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2023 Volunteer Appreciation Dinner

2023 Volunteer Appreciation Dinner

The cherry blossoms were blooming again on the Pleasantville campus and it could mean only one thing: it was time for JCCA’s annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. The PCS dining hall had been outfitted with balloons, a tasty buffet, and at each seat was a booklet of...

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Staff Spotlight: Katie Rodriguez

Staff Spotlight: Katie Rodriguez

Where does your story start, in general and with JCCA? I was born upstate and raised in the Bronx. My parents immigrated to U.S. from Central America when they were teens. For my first few years we lived in a housing project in the South Bronx, not far from JCCA’s...

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Fair Futures

Fair Futures

We’ve all been there––adulting is hard. Managing finances, applying for college, finding a promising job or a new apartment––and taking care of your heart and mind along the way. It’s….a lot. With Fair Futures, foster youth don’t have to do it all alone. Fair Futures...

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Bingo Night Live!

Bingo Night Live!

On Sunday afternoon Pleasantville youth volunteers and residents streamed into a packed Edenwald rec building for JCCA’s first-ever Bingo Night Live. Emcees Sandi Rosenthal and Labe Eden called out the numbers as arms shot in the air and excited winners jumped from...

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Interview with JCCA Alum Ashley Brown

Interview with JCCA Alum Ashley Brown

Your childhood was not an easy one. What, if anything, do you feel you learned from it? I tell people: Don't let what you’ve been through stop you from becoming a greater you. You don’t have to let your past decide your future.  How do your experiences with JCCA still...

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