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Senator Hillary Clinton and Congresswoman Nita Lowey
Visit Grace Church Community Center Soup Kitchen and Day Care

Junior League Outfits
Samaritan House Women’s Shelter

White Plains, NY, December 18, 2006 – Each spring and fall, new members of the Junior League of Central Westchester (JLCW), known as “provisionals”, tackle a community project designed to help them bond as well as train them to be effective volunteers...Complete Story

Grace Church Community Center Day Care to Re-Open
White Plains, NY – January 3, 2006 - After 7 months of renovations, Grace Church Community Center Day Care is set to re-open the doors to a sparkling new facility on January 11th  Registrations for children between the ages of 2 years nine months and 5 years are now being accepted by the new Day Care Coordinator, Tasha Pine...Complete Story

Lisa D’Angelo to be Honored by Grace Church Community Center

December 2005 - Lisa D’Angelo of Hitchcock Presbyterian Church in Scarsdale will be honored by the Grace Church Community Center (GCCC) at their “Event of Note” benefit concert to be held on December 3rd at the Performing Arts Center in Purchase...Complete Story

Fundraising Event Raises $55,000 -White Plains Resident Honored

White Plains, NY – December 3, 2005  - Guests of the Grace Church Community Center (GCCC) enjoyed an incomparable evening of jazz performed by the Jon Faddis quartet at the agency’s December 3rd fundraising event at the Purchase Performing Arts Center.  The event raised over $55,000...Complete Story

Grace Community Center Soup Kitchen

For 30 years, the hungry of Westchester--an ironic image in this prosperous county-- have been coming to the Grace Church Community Center Soup Kitchen for a hot, nutritious mid-day meal...Complete Story

Peter Herrero from Sam’s of Gedney Way Honored At Open Arms Anniversary Party

September 13, 2005 - Every Monday for more than 15 years, Peter Herrero, proprietor of  Sam’s of Gedney Way restaurant, has donated trays of hot food to the Open Arms men’s shelter in White Plains; enough food to provide the shelter’s 38 homeless residents with one, and sometimes two, nutritious evening meals...Complete Story

Grace Church Community Center Appoints New Executive Director

White Plains, NY, July 29, 2005 – The Board of Directors of Grace Church Community Center has announced the appointment of Mr. Paul Anderson-Winchell of Bloomingburg, NY as its new Executive Director. Mr. Anderson-Winchell takes up his position on Monday, August 8, 2005...Complete Story

Local Homeless Shelters Donate to Hurricane Katrina Relief

They don’t have much, but homeless residents of the Open Arms men’s shelter and Samaritan House women’s shelter in downtown White Plains, were so moved by the suffering of the victims of Hurricane Katrina, that they dug into their pockets last week to contribute over $50 to the Hurricane Relief Fund...Complete Story

Scarsdale Girl Donates Items for Summer Camp

Most 10 year olds dream about all the gifts they’ll receive on their Birthday.  Not Tamara Covil.  This Scarsdale 10 year old dreamed about sharing her Birthday fortune with needy children. So she asked the 10 kids invited to her Birthday party to bring swimsuits, towels and goggles to donate to the homeless boys and girls...Complete Story

Whole Foods Volunteers Assist Grace Church Community Center in Preparation for Renovations

White Plains, NY – July 1, 2005 – Ten to fourteen volunteers from the White Plains Whole Foods store will assist Grace Church Community Center (GCCC) Day Care staff in the packing of all Day Care supplies and equipment for temporary storage in preparation for summer renovations of its facility...Complete Story

A Salute to Our Stars Brunch

April 10, 2005 - 50 supporters of Grace Community Center (GCCC), the largest social services agency in Westchester County, gathered for an outdoor brunch at the West Harrison home of Doctor Richard E. Graham and Regina Taylor-Graham on Sunday April 10th to honor its volunteers and donors and raise $11,000 for the agency’s programs...Complete Story

Edgemont Girl Scouts Donate Food to Men’s Shelter

November 2004 - It wasn’t about earning badges. It was simply about demonstrating the spirit of sharing and caring when, two days before Thanksgiving, Brownies from Edgemont Girl Scout Troop GSWP1973 delivered turkey with all the fixings for distribution to the Open Arms men’s shelter in White Plains...Complete Story

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