‘Tis the season of giving, when those families that can get out their checkbooks and support charitable organizations. Over the past year, The Hudson Independent has compiled a list of local charities into a section, aptly named Local Charities, where readers ... More »
By Barrett Seaman— On one side were about 40 middle school students—half from Tarrytown’s Transfiguration Catholic School, half from The Leffell School, a Jewish day school in White Plains. On the other side, stacks of boxes containing some 1,250 turkeys, dest... More »
The numbers don’t lie: Over the last year alone, Volunteer New York!, has inspired 35,000 volunteers and mobilized just shy of 400,000 hours of volunteer service throughout the Hudson Valley, initiating a virtuous cycle of continued funding from a range of pri... More »
Whether helping a family to secure an early intervention evaluation for a young child, preparing young adults to enter the workforce or providing person-centered residential living opportunities, The Arc Westchester is a resource for people with developmental ... More »
The Community Coalition of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow (C2), a monthly open forum for local non-profits and village government officials, has created a community events calendar for both villages. The calendar website, www.community10591.org, also includes a l... More »
The Children’s Village (CV) founded its 180-acre residential campus in Dobbs Ferry in 1901, and today it is a nationally recognized provider of services to those who have been denied what all children deserve: safety, education and opportunity, and people who ... More »
Hunger is right here in Westchester. It can be hard to imagine — so many people in need of food right in our wealthy county. Recently we were asked, “Why is there still need?” The truth is that there has always been hunger here, but the pandemic put it in the ... More »
Little Gardens of Tarrytown Garden Club focuses on environmental and beautification projects within Patriots and Neperan Parks, as well as community service in general. The Club, a 501(c)(3), nonprofit, has been operating within the village of Tarrytown for th... More »
The Gullotta House was founded in 2015 for the charitable purpose of helping Westchester families in need, regardless of income. The organization responds to disasters such as a fire that might suddenly displace multiple families, as did the late March three-... More »
That in a nutshell is what Scenic Hudson does. We love the river, the lands and communities along it, and we inspire others to do so as well. We show our love by protecting and connecting people to places where everyone can benefit from the healing powers of n... More »
Within our rivertown communities there are many charitable organizations that aim to benefit various segments of the population. They feed the disadvantaged, assist those with special needs, including refugees, further education and play for children, protect ... More »
For over three decades, Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley has granted the wishes of more than 3,000 children in the Hudson Valley region with critical illnesses. Serving the eight counties of Delaware, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchest... More »
Did you know that 57% of the children enrolled in Tarrytown’s public schools are eligible for free or reduced-lunch benefits? Consider that again. … More than half of the families who send children to our public schools have income levels that qualify for this... More »
Called “A pragmatic framework for nonprofit digital transformation that embraces the human-centered nature of your organization, The Smart Non-Profit: Staying Human-Centered in an Automated World is the latest work by Sleepy Hollow resident Allison Fine and he... More »
Within our rivertown communities there are many charitable organizations that aim to benefit various segments of the population. They feed the disadvantaged, assist those with special needs, including refugees, further education and play for children, protect ... More »
Within our rivertown communities there are many charitable organizations whose aims are to benefit various segments of the population. They feed the disadvantaged, assist those with special needs, including refugees, further education and play for children, pr... More »
Within our rivertown communities there are many charitable organizations that aim to benefit various segments of the population. They feed the disadvantaged, assist those with special needs, including refugees, further education and play for children, protect ... More »
