Destiny Paradiso discovered important pieces to her personality as a young girl at Camp Felix in Putnam Valley. Now 17 and a volunteer at the camp for foster care children from New York City, she’s hoping to help other young girls do the same. Paradiso has spent part of 10 summers at the Camp Felix, which is hosted by The New York Foundling and The Felix Organization. Nearly 200 campers ages 8-13 visit the facility each year to enjoy swimming, recreation, music, dance, nature exploration and the usual assortment of summer camp activities. Camp Felix is known for helping children in the foster care and child welfare system. READ MORE.
NY1 | Foundation Formed in Honor of Stephen Siller’s Heroic Run Through Battery Tunnel to WTC on 9/11 Continues to Grow
“Using race entry fees as seed money, Tunnel to Towers has built a house for orphaned children at the New York Foundling, and helped injured soldiers adjust to life back at home.” READ MORE
74million.org | An Evolving Portrait of America’s Public Charter Schools
We traveled coast to coast during the first half of 2016, sitting down with more than two dozen educators, school leaders, entrepreneurs and philanthropists to document the origins of America’s top public charter schools — and the web of collaborators who came together to nurture the charter networks that would reinvent American education. The Foundling’s Mott Haven Academy in the Bronx is included in their video round-up. READ MORE.
Bronx News 12 | Olympian Simone Biles inspiring adopted children in NYC
An Olympic gymnast is quickly becoming an inspiration to many adopted children. Thirteen-year-old Elishama Collado was adopted as a baby through The New York Foundling. She says she dreams of playing in the WNBA and becoming an elite athlete like Olympian Simone Biles, who is also adopted. READ MORE.
Putnam Daily Voice | Teen Discovers Passion For Children, Career Path At Putnam Valley Camp
Destiny Paradiso discovered important pieces to her personality as a young girl at Camp Felix in Putnam Valley. Now 17 and a volunteer at the camp for foster care children from New York City, she’s hoping to help other young girls do the same. Paradiso has spent part of 10 summers at the Camp Felix, which is hosted by The New York Foundling and The Felix Organization. Nearly 200 campers ages 8-13 visit the facility each year to enjoy swimming, recreation, music, dance, nature exploration and the usual assortment of summer camp activities. Camp Felix is known for helping children in the foster care and child welfare system. READ MORE.
Patch.com | Community Corner Putnam Valley Offers Camp Respite for City’s Foster Youth
Tucked away in Putnam Valley is a safe haven for New York City’s children in foster care and the child welfare system. Every summer, the team at The New York Foundling, along with our partners at The Felix Organization, provide a carefree experience to hundreds of children who many never have had the opportunity to travel outside of the city or even out of their borough. READ MORE.
NY1 | Foster Care Agency Makes Plea to Public
CEO of the New York Foundling, Bill Baccaglini, spoke to NY1’s Anthony Pascale about their current situation during Foster Care Awareness Month. Click here to watch the segment.
NY1 | Staten Island Woman a Lifeline for Dozens of Foster Kids
Click here to meet Lizzie Burrows, a foster parent with The Foundling who has taken care of dozens of foster kids for more than 30 years.
The Chronicle of Social Change | Q&A: Bill Baccaglini, CEO, The New York Foundling
Bill Baccaglini, CEO, sat down for a phone interview with The Chronicle to talk about Foundling’s changes, foster home recruitment, federal finance reform and the future of juvenile justice in New York. Click here to read more.
Youth Today | Beating the Odds: Boosting School Success Rates for Students in Foster Care
At The New York Foundling, an agency that finds homes and facilitates adoptions for children, each child is assigned an education specialist who works closely with a team, including foster parents, to get the child the appropriate educational services so that they can stay on track in school. Liyan Bao, vice president of permanency placement at The New York Foundling, credits this specialized attention as well as the multiple programs they offer with helping to push children further in school, ideally on to a post-secondary education. Click here to read more.
BizBatch | The director of events at WeWork strives to foster community among company members and staff
As its director of events (at WeWorks), Karly Giaramita’s main goal is to encourage connection among company members and staff through memorable live experiences. Giaramita also makes sure that new events speak to the company’s ideology. As an alternative to the typical office holiday party, the company hosted its first “giving back” days in December, in which each WeWork location hosted a holiday-theme event for a local nonprofit. In New York, staff hosted New York Foundling foster children and their families for a day of gift- wrapping, arts and crafts, and a performance by a cappella group the Maccabeats. Click here to read more.