Greenacres Students Donate Gifts to PS1 and Visit the Hebrew Home
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Greenacres students learned the pleasure of giving this week when fifth graders from the school delivered 820 gifts to their sister school, PS1 in the Bronx. The entire Greenacres community collected over 700 age and gender specific gifts and Hitchcock Church donated 87 more for kids attending the Pre-K program. On Wednesday December 12 the gifts were loaded onto a school bus and taken to the Bronx by representatives from the Greenacres fifth grade and Principal Gerry Young.
Pictures below by Sarah Schuman
Visit to the Hebrew Home
On December 7th, sixty-five third graders from the Greenacres School experienced a different kind of learning...outside of the classroom and at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale as they interviewed residents about growing up, their school and life experiences as a child. Although no textbooks were involved, there was a lot of knowledge being shared.
Greenacres students asked over a dozen questions about growing up – from "What types of games did you play?" to "What did you want to be when you grew up?" The students learned first-hand about life in the 1920's and 1930's. Though the school curriculum has changed and kids spend their free time differently than the residents of the Hebrew Home there were also many connections and similar interests. One resident told a student about her love for gadgets, remembering her first recording device. His response? "That's cool!"
"The Hebrew Home at Riverdale's inter-generational programs have been an important part of our community outreach since 1997," said Connee Kaufman, Director of Volunteer Services and Cultural Enrichment. "We have seen these quality interactions between the generations have a lasting impact on both."
Following the students' interviews, they toured the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, had lunch and asked Daniel Reingold, 
President and CEO of the Hebrew Home, a Scarsdale resident and Greenacres alum, many questions about the facility, working with older people, and volunteering. He shared details about the Hebrew Home's response to Hurricane Sandy and intake of over 300 displaced and evacuated older adults. Mr. Reingold told the students that he is hoping some of them will consider a career in caring for older people. The connections formed at this program are a great way to bring the two generations together.
Assemblywoman Amy Paulin Advocates Mandatory Full-Day Kindergarten in NYS
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Assemblywoman Amy Paulin and Westchester United held a press conference at St. Gabriel's Church on Monday, December 3rd at 11:00 to discuss mandatory kindergarten in New York State.
New York is one of only eight states in the country that does not require school districts to offer kindergarten. Paulin plans to introduce legislation in the upcoming legislative session to mandate kindergarten for all 5-year-olds in the state and to require that kindergarten be full-day.
"I am honored to work with Westchester United on this critical issue, and to bring their agenda to Albany," Paulin said. "Kindergarten is a crucial time for children's development and those who attend kindergarten have much brighter futures. It is imperative that all children in New York State have access to kindergarten, regardless of which school district they happen to live in."
Westchester United is a network of synagogues, churches, mosques and other community organizations in Westchester County.
For more information, contact: Stephanie Amann, Office of Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (914) 723-1115 / (518) 455-5585
Scarsdale Star Wins Best Welsh Springer Spaniel at Philadelphia Show
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Scarsdale's own Grand Champion Ari Friedman, who lives on Brewster Road, will be making his TV debut this Thursday during NBC's National Dog Show Coverage. Ari won the competition for the best Welsh Springer Spaniel at the Philadelphia Kennel Club this past weekend. The show airs Thursday after the parade. Ari will be on screen when they show all the types of dogs in the "Sporting Group." Ari has competed in shows from Virginia to Massachusetts since June of 2010. He competed at Westminster Kennel Club and hopes to be there again this year.
Scarsdale Residents Help Hurricane Victims and Kids in Need
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On Saturday November 17th 40 members of St. James The Less Episcopal Church in Scarsdale went to the New Dorp neighborhood on Staten Island to help residents whose lives had been affected by Hurricane Sandy. The volunteers from St. James the Less
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A Few Ways You Can Help the Victims of Hurricane Sandy
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Now that Scarsdale's been restored, think about how you can help others who were not so fortunate. Here are a few notifications we received with appeals for our readers: The Scarsdale Public Library is holding a Children's Book Drive for Hurricane Sandy Relief from Saturday, November 17th to Tuesday, November 20th. Bring your new or gently used children's books to the library lobby until 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 20th.
The library is partnering with Literacy in Motion who will create pop-up libraries in the emergency shelters and food pantries serving Sandy victims. These efforts will go a long way to restoring a sense of normalcy and improving the quality-of-life of those that are shelter-bound for the foreseeable future.
The Scarsdale High School Choirs will be taking donations (money, not items) for disaster relief for the victims of Hurricane Sandy at their Winter Concert on Tuesday, November 27 at Scarsdale High School. The concert begins at 8 PM.
The Red Cross Club of the High School will be accepting donations in the Brewster Road lobby outside the theater prior to, during, and after the concert. All proceeds will go to the American Red Cross to support their relief efforts in the New York Metropolitan area.
Diapers.com: Greenacres mom and SVP at Quidisi Sharon Spielman sent us the following notice about how you can help victims of Hurricane Sandy. Quidsi, Inc., owns and operates Diapers.com and has launched an online donation center to send essential supplies to families affected by Hurricane Sandy. The new feature provides a fast way to help storm-ravaged families in the wake of the damage.
"The Hurricane Sandy disaster is particularly close to our hearts," said cofounders Marc Lore and Vinit Bharara, both New Jersey natives. "Many of our employees live in communities that remain impacted by the storm. We are grateful for their safety, but know there are many others still desperately in need of help."
By clicking on www.diapers.com/sandy, visitors to the site can make an "essentials" donation valued at $10, $25, $50, $100, $250, and $500. Customers can also select whether to send specific essentials like diapers, baby food, formula, and clothing from Diapers.com; pet essentials like food and cat litter from Wag.com; or household essentials like cleaning supplies and batteries from Soap.com and Casa.com.
Diapers.com has already begun to help families in need by providing 60,000 diapers, 8,000 bottles of baby formula, and 3,000 bowls of pet food through nonprofit partners like the American Red Cross and the Jersey City Humane Society.
If you are involved in other relief efforts, please share the details with our readers in the comments section below, or email us at scarsdalecomments@gmail.com
