The Family Center is honored to be a featured member on the National Cancer Legal Services Network (NCLSN). The first of its kind, the NCLSN website promotes awareness of existing cancer legal advocacy and the need for additional legal assistance programs for people affected by cancer. The Family Center’s legal team provides assistance to vulnerable New York families confronting a …
Diabetes Alert Day at TFC
Diabetes Alert Day is tomorrow, March 27th! The Family Center diabetes awareness, prevention and control program, B-SWEL (Brooklyn –Stay Well, Enjoy Life) is hosting a special event to mark this day alerting community members about their diabetes risk. The B-SWEL team will be conducting A1c screenings to test newcomers’ blood sugar levels, as well as hosting educational workshops for National …
Music brings hearts together for NYC children
The Three of Hearts benefit concert for The Family Center took the stage at Joe’s Pub on Saturday night for its fourth year. Audience members delighted in the musical talents of Beth Arentsen, Mark Anthony Lee and Lindsey Wilson, who enchanted and rocked the crowd with their engaging performances. Producer Christian John Wikane once again orchestrated a beautiful evening that …
TFC Awarded 2nd Grant from Taproot!
Taproot makes business talent available to organizations working to improve society. Working to improve our community by strengthening families, The Family Center concluded a fabulously successful branding project in 2011, thanks to the generosity of Taproot and its pro-bono consultants. We are thrilled to announce that Taproot has awarded The Family Center another grant -this time, to evaluate our agency’s …
Buddies Learn to Tango
Buddy pairs glided across The Family Center at a recent dancing workshop hosted by Tango with Jon. Partnering with local organizations gives our mentoring pairs the opportunity to participate in fun bonding experiences and a wide range of cultural activities. photos courtesy of Danielle Sucher
TFC Leads in Healthier Brooklyn
The Family Center’s B-SWEL Project Director, Brett Klein, was featured on this month’s blog, “In the Spotlight” posted by We Are All Brooklyn. Funded by the Brooklyn Community Foundation, WAAB brings together leaders from diverse cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds to solve quality-of-life issues affecting Brooklyn communities. As a 2011 WAAB fellow, Brett is expanding her knowledge on how to …
Good Planners Make for Good Partners
In September 2009, The Family Center adopted a three-year strategic plan agency-wide. The plan focuses on strengthening all aspects of our agency -not only so our programming continues achieving sustainable outcomes for families confronting crisis and loss, but also so our community continues investing its time, energy and resources in our work. The Family Center worked with the TCC Group …
TFC’s Holidays in Africa Party!
On Friday, December 9th, hundreds of our client families and their children gathered together for The Family Center’s Annual Holiday Party! Over 95% of the families served by TFC live below the federal poverty line, making the holidays a difficult time for the children in our care. The Holiday Party is a time for our families, all of whom have …
Toy Drive 2011
Toy Drive 2011 The holidays can be extremely challenging for the children we serve. Limited resources, parental illness, and other stressful situations make it difficult for our children and their families to celebrate. The Family Center holds a gift/toy drive during this time to serve hundreds of children in an effort to brighten their holidays. The Family Center welcomes corporations, …
Celebrate the Holidays in Africa with TFC!
Every year, The Family Center hosts a holiday party so that the vulnerable children and families receiving our services have a joyful way to ring in the season. With over 95% of our families living below the poverty line, and all impacted by devastating crisis, illness or loss, the holidays can be difficult for children in our care. The Family …