Ramapo for Children

Amazon Prime Day is happening now, and you can support Ramapo for Children with each purchase you make, at no cost to you! Sign up for AmazonSmile and select Ramapo For Children Inc as your preferred charity at smile.amazon.com/ch/13-5600422.

Ramapo is thrilled to partner with @bardcollege for The Big Read Hudson Valley: Spanning the Hudson River with Words! This project is a collaboration between Bard College and its Master of Arts in Teaching Program and La Voz Magazine, with support from Bard's Written Arts Program, the Conservatory, and conjunctions with Radio Kingston, the Kingston Library, the Red Hook Library, Tivoli Library, Starr Library and the Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History, Ramapo for... Children, Oblong Books, and Rough Draft Books. This community-wide project will offer reading groups, performances, workshops, and events in Spanish and English. It will take place in March-April 2022 and will focus on the 2021 Big Read selection, The House on Mango Street, written by Sandra Cisneros. Ramapo will be supporting the project through activities for the community in the spring of 2022. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

We’re participating in the myWalgreens donation program! You can donate your myWalgreens cash rewards to Ramapo for Children through 8/31/21. To learn more about the myWalgreens program visit walgreens.com/mywalgreens

We have a great full-time job opportunity in Rhinebeck! Follow the link below for more info on the Program Administrative Assistant position. A comprehensive benefits package includes all the "expected" perks like PTO and health insurance, plus some unique benefits such as meals on-site and summer camp for children ages 4-12. To apply, send a cover letter and resumé to: [email protected] https://bit.ly/3fvyLtN

Happy Earth Day from the "green team" at Ramapo! Our SAE participants are busy working away in the gardens. They have also been making compost buckets and crafting recycling containers for the campus apartments.

Webinar: Join us for a conversation next Wednesday, April 21 at 1pm ET where we will share how we adapted our family engagement work to the challenges of the pandemic and what we learned from it. We’ll also talk about how we partner with families and school leaders to meet their changing needs, as well as ways to optimize family engagement in the future. #SEL #K12 https://bit.ly/2Q5DpGq

Our first session of Camp Ramapo 2021 begins June 27th and we’re eager to welcome brand new faces as well as old friends! Camp Ramapo provides a traditional residential summer camp experience for children with a range of emotional, behavioral, and cognitive challenges. For more information on Camp Ramapo, including the online camper application, visit https://ramapoforchildren.org//camp-rama/camp-application/ Like and share this post with a friend or two, and share the opportunity to create many wonderful summer memories. We're monitoring local and federal health guidelines to make it an amazing and SAFE summer. We can’t wait to see our campers!

Position Overview: Ramapo for Children is seeking an energetic Group Leader to support the work of the School-Age Child Care Program at Chancellor Livingston Elementary School in Rhinebeck, NY. This role will collaborate with and assist the Site Supervisor in the overall implementation of group specific activities, youth development strategies at our SACC program and will create a positive, nurturing relationship with children and parents/caregivers while managing a professio...Continue reading

For nearly 100 years, Ramapo has been a community of people with a shared commitment of dismantling barriers to participation for children and young adults who are too often labeled and excluded. Friends, we need your support. Will you consider giving a young person the opportunity of success? By making a gift today, you are helping to ensure that Ramapo is there for the people who need us most. We are confident that through our communities’ conviction in our mission, we wil...l have an even wider reach in 2021! Make A Gift Today! https://ramapoforchildren.networkforgood.com/ Donations are 100% tax deductible. To qualify for a 2020 tax deduction, all donations must be postmarked or submitted online by December 31st.

In the face of all that 2020 has thrown our way, our mission of empowering youth and adults to realize their goals and to dismantle the barriers to their participation in schools and communities has not changed. Our work this year has adapted to support the evolving needs of our community. This holiday season, please consider making a donation to Ramapo for Children. A tax-deductible gift today will help empower our team to continue to champion young people and the adults in ...their lives throughout these ever-changing times. Your partnership now is more powerful than ever! Make A Gift Today! https://ramapoforchildren.networkforgood.com/

Read All About It: Ramapo's Alternative Classrooms, Meeting an Urgent Community Need and More! https://ramapoforchildren.org/latest-news/newsletter/

THANK YOU to all who supported Ramapo on Giving Tuesday by donating, fundraising, sharing, or liking our posts. We are grateful for you.

To support school-aged students and families during the stressful and uncertain time of COVID-19 and school re-opening, Ramapo for Children is offering students the option of a full day or partial day programming, Monday through Friday, that supports engagement and social and recreational needs on our beautiful 250-acre campus in Rhinebeck, NY. In our effort to provide programming to all families who would like to participate, scholarships will be available. We also invite you to contact us for more information and to learn about our COVID-19 safety protocols. To learn more about program options for elementary and middle school students, visit our website at www.ramapoforchildren.org/remote-learning Para ayuda en Español llama 845-876-5219

Join Ramapo's Deputy Director of Training, Kazz Alexander Pinkard, to commemorate National Bullying Prevention Month as he interviews Emily Rogers who plays Elphaba in WICKED The Musical on Broadway this Thursday, October 22 at 12:30pm. The conversation, which is for students in grades 5-8, will center around anti-bullying, focus on why being an upstander matters and the importance of equity and racial justice in our daily lives. We're excited to talk about these important topics and more! This is a free webinar made possible by Camp Broadway and Streamable Learning. Register Now: https://bit.ly/35i1Y6J Supplemental Material: https://bit.ly/3jaPzpN

