Our zip code 11220 (Sunset Park) was second in the state for the most approved applications for the Excluded Workers Fund.
Join us on June 7th for THE EXTRA MILE: An event to honor the extraordinary staff of the Center for Family Life
The staff of Center for Family Life in Sunset Park have gone above and beyond throughout the course of the pandemic, and we think it’s time to celebrate them. So please join us on Tuesday June 7th, 2022, 6:30pm at the Jalopy Theatre, to honor our frontline workers who kept the Food Pantry and Action NYC Immigration Law Projects running throughout the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic.
You can purchase tickets for the in-person or live-stream event here. Thank you for supporting our work, and contributing to the CFL’s ongoing mission of supporting the families of Sunset Park.
Jalopy will be following all state and city distancing and capacity guidelines, along with providing UV powered air filtration and adequate ventilation. We will also be requiring all who attend to show us proof of full vaccination. Attendees must follow all mask, distancing and hand washing guidelines when in attendance.
The event will have a limited in-person audience and will be live-streamed
Friends of CFL Fundraising Workshop Series! Please join us!
Center for Family Life in Sunset Park is excited to host a limited series of fun, virtual workshops, taught by generous friends of the organization. All proceeds raised will go towards CFL and its programs.
Join us for this opportunity to learn new skills and meet new friends while simultaneously supporting CFLSP and the critical programs that serve the families and children of Sunset Park! Looking forward to seeing you there!
Please contact talia.kerenzvi@gmail.com if you have any questions about registering.
Zoom Workshops
Stretching for All Ages with HanaKyle Moranz – Wednesday April 27th, 2022 6:30pm
As we age we lose flexibility. Stretching the major muscle groups just minutes each day is beneficial! Discover why stretching is important and how to do it safely and effectively. We’ll stretch standing, and sitting, including the best way to stretch your low back, the easiest neck stretch in the world and a great way to relieve tension in your shoulders. Leave with a full toolbox to stretch and mobilize your muscles and joints on your own, anytime. Wear comfortable clothing you can stretch in.
HanaKyle Moranz is a bodyworker, personal trainer and movement maven who specializes in working with people with chronic pain to increase resilience in activities of daily life. Find out more about her at www.hanakyle.com
Introduction to Knitting with Kusi Merello – Wednesday May 25th, 2022 6:30pm
Learn to cast on, knit, purl and bind off — the essential foundation to knitting. With these skills you can take knitting anywhere. All you need is a set of knitting needles and a skein of yarn.
Celebrating Community & Resilience 2021
Our virtual Celebrating Community event was a huge success this year – and the good news is, if you missed it on Monday, you can still watch the event online!
If you would like to watch the video of our event,
- Click here, (or copy and paste this URL into your browser): https://cflcelebratingcommunity.convene.com/user-login
- Enter your name, email address, and Access Code CFLSPCELEBRATINGCOMMUNITY (case sensitive) and click ‘Sign In’
The video is under the “live event” tab – we hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
At our event this year we had the first screening of a short documentary by cinematographer Nick Hartanto, featuring the children, families, and staff of the Center for Family Life. This beautiful documentary is part of the event video so if you would like to watch, head to the link above.
We had several honorees, and so much to celebrate at our event. This year we achieved a decades-long dream and became a fully independent not-for-profit organization, and we honored two outstanding individuals, Jessica Cohen from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and Jason Schlessel from Norton Rose Fulbright, who made extraordinary contributions to our work at the Center for Family Life in this, our inaugural year.
We also honored the memory of Deborah Foley, a long-time supporter of the Center for Family Life who passed this time last year.
Deborah (Debbie) Foley, Vice President at Prudential Securities, was a member of the Center for Family Life Board from 1996 through 2007. Debbie was important to the development of the Center in so many ways, but especially as our partner in CFL’s Life Lines production at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. She was treasured by the Center’s founders Sister Mary Paul Janchill and Sister Geraldine Tobia and loved by all of her colleagues on the Board.
We remember Deb with deep affection and are grateful for the contribution that she made to our work in the early years of the Center
We are so grateful for everyone who made the work we do at Center for Family Life possible this year, and we are so happy to have the chance to celebrate and share that work with you. Thank you, for being with us through another remarkable year!
May: Center for Family Life in Sunset Park (CFLSP) has established itself as an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization!
We couldn’t be happier to share this amazing moment with all of the friends and neighbors who have joined us over many years, and who are now the core support of the independent CFLSP!
While we now have a new corporate identity, we will continue to operate at all of the same sites located throughout the community under the leadership of Julie Stein Brockway and Julia Jean-Francois, Co-Executive Directors. For the past 20 years, Julie and Julia have co-led the Center—a comprehensive, family support organization that provides school-based programming, employment services, counseling, case management, and small business development opportunities.
In 2020, we provided 18,090 individuals and 12,353 families with critical services, and continued to serve as an anchor in the community through the pandemic. Many of our programs operated remotely, and we maintained critical in-person services, including childcare for the children of front-line workers at a NYC Department of Education Regional Enrichment Center, five-day-a-week food and cash relief distribution through our food pantry, and youth development activities at nine neighborhood public schools, all provided while observing proper safety and social distancing precautions.
