News 12 Westchester: St. Catherine’s Center for Children Receives $25,000 Funding Boost
ALBANY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children in Kingston is receiving a $25,000 funding boost from the American Rescue Plan.
ALBANY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children in Kingston is receiving a $25,000 funding boost from the American Rescue Plan.
ALBANY, N.Y. – Cindy L. Kouhout is the new executive director at St. Catherine’s Center for Children, which serves the Capital Region and the Hudson Valley, including Our Kinship Care and Therapeutic Foster Care in Kingston. Kouhout, originally from New York, most recently served as executive director of Pregnancy Support Services in Chapel Hill and Durham, North Carolina.
ALBANY, N.Y. – The Arrow Family of Companies announced $100,000 in donations to 10 local non-profit organizations that support mental health needs. As part of the Arrow Family’s fourth-annual Thankful Campaign, 10 organizations have each received $10,000 to support the mental health needs of individuals and families in financial need. The donations will help fund a variety of initiatives, including transportation to support services, free support services for domestic violence survivors, basic needs for unhoused or housing-insecure populations and funding to cover the cost of mental health services.
ALBANY, N.Y. – In advance of the recent “Giving Tuesday,” which occurred on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, the Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation held a ceremony to present St. Catherine’s Center for Children with a check for $17,500.
ALBANY, N.Y. – In advance of the global movement, “Giving Tuesday,” which occurs the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, the Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation held a ceremony to present St. Catherine’s Center for Children with a check for $17,500. This funding, which provides operating support to organizations delivering vital community services, allows St. Catherine’s to continue its Pathways to Health community outreach program.
ALBANY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children was honored with the 2023 CURA Award for Outstanding Organization. This award is presented to a nonprofit organization in New York state, providing kinship care, or that has had a significant positive impact on kinship care. The award – presented by the New York State Kinship Navigator and New York State Kincare Coalition – was accepted by St. Catherine’s executive director, Frank Pindiak, as well as staff members from St. Catherine’s Kinship Care Program at a ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Albany – the Desmond Hotel.
LATHAM, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children was recently honored with the 2023 CURA Award for Outstanding Organization. This award is presented to a nonprofit organization in New York state, providing kinship care, or that has had a significant positive impact on kinship care. The award – presented by the New York State Kinship Navigator and New York State Kincare Coalition – was accepted by St. Catherine’s executive director, Frank Pindiak, as well as staff members from St. Catherine’s Kinship Care Program.
TROY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children will present its first charity hockey tournament – the Lansingburgh Connects Hockey Clash – from Thursday, Sept. 7 to Sunday, Sept. 10 at the Frear Park Ice Arena. Organizers said the event is open to the public, with a suggested donation of non-perishable food items or personal hygiene items. It’s a four-team competition named after the community outreach program it will benefit: Lansingburgh Connects, an effort among St. Catherine’s, the Lansingburgh school district and the Rensselaer County Mental Health Department.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Recently, St. Catherine’s Center for Children and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s School of the Arts announced that they will partner, for the second year in a row, to offer children the opportunity to attend an arts and recreation summer camp. In 2022, in the first year of this partnership, the summer camp program hosted 35 Capital Region children, including 20 from St. Catherine’s residential program which serves children who have been removed from their homes and have experienced significant trauma in their life.
ALBANY, N.Y. – Recently, RBC Wealth Management’s RBC Foundation has awarded St. Catherine’s Center for Children a $5,000 grant to support the agency’s Foster and Kinship Care programs. These funds enable the continuation of wrap-around services which include supplying food, school supplies, clothing and other essentials needed to support the program’s children and families. In addition, this grant supports continued recruitment and retention of foster families, provides respite services to current kinship and foster families and funds classes in Arts and Culture for children in these programs.
ALBANY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children in Kingston is receiving a $25,000 funding boost from the American Rescue Plan.
ALBANY, N.Y. – Cindy L. Kouhout is the new executive director at St. Catherine’s Center for Children, which serves the Capital Region and the Hudson Valley, including Our Kinship Care and Therapeutic Foster Care in Kingston. Kouhout, originally from New York, most recently served as executive director of Pregnancy Support Services in Chapel Hill and Durham, North Carolina.
ALBANY, N.Y. – The Arrow Family of Companies announced $100,000 in donations to 10 local non-profit organizations that support mental health needs. As part of the Arrow Family’s fourth-annual Thankful Campaign, 10 organizations have each received $10,000 to support the mental health needs of individuals and families in financial need. The donations will help fund a variety of initiatives, including transportation to support services, free support services for domestic violence survivors, basic needs for unhoused or housing-insecure populations and funding to cover the cost of mental health services.
ALBANY, N.Y. – In advance of the recent “Giving Tuesday,” which occurred on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, the Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation held a ceremony to present St. Catherine’s Center for Children with a check for $17,500.
ALBANY, N.Y. – In advance of the global movement, “Giving Tuesday,” which occurs the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, the Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation held a ceremony to present St. Catherine’s Center for Children with a check for $17,500. This funding, which provides operating support to organizations delivering vital community services, allows St. Catherine’s to continue its Pathways to Health community outreach program.
ALBANY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children was honored with the 2023 CURA Award for Outstanding Organization. This award is presented to a nonprofit organization in New York state, providing kinship care, or that has had a significant positive impact on kinship care. The award – presented by the New York State Kinship Navigator and New York State Kincare Coalition – was accepted by St. Catherine’s executive director, Frank Pindiak, as well as staff members from St. Catherine’s Kinship Care Program at a ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Albany – the Desmond Hotel.
LATHAM, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children was recently honored with the 2023 CURA Award for Outstanding Organization. This award is presented to a nonprofit organization in New York state, providing kinship care, or that has had a significant positive impact on kinship care. The award – presented by the New York State Kinship Navigator and New York State Kincare Coalition – was accepted by St. Catherine’s executive director, Frank Pindiak, as well as staff members from St. Catherine’s Kinship Care Program.
TROY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children will present its first charity hockey tournament – the Lansingburgh Connects Hockey Clash – from Thursday, Sept. 7 to Sunday, Sept. 10 at the Frear Park Ice Arena. Organizers said the event is open to the public, with a suggested donation of non-perishable food items or personal hygiene items. It’s a four-team competition named after the community outreach program it will benefit: Lansingburgh Connects, an effort among St. Catherine’s, the Lansingburgh school district and the Rensselaer County Mental Health Department.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Recently, St. Catherine’s Center for Children and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s School of the Arts announced that they will partner, for the second year in a row, to offer children the opportunity to attend an arts and recreation summer camp. In 2022, in the first year of this partnership, the summer camp program hosted 35 Capital Region children, including 20 from St. Catherine’s residential program which serves children who have been removed from their homes and have experienced significant trauma in their life.
ALBANY, N.Y. – Recently, RBC Wealth Management’s RBC Foundation has awarded St. Catherine’s Center for Children a $5,000 grant to support the agency’s Foster and Kinship Care programs. These funds enable the continuation of wrap-around services which include supplying food, school supplies, clothing and other essentials needed to support the program’s children and families. In addition, this grant supports continued recruitment and retention of foster families, provides respite services to current kinship and foster families and funds classes in Arts and Culture for children in these programs.
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