Family Services of Westchester Raises $1,000,000 to Meet Challenge Grant

5/16/2013 FSW Hopes to Celebrate 60th Anniversary in 2014 with Opening of FSW ’s Lanza Family Center for All Ages WHITE PLAINS – In May 2012, Family Services of Westchester  kicked off a Capital Campaign in an effort to raise $1,000,000 to meet the Lanza Family Foundation Challenge Grant  to create an intergenerational facility in…[More]

Junior Board of FSW Hosting “Spring Into Books” Book Drive to Promote Family Literacy

5/10/2013 Port Chester, NY – Family Services of Westchester (FSW)’s Junior Board is conducting a county-wide book drive, “Spring Into Books” through May 31, 2013 to benefit the organization’s Head Start program. They are seeking new and gently used children’s books. Spanish language book donations are a plus. FSW’s Head Start is part of a…[More]

Family Services of Westchester’s Junior Board Announces Seven New Grants, Totaling $10,500, to Youth and Family Programs

04/12/2013 Port Chester, NY- Family Services of Westchester (FSW), a longstanding, private not-for-profit, non-sectarian agency that provides social and mental health services to families and children in Westchester County, announced today that its Junior Board has awarded seven grants totaling $10,500 to FSW programs that provide critical social services to youth and families across the…[More]

FSW’s STAR Gala Honors Three Loyal Supporters

ABC’s Bob Woodruff Serves as Emcee Without assistance from volunteers and corporate and foundation donors, Family Services of Westchester would not be able to offer its 50 mental health and social service programs to thousands of Westchester residents each year.  This year’s STAR Gala, FSW’s major fundraiser of the year, is recognizing three outstanding supporters…[More]

70 Guests Gather to Support My Second Home Music Program

70 Guests Attend Party at Salon D to Help My Second Home Continue Its Music Therapy Program 02/21/2013 Mount Kisco–Where there’s a will, there’s a way or so it seemed at Salon D recently, when 70 guests paid $25 each to raise $5,000 to help My Second Home, an award-winning intergenerational adult day program, continue…[More]

Tarry Market Cocktail Party Benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters

Mentors Needed for 76 Children on Wait List Port Chester, NY– Supporters of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Family Services of Westchester dined on specialty foods and celebrated the program recently at Tarry Market on Main Street in Port Chester. FSW established a local chapter of the highly regarded national mentoring program in 1958 and…[More]

FSW’s Junior Board Funds Peer Group and Trip to Broadway for Emotionally Disturbed Young Women

02/15/2013 Westchester Young Professionals Announce Success of a Grant Distributed Through Group’s Youth Enrichment Fund Port Chester, NY – Family Services of Westchester’s (FSW) Junior Board today announced the success of a grant the group awarded to fund a Teen Women’s Peer Group to serve the youth in FSW’s Respite Program. The grant allowed eight…[More]

Steiner’s “Dream Big!” Event Raises Money for Family Services of Westchester, Honors Members of Champion New Ro HS Football Team

12/04/12 Steiner Opens Memorabilia Showroom to the Public for the First Time to Benefit FSW Youth New Rochelle, NY – About 100 guests were treated to the premiere tour of Steiner Sports 45,000-square-foot memorabilia warehouse in New Rochelle recently at a special “Dream Big!” event, which was sponsored by the Junior Board of Family Services of Westchester…[More]

New Ro Girl Scout and The Sharing Shelf of FSW Sponsor GIRL-TOPIA

11/15/12 Port Chester, NY – Nearly 70 underprivileged girls, ranging in age from 9 to 18 along with a few teenaged moms, found their way to GIRL-TOPIA on Saturday at the Port Chester Girl Scout House for a free shopping spree. Organized by Deborah Blatt, Program Coordinator of the Sharing Shelf of Family Services of…[More]

Brandon Steiner Opens Doors of His Sports Empire to Benefit Family Services of Westchester

11/14/12  “Dream Big!” Event To Draw Sports Enthusiasts and Friends for a Good Cause New Rochelle, NY – Family Services of Westchester (FSW) today announced that sports marketing maven and Scarsdale resident Brandon Steiner will host “Dream Big! An Evening at Steiner Sports” on November 28 from 7:00-9:00 pm at Steiner Sports at 145 Huguenot Street,…[More]