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15 Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow Nonprofits To Support This Holiday Season

Maintaining funding is a constant challenge for many nonprofits that fill gaps and meet other needs in the Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow area.

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TARRYTOWN/SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY — If you’re like many of your Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow neighbors, you may spend a good part of the holiday season with your credit card in hand buying gifts for family and friends. Coming up soon is a chance to give back to the local community.

Giving Tuesday, which in 2024 falls on Dec. 3, is a day dedicated to supporting nonprofit and community groups. Since 2012, nonprofits worldwide have used the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to galvanize fundraising, rally volunteers and add momentum to their causes.

Maintaining funding is a constant challenge for many nonprofits that fill gaps and meet other needs in Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow.

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Here are 15 local nonprofits to consider getting behind on Giving Tuesday:

  • Community Food Pantry of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow: "To address food insecurity amongour Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow neighbors."
  • Family Services of Westchester (Purchase hq, White Plains, Katonah, Hastings-on-Hudson, Mount Vernon, Pelham, Port Chester, Sleepy Hollow, White Plains, Yonkers): "provides mental health and social services that strengthen and support families, children and individuals at every stage of their lives."
  • The Family YMCA at Tarrytown: "The Family YMCA at Tarrytown is more than a building; we are an organization that provides services for adults, families and children in need. We offer early childcare, school-age care, enrichment programs and virtual fitness programs regardless of the ability to pay."
  • The Foundation for the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns: "to enhance educational experiences throughout the Tarrytown Union Free School District, addressing the diverse strengths and needs of all our students. As a result of our fundraising, we serve as an 'education incubator' that provides grants for innovative programs that will inspire and better engage everyone. We encourage teachers to identify, explore and demonstrate the impact of new ways to teach and learn."
  • Greenburgh Library Guild: to enhance library services to our community by raising funds and providing resources for special projects proposed by the library."
  • Housing Action Council (Tarrytown): "For nearly 50 years we have been a leader in expanding housing opportunities for low-and-moderate income households throughout Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam counties and other parts of the Hudson Valley Region. We’ve help make possible the development of over 4,000 affordable housing units in the lower Hudson Valley, fostered local housing committees and non-profits to support development and advised municipalities on the adoption of affordable housing friendly land use policies."
  • Kids Club of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow: "Kids' Club is in our 15th year and has donated over $1,500,000 to programs supporting underserved children in Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown. We fund programs for literacy, enrichment and recreation, academic support, health and nutrition and college readiness for first gen local students, programs that have supported over 1,500 local children."
    In 2009, we also initiated the Community Coalition which we continue to run today to bring together local non-profit organizations, our shared local school district and both village administrations. The Community Coalition meets monthly to share resources and coordinate efforts to reduce duplication and amplify the efforts of the non-profits you mentioned in your article.
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness (Elmsford): "NAMI started as a small group of families gathered around a kitchen table in 1979 has blossomed into the nation's leading voice on mental health. Today, we are an association of more than 500 local affiliates who work in your community to raise awareness and provide support and education that was not previously available to those in need."
  • Open Door Family Medical Centers (Ossining, Brewster, Mamaroneck, Mount Kisco, Port Chester, Saugerties, Sleepy Hollow): ""provides excellent, accessible, and personalized health care regardless of ability to pay to build healthier families and communities."
  • Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, Inc. (Elmsford): "Our mission is to empower individuals to determine their own sexual health and reproductive futures."
  • Tarrytown Music Hall: "Our mission is three-fold: to present diverse and relevant programming in music, theater, dance, and film for the enrichment of the tri-state community; to promote arts education through classes, partnerships, performing opportunities, and residencies; and to preserve and restore the historic Music Hall so that it may continue to be a vibrant performing arts center and catalyst for sustainable economic development in our area."
  • Westchester Library System (Elmsford): "to empower lives and communities by connecting people in Westchester County with the resources, services and programs available through WLS and the member libraries."
  • Volunteer New York! (Tarrytown) (serves Westchester, Rockland, Putnam): "We value volunteerism. We value community. We believe everyone can serve. We believe volunteering is transformational. We believe relationships matter."
  • Warner Library: "The Warner's Library's purpose is to meet the educational, informational, cultural and recreational needs of its community. This will be accomplished by providing library patrons with access to: Books, Reference Materials, Periodicals, Audio Books and CD Books, Convenient Internet Access, Audio Visual Materials, Program and Meeting Rooms for Civic Library Functions, Library Sponsored Programs and Activities for the community, Library Sponsored Outreach Services, and Programs for the Community."
  • Women United of Westchester Social Club Inc. (Elmsford): "Women United of Westchester Social Club provides one of the basic human needs - the need for social interaction and fellowship."

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