Click Here to See our mentors making a difference at Summer Reading Buddies thanks to the Yonkers Public Schools

Click to see our Mentors and their students working together at Reading Buddies After School at Ridgeway Elementary School in White Plains

Get Involved NOW:

If you can spare an hour, you can make a difference! E-mail us at

or call us at

(914) 423-5009

if you would like to put your skills to use and you're interested in volunteering for one of our programs, we will help you find the place to do it!!  

The combination of

SMART (Students and Mature Adults Read Together)

and

Reading Buddies After School

is one of five programs selected nationally in 2011 as a

A first time award with selection based on the overall quality of  intergenerational programming and adherence to quality criteria.

Our Programs

SMART (Students and Mature Adults Read Together)

Reading Buddies After School (RBAS)

Summer Reading Buddies (SRB) 

OPEN BOOK: Reading Aloud Is Ageless 

Introduction to America

STACK (Students Teach Adults Computer Knowledge)

Holocaust Remembrance Program 

Scholarship Award Program 

Jewish Council of Yonkers 

NYSIgN (New York State Intergenerational Network) 

Strengthening the Community

JCY-Westchester Community Partners develops intergenerational programs to meet the needs of the community.

Focusing on the assets of Seniors, JCY-Westchester Community Partners creatively engages the older adult population in meaningful, volunteer, recreational, social, educational and cultural programs. These programs have effectively enriched the lives of a growing senior population.

Focusing on the literacy needs of our Youth, JCY-Westchester Community Partners develops intergenerational programs that improve the reading and writing abilities of the students in K-12 and provide opportunities for student community service.