One fine day last fall, Board member Molly Goldfarb brought a group of volunteers from BlackRock Real Estate. Since their field is buildings, they brought some Duplo sets in new and exciting colors to share with the children. Molly found Bloomingdale through BoardLead, an organization that pairs people with time and energy to volunteer with […]
Bank Street Comes to Play
Bank Street School for Children is a neighborhood institution and a good friend to Bloomingdale. They are known for their warm and child-centered approach to learning. So it is not surprising that when their students came to our classrooms, they fit right in. Happy interactions and high spirits abounded. Said one student about […]
Eleanor’s Bat Mitzvah Year
Eleanor Keohane celebrated her Bat Mitzvah year with a series of commitments to Bloomingdale. She came many times to volunteer in our classrooms, sometimes by herself and sometimes with her friend Phoebe. On one grand occasion, she brought many classmates to our site at W. 107th Street. They got to know the children, ate […]