The end of the calendar year is the best time to champion your favorite causes! If you’re looking to give back to your community this holiday season, here are some ways you can work with Goddard Riverside and the Isaacs Center to help your community: Volunteer Volunteering is a wonderful way to get involved, learn […]
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Our CLIMB Program Partners Up With MNN
You can either spend thousands of dollars going to film school to learn the essentials of an ever-growing media industry—or you can join CLIMB at the Isaacs Center with their brand-new partnership with Manhattan Neighborhood Network. CLIMB is offered through our Education and Workforce Training program. The partnership for this intensive internship and training began […]
A Culinary “Meat & Greet”
The culinary students from our Education & Workforce program traveled all the way to Greenpoint in Brooklyn for a “Meat & Greet” at Jubilee Marketplace. This field trip served as both a workshop and an opportunity for them to see the economic side of working with food. Students sat through a detailed lesson on butchering […]
You’re Never Too Old For Halloween
Halloween might be in the rearview mirror, but not the great memories it brought us. At the Isaacs Center, the Jack August After School Program and the Older Adults Center hosted a memorable pumpkin carving event for both children and adults. The Jack August Program offers elementary-age children a space after school for fun, educational […]
Congratulations IT & Cybersecurity Students!
The end of August marked the beginning of a new chapter for our Cybersecurity and Information Technology students as they celebrated their graduation. Based at the Isaacs Center, this training program is part of a partnership between our Education & Workforce program and Per Scholas, a nonprofit with a mission of increasing diversity in technology. […]
Back to School with Books, Backpacks and Snacks
A new school year has arrived, and the Isaacs Center helped ensure that the children of the community were ready. At our annual Backpack Giveaway, staff and volunteers distributed 240 backpacks to students ranging from kindergarten to middle school. Students and families were given a ticket and directed to tables separated by grade level. Every […]
Scholarships Help Bring College Dreams to Life
Getting into college can be a challenge —and for low-income students of color and first-generation students it’s even harder. A recent study by the Pew Research Center found only 20 percent of first-generation students completed college, compared to 82 percent of those who had two parents with bachelors degrees. This summer, as they have for […]
Prom Rocks Older Adult Center
The room sparkled with balloons and shiny streamers. Some guests lined up for drinks while others filled the dance floor. Hit tunes boomed from the sound system while servers plied the crowd with trays of chicken tenders. It was Senior Prom time at the Older Adult Center, and the mood was festive. For those who […]
Training the Next Generation of Doctors
It was 6 PM on a weekday, and the teenage members of our Health Professionals in Training program had already spent nearly two hours learning about emergency response and practicing CPR. They were tired and sweaty and it was time to go home—but when Dr. Joy Howell asked if they wanted to learn how to […]