LEGACY GALA TICKETS

We are sold out!

Thank you to our honorees, sponsors, donors, guests, Legacy Committee and staff for caring about our community, and our children!

It is our largest fundraiser of the year and ensures our free and low-cost programs for community children.  Thank you to our generous Underwriters: Sue Smith & Jen Hatch, Hightower Westchester, and Hudson Spectacles!

To donate go to link below.

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We had a blast in Nyack’s Annual Halloween Parade! Thank you to Hannah Hannah Hancock Rubinsky for our Float hearts and everyone who worked on our love float! Big shout out to Tom Kletecka and Dave Whittaker for being our drivers and of course to our wonderful staff, parents and kids who marched in the parade! All you need is love!

This is community love! George Pejoves community Cornhole Tournament mastermind and loan officer at Prime Lending stopped by with a big check! Thank you George, all the Realty firms that participated,:

Howard, Hanna Rand Realty, Keller Williams Hudson Valley, C 21 Full Service, Sotheby’s Ellis Realty, Wright, Bros Realty & Christie’s Intl RE & 6 Real Estate Attys for raising $16,000 for Nyack Center, People to People, Rockland Pride Center & Center for safety & Change! We are grateful to everyone who participated in this fun event! $4,000 makes a difference for children and families in our programs! George, Nyack Center ED Kim Cross, Wright Bros. Realtor Mary Lovera and Nyack Center Program Director Dolly Tassy pictured here!

Friendships, fun & enriching activities, safe space and caring adults are some of the things we are proud of in our programs. Thanks to community support we are the lowest cost before and after school care in The Hudson Valley region. Supporting working parents and their children is part of our mission. We are grateful to all of our community supporters who give to our cause and help us make that mission a reality

Free Expressive art workshop

for Kids & Parents!

Join us!

ALL ARE WELCOME

Our Last SUNDAY is 11/12

from 11am-12

with artist and educator Kiara Knight

CLICK LINK BELOW TO REGISTER

This project is made possible

with funds from the Statewide

Community Regrant,

a regrant program of the

New York State . Council on the Arts

with the support of the Governor's office

and the New York State Legislature

and administered by ArtsWestchester.

Check out photos from our last class-"mindful expression of present and future self/what we have achieved presently and what we desire to achieve not just the tangible things"

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One more curbside plus! Thank you to the Village of Nyack for the sidewalk improvement project going on in front of our building! We can't wait to see the final results!

TEEN COUNCIL

Teen Council is a substance free leadership program for teens. Student Board and adult supervisor meet twice a month to plan events and activities. Teens who participate earn community service hours!

Teen Council is a substance free leadership program led by advisor Morgan Strand. They meet twice a month at Nyack Center, plan activities for teens, social action, community service and make change in our community. Teens (ages 13-17)

email info@nyackcenter.org for info

Get free tutoring for Middle School and High School students every T & W 5:30-8pm with experienced teachers Tom Burns and Gary Silver. Go to link below for Math or for English, SAT, College Essay or classwork. Program is free to all Nyack School District students through a collaboration with Nyack Schools. We are back! Go to links below to register-

English tutoring

Math tutoring

Free Music Lessons with Dave Reiss every Tuesday from 6-7:30. Drums, Bass, & Guitar.

Free Sound Production with Johnny Rocket. Learn the basics of producing and the recording studio every Tuesday from 5:30-7pm. To learn more or sign up, go to nyackcenter.org or call (845) 358-2600.

“Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai



Our Breakfast Club and After School Programs began Sept. 6 with the first day of school!

Although most of our children do not have much homework yet, our tutors are working with our children one on one and in groups. Educational card games, read alouds and other skill building fun are part of our daily activities. Our tutoring program is part of a special collaboration with Nyack Public Schools. Welcome to all our children, staff and parents to the 2023-24 school year! Both programs are full with waiting lists. To learn more please call Nyack Center at (845) 358-2600

The Village of Nyack held its annual Hometown Heroes Memorial at Nyack Center on 9/11. We remember Jon Leslie Albert,

Welles Remy Crowther, Ross Dailey II,

Stacey Sennas McGowan, Joseph Stach and Harry Wannamaker.

Thank you to all who made it a loving tribute with special thanks to Empire Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1. Our hearts are with them and their loved ones.

PHOTOS by Joe Rand and Stephanie Salter

Our staff gathered last week for Orientation. We also participated in a Sexual Harassment Training through our friends at The Center for Safety & Change.(photos below)

Back to School BBQ

If our community has anything to say about it, it is going to be a great school year for our community children!

