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Epic Soccer
“With Epic Soccer we’re providing organized sports for kids who otherwise wouldn’t get to play,” says Jessica Bennett, co-founder of this Darien Soccer Association-supported organization, now in its second year. “It isn’t a fully structured typical game - sometimes it’s just kicking it around - but the athletes are building basic skills, building relationships with one another and with their high school mentors, getting a sense of teamwork, making great strides, feeling successful, and having fun!”
THE PANTRY
The Pantry, presently located in the United Methodist Church at 300 Main Street in Mt. Kisco, distributes approximately 1,000,000 pounds of food and 1,300,000 meals per annum - making it the largest weekly-choice food pantry serving the 21 towns in Northern Westchester!
Dr. Jessie Stone
Dr. Jessie Stone is the modern day Albert Schweitzer - but who you’ve never heard of! She’s devoted her life to providing primary healthcare, health education and disease prevention and lives in a rural malaria-infested region along the Nile River in Uganda more than half of each year. …And then she runs a kayaking camp for disadvantaged children on the Housatonic River in Connecticut each summer, in her ‘spare time’!
Sharon Prince & Grace Farms
It’s been ten years since Sharon Prince established Grace Farms on an 80 acre property in the Northwest corner of New Canaan…and ten years later Grace Farms has proven itself to be a revolutionary cultural institution providing unique benefits to its surrounding communities - and innovative solutions for the world.
Welcome Baby
Founded by Bedford’s Sarah Steinhardt, Welcome Baby delivers essential care packages to low-income mothers—ensuring newborns have diapers, clothes, and basics for their first month, while tackling poverty’s long-term ripple effects.
Housatonic Habitat
“The American Dream of 2.5 kids, a car in the driveway, and a white picket fence is a fundamental vision many of us still hold…but for some, no matter how hard they work, they are never quite able to get off the hamster wheel and attain that reality,” Housatonic Habitat for Humanity’s Executive Director, Kristen Keil shares.
The Inclusive Initiative
A thriving community means inclusion for everyone! And that’s just what the Inclusive Initiative, aims to do - starting with Bedford and Katonah, and then expanding around the area, to make our communities welcoming to those that are neurodivergent, or otherwise in need of some extra patience and understanding.
The Mianus River Gorge
Formed by glaciers 12,000 years ago, the Mianus River Gorge is a preserved natural landmark; 1,000 acres of rare forests, wildlife, research, and education… protected through decades of conservation and community stewardship.
13 Hands
Bedford’s Marylou Tortorello founded 13 Hands Equine Rescue, a 113-acre sanctuary in Clinton Corners, saving abused horses while offering therapeutic programs for veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Think global, act local
From Bedford2030’s bold emissions goals to Planet New Canaan’s grassroots recycling and education, local groups are transforming concern into collective climate action… proving small communities can drive big environmental change.
The Boys & Girls Club
THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER, in Mt. Kisco, is by far the largest provider of children's programming in Northern Westchester. Be inspired by the great work The Boys & Girls Club is doing…and consider a New Year’s donation!
Paul & Ava Zukowsky
Pound Ridge’s Paul and Ava Zukowsky embody service: he’s a discreet entertainment manager; she volunteers with Woman 2 Woman, offering dignity and connection to women at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.