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  • Queens Post: SCS Wins National Award for Alzheimer’s Program

    Queens Post highlights the national award we received for our Care NYC program. We were one of only three programs across the country (and the only program in New York) […]

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  • SCS Receives $275,000  in Federal Government Funding 

    SCS Receives $275,000  in Federal Government Funding 

    SCS, a Queens-based community organization that improves the lives of more than 16,000 people annually, has received $275,000 in funding from the federal government. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, […]

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  • SCS Wins Innovations in Alzheimer’s Caregiving Award

    SCS Wins Innovations in Alzheimer’s Caregiving Award

    SCS has won a national caregiving award for its Care NYC program. Care NYC at SCS provides support to Queens-based caregivers who are caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or other dementias. […]

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  • Queens Times: Just Pay Rally

    Queens Times: Just Pay Rally

    On March 10, SCS staff joined workers, elected officials, and community members at a rally in Manhattan to advocate for higher pay for human services workers. Read more about the rally […]

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  • Just Pay Rally

    Just Pay Rally

    On March 10, staff from Sunnyside Community Services joined human services workers, elected officials, and community members at City Hall Park in Manhattan to advocate for an end to poverty […]

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  • St. Pat’s for All

    St. Pat’s for All

    Sunnyside Community Services staff and members of the SCS senior center participated in this year’s St. Pat’s for All Parade. We were greeted by several elected officials along the Skillman […]

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  • Application Deadlines for Pre-K & 3-K are Approaching

    Application Deadlines for Pre-K & 3-K are Approaching

    The application deadline for pre-K enrollment is March 18 and the deadline for 3-K is April 14. Pre-K is free for students age four—born in 2018 for the 2022-23 school year. 3-K is […]

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  • ESOL Registration Opens in March

    ESOL Registration Opens in March

    Registration for our free English for Speakers of Other Languages classes opens in mid-March. The classes are taught by expert ESOL instructors. The curriculum was created to meet the needs […]

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  • Funding for HHA Training Program

    Funding for HHA Training Program

    The Florence V. Burden Foundation has awarded us with a $25,000 grant for the 2022 calendar year for our Home Health Aide Training Program. This free four-week program trains 250 people […]

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  • Blood Drive – March 14

    Blood Drive – March 14

    You can help save lives by donating blood at our location in Sunnyside, Queens. New York Blood Center is holding the drive on Monday, March 14 from 3 – 7:30 pm. Schedule an appointment online at nybc.org/save1feed1.  When […]

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  • QNS: Year in Review: Queens’ Top Stories From December 2021

    QNS: Year in Review: Queens’ Top Stories From December 2021

    QNS highlights the ribbon cutting of a new TF Cornerstone development in Long Island City as one of their top stories of December 2021. The building at 5241 Center Blvd. […]

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  • Free Covid-19 Testing – Dec 21 & 23

    Free Covid-19 Testing – Dec 21 & 23

    Free PCR saliva-based tests will be offered December 21 and 23 at Sunnyside Community Services. The saliva is self-collected by the person being tested. Results will be offered via email, text, […]

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