August Volunteering Recap at Riverdale Y
From the Volunteer Director, September still carries the warmth of summer, yet it also brings a cool freshness that signals new beginnings. It is the season of return: back to school, back to family traditions, back to the rhythm and energy that carry us into fall. At the Riverdale Y, we step into this season […]
July Volunteering Recap at Riverdale Y
From the Volunteer Director, Rooted in Action: Teens Building Community in Real Time While summer winds down, our teen interns are just hitting their stride. Every week, they show up—setting up the Sunday Market, selling cookies and snow cones, sharing stories with older adults, and learning what it means to build community by being a […]
June Volunteering Recap at Riverdale Y
Dear Volunteers, I am deeply grateful for the way you responded when we needed you most. At approximately 10:45 on Wednesday, June 25, we learned that we would need to shut down the building due to a water outage. By 11:00, you were already in motion. Some of you began taking down the lunch setup […]
May Volunteering Recap at Riverdale Y
From the Volunteer Director When Service becomes a Story On May 2, Riverdale Y had the privilege of hosting over 160 students and faculty from Riverdale Country School for a service day that spoke volumes—about compassion, responsibility, and the kind of values that truly shape a community. Together, students and teachers assembled more than 2,000 […]
Junior Rising Stars Perform The SpongeBob Musical, Young Performers’ Edition
Junior Rising Stars, Riverdale Y’s youth theatre company, is entering their second weekend of performances for The SpongeBob Musical Young Performers’ Edition. This show is an adaptation of the Broadway smash The SpongeBob Musical specially designed for elementary age performers. Featuring the iconic characters from the animated series, this production was an especially exciting opportunity for […]
Sunday Market Grand Reopening!
After a very long hiatus, we are poised and ready to bring our Sunday Market back to all its glory at Riverdale Temple, this Sunday, May 11. With a few fabulous returning faces, and many new wonderful ones, we are so excited to share all the hard work we’ve put in behind the scenes to reimagine […]
April Volunteering Recap at Riverdale Y
From the Volunteer Director, Showing Up, Together This month has been a beautiful reminder of the power of community. From celebrating Good Deeds Day with service and connection, to gathering in the spirit of Passover and supporting one another with care and tradition, we have shown what it means to show up—for each other and […]
Celebrating Diversity in Early Childhood Center
Pre-K students in the Riverdale Y Early Childhood Center have spent the last two weeks celebrating the diversity that makes our school so special. Children as young as three already know that no two people are the same and that the world includes people who speak different languages and look different from each other. At our own […]
Junior Rising Stars close new production of “The Addams Family: Young@Part”
Riverdale Performing Arts Center, the longest-running theater company in Riverdale and part of Riverdale Y, recently closed the first show of the Junior Rising Stars season with a production of The Addams Family Young @ Part performed by some of our community’s youngest artists. This show is an adaptation of Broadway hit The Addams Family specially […]