News and Events

At HeartShare, we believe in keeping you aware of news and events throughout the agency. Be sure to visit our Events Calendar for important upcoming dates that may be of interest to you.

Recent News

HeartShare Selected as Pratt Design Corps Client

Category: In The Media

HeartShare Human Services has been selected as a Design Corps client. The mission of Design Corps is to provide non-profit organizations with quality pro-bono design services, while exposing Pratt communications design students to professional experience and instilling them early in their careers an appreciation of giving back. The students, led by Professors Michael Kelly and David Frisco, are…

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HeartShare Launches its 8th Annual ArtShare Season

Category: In The Media

(Brooklyn, NY)–HeartShare Human Services launched its 8th Annual ArtShare for HeartShare season at NYU Tandon School of Engineering on Monday, September 26th. Children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, who participate in HeartShare programs, are the artists who create the exhibited works, including drawings, paintings, collages, photographs, prints and hand-crafted jewelry. Under the leadership of HeartShare co-curators…

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Modell’s Manager on Hiring People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Category: In The Media

You’ve been very supportive of HeartShare’s Employment Programs, which offer people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) a fair chance to work. How did this all start? Walter Toledo: Well, at the time, I was the Manager at the Modell’s Store on Fulton Street. That’s where I first met Josh [Skolnick, Assistant Director for Transition and Employment…

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