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East Side House:
Education, Innovation, Results

THE WINTER SHOW CHARITY BENEFICIARY

East Side House, a community-based organization located in the South Bronx and the proud owner of The Winter Show, serves some of the most vulnerable communities in the country. These communities face significant challenges in education, employment, literacy rates, and attendance. With a strong focus on education and workforce development, your support empowers East Side House to deliver vital services at all stages of life, from early childhood education to services for older adults, impacting the lives of 14,000 of New York City’s most vulnerable individuals each year.

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A Thank you FROM EAST SIDE HOUSE

East Side House thanks our very generous donors who provide us with valuable support essential to fulfill our mission. Your gift has a direct and measurable impact on the children and families East Side House serves. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of those who need it most.

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THE WORK WE DO CREATES AN IMPACT

The communities we serve are among the most vulnerable in the country and are home to some of the most dire statistics relating to educational attainment, employment, literacy rates, and attendance rates. We’ve discovered that giving back, making a difference, and coming together to acknowledge success is contagious. Our community does not stop at just good enough.

   - East Side House places 300+ people in jobs each year.

   - East Side House serves 14,000 of NYC's most vulnerable people year, ages 18m through senior years.

   - East Side House graduates 1,000 students from its high school and equivalency programs each year.

   - East Side House feeds 5,000 people per week.

   - East Side House places 600 students in college and helps 250 students gain credentials each year.

   - East Side House provides home-delivered meals for 1,000 older adults every day.

Today, our organization is building a commercial-grade Community Teaching Kitchen that will provide the community’s young adults the opportunity to gain skills in culinary arts, warehouse, and inventory management, earn a driver's license, gain work experience, and be placed in jobs in the food and delivery services industry. The food these young people prepare and deliver will go directly to the families in the community who need it the most. Quite literally, these at-risk young adults will be feeding their own community.

What's more, East Side House is constantly innovating. For instance, throughout the pandemic, we remained on the frontlines and, in response to the community's needs, launched a hunger relief program that rescued food from struggling farmers to feed 5,000 people per week and deliver meals for over 900 homebound older adults per day. Simultaneously, we continued to operate safe in-person learning services for thousands of students so that they could stay on track academically, even amidst school closures.

Please visit www.eastsidehouse.org for updates on this project.

If you’d like to support these important efforts, please make a 100% tax-deductible gift here.

East Side House Board of Managers

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chairman

Thomas H. remien

President

Thaddeus Gray

vice president

Wendy Holmes
Dolores O'brien Miller

TREASURER

Richard E. Kolman

SECRETARY

Marvena St. Agathe

BOARD OF MANAGERS

Lucinda C. Ballard
Caroline Portny Beshara
Stephanie B. Clark
Ramona Dessouki
William S. Elder
Nancy Larsen Farrell
Andreina Hidalgo
Barclay G. Jones, III
Maureen Kerr
George G. King
Christopher Lasusa
Michael R. Lynch
Kevin McAlister
Robert L. Meyer
Ron Miller
Hon. Eugene Oliver, Jr.
Robert Pondiscio
Elizabeth Donnem Sigety
Mrs. Charles F. Smithers
Jeffrey Stein
Steve Thompson
Philip L. Yang, Jr.

HONORARY MEMBERS

Mrs. Roland W. Donnem
Christine Janis

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EAST SIDE HOUSE management

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Daniel Diaz

Executive Leadership

Khris Harrison
Natalie Lozada

DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Christina Bello
Jessica Maldonado
Diana Rodriguez
Eloise Williams