Henry Geller can recall his time at the now infamous Willowbrook State School on Staten Island—though he doesn’t care to dwell on the details. Geller, who has cerebral palsy (CP), was placed in Willowbrook at the age of 4, where he lived until just after he turned 21. After living in a succession of group…
Legendary Q104.3 FM DJ Jim Kerr will host The 11th edition of HeartShare’s ArtShare, the annual art gallery exhibit showcasing new works by artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), will launch with an opening reception at Clover’s Fine Art Gallery in Brooklyn on Thursday, November 7, 2019, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Legendary Q104.3…
For Santino Montalbano, the explanation is easy: His daughter, Julia
On Tuesday, October 1, the Dyker Beach Golf Course will host the 10th Annual Jim Buckley Memorial Golf Outing, dedicated to the memory of a man who dedicated himself to HeartShare and New Yorkers in need. On this special anniversary, we asked his son Jimmy Buckley to share his personal recollections of his father and why it’s so important to him to continue his father’s work…
We had a blue Christmas—in July!—as HeartShare staffers and individuals from more than a dozen HeartShare residences donned signature blue Santa hats for the Brooklyn Cyclones annual Christmas in July celebration at Coney Island’s MCU Park last week. There were twinkling lights, tinsel, a Christmas tree, a free parachute jump ornament, carols blasting over the…
HeartShare resident Henry Geller remembers the day he left Willowbrook State School on Staten Island like it was yesterday. Only it wasn’t yesterday. “It was October 12, 1967,” he says. “I was told, ‘You’ll be back.’ And I said, ‘Not if I can help it.’” True to his word, Geller never returned to the infamous…
The Heartshare ArtShare program gives individuals the opportunity to visit museums and art destinations across New York City. The most recent excursion took place on Wednesday, June 19, as members of Brooklyn Day Hab journeyed to see breathtaking East Asian art at the Rubin Museum in Chelsea. The tour began at 11 a.m. in the…
In 2009, HeartShare’s First Step Preschool in Richmond Hill, Queens, was renamed in honor of Governor Mario Cuomo, First Lady Matilda Cuomo and the entire Cuomo family. Since then, HeartShare has extended an open invitation to the Governor and his staff to visit, and, on Wednesday, June 5, that invitation was answered when the school…
HeartShare, New York’s premier nonprofit dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will honor director, writer and producer John A. Gallagher with The Linda Dano Heart Award, for his inspiring dedication to overcoming disability, at HeartShare’s 2019 Spring Gala on March 21 at New York’s illustrious Ziegfeld Ballroom. On the night of November…
New York—Spring arrives on March 20 and HeartShare, New York’s premier nonprofit dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, kicks off the season in style on March 21 with the 2019 HeartShare Spring Gala. Held for the first time ever at New York’s illustrious Ziegfeld Ballroom—the storied Art Deco theater newly reimagined for…
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