Beneficiaries
Our 2021 distribution to charitable organizations totaled $185,000. Recent beneficiaries have included 32 worthwhile regional children’s organizations such as Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley, Gilda’s Club, Camp Horizons Inc., Friends of Karen, Children’s Hospital Fund at Westchester County Medical Center, and Hillside Food Outreach. For a complete list, see below.
- ARC – Westchester County
- Arts 10566 Inc.
- Blue Path Service Dogs
- Camp Horizons
- Careers Support Solutions
- CASA
- Center for Safety and Change
- Cove Care Center
- Croton Caring Committee
- Daisy Joplin Foundation
- Elizabeth Seton’s Children
- Feeding Westchester
- Friends of Karen
- Gilda’s Club Kids
- Hendrick Hudson Free Library
- Hillside Food Outreach
- HVC – BSA
- Horizon’s
- JCAA
- John Kleinegris Scholarship
- Make A Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley
- Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital
- West. Medical /Maria Ferrari
- NY-Presbyterian HV Hospital
- Philipstown Behavioral Health
- Putnam Valley Central Schools
- Rachel Greenstein Fund
- San Miguel Academy of Newburgh
- Saint Dominic’s Home
- SPARC
- Teatown Reservation
- The Friends Network
- Westchester Institute for Human Development
- Westchester Exceptional Children
- Westchester Library System
- Wild Earth
- Yonkers Partners in Educatio
Testimonials
Helping Kids with Cancer and their Families
Most recently, a Hope for Youth Foundation grant has enabled Friends of Karen to engage a highly skilled, creative, compassionate child life specialist to work one-on-one with young siblings of a child with cancer or other life threatening illness. These children, so traumatized by their brother’s or sister’s illness, gain strength and coping skills to help them at this tremendously difficult time.
For the Love of Nature
Your generous donation to Teatown Lake Reservation's No Child Left Inside (NCLI) program has made it possible for thousands of students from lower income communities to take field trips to Teatown where they spend time outdoors, immersed in nature, to learn about science and ecology.
No Child Should Suffer through a Cancer Diagnosis Alone
Your funding over the years has allowed us to offer more counseling, social activities, and support groups to children and teens who are affected by cancer and to continue offering those services at no charge. With your help, we are ensuring that no child in Westchester has to suffer through a cancer diagnosis alone.
Service Dogs for Kids with Autism
BluePath Service Dogs has been able to grow our program with your support so that we can provide more life-changing autism service dogs to children and their families. Our dogs keep children with autism safe, while offering companionship and the opportunity for independence as they mature.
Classroom to Community Employment for Students with Disabilities
Support from the Foundation allows us to provide ongoing support to hundreds of students through our High School Transition program. This unique curriculum provides students with disabilities soft skills and job skill training so they are able to transition successfully from the classroom to community employment.
Homework Booster Lab
Honor students from the Putnam Valley High School serve as tutors and peer models in our homework booster lab for middle school students and teach them how to study and to value their academic work. Students who participate in the booster lab raise their grades and develop self-esteem that comes with accomplishment.
Keeping Teens Healthy & Drug- and Alcohol-Free
The HOPE For Youth Foundation support over the past 25 years has been instrumental in our efforts to help young people to make healthy decisions and avoid the dangers of drugs an alcohol abuse. Our annual video production is tackles a new teen issue every year. We're saving lives because of your support.
Making Kids' Wishes Come True
All who support the Hope For Youth Foundation are truly making a difference in the lives of our wish kids and their families.
Chromebooks for Kids with Special Needs
The grants have enabled us to purchase Chromebooks for use in Saint Dominic's School, which serves needy children with disabilities who may be autistic, and have physical and emotional handicaps. The Chromebook tablet enables the teacher to individualize instruction, while monitoring the progress of all students in the class simultaneously. Your support has made a great difference in the lives of our children.
Equestrian Therapy
Equestrian Therapy helps abused and traumatized youth develop self-esteem, increase communication and socialization skills and build trust. The HOPE for Youth Foundation is helping to improve the lives of vulnerable youth on and is providing them with powerful and liberating experiences that will lead to healing and growth.
Preparing Special Needs Children for a Brighter Future
Your donation to our mission helps us provide children with special needs with high-quality education and the assistance, tools, and resources they need to build life and job readiness skills so they may become self-sufficient. We value our partnership with Hope for Youth Foundation.
Parenting Classes and Children's Therapeutic Play Room
The funding provided by the HOPE for Youth Foundation has allowed us to award 20 scholarships to parents seeking participation in our S.T.E.P. (Systematic Training for Effective Parenting) program. S.T.E.P. is a series of workshops that provide skills training for parents dealing with frequently encountered challenges with their children. The funding also helped us to remodel our Children’s Therapeutic Play Room. With specially-chosen toys, the playroom gives children a safe and comfortable space to freely express themselves through both imaginative and interactive play.
The Performance of a Lifetime
The HFYF made it possible to bring 58 underprivileged children with their guardians from Peekskill, NY to the Lincoln Center in New York City to see an extraordinary, uplifting concert. featuring children performing on a stage along with New York City’s top professional musicians. It was a life-changing experience for these children, many of whom have now signed up to take part in a free after school music program in Peekskill.
After School Programs
Our Kids Express and Magic of Music after-school programs have served hundreds of children every year in the Yorktown, Lakeland and Somers school districts. Through fun, creative activities, SPARC professionals guide the children to develop positive character building skills and ways to handle socially challenging situations. The Foundation’s support has kept family fees affordable, provided scholarships and helped us access professional staff for these popular and successful programs.
Court Appointed Advocates for Kids
Generous funding from the Hope For Youth Foundation supports the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) Program, a National Best Practice Model serving children who have been abused and neglected in Westchester County. Hope For Youth funds support professional staff who recruit, train and supervise volunteer CASA advocates for our most needy children in Westchester to advocate on their behalf in a variety of court proceedings and life challenges.