The Children’s Aid Society believes that summer provides children with an important opportunity to play, learn new skills, meet new friends and be exposed to the world outside their community. That's why the East Harlem Center hosts four different programs: Home Camp, Bridge Camp, Wagon Road Camp and Alvin Ailey Dance Camp. All Camp Programs utilize project-based learning and theme curriculums to enhance the summer learning opportunities.
The mission of our Summer Day Camp is to provide a quality day camp experience while bringing together a diverse group of children from Westchester County and New York City. Our program is designed with the belief that when children spend time with each other doing fun, interesting, and challenging activities they build close relationships with each other and they see themselves as capable, happy people.
In the summer, youth in good standing are offered paid positions to become advanced peer educators and trainers and provide workshops to organizations that serve youth.
Launched in 2005 with support from The Sirus Fund, Talk & Play/Jugando Hablando is designed to serve speech and language-delayed toddlers enrolled in Children’s Aid’s Early Head Start program.
We provide teens with a wide-range of social, arts, sports and educational activities to enhance academic and social development and to instill motivation.
Topics discussed in group include peer pressure, smoking, drinking, self-image, gangs, violence, current events, hygiene as well as any topics the teens wish to add to the curriculum.
With Greg Foro and Lindsey Blodgett All of the Royal Court has fallen into a deep slumber, enchanted by fairy magic. A forest grows around the palace hiding and protecting the Kingdom for one hundred years. A prince comes along, but this times does he save the day? A fun and outrageous journey performed by our Intermediate Actors. An exciting class for the newcomers to the Playlab experience and for returning students.
With Greg Foro This class allows students to explore characterization, vocalization, spontaneity and physicality in a fun, non-threatening and supportive environment. In the zany and irreverent style of Saturday Night Live, students apply improvisation and comic techniques to create original comedy sketches. Fun-filled theater games will help you create a solid foundation as an actor. At semesters end, students will perform a wide variety of improvised exercises, group theater games and sketches.
NGC offers daily homework help and tutoring. Members may also request individualized assistance around GED and SAT preparation, and college applications.
William Osborn Day Camp at Goodhue Center on Staten Island is an 8-week co-ed summer camp for children who have finished Kindergarten to those who are entering 8th grade. Programs include art, theater, sports, music, nature and science study, computers and boating.
Our caring begins before birth, through prenatal counseling and assistance, and continues through the high school years with college and job preparatory training programs.
The Children’s Aid Society fills the gaps between what children have and what they need to thrive. We have been serving New York children and families for more than 150 years
