Videos

Award-winning Broadway actor, dancer and singer, Walter Russell III, features in our new PSA for our annual community service campaign, Operation Backpack®. Make a donation to help provide children experiencing homelessness with backpacks and the school supplies they need to succeed in the classroom!

Bronx native Lenny, 67, experienced years of housing insecurity. VOA-GNY’s East Clarke Place Senior Residence finally provided him a home.

At our 2024 annual fundraising gala, Volunteers of America-Greater New York (VOA-GNY) presented the Community Champion Award to CAVU Securities for their dedication to serving veterans who’ve experienced homelessness.

Thank you to all of our 2023 Operation Backpack® donors and volunteers! Because of your incredible generosity, 19,000 children experiencing homelessness have returned to the classroom this year with new backpacks and the school supplies they need to not only thrive academically, but get one step closer to breaking the cycle of family poverty.

Our 2023 gala honoree video recognizing Cerberus for steadfastly supporting VOA-GNY’s Operation Backpack® campaign.

Volunteers of America-Greater New York is working to end homelessness in the Greater New York area by 2050. Three of our clients tell their stories.

Thanks to your support, VOA-Greater New York provided school supplies to all 15,000 children living in New York City shelters through our 2022 Operation Backpack® campaign.

Award-winning actress and producer, Julianne Moore, features in this new PSA for our annual community service campaign, Operation Backpack®.