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Where to Volunteer with Kids in the New York Area
Give back to your community with your entire family in the New York area by volunteering with your k...
Nationwide Campout Kicks Off Summer
The National Wildlife Federation will sponsor The Great American Backyard Campout this June to encou...
Car Seat Inspection Sites in the NYC Area
Want to know where to get your child's car seat checked, to make sure it's meeting safety guidelines...
Etnies Shoe Line Benefits Autism Speaks
Etnies, maker of action shoes and apparel, has partnered with Autism Speaks, the nation's largest au...
Autism Speaks Releases IEP Guide for Parents
A new Individualized Education Programs (IEP) guide helps parents of children with special needs und...
New Online Store Allows Women to Rent Designer Maternity Clothes
Mine for Nine is an online boutique that allows women to borrow designer maternity clothes at 75 per...
Organize Your Children's Health Records Online with MotherKnows
MotherKnows is a secure website and mobile app that provides parents access to their child's health ...
New Car Seat Guidelines Require Kids Under Age 2 Remain in Rear-Facing Seats
According to a new study, parents are turning car seats to face forward too early. Although the Amer...
New York City Libraries Announce New Chapter Program to Waive Young Patrons' Late Fees
New York City’s three library systems are teaming up to give children and teens across the five boro...
Hannah Montana Star Jason Earles Teaches Kids' Acting Class in NYC
Disney Channel star Jason Earles, best known for playing Miley Cyrus' older brother Jackson Stewart ...
Bowling for Pajamas in Westchester
The Westchester County chapter of the Pajama Program will host its Third Annual Bowl-a-Rama for Paja...
Grow to Learn Awards 36 Grants to NYC School Gardens
GrowNYC and the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City today announced $59,044 in mini-grant funding ...
Rockland County Little League Softball All-Stars Achieve Great Success at State Level and Beyond
Four Rockland County little league softball all-star teams became New York state champions this year...
New Children's Library Discovery Center Opens in Jamaica, Queens
Jamaica is now home to the Helen M. Marshall Children's Library Discovery Center, a world-class chil...
United Way of Westchester and Putnam Installs First Born Learning Trail in Westchester County
Westchester County's first Born Learning Trail, developed by the United way of Westchester and Putna...
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio Urges Public School Parents in Brooklyn to Sign a 'Count on Me' Pledge
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio stopped by P.S. 67 in Brooklyn on the first day of school to urge par...
J.K. Rowling Gives Us More Harry Potter with New Site: Pottermore
October marks the launch of Pottermore, a website created by J.K. Rowling to allow us muggles to ent...
East Side Training Opens on the Upper East Side
East Side Training is a new fitness facility on the Upper East Side that offers boot camp programs a...
New Website Profiles Private and Public Schools in NYC
A new website by EduProfile includes profiles on thousands of private and public schools in New York...
PlayTogether NYC Helps Children Build Confidence Through Play
PlayTogether NYC, a certified preschool, opens its doors on the Upper West Side, offering a play-bas...
Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities Honors Three Outstanding Teens from the New York City Area
Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities honored seven teens from across the country this year with you...
Swimmers Raise More Than $8,000 for United Hospice of Rockland
Participants in Rockland County's first-ever Swim for Hospice charity event raised thousands of doll...
New York Life Foundation Awards $750,000 in Grants to Harlem Children's Zone and New Visions for Public Schools
These grants from the New York Life Foundation will help support college readiness initiatives in th...
Smart Shoppers Can Support Underserved NYC Teens with the Opportunity Card
Those who purchase an Opportunity Card to benefit the NYC nonprofit Futures and Options can save 20 ...
Two Long Island Teens Win A.L.L.Y. Awards at 2011 International Year of Youth Culmination Celebration
Long Island residents Olivia Bouler and Rachel Shuster were given A.L.L.Y. awards honoring their lea...
Two Manhattan Teens Win A.L.L.Y. Awards at 2011 International Year of Youth Culmination Celebration
Two NYC teens were honored with A.L.L.Y. Awards for the positive changes they've made in their commu...
