The twice sold out performance is back again for 2011! Three of Hearts will feature three extraordinarily talented artists, Beth Arentsen, Mark Anthony Lee, and Lindsey Wilson, in an evening of music to benefit The Family Center. Each of these artist’s unique, wonderful styles lends itself to an evening of amazing live music for all. The event will be held …
National Mentoring Month: Candice & Sharon
For National Mentoring Month, The Family Center’s Just Buddies program will be sharing a story a week from our buddy pairs. Are you interested in becoming a mentor? Request more information. Continue reading for this week’s story! Below are pictures of several of our buddy pairs. Candice is 8 years old and resides with her grandmother. She has been matched …
National Mentoring Month: Carlton & Thomas
For National Mentoring Month, The Family Center’s Just Buddies program will be sharing a story a week from our buddy pairs. Are you interested in becoming a mentor? Request more information. Continue reading for this week’s story! Below are pictures of several of our buddy pairs. Carlton is a 15 year old teen who resides with his sister since his …
National Mentoring Month: Lisa & Melissa
For National Mentoring Month, The Family Center’s Just Buddies program will be sharing a story a week from our buddy pairs. Are you interested in becoming a mentor? Request more information. Continue reading for this week’s story! Below are pictures of several of our buddy pairs. Lisa is a 13 year old girl who resides with her mother who has …
Macy’s Helps Spread Holiday Cheer!
The Family Center would like to thank our neighbors on 34th Street– Macy’s! Many thanks to the dozens of Macy’s volunteers who have helped out at TFC over the past few days. These volunteers have been instrumental in organizing our annual toy drive which provides holiday toys to hundreds of our very deserving children. The volunteers took on the very …
TFC’s Hawaiian Holiday Party!
On Friday, December 3rd, more than 100 families and over 20 volunteers gathered together for The Family Center’s Annual Holiday Party! This 450+ person event is TFC’s largest event of the year. It is a time for our families– many of whom live below the poverty line and are struggling with illness, crisis, or loss– to come together to celebrate …
MAC at TFC for World AIDS Day
On December 1st, nine volunteers from MAC gathered at TFC for World AIDS Day to create signs, backdrops, and decorations for TFC’s upcoming Holiday Party. The event was organized by MAC and the Children Affected By AIDS Foundation. The volunteers did a wonderful job and we are so excited for our families to see the decorations on Friday! Thanks so …
Executive Director Ivy Gamble Cobb Featured as NYer of the Week!
TFC is thrilled to announce that NY1 has featured TFC’s Executive Director, Ivy Gamble Cobb, as their New Yorker of the week! You can watch the segment, filmed during Google’s Thanksgiving event for grandparents, on NY1’s website. We are grateful to NY1 for recognizing Ivy Gamble Cobb’s hard work at TFC!
Google Gives Thanks to Grandparents!
On November 11th, a team of 10 Google volunteers and almost 40 grandparent caregivers and their children gathered in TFC’s office to celebrate Thanksgiving! The Google volunteers and TFC’s kids prepared a gourmet Thanksgiving lunch to give thanks to their grandparent caregivers, while the grandparents created beautiful floral arrangements to serve as Thanksgiving centerpieces. Everyone then gathered around the table …
Bids for Kids 2010!
This year’s Bids for Kids was an enormous success! Bids for Kids, held at Marquee and hosted by Julissa Bermudez and TFC’s Leadership Council, raised over $25,000 to help TFC’s families struggling with illness, crisis, or loss. The music was provided by DJ Joshua van Aalst and the date auction was lead by comedian and actress Rachael Robbins. Dates to …