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Celebrate Brain Awareness Week

| FRI, MAR 10, 2023

You may not realize it, but at our community centers, many of our daily offerings directly and positively impact brain health regardless of age! We are thrilled to announce Healthy…

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Disabilities and Witch Trials

| WED, OCT 19, 2022

The never-ending fight for disability rights is something I’m passionate about. Halloween is coming soon, and my sister and I visited Salem Village last October, so I would like to…

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Chicken Soup with Fresh Herbs

| FRI, MAR 11, 2022

Since March is National Nutrition Month, I would like to share a special recipe from my dad’s (Chef David Waltuck) cookbook. The recipe is chicken soup with fresh herbs. Chicken…

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CHOSE-N, A fellowship like no other

| MON, NOV 09, 2020

“LABA is the best. Obscure stories of rabbis and winds but also important and beautiful arguments about the huge tenets of truth and humor and faith. All couched in a…

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Should I Bother Applying for OPWDD Benefits During COVID-19?

| TUE, OCT 20, 2020

Many people are under the assumption that government agencies at all levels are still under temporary lockdown restrictions and are not functioning. The reality is actually the opposite. For families…

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My Daughters’ Summer in the Cloud

| WED, JUL 29, 2020

I have to admit I was a skeptic at first. Virtual camp–how would it possibly approximate the magic of summer camp? Some of my greatest childhood memories are from a…

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The 14Y Welcomes Inclusion Benefits Coordinator

| FRI, JUL 17, 2020

We’re thrilled to welcome a new grant-funded staff member to the 14th Street Y: Cayle White. A Certified Benefits and Work Incentives Practitioner, Cayle has joined the 14Y on a…

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A Month of Our LGBTQ+ Heroes: Mabel Hampton, dancer, singer, activist

| MON, JUN 29, 2020

Since 2015, I have had the joy of working at Project ORE, inside of the Sirovich Community Center. I am surrounded by incredible older people every single day who have…

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A Month of Our LGBTQ+ Heroes: Indya Moore, actor, model, activist

| MON, JUN 22, 2020

The word pride invokes a different feeling in every person who hears it. For me, I used to think about the feelings I felt while I was coming out of the closet.…

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A Month of Our LGBTQ+ Heroes: Marsha P. Johnson, advocate and visionary

| MON, JUN 15, 2020

One of my favorite things when it comes to dating is holding hands. That moment where you aren’t sure if he’s going to interlace his fingers or if he’s going…

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