NASA's Final Mission Crew Visits the American Museum of Natural History
The four crew members from NASA's Atlantis STS-135 space shuttle, the organization's last space shut...
NYC Autism Speaks Gala Raises More than $66,000
Autism Speaks' third annual Autism Speaks to Young Professionals summer gala, held in NYC, raised mo...
Emergency Preparedness Tips for Pregnant Women and New Parents
As residents of the East Coast ready for the first hurricane of the 2011 season, the March of Dimes ...
Free Helpline Connects Hudson Valley Residents to Wide Variety of Resources in Storm Emergency
Residents should add the free and confidential Hudson Valley Region 2-1-1 helpline to their list of ...
New Study Reveals Women Lose Sleep Over Finances More than Men
With the state of the economy on everyone's mind, it's not surprising that many families are experie...
Kumon Centers Open in Prospect Heights and Gravesent-West
Two new Kumon Learning Centers in Brooklyn are offering math and reading help to kids in Prospect He...
Mathnasium Opens in Brooklyn Heights
Mathnasium, a math tutoring and learning center for kids, opened a new center in Brooklyn Heights, t...
The Little Backyardigans Play Room Opens in Brooklyn
The Little Backyardigans Play Room in Brooklyn helps children transition smoothly to a full school d...
Kate Tempesta's Urban Golf Academy Opens in Brooklyn
Kate Tempesta's Urban Golf Academy opened a new location in Brooklyn, offering golf lessons to kids ...
Westchester's Ridge Hill Offers Shopping, Dining, Entertainment, and Luxury Living in Yonkers
Westchester's Ridge Hill, the new mixed-use community in Yonkers, has become a shopping and dining d...
Comcast Now Offers Internet Essentials to Low-Income Families
Comcast's new Internet Essentials provides low-income families with affordable Internet service and ...
College Test Prep Comes to the Bronxville Adult School
The Bronxville Adult School is offering SAT, ACT, and PSAT test prep classes for students this fall ...
Applause Westchester Adds New Music, Dance, and Acting Classes for Kids
Applause Westchester in Mamaroneck, New York, will introduce four new classes for kids - including a...
Over the Moon Music and More in Westchester County NY Introduces Big Kids Music Together
Over the Moon Music and More will introduce a Music Together class for older children (ages 5-7) thi...
The Picture House in Pelham NY Adds Film Program for Toddlers
The Picture House in Pelham, New York, has added several classes to its educational programming, inc...
Dr. Delaney Pediatric Dentistry Opens in Mahopac NY
Delaney Acosta, DDS, opened Dr. Delaney Pediatric Dentistry, bringing the only pediatric dentistry o...
Saddle River Day School in New Jersey Will Open New Elementary Wing this Fall
When elementary students return to New Jersey's Saddle River Day School this September, they'll be a...
Shop for a Cause at Macy's to Benefit the March of Dimes
Back-to-school shoppers can help a worthy cause: During Macy's annual Shop for a Cause program on Au...
New York City Schools Offer Standardized Test Results Online
The New York State Department of Education last week released the official results of standardized t...
Three NYC and New Jersey Area Companies Make the Top 10 in Working Mother's 'Best Companies for Kids' List
Good news for working moms and dads in the NYC and New Jersey area who want to balance a successful ...
Brooklyn Artists Gym offers Free Housing to Single Parent Artists in the Park Slope/Gowanus Area
For a few local single-parent-artists, the Brooklyn Artists Gym (BAG), an artists’ studio and galler...
Local Students Organize Rockland County's First Public Advocacy Roundtable Discussion
College students from Rockland County, New York, met with area officials, including Senator David Ca...
Author Nina Crews Visits Brooklyn Hospital Center's Children's Health Center
Children's author and illustrator Nina Crews stopped by The Brooklyn Hospital Center's Children's He...
Amateur Sand Sculptors Flock to Coney Island
Dozens of contestants from the NYC area spent the day at the beach at Coney Island, vying for cash p...
