The Association to Benefit Children is an organization that is dedicated to helping disadvantaged children and their families through services designed to permanently break the cycles of abuse, neglect, sickness, and homelessness.  Their early childhood centers include Cassidy’s Place, Merricat’s Castle School, The Jamie Rose/Keith Haring School, Echo Park, and Variety Cody Gifford House. Read more...

The Adaptive Sports Foundation is the largest adaptive sports program on the East Coast and considered amongst the top adaptive programs in the country.  ASF offers both winter and summer sports to a wide range of special needs children.  Participation in sports gives the disabled individual increased self worth and self esteem with students often heard saying, “If I can do this, I can do anything.”  Read more...

The Children’s Institute is a private, non-profit New Jersey State Board of Education approved elementary, middle and secondary school for students ages 3 to 21.  Their mission is to provide the highest quality educational and therapeutic programs for children with learning, language, and social/emotional challenges to achieve their maximum potential as responsible adults in society.  Read more...

The Imagine Project serves low-income schools and New York City homeless shelters that are for the most part totally lacking in Arts and Culture programming.  Through creativity workshops students are introduced to understand their insight and discover their own unique potential.  Read more...

The National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction is the funding arm of the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at NYU Medical Center.  NFFR addresses the plight of children with facial disfigurement by supporting state-of-the-art treatment, innovative research, psychosocial support and medical training that inspires a new generation of pediatric doctors.  Read more...

Only Make Believe performs interactive theater for disadvantaged and chronically ill children throughout the New York City Metro area.  OMB provides these theatrical workshops, free-of-charge to hospitals and care facilities.  They are dedicated to the principle that freeing a child’s imagination is a valuable part of the healing process.  Read more...

Opening Act provides free after school theater programs to students attending New York City’s most under-served public schools.  These programs give students the opportunity to gain confidence, pride and the knowledge that they can succeed at anything in life.  Opening Act aims to provide every NYC public school student an artistic space where they can develop commitment, community, and leadership through their artistic achievement.  Read more...

The Point Community Development Corp. offers arts, environmental, and business-oriented programs to help unearth the hidden skills and talents of residents who live in the South Bronx.  The youth development programming offers after school services throughout the school year  and aims to support the academic, artistic, and positive social development of young people.  Read more...

Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens is the largest after-school program in Western Queens.  Their mission is to provide children of all backgrounds with the skills and abilities that will develop in them the qualities of self-esteem and self-confidence, which are needed to become responsible citizens and leaders.  Read more...