It was a beautiful day for community! Thank you to Community BBQ organizers Nyack NAACP, Village of Nyack, Races for Peace, OCADA, The Rockland Pride Center, Pilgrim Baptist Church, St Phillips AME Zion Church, Hanneman Funeral Home, Ignite Church. Some of Nyack Centers team pictured here with gratitude to all the folks who donated back packs and school supplies- American Legion Post #310, Christine Cordey Salon, People to People, Fit for Mom, Nyack Rotary, Wright Brothers Real Estate, Nyack Teachers Association, Grace Episcopal Church, Palisades Presbyterian Church, OCADA, and St. Phillips AME Zion Church. Thanks to community support we gave out over 450 packed backpacks!

Painting Nyack Center

The 184 year-old building that holds our community programs and events needs some love. Have you seen the detail painting on our windows? All we have left are finishing details! We think the place is looking pretty spiffy and hope you do too! Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far. Please make your donation with our thanks by clicking the link below. Every dollar makes a difference!

Paint Nyack Center

Welcome to Meira Claudia Keil

our Development & Administrative Associate.

Moving to Nyack as a tween, Meira attended Nyack Middle and High School. She then went to Ithaca College which spearheaded her activism and community work. After graduating, she lived and worked in New York City holding roles within several non-profits and school-based positions focused on youth development and service-learning programming. Meira draws from her life experience and work experience within the U.S and globally to improve the scope, intention and impact of advocacy work. She is thrilled to be part of the Nyack Center family and reconnect with her hometown!

We are so thrilled to be the proud new owners of this beauty, a Boston piano. We are grateful to our generous donors Ellen and Terry McCabe for this incredible gift. Thank you to Chris Yates and Rivertown Music for shepherding the project. Rivertown Music is fundraising to purchase a cover, a piano dolly, a keyboard lock as well as support to help defray the cost of transport. Please donate below to support our piano. We look forward to many concerts and opportunities to enjoy the beautiful sound of the piano in our Auditorium space!

Piano Link

Founded in 1990 by a group of concerned citizens, the Nyack Center is housed in a renovated historic church in the heart of Nyack, NY. The mission of the Nyack Center is to create connections across social, cultural and economic boundaries, and to improve the lives of all in Nyack and the larger community of Rockland County. We are dedicated to antiracist action and committed to work to dismantle all forms of oppression. We learn and grow through our differences as we seek a more compassionate society together.

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Nyack Center has several different scholarship programs: Scholarship Plus, Young Woman of Leadership and Vision, The Lang Family Scholarship and our MLK Oratory Scholarships. We are proud of all our young scholars.

Scholarship Plus

Congratulations to our Scholarship Plus Scholars Garvek LeGerme and Abyade Cierra pictured here with their families and Nyack Center Executive Director Kim Cross. Scholarship Plus is a scholarship endowed by Ray Wright for two college bound seniors. Garvek will be going to SUNY Albany and Abyade will be a student at SUNY Oneonta. Sending best wishes and lots of love as you embark upon this next chapter!

Young Woman of Leadership and Vision

Bethzy Aguilar was the 2023 winner of this scholarship. Thank you to Kim-Adele Rosner of Wright Brothers Realty for this scholarship.

The Lang Family Scholarship

Bernyck Vital was this year's Lang Family Scholar. Our gratitude to The Lang Family for their generous support of a college bound student.

MLK Oratory Contest Scholarship winners are...

First place - Abigail Koshy (Clarkstown HS North, 10th grade)

Second place - Maya Oppong (NYU, freshman)

Third place - Jewel Jacob (Pearl River HS, 9th grade) The scholarship contest is generously supported by Orange and Rockland. Thank you to Oratory Co-Chairs Drusilla Kinzonzi and Cynthia Walker.

Matching Grant

Our wonderful supporters Peter and Rebecca Lang have made a matching grant of $50,000 to Nyack Center's Health & Wellness Project! The project was created by Peter and Rebecca during the pandemic. Classes provided include-Dance, Art, Yoga, Cooking, Videography, Sound and Recording, and Drama. It is our hope that other supporters will pledge their support for the project, a vital part of providing positive socio-emotional opportunities for children in our community. Thank you!

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HOW CAN I HELP?

There are so many ways you can help Nyack Center with your support: create a fundraiser here on Facebook, share fundraisers created by friends and family or donate directly at www.nyackcenter.org THANK YOU!

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