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Rockefeller State Park Preserve offers quiet countryside walks of all lengths through forested hills and valleys surrounding sunlit pastoral fields. Thirty miles north of New York City, the property is the former Pocantico Hills and Rockwood Hall country estates of John D. Rockefeller family and William Rockefeller. Since 1983, the Rockefeller Family has generously donated over 1425 acres to the State of New York to safeguard these lands for present and future generations. Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, the Preserve is open to the public year-round, sunrise to sunset.
The trails of the Preserve are crushed stone carriage roads laid out by John D. Rockefeller Sr. and Jr. in the first half of the 20th century. Designed to complement the landscape, the 45 miles of scenic carriage roads are wide and easy to walk. Popular for walking, riding, jogging, and carriage driving, combinations of trails lead through varied landscapes and past natural and historical features, such as Swan Lake, the Pocantico River with its wood and stone bridges, gurgling streams, colonial stone walls and rock outcroppings. Trail maps of the carriage roads are available at the Preserve Office.
Save a Child’s Heart (SACH) is Israel’s largest humanitarian organization, with a global mission to provide life-saving cardiac care to children of all backgrounds, regardless of race, religion, gender, nationality, or financial status, who suffer from congenital and acquired heart defects and have no access to quality care in their native countries. Altogether, we have saved the lives of over 4,700 children from 57 countries and trained more than 100 international medical personnel, including Tanzania’s first-ever pediatric cardiac surgeon and his team. 50% of the children SACH treats are from Israel’s surrounding Arab countries, the West Bank and Gaza. The rest are from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and South America. SACH is also embarking on its biggest project yet, building an International Pediatric Cardiac Center – the first in the Middle East – at the Wolfson Medical Center, which will serve as a Children’s Hospital.
SaveNature.Ort links youth, schools and organizations to purchase and protect threatened and endangered habitat in the rainforests, coral reefs and deserts around the world.
SCOPE provides children from underserved communities with life changing opportunities through the experience of summer camp.
SCOPE funds camp scholarships “camperships” to send children who commit to staying in school to nonprofit, resident camps which will empower them to develop to their full potential.
Second Chance Toys focuses on their two most precious resources – children and the environment- by donating gently used plastic toys to organizations that care for children in need. They mobilize individuals, businesses, troops, houses of worship and schools to conduct collections. We offer resources including flyers, press materials, toy tags, activity booklets to help promote the the collections. While Second Chance Toys are based in NYC, they manage collections all over the tri-state area and all over the country.
Second Wind Dreams is an international nonprofit organization changing the perception of aging through the fulfillment of dreams and educational programs. Working with staff members, volunteers and community donors, we make dreams come true for those in elder care communities registered with us.
Sharsheret, Hebrew for chain, a national cancer organization with three offices (New Jersey, Florida, and California), serves 70,000 women, families, health care professionals, community leaders, and students, in all 50 states. Through 12 national programs, Sharsheret provides culturally relevant support and information to women and families facing breast and ovarian cancer. While our expertise is in young women and Jewish families, all Sharsheret programs serve all women and men of all backgrounds.
Sharsheret:
• creates a safe community for women at every stage—before, during, and after diagnosis. We offer tailored resources, information, and • creates a safe community for women at every stage—before, during, and after diagnosis. We offer tailored resources, information, and support to caregivers, family members, and friends of women facing breast and ovarian cancer to guide them through the cancer journey.
• services are free, confidential, and easily accessed online and by phone, email, text, and livechat. All services are individualized and provided one-to-one by skilled and trained professionals.
• builds a strong community of “links in the chain” through education and outreach events for college students, healthcare professionals, and community organizations.
The Sierra House Transitional Program is for homeless youth, young women and young mothers, between the ages of 18 and 25, who are victims of abuse, neglect or aging out of the foster care system. Participants of the program are economically disadvantaged and face barriers to employment, education, income, and health when they come to the Sierra House. While this group is difficult to reach, we are committed to serving them. Our mission is to provide housing, educational support, job skills, counseling, life skills and critical social services to help them attain self-sufficiency. Our two-year program has been successful at helping young women.
Operating inclusive special education schools for children through age 21 as well as programs for adults, SINAI is a thought leader in special education for children with learning or developmental disabilities. SINAI is the only Jewish special education school to be accredited by the prestigious Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Each of their schools operate within a Jewish partner school, providing an inclusion experience that is personalized for every single child.
Skilled Volunteers for Israel (SVFI) is a US nonprofit whose mission is to connect Jewish adults with Israel through high impact volunteering. SVFI individualizes each volunteer assignment by matching participants’ skills and interests with relevant and meaningful volunteer opportunities in nonprofit and educational organizations in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. SVFI’s volunteers immerse themselves in Israeli society by living and working with the local population. Local staff provide personalized orientation and support throughout the volunteer’s stay.
Their program is unique because they specifically target older adults and active retirees who bring a wealth of life and professional experience to Israeli partner organizations.
