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The best of Upstate New York is promised for exciting shopping opportunities at the Harvest Moon Holiday Market. This long-awaited gathering of area artists and gift shops will be hosted at Windridge Estate - Red Barn 20 in Cazenovia, NY. Opening night, Thursday, October 26th, will benefit Elmcrest Children's Center.  See more details Read More »

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 »

United Way Day of Caring

We are so excited to join our friends from Excellus BlueCross BlueShield for the United Way Day of Caring event scheduled on August 3, 2023.  Excellus BCBS provided Elmcrest with a generous donation to support Staff Development for our new Elmcrest Children’s Crisis Respite Center. The center which provides support to children ages 5-18 years Read More »