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Every Wednesday at 3:00pm, volunteer and board member Helaine Suval picks up the phone and calls Sandra, her 89-year-old Caring Calls partner and professor emeritus of dance at Barnard College, for a friendly chat. “I look forward to our weekly call as much now as ever — and we’ve been talking every week since March […]

More than four years ago, DOROT volunteer Richard Goldberg began visiting 75-year-old Gregory Sparling in his Upper West Side apartment. His Friendly Visits with Greg – pre-COVID in home, during COVID on the phone and now in the lobby of his building or in Riverside Park – have been a weekly highlight for both men […]

Are you looking for a fun, new way to connect with teens? Look no further than GENuine Connections™, DOROT’s new virtual intergenerational program launched this fall. Adults 65+ and high school students from all over New York City are joining together over Zoom in small groups for weekly brain games, sensory art and storytelling workshops, […]

“It has been my life’s pleasure to work for DOROT… it’s one of the best organizations in New York! It has been a privilege for me to work for an organization that believes in uniting the generations together.” – Sophie Gerber Sophie Gerber, long-time and beloved volunteer, has now become the author of The Trunk […]

Save the Date! DOROT’s Annual Benefit is May 8, 2023. Email benefit@dorotusa.org for more information.  

Bringing DOROT’s expertise in alleviating loneliness and social isolation to a global stage. Executive Director Mark Meridy will be speaking on a panel at the Campaign to End Loneliness International Conference: Tackling Loneliness for a New Era of Connection. The virtual event takes place on February 2, 2023. The panel, A Tale of Two Cities, New […]

Antoinette is 76. Emmett is 17. A mutual love of chess brought them together in DOROT’s intergenerational program. Fast forward two years and they have formed a truly special friendship. Read about the ways their bond has enriched their lives in this recent article on fortune.com. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE Learn more about DOROT’s virtual […]

From New York to Israel, DOROT’s vision of alleviating social isolation and loneliness for older adults has a global reach! DOROT Executive Director Mark Meridy, and Senior Program Officers, Ellen Amstutz, Judith Turner, and Ali Hodin-Baier recently met with Leonie Weinberg, Executive Assistant to the Deputy Consul General of Israel in New York, and Eran […]

DOROT’s Executive Director Mark Meridy joined Chance Seales on Newsy Tonight to discuss social isolation and loneliness during the holiday season and ways to give back and connect. 

DOROT’s Executive Director, Mark Meridy, and GENuine Connections volunteer, Adele Dressner, joined Spectrum News NY1’s “News All Day” to discuss the impact of the program for volunteers of all ages. Through GENuine Connections, teens and older adults meet weekly over Zoom in small groups to talk and participate in activities ranging from creative writing, chess, […]