Recently, Elmezzi staff were able to pay a visit to the Hebrew Hospital Home Adult Day Care Program in Valhalla, New York. While there, we observed the Social Model Adult Day program, where a musician from the Westchester Music Conservatory was engaging hard to reach/hard group of senior clients. During the program, senior patients were… Read more
Recently, Elmezzi staff had the opportunity to attend a wonderful “culminating performance” as part of the Alvin Ailey Dance Residency at a local elementary school, P.S. 234Q. The performance included over 100 third graders at the school, who were dressed in brightly colored African clothing and bubbling over with excitement to show off their recently… Read more
For the past decade, The Elmezzi Foundation has supported the “I Have A Dream” Foundation NY Ravenswood II program. This year the first group of students we began sponsoring as third graders back in 2005/2006 will graduate from high school. Even better, all of the eligible students in the program have been enrolled in college!… Read more
Here at The Elmezzi Foundation, we love this time of the year because it’s when cohorts of senior high school students graduate and matriculate to college. This year StreetSquash is graduating a cohort of seniors that will be going to colleges ranging from two-year New York State schools, to four-year state schools, and even private… Read more
At The Elmezzi Foundation, we understand the role good health plays in sustaining a productive and fulfilling life. At the same time, however, we are also aware of the difficulties associated with maintaining ‘good health’ — from access to healthy food, the necessary time it takes to exercise, and the cost of health insurance. A little… Read more
The Spring 2015 Newsletter is finally here! Click on the front page below to download the whole file and check out the exciting things our grantees have been doing the past few months.
The Elmezzi Foundation recently funded an Alvin Ailey dance workshop for students at PS 234 in Astoria, Queens. The Queens chronicle picked up the story highlighting how more than 100 8-9 year old’s were given 48+ hours of in-school dance instruction. Their hard work culminated in a family fun night where students were able to… Read more
Recently, Splashes of Hope held their Annual Gala & Swinging Dinner Dance where they honored a number of individuals and organizations, including The Elmezzi Foundation. In addition to listing the Elmezzi Foundation as an honored sponsor, Splashes of Hope also compiled a book listing the contributions The Foundation has made, and how those contributions have… Read more
Yesterday, Elmezzi staff was able to visit the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Connecticut (BBBSSWCT) site at The Geraldine W. Johnson School in Bridgeport, Ct. During the visit, Elmezzi staff were informed about the programs that BBBSSWCT is able to implement as a grantee of the foundation. At this site, BBBSSWCT has matched 18… Read more
With more and more information becoming available in digital form — from newspapers, to movies, to eBooks — it can be easy to dismiss older paper iterations of information as unnecessary and cumbersome to work with. In the same vein, it would be understandable to think that public libraries may begin to be phased out…. Read more