Upcoming Events

DreamYard’s Bronx Writes Poetry Slam

 

Judges are needed for poetry slam competitions!

Dates (choose one):

Tuesday – Friday: May 26, 27, 28, and 29;

Select times available week of June 1st.

Times (choose one 1 ½ hour slot):

Each Day: 9 am, 10:30 am, 12 pm, OR 1:30 pm.

 Please note:

  • Judges are strongly encouraged to arrive 20 minutes prior to start time to review judging guidelines (i.e. 9 am = 8:40).
  • All schools are easily accessible to public transportation. Alternatively, judges may arrive early at the DreamYard office (672 Gerard Avenue; right next to Yankee Stadium), and a DreamYard staff member will drive to the school with the volunteer(s).

 Location: Each competition is hosted at a Bronx based elementary, middle or high school. Based on availability, location and directions will be provided.

 

Description: DreamYard’s Bronx Writes poetry project places professional poets in K-12 grade schools for yearlong residencies. Students analyze the work of outstanding poets and learn essential creative writing and literacy skills. Twice per year, the residencies culminate in a Bronx-wide poetry slam competition facilitated through videoconferencing. DreamYard is seeking volunteers to help judge these exciting competitions! Judges will be part of a panel of educators and student poets based at a DreamYard partner school. The judging process is straightforward and accessible—you don’t have to be a poet or writer to be a great judge!

Poetry slam is a competitive form of poetry that emphasizes both writing and performance skills.  Each school is represented by a slam team, and the entire competition is facilitated through videoconferencing.  The teams are scored by a live panel of student and adult judges. The winning teams will be honored at an awards ceremony and open mic slam at Lehman College’s Lovinger Theater in June.

 

School Locations (Sites Vary by Day/Time)

 

To volunteer or for more information, please send an e-mail to Amita Tewari Amita.tewari@gmail.com

 

 For Directions, go to: www.hopstop.com

 

MS 118

577 E. 179th St.

Bronx, NY

MS 45

2502 Lorillard Pl.

Bronx, NY

PS 46

279 E. 196th St.

Bronx, NY10458

 

CIS 145

1000 Teller Ave.

Bronx, NY

MS 391

2225 Webster Ave.

Bronx, NY10457

DreamYardPreparatory School

240 East 172nd Street

Bronx, NY

PS/MS 315

2246 Jerome Avenue

Bronx NY, 10453

 

PS 159

2315 Washington Avenue

Bronx, NY 10458

 

 MS 328

1000 Teller Avenue

Bronx, NY 10456

MS 325

1000 Teller Avenue

Bronx, NY 10456

(Same location at MS 328)

 

Yonkers High School

150 Rockland Ave

Yonkers, NY 10705

 

PS 3

2100 Lafontaine Avenue

Bronx, NY 10457

 

MS 313

1600 Webster Avenue

Bronx, NY 10457

 

Iris House: Entrepreneurship Class

Date: Every Tuesday from May 12th - June 9th
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: 2348 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd., New York, NY 10030 (Close to the 2, 3, B, C 135th street subway station)

Iris House, which provides support services for HIV positive women and their families, needs 2 volunteers are need for each class. Volunteers who own businesses are encouraged to participate to come give their personal stories on the process of starting a business and considerations.

To volunteer or for more information, please contact Leslie Falconio, irishouse@highwaterwomen.org.

 

St. Luke’s Lifeworks: Volunteers Needed for Dinner or Workshop Activity

Date: Every fourth Wednesday as of May 20th
Time: 5:00-6:00 pm
Location: 8 Woodland Place in the south end of Stamford, CT


St. Luke’s Lifeworks, an organization providing learning opportunities, housing and support services to people overcoming homelessness in lower Fairfield County, needs volunteers for the following ongoing opportunity: choose a fourth Wednesday to provide dinner for up to 45 adult participants living in our HIV/AIDS, mental health and homeless women’s residential programs located at 8 Woodland Place in the south end of Stamford. While dinner is usually served at 6:00 pm sharp, if the group is willing to schedule a learning activity to take place in the late afternoon, there is potential to either move the dinner time up to be earlier, or, if volunteers would like to plan to finish up with activities by 6 pm, they could leave if they don’t want to or can’t stay to serve the meal. Possible activities include workshops around workplace behavior, job readiness, money management, self-esteem, career planning, goal setting – creativity of the group is the only limit here.

To volunteer or for more information, please contact Ann Reed
Ann.Reed@aigfpc.com at or Lisa Baird at: LBaird@SpencerStuart.com. Forms for new volunteers must be filled out prior to volunteering and may be obtained from either Ann or Lisa.

 

St. Luke’s Lifeworks: Volunteers Tutors Needed


Date: Every Fourth Wednesday, as arranged, as of May 20th
Time: 5:00-6:00 pm
Location: 141 Franklin Street Stamford, Connecticut

St. Luke’s Lifeworks, an organization providing learning opportunities, housing and support services to people overcoming homelessness in lower Fairfield County, needs volunteer tutors to help an adult learner study to achieve their high school diploma, certificate in nursing assistance or medical billing, or improve their math and reading skills. Tutors that can help with math are in high demand, as well as tutors who have experience in medical terminology.

To volunteer or for more information, please contact Ann Reed Ann.Reed@aigfpc.com at or Lisa Baird at: LBaird@SpencerStuart.com. Forms for new volunteers must be filled out prior to volunteering and may be obtained from either Ann or Lisa.

