We are so happy to announce our recent partnership with New York Community Trust. The group recently gifted us with a grant that will provide 40 Roosevelt Island homebound seniors and individuals with disabilities with virtual connection via Amazon Echo smart screens. The project will help combat isolation by enabling participants to access programs remotely, make video calls, and leverage features that support health & wellness like medication adherence reminders and healthy cooking demos. We are so grateful for this generous and innovative grant! Click here to read more about this fabulous grant in the NYCT newsletter.

As the temperatures have been breaking 90 degrees this July, our seniors have been enjoying air conditioning, nutritious meals, and cool activities. The heatwave brought the press to our Leonard/ Covello Senior Center to spread the word about cooling centers. All of our senior centers have cold air for people to enjoy. Because heatwaves can be a potential health risk to seniors, we have plenty of space for people to cool off and enjoy fun activities.

The heat has been out of control this July. High temperatures are health risks for seniors. Luckily, all of our CBN centers double as cooling centers. Our karaoke machine is blasting the tunes, and the air conditioner is blasting cold air for our seniors to relax and have a good time. We have plenty of space to hold activities for members of the community to have fun and escape the sun for a few hours. Watch the NY1 video below to see our member Joseph Smith and other seniors at our Covello Senior Center beat the heat!

New York Nonprofit Media reported our senior centers double as cooling centers in the summer to help members of the community beat the heat. Click here to read all about the fun activities we offered this weekend to those who were looking to relax and avoid the heatwave.

Thanks to generous funding from Ravenswood Generating Station, our popular sewing classes at the Carter Burden Network Roosevelt Island Senior Center will continue on for another year!

Our very own, Arnold Nelson was named NY1’s New Yorker of the Week. We are ecstatic for Arnold as he truly deserves this recognition. He always walks the halls of our Leonard Covello Senior Program with a wide smile on his face. Often coming in on his days off to gladly help out, his dedication to our seniors is extraordinary. Thanks, Arnold not only for your continued hard work but for also the joy you bring to others. Click here to watch Arnold’s interview with NY1’s Pat Kiernan.

A special exhibit called Covello@PS109 Making Art Work is currently featured at El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 from Friday June 21, 2019 – Sunday, June 30, 2019. The instillation displays stunning artwork by older East Harlem residents and professional senior artists. City Limits covered our opening ceremony last Friday, June 21. Join us at El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 ( 215 East 99th Street New York, NY 10029) before the exhibit is over on June 30, 2019.

The Patch covered the opening of Covello@PS109 Making Art Work at the El Barrio Art Space. The event featured art by professional senior artists and members of our Carter Burden/Leonard Covello Senior Center. It was such a lovely event with art, friends, and members of our vibrant community.