Sheltering Arms NY

Get out there and vote today! #ElectionDay

Joining the team at Sheltering Arms means joining a team that is building brighter futures for New York City’s children, youth, and families. If you are a compassionate, optimistic person who believes that everyone deserves the opportunity to succeed and thrive, you can find our current open positions at www.ShelteringArmsNY.org/Careers. #JobActionDay

Polls are open for early voting! Find out where you can vote at www.voting.nyc.

New York cannot recover from COVID-19 without nonprofits and the critical services they provide. More than 1,800 nonprofits are expected to go out of business. Governor Andrew Cuomo must release the remaining funds from the CARES Act and #FundNonprofits!

Today is World Food Day and we are proud to be one of the organizations addressing food insecurity - in collaboration with partners like St. John's Bread & Life - in the most vulnerable communities in NYC.

There are less than 12 hours left to be counted in the 2020 Census! If you have not done so yet, now is your last chance to help create a better future for NYC in 10 minutes by being counted at www.mycensus2020.gov.

Time is running out to complete the census! Be counted and help create a better future for NYC by visiting www.my2020census.gov.

Amazon Prime Day begins today. Don't forget that you can support Sheltering Arms while you shop through Amazon Smile by making us your chosen nonprofit organization at AmazonSmile.com or in the Amazon Shopping app.

Our October newsletter is now available! To read how we have supported families through a very difficult year, click the link below. If you want to join our mailing list and receive future newsletters, please visit www.ShelteringArmsNY.org/Connect.

Happy World Teachers' Day to all of the educators working to create brighter futures for their students! Special thanks to the Sheltering Arms teachers for their selflessness and determination in overcoming obstacles to serve our children and families.

As of October 1, the incarceration of youth under 18 has come to an end in New York. Juvenile justice programs like ours help to meet the educational, social, and mental health needs of youth to reduce recidivism and help set youth on a path to a brighter future. #RaisetheAgeNY

If you plan to vote through the mail, visit www.vote.nyc to request and track your ballot today.

Congratulations to Rosilyn Wright, Director of Marcy ECE Center, and our Social Justice Committee for receiving the Manager and Team Excellence Awards respectively at our annual staff celebration! Your dedication and leadership is invaluable to Sheltering Arms and those we serve.

"We are a team of people from the community, for the community, who want things to change." Congratulations to Rosalyn Mason, Program Manager of our Rock Safe Streets team, who was selected as the Community Leader of the Year by the Queens County Young Democrats (QCYD)! Thank you to Rosalyn and her team for their crucial work in reducing gun violence in the Far Rockaway community.