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April 14, 2022

DOROT Receives Eisner Grant to Launch Virtual Teen Internship

Intergenerational connections are going virtual! DOROT is one of only 13 New York City-based organizations to receive a grant through the Eisner Foundation’s new New York City grantmaking program. The $150,00 grant will allow DOROT to expand our Virtual Teen Internship program model as a stand-alone digital platform that will benefit older adults and teens throughout […]

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April 11, 2022

Volunteer Spotlight: Eleanor Pearson

April is National Volunteer Month! All month long, we’ll be sharing stories from our incredible community of volunteers. Today, we hear from Eleanor Pearson, a former DOROT Summer College Intern and current Caring Calls volunteer! How did you get involved with DOROT? I got involved with DOROT when I applied for the Summer Internship Program […]

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April 11, 2022

Volunteer Spotlight: Edna Davoll

April is National Volunteer Month! All month long, we’ll be sharing stories from our incredible community of volunteers. Today, meet Edna Davoll, a volunteer for DOROT’s Response Team, Package Delivery, Birthday Calls and more! How did you get involved with DOROT? Prior to my retirement, I was seeking volunteer opportunities and discovered DOROT. I’m very […]

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April 6, 2022

Volunteer Spotlight: Shira Feen

April showers bring…National Volunteer Month! All month long, we’ll be sharing stories from our incredible community of volunteers. Today, we’re chatting with Shira Feen, a volunteer for DOROT’s Response Team and Package Delivery programs. How did you get involved with DOROT? The first time I volunteered was through a partnership event I set up for […]

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April 5, 2022

A Tale of Two Creative Geniuses

DOROT’s Lasting Impressions programs educate and entertain hundreds of participants each week via Zoom. In one recent week, programs featured two indisputable creative geniuses of the late 19th and 20th centuries, the Italian musician/conductor Arturo Toscanini and the Russian-Jewish artist Marc Chagall. There were more than 400 participants for the two programs and in addition […]

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March 31, 2022

‘We’re Part of Each Other’s Lives Now’

Friendship – real friendship – is a two-way street. It is an essential, everyday truth at DOROT and in our work. It becomes a thing of beauty in an intergenerational relationship like Betsie and Rachael’s. What began with DOROT Westchester matching these very different women for Caring Calls outreach when the lockdown began, has blossomed […]

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March 31, 2022

Connections Newsletter Spring 2022

Read the full print version of the Spring 2022 Connections Newsletter below: READ THE FULL CONNECTIONS NEWSLETTER FOR SPRING 2022    

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March 30, 2022

DOROT Welcomes New Board Members

Judith D. Fryer, Rabbi Mira Rivera and Marcie Imberman are the newest members of the DOROT Board of Directors. They joined the Board in early 2022. A business lawyer in New York City for more than 40 years, Judith Fryer recently retired as a Principal Shareholder at the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP. She […]

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March 30, 2022

Gretchen. Elazar. Rochelle. Amelia.

For more than 35 years, the everyday acts of kindness and compassion from DOROT staff members Gretchen Quinn, Elazar Stepansky, Rochelle Banks and Amelia Kramer, with their ability to navigate the world of transitional housing in New York City, gave home and hope to older adults in need at DOROT’s Homelessness Prevention Program (HPP). While […]

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March 30, 2022

A Toolbox of New Skills

Did you know that March is National Social Work Month? At DOROT, social work is at the heart of every program and service we offer to keep older adults socially connected and bring the generations together. As we move into a third year of pandemic life, we reached out to a few dedicated DOROT social […]

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