Civic Organizations
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The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.
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The Children’s Hope Chest provides help to children in the community suffering from poverty, abuse, neglect and illness by promoting adult and youth volunteerism.
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P.O. Box 460
Purchase, NY 10577
Purchase, NY 10577
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Provides community healthcare for the homeless.
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123 E Post Rd
White Plains, NY 10601
White Plains, NY 10601
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El Centro Hispano’s mission is to assist, support, and strengthen Hispanic families; to help them become self- sufficient; and to ease their transition into their new culture while maintaining and enriching their own.
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346 S. Lexington Ave
White Plains, NY 10606
White Plains, NY 10606
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Family Services of Westchester is an umbrella organization that includes: Adoption Services; Early Childhood; Big Brother, Big Sister; Employee Assistance; Family Support, Youth Programs, and a Technology Learning Center
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One Summit Ave.
White Plains, NY 10606
White Plains, NY 10606
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Head Start provides comprehensive education, health, and nutrition to low-income children and their families.
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1 Summit Avenue
White Plains, NY 10606
White Plains, NY 10606
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Protects and provides information to first time voters, non-college youth, new citizens, minorities, elderly and low income Americans so that they can exercise their right to vote.
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200 Hamilton Ave
White Plains, NY 10601
White Plains, NY 10601
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Free, high quality counsel in civil matters for poor and low-income individuals and families
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90 Maple Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
White Plains, NY 10601
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Lifting Up Westchester restores hope to Westchester County’s men, women and children in need by providing them with food, shelter and support—and lifting them to greater self-sufficiency with dignity and respect.
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35 Orchard Street
White Plains, NY 10603
White Plains, NY 10603
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Provides a gathering place, educational, health, social service, recreational programs, and advocates for improved services for the LGBT community.
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252 Bryant Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
White Plains, NY 10605
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Offers programs in the areas of immigration legal services, citizenship applications, family law, advocacy, employment, housing, education and job training.
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46 Waller Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
White Plains, NY 10601
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Offers a counseling program, brief legal services and emergency shelter, for those suffering from domestic violence and human trafficking.
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1 Water St
White Plains, NY 10601
White Plains, NY 10601
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NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
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100 Clearbrook Rd # 181
Elmsford, NY 10523
Elmsford, NY 10523
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Ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.
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Prospect St.
White Plains, NY 10605
White Plains, NY 10605
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An eight bed shelter for single homeless men, Open Arms provides a full range of services for residents 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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86 E Post Rd
White Plains, NY 10601
White Plains, NY 10601
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The historic home, built circa 1895, where the pianist and composer Percy Grainger lived, 1921-1961.
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7 CROMWELL PLACE
WHITE PLAINS, NY 10601
WHITE PLAINS, NY 10601
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Encourages and fosters the idea of service as a basis of worthy enterprise.
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P.O. Box 1712
White Plains, NY 10602
White Plains, NY 10602
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Dedicated to overcoming poverty, curing hunger, providing shelter and helping disaster victims.
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16 Sterling Avenue
White Plains, NY 10606
White Plains, NY 10606
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The mission of the Urban League of Westchester County is to enable African Americans to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights.
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61 Mitchell Pl
White Plains, NY 10601
White Plains, NY 10601
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A charity established locally to aid men and women of the armed services.
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P.O. Box 71
Eastchester, NY 10709
Eastchester, NY 10709
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A one-stop resource devoted to increasing volunteerism in Westchester and surrounding communities.
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220 White Plains Road Second Floor
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Tarrytown, NY 10591
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Provides outreach and community to individuals, groups and leaders in civic and religious organizations who find themselves without a voice or support system for their progressive positions.
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31 Mamaroneck Ave #403
White Plains, NY 10601
White Plains, NY 10601
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To mobilize and efficiently manage resources through partnerships and collaborations to help the low-income and at-risk populations in the Hudson Valley region to achieve greater self-sufficiency.
