New York—“Be the Light” is the theme of the 2021 HeartShare Virtual Gala and that’s because it’s your time to shine. No doubt, 2020 was hard on everyone, even more so for those in HeartShare’s care—people with autism and other developmental disabilities. Covid-19 upended their lives, cutting them off from their loved ones, their cherished…
For Edgardo Velez, it’s never been about being the “boss.” To him, what’s most important is being a leader. Velez is the Senior Program Coordinator at HeartShare’s Brooklyn Day Habilitation Program in Downtown Brooklyn and has worked at HeartShare for 16 years. He started as a Direct Support Professional (DSP) and made his way up…
TGIF. For many nine-to-fivers, those four letters are a short-hand sigh of relief that the end of their work week is in sight. For Camille Tyson, however, TGIF means just the opposite. Every Friday, she goes to work at her dream job as an Office Clerk at the Maspeth Sales Center of Bimbo Bakeries USA,…
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…
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