The Children's Aid Society

Press Release: Next Generation Center Opening on May 6th to Feature City and State Officials

Date: May 2, 2008

Contact:
Ellen Lubell, The Children’s Aid Society, (w) 212-949-4938, (c) 917-854-6864
Emily Crossan, The Children’s Aid Society, (w) 917-286-1548, (c) 201-344-5742

When:
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Where:
The Children’s Aid Society’s Next Generation Center
1522 Southern Boulevard at 172nd Street
Bronx, NY 10460

Who:
● Gladys Carrión, Esq., Commissioner of the New York State Office of Children & Family Services
● Nicholas Scoppetta, Fire Commissioner, New York City Fire Department
● Children’s Aid Society youth and executives

What:
Commissioners Carrión and Scoppetta will be featured speakers on May 6th as The Children's Aid Society formally opens its new Next Generation Center in the South Bronx.

The Children’s Aid Society’s Next Generation Center is a state-of-the-art facility designed to serve teens transitioning to adulthood and self-sufficiency, those leaving foster care and community youth. Designed by and for the youth themselves, the Center embodies Children’s Aid’s new approach to serving vulnerable youth ages 14-24.

The 10,000 square-foot center includes large teaching classrooms, a computer lab, sound studio, teaching kitchen, fitness room and entrepreneurial café. Art classes, workshops in digital photography and in the culinary arts occur simultaneously with financial literacy classes, tutoring, legal services and housing assistance.

Young people will be on hand to talk about the Next Generation Center’s services and activities. Reporters are also invited to observe the center’s activities – please contact Ellen Lubell or Emily Crossan, above.

The Children’s Aid Society (www.childrensaidsociety.org) was founded in 1853. It is one of the nation’s largest and most innovative non-sectarian agencies, serving 150,000 of New York’s neediest children and their families with a network of services that includes community schools, neighborhood centers, camps, adoption and foster care services, arts programming, teen pregnancy prevention, education, health and recreation. The Children's Aid Society is a founding member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the vast majority of Children’s Aid sites are Boys & Girls Clubs. For more information, please call 212-949-4938 or email ellenl@childrensaidsociety.org.

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