 

St. Luke’s Lifeworks: Volunteers Needed to Provide off-site Activities
for Family Program Children and their Families

Date: Every third Thursday, for May 21st, June 18th, and July 16th
Time: 5:30- 7:30 pm
Location: 141 Franklin Street Stamford, Connecticut

 
St. Luke’s Lifeworks, an organization providing learning opportunities, housing and support services to people overcoming homelessness in lower Fairfield County, needs volunteers to provide off-site activities for Family Program children and their families – help families celebrate upcoming holidays and the summer by offering to host a barbeque or picnic or other activity.
 
To volunteer or for more information, please contact Ann Reed
Ann.Reed@aigfpc.com at or Lisa Baird at: LBaird@SpencerStuart.com. Forms for new volunteers must be filled out prior to volunteering and may be obtained from either Ann or Lisa.

 

St. Luke’s Lifeworks: Volunteers Babysitters Needed

Date: As arranged, Monday through Thursday
Time: variable from 5:30 – 9:00 pm
Location: 141 Franklin Street Stamford, Connecticut


St. Luke’s Lifeworks, an organization providing learning opportunities, housing and support services to people overcoming homelessness in lower Fairfield County, needs Volunteer Babysitters – Volunteers are needed to watch over infant and toddler children or various age groups of children to support parents when they meet with tutors or attend educational workshops. Volunteers are needed Monday through Thursday, 5:30 – 9 pm. Schedule is designed to match the schedule of the tutor/student.

To volunteer or for more information, please contact Ann Reed Ann.Reed@aigfpc.com at or Lisa Baird at: LBaird@SpencerStuart.com. Forms for new volunteers must be filled out prior to volunteering and may be obtained from either Ann or Lisa.

 

The TEAK Fellowship: Professional Mentors Database

Date: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
To help Alumni of The TEAK Fellowship succeed in their academic and professional endeavors, TEAK has established the Alumni Career Center sponsored by Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking. The Center will help equip Alumni with the tools and resources necessary to obtain meaningful jobs during college and to embark successfully on professional and advanced academic tracks after college graduation.

As part of the services offered through the Career Center, TEAK is assembling a directory of successful professionals from various industries to be professional mentors. Mentors agree to serve as resources for Alumni by providing career advice, granting informational interviews, conducting practice interviews with students, and reviewing resumes and cover letters. Mentors are not expected or required to provide Alumni with employment, rather, this is an opportunity for Alumni to strengthen their personal networks and make connections in their fields of interest.

Being a part of the Professional Mentors Database is ideal for busy professionals who want to share their skills and knowledge with talented young people. Please check out these links (FAQ / Application) to learn more about this volunteer opportunity, or to start an application for the Professional Mentors Database.

For more information, please contact Liz Lesar / Jacquie Hayot, teak@highwaterwomen.org.


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5th Annual Backpack Drive is Underway!

Last summer High Water Women raised more than $100,000, including in-kind donations. Over 400 donors and volunteers from the finance industry were responsible for providing and assembling a total of 4,984 backpacks loaded with school supplies, books and clothing. The backpacks were given to children who are homeless, in foster care, or impoverished.

We need your help to reach as at least as many kids this year! Without your financial and/or in-kind support, this cannot be achieved. Here are three ways you can help.

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High Water Women Raises $542,000 at 4th Annual Casino Night

High Water Women Foundation's Fourth Annual Casino Night was held on April 2, 2009, to support the most vulnerable women and children in New York.  Despite the economic climate, the event raised more than $542,000.

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Hats Off to Our Secret Santas!

Thanks to all of the Secret Santas this year, 409 children in homeless shelters run by Women In Need, and teens in programs run by Inwood House and Iris House will have gifts for Christmas!  High Water Women Foundation and the partner organizations warmly thank everyone who participated in the effort.  Because of people’s amazing generosity and commitment, so many children and youth will be able to take joy in the holiday season.   In just over two weeks, over 100 volunteers and donors contributed a total of $3,675.00 towards the purchase of 96 gift cards and provided 313 children with specific gifts wrapped from Santa.  Many thanks to the the following Co-Chairs for making the drive a success:  Helen Bui, Wall Street Journal; Stacie Handwerker, Brown & Brown Insurance; Ashley Nitz, Meridian Capital Partners; Agata Rzamek, Millburn Ridgefield Corp.; and Lesley Gurkin Schulhof, GAO Advisors.  

 

 

Third Annual Casino Night Raises Record Amount to Support Math Education for Children and Financial Literacy Training for Teens and Women   

(Photoby www.cavaweddings.com)

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High Water Women Foundation Rings NASDAQ Closing Bell

(Photograph taken by NASDAQ photographer Rob Tannenbaum.)

January 25, 2008 - Kathleen Kelley, a Global Macro Portfolio Manager from Kingdon Capital Management and the Co-Founder and President of High Water Women Foundation, presides over ceremony and is pictured with Anu Sharma (center) a Managing Director at NASDAQ as well as with 20 members from High Water Women.

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Press Summary
  • "Poker-Playing Hedge-Fund Women Shop Art, Raise Cash for Needy", Bloomberg, April 2, 2009
  • “Teaching Young Women to Brag”, The Wall Street Journal, May 9, 2007

  • "Groups Seek to Increase Giving by Hedge-Fund Industry Workers",The Chronicle of Philanthropy, January 25, 2007
  • "High Water Women's Casino Night Raises $800,000",HedgeWorld, January 24, 2007
  • "Preaching Microloans to Hedge Funds", IDD Magazine, December 4, 2006
  • "Women Philanthropists Focus on Microfinance", Private Asset Managment, Nov 16, 2006
  • "Redefining Women", Alpha, Oct 10 2006
  • "High Water Women Tackle Microfinance", IDD Magazine, Aug 14
  • "Changing the World, One Tiny Loan at a Time", NY Sun, Aug 10
  • "HWW Announces Second Annual Backpack Drive", July 19,
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