Job Openings at the NY Center

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Do you know someone who'd like to work for the NY Center?

Program Associates - part-time positions open working in elementary after school programs. Candidates must have some college and experience with elementary aged children. Salary $8-$10 per hour. Send cover letter/resume to Robert Busan

Administrative Assistant- part-time position open at Olympus Academy in Brooklyn. Candidates must have some college and experience with at-risk high school students. Salary $10-13 per hour. Send cover letter and resume to Erin Neubauer-Keyes.

If you know someone interested in one of these positions, have them email their resume to Candace Gonzalez.

Bring your wallet to the NY Center Auction on June 4th

Fund Raising Auction and Dinner
for the NY Center for Interpersonal Development

Thursday, June 4, 2009
Temple Israel

Honoring our past board members who led the way in helping us grow:
Larry Beslow
Ralph DeMayo
Diane DiResta
Kathy Feola
Anthony Giacobbe
Elaine Gregorio
Dr. Mohammed Khalid
Bill Orlando
Loulou Saleem

Join us for a wonderful evening with many exciting items for auction, a simple but delicious dinner, and great company -- all to help the NY Center continue to provide Staten Island services that help resolve conflicts, build community, and strengthen relationships.

Event tickets: $25 per person

Links to: Sponsorship :: Journal Ad :: Donate auction items

Contact Mike Baver at 947-4121 for information

The Committee: John Minardo, Board Chair and Honorary Auction Chair
Terry Baver, Colleen Kennedy, Jon DelGiorno, Christine Olivari, Robert Busan, Mike Candella,
Maryann Lauria, Marlene Markoe-Boyd, Dominick Brancato, Candace Gonzalez, Mike Candella, Mike Baver,
Mary Castellana, and Ruth Wahtera

Learning to write

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From Robert Busan: In celebration of April as National Poetry month our elementary after school programs at PS 13, PS 30, and PS 50, are writing poems about their heritage and diversity. Here are poems by two of the students from PS 13 as a sample of what our children are writing.

Where I come from by Quadir Gatling, 2nd grade

I come from Africa

it’s a wonderful place it feels

like a new heaven.

My Skin

My skin is tan, my skin is tan

it doesn’t matter what are skin

color is. So we are all safe.

My Life

My life is great but some

people make fun of me about

my skin but I just walk

past them.

my friends

are all colors it’s good too

have friends like that because we

learn about each other.

My Family by Zene’ Ezell, 5th grade

My family is from everywhere

all around the globe

even though we’re scattered

New York is our home

from Kingston Jamaica

to California, L.A.

these places aren’t close

but they aren’t far away

half of us are Christians

Jehovah Witnesses too

even though people don’t like us

for each other, we come through

people can be racists

my family doesn’t care

we think & know we’re special

we won’t be afraid of a bear

each family is different

in their own special way

from all the places we come from

New York is our home to stay