YMCA STRONG KIDS Campaign - Please give generously to this year's campaign.  100% of all donations go directly to scholarship aid for eligible children, families, and seniors to participate in YMCA programs. 
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2011 YMCA Masquerade Ball, honoring local legend Len Andrew with the Laurance S. Rockefeller award,
was a huge success on October 14 at Trump National Westchester,
in Briarcliff NY. 

About 200 people gathered at Trump National Golf Club Friday night Oct 14 to honor Len Andrew for his civic and philanthropic works, and to celebrate the YMCA and Halloween.  Guests were treated to special theatrical presentations by the Y Theatre Troupe, under the direction of Peter Royston, and to magical and eerie aerial performances by Y Aerial Silks Director Hilary Sweeney and Arley Morton, a student in the program at the Y.  Aubrey Hawes introduced Len Andrew, and friend of the family Gail Evans read a tribute from Andrew's daughter Elizabeth.  Y CEO Gerry Riera presented the Laurance S Rockefeller Award for community service to Len Andrew.  The presentation was followed by dinner, Silent and Live Auctions, and three hours of dancing to the Park Avenue Band of Hank Lane Music in NYC.    

 

Leonard D. Andrew served on the board of directors of the Family YMCA at Tarrytown for over twenty years, and was the Board Chair from 1998-2001. Len is a member of the boards of Kendal on Hudson (Former President), the Child Health Foundation, the RSHM LIFE Center, the Foundation for Religion and Mental Health, the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, the Transplant Support Organization, the Early Childhood Center at Memorial United Methodist Church, the Asbury Terrace Housing Corp., and the Pocantico River Watershed Conservancy. In addition to his distinguished service on these boards, Len has provided volunteer legal services for the Pro Bono Partnership, the International Senior Lawyers Project, the Westchester Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Institute for Non-Violence, the American Muslim Women’s Association, and other nonprofit organizations. Len is an active member of the Rotary Club of the Tarrytowns (Former President), Memorial United Methodist Church in White Plains, and the Interfaith Connection. Professionally, Len worked for IBM for 30 years. He was General Counsel of IBM Asia/Pacific from 1990 to 1994, retiring in 1999. He now practices law from his home, and is devoted to his family, friends and civic organizations.

Thanks to our 2011 Event Sponsors Abbott & Price, MetLife & Provident Bank; Band Sponsors Kendal on Hudson,
Marshall & Sterling; Dinner Sponsor Hudson Valley Bank, The Singmans;
Photography Sponsors EF School,  Greater Hudson Bank, Pocantico Resources, and to TLC LIMO of Ossining for offering free limo rides to the event for our guests.  For more information on sponsoring
the Masquerade Ball, contact Barbara Turk at barbarat@ymcatarrytown.org
 To view and purchase photos from the event, visit www.margaretfoxphotography.com and click on "client proof" to find the Masquerade Ball Gallery.

YMCA HEALTHY KIDS DAY - Upcoming event APRIL 28, 2012, from 11am to 3 pm -

MetLife was our 2011 "Friend of the Y" Sponsor -Thanks!

Ride sponsors Kohl's Cares for Kids, Nestle Water, Wells Fargo and Urgentcare Westchester.

 A Play Date with your Family - - Y Healthy Kids Day, 2011 in Patriots Park, Route 9, Tarrytown NY (next door to Warner Library).

Every year, the Family YMCA at Tarrytown hosts an annual Healthy Kids Day event.  Families from up and down the Hudson corridor enjoy a day filled with fun, rides, health information and healthier food choices. 
This year, over 800 people attended the event in Patriots Park, Tarrytown.  Healthy Kids Day celebrates health, nutrition, physical fitness, and safety, and introduces families to special YMCA programs and activities that
encourage them to spend more time playing and interacting with one another and less time using computers and television.  One of our goals each year is to increase awareness of the relationship between children’s nutrition
and exercise as it relates to increasing trends of childhood obesity and diabetes. 

 

As always at Y Healthy Kids Day, our greatest emphasis is on healthy food and exercise through fun games and sports.  Y Fitness Coordinator Diane McCarthy led kids in hula dance and jump rope competitions. 
Y Volunteer "Coach Jim" Leeper and Y staff member Zeke Lipson, with assistance from local Girl Scouts, will alternate between the basketball court, bowling with the little ones, and the park green, leading tug of war,
potato sack and other relay races.   Parachute and other games entertained the youngest children, and youth and family yoga classes took place on the north green, by the face painters. 
AYSO coaches took a table and ran some soccer drills and games.  There was something for everyone, including just walking laps around the park, greeting friends and neighbors, seeking health, insurance,
dental and medical advice and information, watching Rotary Duck Derby races, or getting faces painted by local Girl Scouts and the RSHM Life Center Teens.  Five NEW rides and jumping houses for little ones were again 
provided and manned by "Send in the Clowns."  

 

2011 saw a whole new and diverse array of programs and services for both children and adults.  Historical interpreters from Philipseburg Manor Restoration taught kids to weave and card wool.  Also really exciting this year was the Touch Tank donated and staffed by Norwalk Maritime Aquarium; Youngsters of all ages built
wild and expansive Lego creations at the Y Lego table, led by Y staff member Kathleen McCarthy Udoff, and there will be a hands-on music experience with guitars and drum pads, provided by local music store, Rock Island Sound. 

 

Guests of Y Dance, The Chiku Awali African Arts and Culture Group, performed African dance and drumming throughout the day, as well as offered instruction in both dance and drumming intermittently throughout the afternoon. 
This project was made possible in part by the Arts Alive program of ArtsWestchester, with funding from the Decentralization Program of the New York State Council of the Arts.

 

Chutney Masala of Irvington, Geordanes Market of Irvington, Hope Hose Engine 79 and Conqueror Hook & Ladder 37, Nikki Toi's Catering, Main Street Sweets and Jimmy's Softserve all offered healthy food and dessert options. 

 

Special guests this year included Ken Wray of Sleepy Hollow and Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins.  All our Y Senior Staff and many of our program staff were on hand to welcome the community to Healthy Kids Day.

For more information, or to sponsor or take a table in 2012, contact Susan Barak at (914) 631-4807 x26.
 

Click to view photos from the 10/2009 YMCA Masquerade Ball

On Friday October 30, over 360 people attended the first YMCA Halloween Masquerade Ball fundraiser.  The sold out event raised over $68,500 for the Strong Kids Fund at the YMCA, which helps ensure that underserved children, including children from the recently closed Boys and Girls Club, have access to high quality childcare, after school care and summer camp while their parents work or seek work.   Event sponsors included Legends Realty, MetLife, Abbott & Price, Inc. Mahopac National Bank, and Chiboust Bistro and Bakery.  Owner Jill Rose of Chiboust Bakery designed a cake exclusively for the event:  a Venetian themed, pumpkin-headed jester, and served slices of chocolate cake to guests.  Other sponsors included Community Preservation Corporation, Provident Bank, Marshall & Sterling; Hudson Health Plan and Hudson Valley Bank; and Allan Block Agency and J.D. Moschitto & Associates.

Guests were greeted by a wailing ghost and the Headless Horseman, listened to live jazz by Paul Wood Quartet during the cocktail hour in the Grand Hall, participated in Silent and Live Auctions, and danced till after midnight to the sounds of the Phase One Orchestra in the Caramai Ballroom.  Sleepy Hollow resident and long time YMCA Board member Aubrey Hawes received the Laurance S. Rockefeller Award for community service.  YMCA Board member Len Andrew, former co-worker Larry Levy, daughter Victoria Gearity and son Barrett Hawes helped present the award on behalf of the YMCA Board of Directors.