This Month at American Family Inns

June  2010As June approaches Homes for the Homeless is looking forward to visiting the New York Botanical Gardens with children from our daycare centers. The Gridloc Community Truck Club will be providing more free haircuts at the Prospect Family Inn, and many other exciting activities are underway. Please be sure to check back!

May  2010The month of May proved to be another exciting month for American Family Inns. Children at the Williamsbridge Family Inn received free haircuts from members of the Gridloc Community Truck Club. Teenaged residents of the Prospect and Saratoga participated in several CUNY Creative Arts Team workshops, where they learned how to manage social and emotional stress. Students from the Saratoga FutureLink program participated in a career counseling session at the Job Hop, sponsored by KidCare, while Prospect Family Inn FutureLink students enjoyed a pig roast hosted by The Navigators Organization in New Jersey's High Point State Park.

April  2010In April, educational and recreational activities at the Saratoga Family Inn included a trip to the Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn, and regular T-ball games with Rosedale Little League. The Clinton Family Inn was also busy with a six-session workshop on job-readiness conducted by the Junior League. 

March 2010On March 6th, the Future Link students of the Prospect Brownstone School kicked off a month of special programming with a ski trip to Tuxedo Ridge sponsored by The Navigators Organization.  On March 10th, the first ever Job Hop was hosted by KidCare, where students learned about eight different professions in an activity that combined career counseling and speed dating.  On March 19th and 20th students from Indiana University visited the Prospect Family Inn to work with students, ages 5 to 18, to improve study skills.

February 2010Last August, The Gridloc Community Truck Club visited the Williamsbridge Family Inn. They returned again on Saturday, February 20th to offer our children haircuts and braiding and to distribute new school supplies to the children who attended the event.

January 2010Homes for the Homeless kicked off the New Year with a special event in partnership with Kumon Learning Centers. On January 7th, teachers from Kumon donated a new library to our Prospect Brownstone School and spent the afternoon encouraging literacy with our students through reading activities.

Children from the Prospect and Saratoga Family Inns spent the evening of Friday, January 15th attending the Big Apple Circus, where the the animals and performers amazed them.