Brooklyn Artist Designs Forever Stamps to Celebrate America's Space Age
Artist Donato Giancola, a father of two from Boerum Hill, designed and painted two new Forever Stamp...
13 Tips for Finding an Honest Mechanic
When taking your car in for repair, many mechanics will count on your lack of automotive expertise, ...
Super Sprowtz Teach East Harlem Kids About Healthy Eating
The vegetable superheroes from Super Sprowtz, accompanied by creator Radha Agrawal and Manhattan Bor...
Rockland County Girl Scout Earns Gold Award for 'Pillows for Pink' Project
Rachel Broudy of West Nyack, a member of Pearl River Troop 40578 Girl Scouts Heart of Hudson, earned...
Degrassi Stars Stop by Hudson Youth Leadership Academy at SUNY Rockland Community College
Actors Dalmar Abuzeid and Raymond Ablack, stars of Teen Nick's "Degrassi" TV show, stopped by the se...
Free Back to School Shots for Kids in Westchester County NY
The Westchester County Health Department is offering free back-to-school immunization clinics in Aug...
Scribble Press Partners With Faber-Castell USA in Story Contest
Scribble Press and Faber-Castell welcome young artists and writers to enter their Faber-Castell Scri...
City Parks Foundation Offers Free Golf Lessons in NYC Parks this August
The City Parks Foundation is offering free golf lessons to kids in New York City this August, at Eas...
Does Your Baby Look Like a Celebrity?
Does your baby look like a celebrity? Enter the Baby Shorts Celebrity Lookalike contest to win a $10...
Relationship Expert Laurie Puhn to Appear on FOX's 'Father Albert' Show
Our relationship columnist Laurie Puhn, Westchester mom and author of the bestseller "Fight Less, Lo...
Westchester Children’s Museum Director Named Peer Reviewer for American Association of Museums
Tracy Kay, executive director of the Westchester Children's Museum, has been selected to serve as a ...
Kmart Celebrates New Playdate Parents Online Community with NYC Family Picnic
Kmart marked the debut of its new online community, Playdate Parents, with NYC families during a Pla...
Galli Theater Benefit Raises More Than $2,500 for Dr. Fairytale
The Second Annual Galli Theater Benefit in Manhattan raised more than $2,500 for Dr. Fairytale, an N...
Top Chefs of Northern Westchester Raises Almost $13,000 for the United Way
The third annual Top Chefs of Northern Westchester, which brings together fine restaurants throughou...
Sunflower Kidz Daycare Opens in East Elmhurst NY
Sunflower Kidz Daycare opens in Queens this September, bringing an affordable childcare and preschoo...
NY Salt Room Opens in Brooklyn
Avi Hasson opened NY Salt Room, Brooklyn’s first salt therapy center, offering a natural, drug-free ...
Watercooler Opens, Brings Coworking to Tarrytown NY
Entrepreneur Jenifer Ross brought the coworking movement to Tarrytown, New York, when she opened Wat...
Green Meadow Waldorf School Opens Early Childhood Center in Tarrytown NY
Green Meadow Waldorf School in Chestnut Ridge will open a satellite Early Childhood Center in Tarryt...
WellU Medical Weight Loss Opens in White Plains NY
WellU Medical Weight Loss, founded by Dr. Terry Ellman, brings physician-supervised, non-surgical we...
New Bilingual Program for Kids Opens in Scarsdale NY
Little Linguists is a new kind of bilingual program for kids in Westchester County offering immersio...
Fabric Lady Opens in Congers NY
The Fabric Lady, a fabric and sewing supply store in Congers, New York, opened in April, offering se...
Sprouting Learners Daycare Opens in Nanuet NY
At Sprouting Learners, a new preschool and daycare center in Nanuet, New York, teachers encourage ch...
Helping Kids Pediatrics Opens in New City NY
Doctors Stanley and Elizabeth Jacob opened Helping Kids Pediatrics, a private pediatric practice in ...
Bethpage Federal Credit Union Awards 10 Scholarships to Long Island Graduating Seniors
Bethpage Federal Credit Union of Long Island announced the 10 graduating seniors who received $1,000...
