Press Releases & Other VOA-GNY News

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October 29, 2020
WiFi for All NYC Family Shelters: Our Response

Myung Lee, President & CEO of VOA-Greater New York, responds to New York City's recent decision to provide WiFi to all of the city's family and domestic violence shelters.
October 15, 2020
Volunteers of America-Greater New York Launches Campaign to Provide WiFi at Its Homeless and Domestic Violence Shelters

Volunteers of America-Greater New York announced the launch of an ambitious fundraising campaign to provide internet access at each of the organization’s seven family homeless and domestic violence shelters.
July 10, 2020
VOA-Greater New York Awarded Over $30 Million to Operate Two Domestic Violence Shelters in the Bronx

Grants from the NYC Human Resources Administration will support emergency and transitional shelters for survivors of domestic violence and their families.
June 15, 2020
Local Restaurants Serve 1,000 Meals Per Day to VOA-Greater New York Clients and Frontline Staff

As part of pilot program spearheaded by Feed the Frontlines NYC, 1,000 chef-prepared meals are being served to individuals living in VOA-Greater New York shelters and supportive housing programs, as well as frontline staff, every day.
June 9, 2020
June 14 through 30 – Donate to Operation Backpack® at Walgreens and Duane Reade Stores

Customers shopping at Walgreens and Duane Reade stores in the New York metropolitan area (including Long Island, Albany and Hudson Valley) and select New Jersey locations will be able to donate to Operation Backpack® 2020.
May 19, 2020
Volunteers of America-Greater New York is Responding to COVID-19

Our everyday mission at VOA-Greater New York is to help the families and individuals we serve overcome obstacles to living safe, healthy and productive lives in the community. We are committed to doing everything we can to slow the spread of COVID-19 and keep our clients, staff and volunteers safe.
May 19, 2020
Volunteers of America-Greater New York Welcomes Myung J. Lee as Next President & CEO

Myung J. Lee has been appointed the next President & Chief Executive Officer of Volunteers of America-Greater New York. Ms. Lee succeeds Tere Pettitt, who announced her retirement plans last summer after 18 years with VOA-Greater New York.
April 17, 2020
How the COVID-19 Crisis is Impacting Operation Backpack® 2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we must drastically rethink how we run Operation Backpack® 2020. We cannot rely on public backpack drives or teams of corporate volunteers. Instead, we must raise $500,000 if we are to meet our goal of a full backpack for every child in a NYC shelter who needs one.
February 18, 2020
VOA-Greater New York Participates in Annual Census of Unsheltered Homeless Individuals

In January, presumably on one of the coldest nights of the year, thousands of volunteers gathered to canvass the streets in every borough of New York City as part of the Homeless Outreach Population Estimate, or HOPE Count.
February 1, 2020
VOA-Greater New York Receives $200,000 Grant from The New York Community Trust

We are delighted to announce that Volunteers of America-Greater New York has received a $200,000 grant from The New York Community Trust to fund our outcomes evaluation work.