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2 Westchester Plaza
Elmsford, NY 10523
Elmsford, NY 10523
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WCHS was founded in 1874 as a member-based, not-for-profit agency incorporated by the State of New York to serve the citizens of Westchester County. Named as the official County Historian in 2006, the Society's mission is to collect and preserve books, pamphlets, maps, manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, periodicals, film, video and digital materials pertaining to the history of Westchester County, to promote the knowledge and understanding of that history, and to advocate for the preservation of the county's architectural heritage.
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2199 Saw Mill River Road
Elmsford, NY 10523
Elmsford, NY 10523
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A not-for-profit, community-based, cross-disability resource, advocacy, and training center dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with disabilities.
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10 County Center Road 2nd floor
White Plains, NY 10607
White Plains, NY 10607
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Strengthens communities by helping people of all ages and backgrounds overcome emotional, cognitive, physical and social challenges.
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845 North Broadway
White Plains, NY 10603
White Plains, NY 10603
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Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) strengthens communities by helping people of all ages and backgrounds overcome emotional, cognitive, physical and social challenges.
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845 North Broadway
White Plains, NY 10603
White Plains, NY 10603
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Inspired by Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement, we facilitate nonviolent action for social justice and we learn and teach nonviolence as a way of life.
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250 Bryant Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
White Plains, NY 10605
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Westchester County’s leading provider of housing and supportive services for low-income populations.
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8 Bashford St. Yonkers, New York 10701
Yonkers, New York 10701, NY 10701
Yonkers, New York 10701, NY 10701
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Wheels for Wishes Foundation uses the money from donated cars to benefit Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley and helps to grant wishes for kids with life-threatening medical conditions throughout the area.
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75 S. Broadway
White Plains, NY 10601
White Plains, NY 10601
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Live, work and visit, we undertake a variety of projects. Dedicated to encouraging gardens, trees and green areas, we plant and maintain gardens, funded primarily through our Adopt-a-Park program.
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65 Park Avenue
White Plains, NY 10603
White Plains, NY 10603
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A non-profit, 501©3 corporation that offers supplemental services to the White Plains Central Business District to enhance its economic, social, and cultural landscape.
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235 Mamaroneck Ave Suite 200
White Plains, NY 10601
White Plains, NY 10601
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Promote public interest, awareness and generate pride in our history's past and present, in the City of White Plains.
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Jacob Purdy House 60 Park Avenue
White Plains, NY 10603
White Plains, NY 10603
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Lions meet the needs of local communities and the world every day because they share a core belief – to serve their community. Lions have a dynamic history. Lions International was founded in 1917, we are best known for fighting blindness, but we also volunteer for many different kinds of community projects – including caring for the environment, feeding the hungry and aiding seniors and the disabled.
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Provide children and youth ages 5 through 24, with the tools they need to become good citizens, and to the skills needed to become competent leaders of the 21st century. The Youth Bureau provides opportunities for today's youth to apply their energies and skills thus enabling them to believe in their futures and themselves.
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The mission of Yes She Can Inc. is to help teen girls and young women with autism spectrum disorders develop transferable job skills to enable them to join the competitive workforce and achieve greater independence.
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4 Martine Avenue, Store 2B
White Plains, NY 10606
White Plains, NY 10606
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The YMCA of Central and Northern Westchester is committed to youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. A charitable, not-for-profit organization that welcomes all people regardless of age, race, religion or economic status and strives to enrich each and every life through a unique, dynamic combination of programs that strengthens spirit, mind and body.
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148 Hamilton Ave
White Plains, NY 10601
White Plains, NY 10601
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A co-ed organization that provides supportive housing for low-income women in New York State and the only provider in Westchester County. Cultivates girls to be tomorrow’s leaders, prepares children for a bright future through one of the largest early education and youth services programs in the county.
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515 North Street
White Plains, NY 10605
White Plains, NY 10605
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