GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES

Connecting vulnerable NYC youth to family, school and community to ensure safe passage to self-sufficiency

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Please read on for the latest news about Good Shepherd's programs, events, and activities.  To view all of our recent news stories please click here.

SHP Hosts Spanish-Language Community Forum

Nearly 50 honored guests and community residents attended a domestic violence forum entitled "Nuestra Seguridad, Nuestras Comunidades," ("Our Safety, Our Communities) on Saturday, April 28 at P.S. 24 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. more

GSS Youth Summit 2012

On a Friday at the end of March, 151 young people and staff from 15 GSS high school programs and three middle school programs participated in our Youth Summit 2012, which had as its theme "The More You Learn...The More You Lead."  
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Groundwork is Joining Good Shepherd Services!

Groundwork and Good Shepherd Services are joining forces!  Beginning on January  1, 2012, Groundwork's network of after-school, college preparation, case management and other supportive programs in East New York and Bedford-Stuyvesant came under the management of Good Shepherd Services.  Under our plan, Groundwork will become part of our Brooklyn network of community-based programs enabling us to have greater impact than ever before.    more

GSS Publishes Annual Report

We are pleased to announce the publication of Good Shepherd Services' 2010-2011 Annual Report, highlighting our activities during the last program year.  If you would like a hard copy of the report, please contact Julie Beck at 212-243-7070, ext 244. more

Other Announcements

Listen to a podcast featuring Sr. Paulette

As part of the Philanthropy New York’s THOUGHT LEADER series, Good Shepherd Services Executive Director Sister Paulette LoMonaco recently joined Robert Egger, Executive Director of the DC Central Kitchen, and author of Begging For Change to discuss the current state of national and local social service nonprofits and how they are coping with numerous budget cuts and how they will move forward. To listen to the synopsis of the program, click here.

Calling Employers!

Get extra help and make a real difference in the life of a young person! Our young people are ready to work 5 to 15 hours a week in supported internships at no cost to you. more

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Success Story

Lidia, Family Reception Center

Most evenings, Lidia and her family sit down and share an uninterrupted meal together. Through her involvement with Good Shepherd Service's Family Reception Center, Lidia has learned that regularly sharing a meal helps her family to improve the ways in which they communicate and reinforces how important they are to each other.

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Accomplishments

GSS Takes Top Management Award

GSS wins 2007 New York Times Company Excellence Award for overall management excellence in inaugural year of prestigious, new initiative for New York City area nonprofits. more


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