Everyone's
a winner at YCS Casino Night!
 Have fun
testing your luck at the roulette wheel, dice and card tables and help the
Northern Region Advisory Council raise funds for mini grants for children in
YCS schools and group homes in Bergen and Passaic counties.
June 12, 2010
7:30 - 10:30 pm
Temple
Sinai
One Engle Street, Tenafly
The $40 admission fee includes initial game
tokens, delicious appetizers, desserts and a chance to win exciting raffle items at the end of the evening. Guests must be 21 years of age and
older.
Click here for more info or to order tickets
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 Boskey Volunteer of the Year Award presented to YCS Trustee
YCS trustee Harold Williams was among six outstanding
citizens recently honored by the Association for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ)
annual meeting for the significant impact they have had on the lives of New Jersey's children. ACNJ executive director Cecilia Zalkind presented the Boskey Volunteer of the Year
Award to Mr. Williams for his continued dedication to tutoring and mentoring
children at theYCS Sawtelle Learning Center
and students at a local school in his home community of Montclair. "Mr. Williams embodies the spirit of volunteerism that
touches children and forever changes the course of their lives," said Ms.
Zalkind. "It is a privilege to honor him here today."
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 Zippy's program has two good friends With the renewal of a $10,000 grant from the George A. Ohl Jr. Foundation and $1,200 additional funds generated by the annual Todd's birthday event sponsored by the Todd Ouida's Children's Foundation, Zippy's Friends will continue to nurture the emotional well-being of young children.
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The grounds of Holley, TLC, and GW School
are blooming thanks to our volunteers
 Volunteers from Capital One Bank weeded, pruned and planted colorful annuals around the perimeter of YCS George Washington School with the help a some students. Several days later a second group of volunteers visited the YCS Therapeutic Learning Center where they potted plants in the center's outdoor play area. Keeping up w  ith their annual tradition, family members and friends of the Todd Ouida's Children's Fdn. commemorated Todd's memory, on his birthday, by restoring Todd's Garden after a long, hard winter into a place where children can share a quiet meditative moment. |
