Summer Fun with Volunteers and Donors
Summer is here and––with the help of some extraordinarily generous donors and volunteers––our Pleasantville residents are living it up. Before the pandemic, AFLAC reached out to us to ask if their employees could spend a day on campus. Though Covid delayed things a...
CEO Op-Ed: Kids and communities at risk without expanded mental health services
During a national crisis in children's mental health, there simply aren't enough supports for young people with serious psychiatric needs. Read CEO Ron Richter's op-ed about the need to invest in services for children in crisis.
Pride Month Wrap-Up
With Pride Month drawing to a close, we’re taking a moment to look back on our many events and celebrations. This was almost certainly JCCA’s most active and engaged Pride yet, and we had a blast. We kicked things off with our 2nd Annual Campus Pride Parade. This new...
Campus Graduations
It was a joyous and celebratory week on our Pleasantville campus, with graduation events for both Edenwald School and Mt. Pleasant Cottage School. Wednesday’s ceremony at Edenwald came first. Family, staff, and classmates filed in to a festively decorated gymnasium to...
Father’s Day and Juneteenth 2022
Dear JCCA Colleagues, I write to you today to wish you a joyous Juneteenth and meaningful Father’s Day. Being a father to my amazing daughter, Maya, who just turned 12 years old in May (I can hardly believe it!), has transformed what love means to me. Opening my heart...
Message from CEO Ronald Richter: Pride Month 2022
June is teeming with excitement. Summer is around the corner. We are days from high school graduations at PCS, Edenwald, Liberation, and throughout the City. Many are cheering young people on at “moving up” ceremonies. We are still basking in the afterglow of our...
Steps for PCS Walk-a-Thon
By every measure, our Walk-a-Thon to renovate the PCS Recreation Center was a huge success. We’d like to express our gratitude to all who came out to walk, cheer, and spend the gorgeous, sunny day with us. We had over 150 walkers and raised nearly $25,000. Thank you...
200th Anniversary Gala
On the evening of Wednesday, May 25th, JCCA held its 200th anniversary gala at the historic Ziegfeld Ballroom in Midtown Manhattan. Due to the pandemic, it was our first gala in three years and there was palpable excitement as JCCA staff, donors, trustees, volunteers,...
Volunteer Appreciation Dinner 2022
On the gorgeous spring evening of May 11th, JCCA volunteers, staff, and residents arrived on the lawn of the Edenwald Administration Building to find a spacious canopy erected on the grass and barbeque smoke wafting from the grill. The scene had the look and the...
Message from CEO Ronald Richter: Mother’s Day 2022
Mother’s Day offers us the opportunity to celebrate the invaluable care and nurturing that mothers provide, recognizing that love and guidance show up in many different forms. The work we do at JCCA makes us especially appreciative of the many expressions of affection...