Category: Newsletter

By Marisa Butler This past December, thousands of New Yorkers came together to make the holiday season a little brighter for homeless children across the city. Deliveries of hundreds of action figures, dolls, stuffed animals, games and more came in each day pr ..Read More

By Tim Campbell, Director of Programs Larry had been coming to the Coalition for over ten years before he passed away in December. A short, stocky man, built a bit like a fire hydrant with the voice of a bullhorn, he was a colorful character to say the least. ..Read More

By Marisa Butler For many, the end of summer and beginning of fall can mean only one thing: back to school season. Picking out a new school bag in just the right color and filling it with new folders, pencils and other supplies has become a fundamental rite of ..Read More

By Lindsey Davis Barbara and her 18-month-old daughter now have a safe place to sleep, but it wasn’t easy. As a child she was removed from her abusive mother and put in foster care. When she turned 18, she found herself pregnant and homeless. With nowher ..Read More

By Sarah Murphy Imagine you live in one small room with your five children. Just to get home you have to pass through airport-like security. Men rifle through your bags and your phone gets confiscated because it has a camera in it. You hike up four flights of ..Read More

By Rachel Edelman Mark your calendars for the 17th annual ARTWALK NY benefit, which will take place on Tuesday, November 15th at Skylight Studio in NYC. The annual event, co-chaired by Alec Baldwin, Richard Gere and Carey Lowell, will feature works from more t ..Read More

To the People of the City of New York, We, the residents of Nelson Avenue Family Residence, come to you as one. We come to you for help on a number of issues. But first and fore most our main issue is that we have been informed that there are no longer any pro ..Read More