What a transformation at our Skeele Valley location thanks to the hard work of our staff and 3 remarkable youth employees !

The Executive Director, Ruth Ann Riposa, and the Director of Residential Services, Shereen Webb, had an opportunity to see what the kids have accomplished this summer. Their task was to make overgrown trails accessible for hiking and they knocked it out of park! Using the hand tools shown, they cleared 3 trails and, according to Read More »

You Made a Difference

Thank you to our friends at Alta Material Handling and Foster Love! Thank you to our friends at Alta Material Handling in Upstate New York and Foster Love for choosing Elmcrest Children’s Center as the recipient of 15 new bicycles and helmets for our kids.  When our kids saw the bikes, they couldn’t have been Read More »

Young Entrepreneurs

What could you do if  you wanted to have a pizza party, but had no money to purchase the pizza? Open a lemonade stand! That’s exactly what the boys and girls in Cottage 7 set up last Friday. And their timing was excellent. The recent scorching summer temperatures kept everyone thirsty, --  so the lemonade Read More »