Celebrate the Tiger Triplets' First Birthday at the Bronx Zoo
The Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo invites visitors to celebrate the one-year birthday of...
Bedford NY Tween Becomes Youngest SCRABBLE Expert in History
Eleven-year-old Mack Meller of Bedford, New York, became the youngest expert in official tournament ...
Elementary Students in Piermont NY Donate 556,000 Can Tabs to Ronald McDonald House
Third grade students from Tappan Zee Elementary School in Piermont, NY, collected more than a half m...
Boscobel House and Gardens Names New Executive Director
David A. Krol is the new executive director of Boscobel House and Gardens, a Hudson River Valley mus...
Star Kidz Opens in NYC
Star Kidz, an after-school performance program for kids, opened its first NYC location in Midtown Ea...
RoboMindTech Opens New Center in Queens
RoboMindTech, a math, science, and engineering program for kids, opened a new learning center in Fre...
Bilingual Summer Camp Opens in Queens
Yelena's Day Care, a Russian-English bilingual preschool program in Forest Hills, Queens, is now off...
Brooklyn Hospital Center Opens New Family Health Center
The Brooklyn Hospital Center celebrated the grand opening of its expanded 61st Street Family Health ...
Long Island Students Take 6th in National Rocket Challenge
Three Green Vale School students claimed sixth place in this year's national Team America Rocketry C...
Usdan Center Awards 5 Music Scholarships to Long Island Teens
This new scholarship program, sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union, allows students who would ...
W.T. Clarke Students Win New York Business Plan Competition
W.T. Clarke High School receives top prize in teen business plan competition for the third year in a...
Staten Island Yankees Battle Alzheimer's
Baseball fans and members of the Alzheimer's community united in the battle against Alzheimer's dise...
The Candy Rush Opens in Brooklyn
The Candy Rush, a new candy and ice cream shop in Brooklyn, celebrated its grand opening June 25....
Early Intervention Reimbursement Bill Passes NY Assembly and State
New York Assemblywoman Amy Paulin's legislation to increase insurance payments to counties for early...
Brooklyn Residents Rally to Save the Libraries
Hundreds of Brooklyn Public Library supporters rallied outside Central Library to protest proposed 2...
Perinatal Care in Rockland County, NY
Perinatal Associates opened its doors in New City, NY, this year, bringing the first medical practic...
Bergen County Swing Sets Opens in Pompton Plains, NJ
Bergen County Swing Sets, which specializes in outdoor playgrounds and redwood swing sets, opened a ...
New Osteopathic Medicine Practice Opens in Larchmont, NY
Athina Giovanis, DO, opened a new medical practice in Larchmont, New York, specializing in osteopath...
Westchester Sandbox Theatre Introduces Summer Theatre Program for Kids
The Westchester Sandbox Theatre's first summer theatre program for children includes two fully stage...
Custom Cake Shop Opens in Mamaroneck
ABC Cakes opened March 20 in Mamaroneck, NY, offering customized cakes, cupcakes, baking classes, an...
New Website Offers Parents and Teens Insight on Experiential Learning Opportunities
A new, award-winning website for teenagers and their parents offers a comprehensive guide to college...
New Website Eases Dining-Out Worries for Food Allergy Sufferers
AllergyEats.com is a guide to allergy-friendly restaurants across the country....
Atlantis Marine World Aquarium Expands, Changes Name
Atlantis Marine World in Riverhead, NY, has changed its name to the Long Island Aquarium and Exhibit...
Bank of America Announces $1 Million Multi-Year Donation to Support Special Olympics
Bank of America, proud sponsor of Special Olympics for more than three decades, today announced a th...
Administration for Children's Services Honors 51 NYC Foster Parents
The 2011 Foster Parent Recognition Ceremony, held May 26, honored 51 foster parents for their dedica...
Long Island Teens Start Dance Costume Drive
Five Long Island teenagers founded From Our Hearts to Your Toes this spring to collect gently used d...