Stories

Central New York is home to more than 7,000 veterans, signifying a need for support services. This sparked the vision for Clear Path for Veterans.

Once housed in a small office, CAP's old location was not sufficient to meet the needs of its nearly 12,000 low-income clients.

On a Wednesday evening in the middle of April, classrooms at the YMCA of Greater Syracuse are abuzz with activity. A diverse crowd is streaming into the Downtown Writer’s Center, which offers low-cost, accessible writing workshops.

For many, the library is a light of hope within a rural school district where nearly 50 percent of students and their families are considered economically disadvantaged.

Over its 125-year history, the Earlville Opera House has been host to a variety of performances including Vaudeville acts, three-penny operas and traveling medicine shows.

174,860 residents of Central and Northern New York are food insecure, meaning that they do not know where their next meal is coming from.

What if they borrowed mowers and offered their services to the neighborhood? It was worth a try.

In 1989, we launched TLC, once known as the Neighborhood Leadership Program, to teach practical skills to grassroots organizations working to improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods.

Since its establishment, Greater Syracuse Works (GSW) has helped leverage more than $10 million in state and federal grants to help community agencies provide employment and training opportunities for low-income residents in the Syracuse area.

“It is important to me to teach my children how to read and write, and to pursue higher education."