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Wishing you and your loved ones a #happythanksgiving🦃

Save the Date for #GivingTuesday ! Learn how you can make a difference: https://lnkd.in/ejKFHvzw

You can give joy and holiday cheer to hundreds of children & youth at MercyFirst! Here are 3 Ways to Give: https://lnkd.in/eCGJ888p

Thank you everyone who celebrated our 130th Anniversary at the beautiful Rainbow Room in NYC at our annual Angel of Hope Gala! With your support we raised over $240,000 to continue our work helping children & families in need. Congratulations to our 2024 Angel of Hope Honorees: Sister Sean Foley, RSM - Mission Honoree Vancord - Corporate Honoree View photos from the event: https://lnkd.in/e7hqP3Yd

Congratulations Vancord, our 2024 Angel of Hope Corporate Honoree! We are grateful for your support and partnership. https://lnkd.in/eFvZBbMk

Expressing our gratitude to the men and women who have dedicated themselves to protecting our freedoms and safeguarding our way of life. #VeteransDay

Thank you, Vancord, for your partnership and for highlighting MercyFirst in your latest CyberSound™ Episode! We appreciate the opportunity to share our mission and to promote our upcoming Angel of Hope Gala.

From the Archives: MercyFirst Celebrates 130 Years! Economic hardships during the Second World War meant fewer foster homes were available for children. As a result, the number of infants living at Angel Guardian Home (today MercyFirst) increased. The Nursey at Angel Guardian was staffed by Sisters of Mercy as well as lay staff. Nurses worked day and night shifts taking care of 10-12 babies each! After the war, homefinding staff were once again able to place children in foster and adoptive homes. Eventually, in 1973, the Nursey program closed because the needs of the children were being met in homes, supported by the social services programs of Angel Guardian. (The Nursey at Angel Guardian Home. Photos dated ca. 1960s.)

MercyFirst celebrated our new and newly renovated Staten Island Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC) Office with a Ribbon Cutting Event held on June 20th. MercyFirst staff were proud to welcome friends, board members, officials, and local community members with a tour of the beautifully designed spaces. The building was transformed with the creation of a warm and inviting reception area, addition of new offices and meeting rooms for staff, and wellness and visiting rooms for children and families. This renovation was made possible thanks to the support from Hyde and Watson Foundation and the Ira W. DeCamp Foundation. Thank you for celebrating with us! Commissioner Jess Dannhauser, NYC Administration for Children's Services- Deputy Commissioner Ina Mendez, LCSW, Division of Family Permanency Services, NYC Administration for Children's Services- ACS Nancy Ikeda, Children and Family Services Specialist, New York State Office of Children and Family Services Lindsey Crane and Maya Sheridan from Ira W. De Camp Foundation Casey Brown from the Office of Assistant Majority Leader Charles D. Fall New York State Assembly Majority Olabumie Mensah from Victory Worship Center Ian Dumont and Brian Roney from Mutual of America Financial Group Sisters of Mercy of the Americas

Congratulations to our talented youth and team from our Art and Creative Therapies Department for their beautiful display of artwork, "A Place That Brings Me Joy". Earlier this week MercyFirst welcomed youth, staff and friends to an opening reception at the Planting Fields Arboretum, Oyster Bay. This art exhibit will be on display through the end of April. Thank you to our partners for their generous support of our art reception- Whitsons Culinary Group for providing cheese and cracker platters and Central Business Systems for providing bottles of wine.