SCS News

Watch this news story on Univision 41 NY on free Summer Camp programs reported from Sunnyside Community Services. SCS has spots available for children currently in grades 1 through 8. If you live near Sunnyside, Woodside, Long Island City or Elmhurst, please call 347-684-3399. If you live in another community in the five boroughs of New York City, please call 311 to locate the nearest summer camp.

Tenemos cupos para los jovenes que estan en los grados 1 a 8. Si vive cerca de Sunnyside, Woodside, Long Island City o Elmhurst, por favor llame al 347-684-3399 para saber mas sobre como inscribir a su hijo o hija. Si vive en otra comunidad en los cinco condados de la ciudad de Nueva York, por favor llame al 311 para localizar el campamento de verano más cercano.

New York State Lieutenant Governor Kathleen C. Hochul presented highlights from Governor Mario Cuomo’s “State of the State” address to a large audience of members and participants at Sunnyside Community Services, after which she met briefly with attendees.  Children in our Pre-K program gave the Lieutenant Governor a warm welcome before the event.  NYC Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer was on hand to provide a warm and personal introduction for the Lt. Governor.  Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan wrapped up the event, and also met with the assembled members.  You can see Governor Cuomo’s State of the State address here in full.  

Sunnyside Community Services is proud to be one of the nine recipients of Governor Cuomo’s $67.5 million dollar initiative for the development of programs that support family members who care for the nearly 380,000 New Yorkers living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. The awards are part of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Initiative that seeks to alleviate emotional and financial burdens that are unduly placed upon New Yorkers who care for loved ones living with Alzheimer’s. There are a total of 1 million of these informal caregivers in New York State who provide 1.1 billion hours of unpaid care.  Read more: http://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-675-million-support-caregivers-individuals-alzheimer-s-and-other

NY1 reporter Leisha Majtan talks to Ngawang Chime, who has spent the summer volunteering at Sunnyside Community Services to help provide free enrichment programs to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students.

Students city-wide are invited to attend Sunnyside Community Services’ free SONYC Summer Programs for 6th, 7th and 8th graders.  Classes meet Monday through Thursday, starting NOW and running through August 20.

Sunnyside Community Services, 43-31 39th Street, Sunnyside, NY.  To register, call 718.551.8538 or email sshogan@scsny.org 

I.S. 5 (Walter Crowley Middle School), 50-40 Jacobus Street, Elmhurst, NY.  To register, call 347.849.2187 or email Jhramirez@scsny.org

On Monday, June 8, students from PS150Q walked a mile to raise awareness and funds in support of Alzheimer’s Disease programs. After walking, students tied purple ribbons to the fence in front of the school, near a number of handwritten signs.  Sixth grade students have been participating in service learning projects at Sunnyside Community Services’ Social Adult Day Program for individuals with Alzheimer’s. Elizabeth Gronke, interim director of the program, also informed the students about Alzheimer’s at a recent school assembly. According to Ms. Rosella Giorgi, teacher at PS 150 and organizer of the event, there was amazing support for this effort from the students, parents and the local community. More than $2,000 was raised for various Alzheimer’s-related efforts.

Thanks to New York Cares and support from Morgan Stanley, over 100 members of the Center for Active Older Adults enjoyed painting and potting their own personalized flowerpots. Morgan Stanley volunteers engaged members during their artistic endeavors, and helped as needed. Several of the volunteers worked to bring a bloom of color to the planters outside our headquarters.

Mayor Bill de Blasio visited Sunnyside UP, our pre-Kindergarten program, to talk to the children and their parents about the importance of Universal Pre-K (UPK) and early childhood education.

NY1 featured the visit in a story you can watch here.

On hand to show their support were New York State Senator Michael Gianaris, New York City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, and New York State Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, shown below with Mayor de Blasio and SCS Executive Director Judy Zangwill.