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The Power of Showing Up: A College Intern Reflects

As a summer college intern with DOROT’s Impact and Evaluation Department, I had the chance to accompany an older adult to the grave of her loved one through DOROT’s Cemetery Visit program.

Aging Solo? You Don’t Have to Go It Alone: 5 Takeaways from 1,000+ Solo Agers

Who will help me if something goes wrong? That’s the burning question for older adults who live on their own and one of the questions that Aging Alone Together, DOROT’s flagship program for solo agers, tackles.

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March 7, 2024

Social Work Month 2024: Meet Claire!

Social work is at the heart of every program and service DOROT offers to keep older adults connected, engaged and living independently as valued members of the community. For National Social Work Month, we’re celebrating and getting to know some of the dedicated social workers across DOROT. Meet Claire! Claire Solomon Nisen, LMSW, MPH is […]

February 22, 2024

Meet the Team: Theresa Cheney

For our next “Meet the Team” feature, Anthony Rodriguez, People & Culture Associate at DOROT, sat down with Theresa Cheney, Program Assistant for Kosher Meals at Home and Impact & Evaluation, for a conversation while overlooking Manhattan’s skyline from the top floor of our Upper West Side office. Like this view, Theresa’s story is expansive.   […]

February 12, 2024

Just What the Doctor Ordered: America’s Crisis of Social Isolation & DOROT’s Response

“Loneliness is far more than just a bad feeling—it harms both individual and societal health.” With that assertion, and a report declaring that the country faces an “epidemic of loneliness and isolation,” U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy drew unprecedented media attention that put DOROT’s mission at the center of the national conversation. “The fact […]

January 30, 2024

A DOROT Friendship on the Tamron Hall Show: What’s 59 Years Between Friends?

Did you catch us on TV? An intergenerational friendship formed at DOROT was featured last week on ABC’s Tamron Hall Show! Emmett Daniels, 18, and Antoinette-Marie Williams, 77, first met when they were paired as part of DOROT’s Intergenerational Chess program, which brought together high school students and older adults for weekly games. Though the […]

January 26, 2024

Highlighting Programs for Children of Survivors on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Tomorrow (January 27) marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day designated by the UN to mark the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and to remember the lives of the millions of victims of the Holocaust. As we remember and mourn the victims, we also honor the survivors and their legacies—their stories and their families. Children of Holocaust […]

January 11, 2024

Town Hall on The Governor’s Master Plan for Aging

On January 9, DOROT co-sponsored a Town Hall on The Governor’s Master Plan for Aging with Governor Kathy Hochul, the NYS Department of Health, and the NYS Office for the Aging. At the event, State Representatives shared about their efforts to create the nation’s most age and disability-friendly state, DOROT’s Executive Director, Mark Meridy spoke […]

January 8, 2024

Join DOROT for a Town Hall on The Governor’s Master Plan for Aging

Join us on Tuesday, January 9 to share your ideas, experiences, and aging needs at a Town Hall on New York State’s Master Plan for the Aging (MPA). Learn about New York State’s efforts toward becoming the most age and disability-friendly state in the nation. Co-sponsored by DOROT with Governor Kathy Hochul, the NYS Department of […]

January 2, 2024

Meet the Team: Tenzin

If you’ve ever walked through DOROT’s doors to attend our programs, you’ve been met with the warm welcome and wide smile of our receptionist, Tenzin. Read more about Tenzin’s early life and career (including working for His Holiness, the XIV Dali Lama of Tibet!), his family of five (including one with four legs), and insights […]

December 21, 2023

DOROT Named as West Side Rag Readers’ Choice

We are thrilled to share that were voted as one of the top charitable organizations on the Upper West Side by West Side Rag readers! The renowned local paper held its second annual Thanksgiving contest, inviting readers to name what they are thankful for about the Upper West Side. Categories ranged from favorite local businesses and markets […]

December 20, 2023

DOROT Wins Major Grant to Bring Our Programs to Queens

We’re delighted to announce an unprecedented new outreach effort in Queens, thanks to more than half a million dollars in federal funding secured by U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens). The grant has already begun allowing Queens District 6 residents to take advantage of an array of DOROT’s intergenerational and peer programs designed to enhance social […]

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