Category Archives: News
Outreach Center Golf Outing / Soccer Clinic / Summer Camp
Friends, It’s either good karma, or someone must be looking over us, as we have had picture-perfect weather for all our outdoor spring events! On Monday, May 20th, we could not ask for a more perfect day for our golf outing and it turned out to be a total success! I thank all the sponsors, […]
Outreach Center Summer Camp Golf Outing
Friends, Our Summer Camp Golf Outing was a total success thanks to your overall participation. I just want to personally thank you for your generous sponsorships, donations, participation in golf, or joining us for dinner. Again, the weather cooperated and made for an enjoyable day and night. This fundraiser is for our summer camp where […]
Outreach Center Update
Friends, After a fun week of earthquakes, aftershocks, and a Solar Eclipse, we are back to business! The Suffolk County Police Department Community Relations Bureau, in conjunction with the EAC Network, is offering on-site inspections of car seats for the Wyandanch community. If, upon inspection, the car seat is unsafe, they will replace it. The […]
Outreach Center Summer Camp Golf Outing
Friends, Here we go …It’s that time again as the Gerald J. Ryan Outreach Center (GROC) is gearing up for our annual Summer Camp Golf Outing. This is our largest fundraiser, which is scheduled for Monday, May 2oth, 2024 at Indian Hills Country Club.
Outreach Center Update
Friends, All is good at the Outreach Center at this time. We are extremely busy with our food and clothing pantry as we have never seen such a great need for basic food and clothing. Although a limit was established for the maximum number of daily clients, this was never enforced until last month. We […]
December Outreach Update
Friends, This year, over 400 children have registered to receive toys; each child gets three new, age and gender appropriate toys this year (1,200 toys). Needless to say, the Outreach is humming with activity as we bag the toys and call each family; the adults come and discreetly pick up the toys so they can […]
News12 – Outreach Center Sees Surge in Demand Ahead of Holidays
Friends, Last week, News Channel 12 came by the Outreach and filmed a few minutes in the daily life of the Outreach; this clip aired today and can be viewed in the link below. This snapshot accurately captures what happens on a daily basis and how important the services provided by the Outreach and how so much is accomplished by so few.
Outreach Center Update
It has been a busy 50th-year anniversary for the Gerald J. Ryan Outreach Center here in Wyandanch. A sincere ‘Thank you” to all the people who donated this past summer to purchase ice cream and pizza for the children at camp! The seventy-five campers loved the special attention and treats they received each week. We […]
Outreach Center Update – Summer Camp!
Friends, As you know, our summer camp is in full swing with 75 kids registered and more being added daily! On day three, a CBS van with a camera crew and reporter showed up to film a story on Island Harvest and their summer lunch program. Although we only had about an hour’s notice, I […]
Outreach Center Update
Friends, The Outreach is feeling kind of lucky! The success of any golf outing is predicated on the weather and we could not have asked for a more perfect day and night on May 22nd. Our Outreach Center Summer Camp Golf Outing fundraiser was a complete success as 132 golfers and an additional 45 dinner […]