OUR HISTORY  

In the early 1970’s, parishioners of Grace Church in White Plains recognized that many of their neighbors were in need of food, and they began to provide soup and sandwiches for members of the local community from their Parish Hall. Later, they expanded this outreach to include day care and summer camp for low income neighborhood families and an emergency shelter. By 1979, these programs had expanded so substantially that it became advisable to incorporate Grace Church Community Center as an independent 501 (c) (3) organization with permanent staff, its own governing structure and an independent Board of Directors.

Grace Church still provides space for the GCCC Soup Kitchen, Samaritan House women's shelter and Rainbow Outreach Program in its Parish Hall located at
33 Church Street in the heart of White Plains.  All GCCC programs are non-sectarian.