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JCCGCI Annual Report Spotlights Expansive Community Services
JCCGCI Annual Report Spotlights Expansive Community Services Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island (JCCGCI) announced the release of their Annual Report for 2021, detailing the vast array of services that the organization provided throughout New York City last year. Since its founding 49 years ago in 1973, the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island (JCCGCI) has become [...]
JCCGCI’s Operation HOOD on CBS New York
OPERATION H.O.O.D. CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING IN CONEY ISLAND As hot dogs sizzled on the grill and children ducked through the crowd laughing, Operation H.O.O.D. Director Derick Latif Scott proudly welcomed the group assembled to celebrate the grand opening of their new Coney Island location. Operation H.O.O.D. (Helping Our Own Develop) was founded in 2015 as a project of the [...]
JCCGCI’s Operation HOOD in Brooklyn Paper
Operation H.O.O.D. Featured in Brooklyn Paper Article Operation H.O.O.D. (Helping Our Own Develop) is an Anti-Violence program utilizing the “Cure Violence” model and a project of Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, a community-based organization with a citywide scope. Derick Latif Scott, an accomplished and highly respected professional in the field of gun-violence prevention, serves as JCCGCI’s Program Director [...]
Call Volume Soars for JCCGCI’s Senior Citizen Transportation Program as it Celebrates 40 Years of Service to the Community
Call Volume Soars for JCCGCI’s Senior Citizen Transportation Program as it Celebrates 40 Years of Service to the Community Responding to a growing demand for its services from a population trying to return to some semblance of normalcy even as COVID stubbornly refuses to move on, the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island’s (JCCGCI) Senior Citizen Transportation Program, founded [...]
Holocaust Survivors Welcome German Consul General to Brooklyn Gathering
Brooklyn, NY – On Tuesday, June 7, hundreds of Holocaust survivors in Brooklyn welcomed Hon. David Gill, Germany’s Consul General in New York at a socialization event hosted by the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island (JCCGCI), under funding provided by the German government and administered by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (“Claims Conference”). The event, a monthly gathering known [...]
JCCGCI Provides Assistance To Excluded Workers for Critical Services
JCCGCI Provides Assistance To Excluded Workers* for Critical Services For Food Stamps, Cash Assistance, HEAP and Emergency Rental Assistance please contact Safa butt at 718-449-5000 Ext: 2397 or email at s.butt@jccgci.org . To get assistance for Senior services and senior citizens transportation programs please contact at 718-449-500 Ext 1, go here: https://www.jccgci.org/our-services/senior-support-systems/senior-transportation-services or sign up here: https://www.jccgci.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Application-1-2021-fillable.pdf All New Yorkers are [...]
Nonprofit Help Desk Announces Free, Online Workshops to Help Nonprofit Community Organizations Work Smarter
CONTACT: JILL MENDELSON J.MENDELSON@NPHD.ORG Brooklyn, NY, April 12, 2021 – The NonProfit Help Desk has announced a series of free, online workshops for small and mid-size nonprofits to help them sharpen their skills, and become more effective. The workshops are sponsored by the New York City Council and NYC Department of Youth & Community Development. Qualified workshop participants may [...]
COVID 19 Vaccine Information
COVID 19 Vaccine Information: Seniors ages 65 and over are now eligible to receive the FREE COVID-19 vaccine. Information about the vaccine can be found here: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-vaccines.page In order to receive the vaccine, you must make an appointment. To make an appointment you can either reach out to your medical provider or you can call either of these following [...]
Announcing the Appointment of Jill Mendelson, MPA, as the new Director of JCCGCI’s NonProfit HelpDesk (NPHD) Division
We are proud, delighted and excited to announce the appointment of Jill Mendelson, MPA who joins JCCGCI as the new Director of our NonProfit HelpDesk division, which provides Capacity Building & Technical Assistance services to NYC's Nonprofits, citywide, since 1992 (see: https://www.nphd.org). Jill Mendelson, MPA is a distinguished, renowned and results-oriented, resourceful leader with a commitment to nonprofit excellence. [...]