My journey with The Child Center of NY began in 2018 at the Hammel Houses Cornerstone Community Center. At that time, I joined Team Crate, a co-locator basketball team, and was first introduced to the center. The community center quickly became a second home for me, offering not only a safe space, but also an incredible facility where I could practice with my teams.

Students (and team members!) at Latimer Cornerstone Community Center in Flushing, Queens, explored their artistic side this month. First, they made scratch ornaments for Eid al-Fitr (see below) after learning about the holiday. Then they studied the late great artist Georgia O’Keeffe and created paintings inspired by her life and legacy.

April 2 is celebrated as International Children’s Book Day, in honor of beloved author Hans Christian Andersen. Ahead of the yearly observance, our Corona Head Start classrooms organized a book fair that promoted the Children’s Book Day mission of instilling in children an enduring love of reading.