There’s still time to participate in #GivingTuesday if you haven’t yet! Thank you to those of you who have shown your generosity and support either by donating, sharing our posts, or teaming up with us to join in our fundraising efforts. We appreciate our community and all the support you give to Ramapo. www.ramapoforchildren.org/donate

The application to work at Camp Ramapo next summer is officially live! Our sleepaway summer camp in Rhinebeck, NY is designed for children who have a range of cognitive, social, and emotional abilities. By becoming a Camp Ramapo counselor, you will have the opportunity to help so many children learn, grow, and succeed! It’s time to do the most important work of your life. Be a part of our team this summer! Apply Today: www.ramapoforchildren.org/summer-jobs

Read All About It: Ramapo Partners with Local Not-for-Profit, Navigating COVID-19 and More! https://ramapoforchildren.org/latest-news/newsletter

#GivingTuesday is well underway and we're so grateful for the generosity in our community (today and always!). This year has asked more of us, more than most could have anticipated. At Ramapo, we had to shift our expectations, transition our programs, and reimagine our approach so as to continue to serve our community. Our work has pivoted to provide essential childcare services, family respite retreats on our Rhinebeck campus, virtual parent and educator trainings, and in-pe...rson remote learning support for school-age children. In addition, we have been able to continue our residential programming for young adults and our partnership with Boards of Cooperative Educational Services, providing alternative classrooms for local middle and high school students. Please help us to have an even wider reach by starting your own fundraiser, sharing this post, or making a gift today by visiting www.ramapoforchildren.org/donate, or by donating through Facebook -- any amount is appreciated!

"We were thinking about, in particular this moment in time, the ways in which we're interconnected with one another and interdependent, and to have more sensitivity about that as we think about creating communities for young people." - Dr. Rachel Lissy Ramapo's Senior Program Officer, Dr. Rachel Lissy, was an educational consultant on the podcast series "Nice White Parents". The series explores the relationship between white parents and segregation at one New York City schoo...l. Yesterday, Rachel joined the podcast's host Chana Joffe-Walt on The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC to talk about the series. We invite you to listen to the interview and the podcast and share your thoughts. The Brian Lehrer Show Interview: https://www.wnyc.org//role-nice-white-parents-play-school- Nice White Parents Podcast Series: https://www.nytimes.com/column/nice-white-parents

Hudson Valley Target shoppers, have you voted for us through Target Circle? If not, there’s still time! See how you can help direct Target’s giving to benefit our organization and the community. Target.com/circle

This fall Ramapo will begin its 11th year of the Staff Assistant Experience (SAE)! SAE is a residential transition-to-independence program for young adults, ages 18 to 25, with social, emotional, or learning challenges. The program offers participants an opportunity to practice vocational and life skills in a communal setting that includes typically developing co-workers and role models. Participants improve and reinforce interpersonal, independent living, and job skills, whi...le building resilience and self-determination. We are offering several informative sessions within the next couple of weeks (limit 5 families per call) to learn more about our programming this fall and what we are doing to keep participants and staff healthy in the unprecedented times of COVID-19. For dates and to sign up for one of the sessions, please email [email protected] or call 845-876-8405. #youngadultprogramming #independentliving #residentialprogramming #vocational #learningchallenges #jobskills #education #infosession

Don't forgot, our sing-a-long starts at 6pm this evening! Link in post. See you then!

Join us this Friday, August 21 at 6pm for a sing-a-long led by Camp Ramapo Supervisor Extraordinaire, Arnold! He will lead us in song, call-and-response, and host some special Ramapo guests! Everyone is invited including campers, staff members, and alumni. What a great way to see camp friends! No need to register! Link below will go live at 6pm this Friday: https://zoom.us/j/95818529111

DYCD Youth Connect will be hosting a series of virtual town halls entitled We the YOUTH, You the People", with the first one starting on Wednesday, August 19 at 3pm. One of the goals of the town hall series is to create a safe space for young people to harness their voice and power. The uncertainty of funding, current health pandemic, and civil unrest make it even more important that youth voice and agendas inform future funding priorities, programming and policies. To learn more and to register, visit https://bit.ly/3fWWcur

Attention School Leaders: The National School Climate Center at Ramapo for Children is pleased to offer improved options for measuring your school's climate as you navigate difficult decisions around COVID-19 and reopening this fall. To learn more, view the post below!

For the first time in 98 years, Ramapo has not opened our residential camp. This was a heartbreaking decision. While grounded in our values and commitment to health and safety, we recognize that our decision will take a toll on children and families, many of whom need Ramapo now more than ever. In that light, we have made our campus available to camp families for several days at time. More than half of our campers already require scholarships to participate. In the near term,... your support will help families escape the City, enjoy some respite and provide some activities and freedom to children who have been cooped up for months. Looking further ahead, your support will help ensure that we can meet the growing need for our services next year and beyond. Give whatever you can. And then, this time around, give a little bit more. Help us make sure that Ramapo is there for the people who need us most. Donate Today! https://bit.ly/RamapoAppeal

Hudson Valley Target shoppers we need your help! We’re participating in the Target Circle program! You can vote for Ramapo for Children and help direct Target’s giving to benefit our nonprofit. For full program details and restrictions visit Target Circle. Target.com/circle

Calling school leaders from across the country! Announcing The School Climate Leadership Certification, a unique offering from the National School Climate Center at Ramapo for Children. Participants join a cohort of educational leaders and also receive virtual monthly one-on-one coaching sessions for 18 to 24 months that will equip them with the knowledge and skills to create and sustain positive school climates. To learn more about this opportunity, please visit https://bit.ly/3evn4BG #schoolclimate #education #schoolclimateleadershipcertification #equity #educators #k12 #community