverne secured slightly less than a half acre.
The County acquisition was made possible through the 2006 Environmental Bond Act, a $150 million dollar environmental program that has enabled Nassau County to purchase and protect open spaces and renovate parks. After putting out a call for proposals in the summer of 2009, the County selected Nassau Land Trust to operate the farm and a contract between the two parties was finalized in late 2010.
The Nassau Land Trust hired a farmer, Bill Walsh, established committees and recruited local volunteers and opened the farm again on April 30, 2011.
On July 1, 2011 the trust announced that in cooperation with the Grossmann family, they changed the name of the farm to Crossroads Farm at Grossmann's to reflect both its roots and new beginning.
With a pool, tennis, hop scotch and playscape, kids and adults can live the high life at the Bay Terrace Center of Samuel Field Y. Bay Terrace Center offers social and educational programs for everyone from young kids to adult singles and seniors. Jewish enrichment, which includes Hebrew classes, holiday celebrations and even a social group special to Holocaust survivors, are some of their many programs.
Others include home services to community mental health services and assistance to special needs community members.
They have a vast number of different recreational, charitable and social programs orchestrated in the facility and community by their professionals. An exhaustive directory of services, from pre-school and child care to SAT classes and early stage dementia programs are available on the Center's website. Though funded largely by the United Jewish Appeal, Bay Terrace Center welcomes and serves people from all backgrounds.
The local branch of the Chabad provides outreach and education for Jews living in the Five Towns and surrounding areas. Since its establishment in 1995, the center has helped children with special needs and provided classes for youths, adults and seniors. The site also serves as a shul, with weekday and Shabbos services. Rabbi Shneur Z. Wolowik is leader of the temple.
The Wayside Tompkins Park Senior Center is a part of the New York City Department for the Aging Services network of low-income assisted living facilities. The Center offers long-term residential care, room and board, housekeeping, personal care and supervision. Meals are provided three times daily, and a full range of planned activities and outings are offered regularly.
Located on Commerce Street, the Yorktown Teen Center is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization providing a fun and safe environment for Yorktown's youth. The community center is open after school four days a week and is host to a variety of activities, including open mic nights. Visit the Yorktown Teen Center Web site to view a schedule of upcoming events.
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Southampton Town Community Center offers a wide range of programs and activities for local seniors such as blood pressure screenings, meals, support groups and convenient shuttle transportation. It is located on Ponquogue Avenue near County Road 80.
Founded in 1980, the Harrison Youth Council provides professional counseling services to children, teenagers and families living in the Harrison, West Harrison and Purchase area. The Council is a nonprofit organization and all counseling, mental health and substance-abuse prevention services provided are free-of-cost and completely confidential. Counselors there speak English, Spanish and Japanese.