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

25th Annual Education Services Dinner Dance Honors Inaugural Children’s Champion, Recognizes Prestigious Accreditation for HeartShare Early Childhood Center

Category: In The Media

(Queens, NY)—HeartShare hosted its 25th Annual Education Services Dinner Dance at Russo’s on the Bay on Thursday, May 22, 2014. Over 325 HeartShare board members, long-time donors and education employees attended the event, which celebrated over 30 years of HeartShare education and benefited HeartShare’s programs for preschool and school-aged children with intellectual and developmental disabilities,…

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Girl with Special Needs Experiences Inclusion with HeartShare Grant

Category: Impact Stories

“These lessons mean so much to Mariapaz. She pursues her passions without being marked as different,” her mother Yolanda beamed. HeartShare’s Options Project Reimbursement Program offers eleven year old Mariapaz, who has Down Syndrome, the opportunity to pursue a personal interest with both physical and social benefits. With the HeartShare Options grant, Mariapaz took swimming…

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HeartShare Celebrates Autism Awareness Month

Category: In The Media

HeartShare, which educates over 700 children at HeartShare’s four pre-schools (ages 3-5) and The HeartShare School (ages 5-21) diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism, celebrated Autism Awareness Month with various events. HeartShare hosted a rock concert fundraiser at St. Finbar’s on Saturday, April 25th, featuring “On A Good Run,” a local band led…

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HeartShare’s Autism Services: Early Childhood

Category: In The Media

HeartShare transforms the lives of children diagnosed with autism, beginning with early intervention. Since 1977, HeartShare has provided services and supports to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Five years later, those services were expanded to pre-school children as medical evidence showed that early intervention benefits children diagnosed with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, including those…

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HeartShare and NYU Polytechnic Challenge Social Constructs About Disabilities

Category: In The Media

HeartShare Human Services of New York and NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering have teamed up to create a learning environment that challenges social constructs about disabilities. Adults diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities from HeartShare’s Day Habilitation Programs have had the opportunity, some for the first time, to learn and grow in the higher education setting….

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