So far this summer 2022, Westhab’s Summer Rising program has served over 180 youth at four different locations in the Bronx and Westchester. Summer camp provides cherished experiences, friends, and memories and also keeps kids occupied, productive, and learning over the summer months. Below you can click through some of the best photos sent to […]
Tag Archives: Dayspring Community Center
A Career Volunteer
The work we do at Westhab is driven by an incredible staff who come from all walks of life and are united through a shared passion for and experience helping their communities thrive. Yull Morales is a former volunteer turned Westhab staff member. Yull began with Westhab as a volunteer during the COVID pandemic and unexpectedly found a fulfilling career along the way.
One Step Closer to Dayspring
On October 22, 2019, Westhab’s real estate development team, led by Senior Vice President Andrew Germany, headed to Manhattan for the financial closing of the $45 million Dayspring Campus project. The project includes the construction of Dayspring Commons (a 63-unit, brand-new, high-quality affordable and supportive rental building designed with families in mind) as well as […]
Bob Petrocelli gives $100,000 to Westhab’s Dayspring Community Center
On Thursday, June 6, 2019, Petrocelli Financial Services Founder Bob Petrocelli visited the Dayspring Community Center to present Westhab with $100,000 for its ambitious project to renovate a grand but dilapidated church building in the Nodine Hill neighborhood of Yonkers into a state-of-the-art community center. According to Westhab President and CEO Rich Nightingale, “From the […]
Finding a Home at Dayspring
Shauna is thriving. She works for Westhab’s facilities department at the Dayspring Community Center. She is proud to have a job she loves and is successful at, and to be living independently. When she was living at the Coachman Family Center with her two sons in 2012, things were different. Living in a shelter and […]
County Legislator Virginia Perez Sponsors Backpack Giveaway for Families at Dayspring Community Center
Earlier this month, dozens of volunteers from Macy’s Cross County and Faith Assembly in Yonkers joined Westhab staff at Dayspring Community Center to pack 600 backpacks full of school supplies for the coming school year. Last week, County Legislator Virginia Perez joined us at Dayspring Community Center [. . .]
Fun and Games (and Ice Cream!) with the Reformed Church of Bronxville and the Dayspring Community Center
Every month, children from Westhab’s Dayspring Community Center in the Nodine Hill neighborhood of Yonkers visit Bronxville for the popular Bronxville Playgroup. Children from both towns shoot hoops, create craft projects, play board games, and share a meal. The Reformed Church of Bronxville hosts these monthly visits, with teen volunteers from Bronxville High School leading […]
Bundles of Joy and Junior League of Bronxville Host Baby Shower at Dayspring Community Center
Last month, Westhab partnered with Bundles of Joy and the Junior League of Bronxville to host a baby shower for 25 pregnant and new mothers at our Dayspring Community Center in Yonkers. “Too often, our clients go through their pregnancy without the support systems that many women in better circumstances have. Instead of enjoying this […]
Westhab and Neighbors’ Link: Dayspring Community Center’s Successful Partnership
Westhab has been working in Nodine Hill for more than a decade, providing affordable housing and youth programming. However, we have had a dream to provide a greater variety of services to this community. That opportunity started to take shape when Westhab acquired an old church in the Yonkers neighborhood at the end of 2015. […]