Hudson Valley Writers Center – New for the summer of 2025, Kids’ Club awarded HVWC in Sleepy Hollow a grant for scholarships to its summer creative writing camps to ensure that enrichment programs remain accessible to all children, regardless of ability to pay. The camps empower local youth to express themselves creatively in a welcoming environment and offer the additional benefit of tangible outcomes: a poem, an essay, a journal or a short play to be admired, shared with others, and built on as writing skills increase.
MusicWorks – MusicWorks is a TUFSD sponsored program that provides one-on-one music lessons to low-income middle and high school students who have shown ability, talent and a willingness to practice and excel. The goals of the program include bringing greater diversity to school ensembles and helping students realize that the discipline of regular practice yields satisfying, motivational rewards. Beginning in 2020, Kids’ Club helped fund this well-established program that brings the joy of music to even more children in our community.
Rivertown Dance Academy – Rivertown Dance Academy (“RDA”) is a not-for-profit dance organization offering dance instruction and performance opportunities for students of all levels of experience. Classes in tap, ballet, hip hop, jazz, theater jazz and modern dance are available for students beginning as young as 18 months and up through adulthood. Now housed in their own space in the heart of Tarrytown, RDA serves over 200 students, approximately 20 of whom receive financial assistance with tuition. Kids’ Club is proud to help fund scholarships to RDA for youth from Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow who otherwise would not be able to afford this wonderful creative, artistic and athletic opportunity.
RSHM LIFE Center’s Smarty Saturdays Program – Kids’ Club is proud to support this initiative of the LIFE Center, whose goal is to provide 3rd, 4th and 5th graders with the relaxation and social outlet afforded by a fun activity with a group of peers. By exposing children to cultural, arts, environmental and historic resources, it also contributes to the development of the students’ minds during this phase of their growth, harbor creativity and enrich understanding. Field trips have included visits to facilities such as Outhouse Orchards, Stone Barns, Rye Nature Center and many more.
Summer Programming – Since 2009 (with the exception of 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic), Kids’ Club has worked collaboratively with the villages of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow to make available a six-week local summer camp experience for more than 100 children annually, whose families otherwise could not afford it. Kids’ Club funded scholarships have enabled campers to participate five days a week in educational, creative, athletic, and recreational activities supervised by qualified counselors in a safe environment.
In addition to this well-attended camp, Kids’ Club also has provided support for campers from low-income families to attend TUFSD’s Summer Arts Camp, the Sleepy Hollow Recreation Department’s Teen Travel Program, the RSHM LIFE Center’s 5-week Sleepy Hollow camp program, the Ossining Open Door’s Reach Out and Read preschool camp, as well as a ten-day sleep-away experience at The Summer Camp in Maine.
The Music Hall Academy – As the educational arm of the nonprofit Tarrytown Music Hall, The Music Hall Academy offers year-round programs in music, theater and circus arts for students in Kindergarten through college. Programs include school residencies, youth theater productions, vacation camps, masterclasses, special events, music lessons, voice lessons, acting lessons, Broadway dance classes, aerial silks classes, and more. With funding assistance, in part, from Kids’ Club, the Academy offers a Pay-What-You-Can policy, free school residencies and scholarships in an effort to make the arts accessible.