Kids Club of Tarrytown & Sleepy Hollow

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Rivertown Dance Academy Welcomes All Dancers

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Photographs courtesy of Kent Miller Photography

The money raised from last weekend’s pickle ball tournament helps us support scholarships for many wonderful programs in the community. Here we highlight one that we have supported since its inception: Rivertown Dance Academy (RDA).

RDA has been teaching dance students and enthusiasts from age 18 months to 88 years old for years, serving primarily the Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow communities. Their offerings include ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, modern dance and creative movement.

Kids’ Club has supported RDA’s mission that “everyone, regardless of ability to pay, should have the opportunity to pursue high-quality and comprehensive dance education” by providing scholarship funds for qualifying students in our community.

We value this partnership and look forward to RDA’s continued presence and growth as a provider of dance education of the highest quality to the children of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow.

Hudson Pickle Plays for Kids’ Club

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SAVE THE DATE – SUNDAY, MARCH 19TH!

That’s when Hudson Pickle and Kids’ Club will co-host a pickle ball mixer at the Sleepy Hollow Middle and High School gyms, with all of the proceeds going to support Kids’ Club’s mission. All levels are welcome!

Event details and a registration link can be found at www.hudsonpickle.com. We hope you can join the fun!

Kids’ Club Makes the Holidays Even Sweeter

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December is an especially fun and busy time for many, and that holds true for Kids’ Club too. We know how significant the holidays can be for children and their families, and so we are proud to add some extra support and love this month by:

  • helping to fund RSHM LIFE Center’s Holiday Boutique so parents can provide new clothes for their children this holiday season;
  • donating time at Open Door Family Medical Center’s Toy Drive in Sleepy Hollow and supplying gift cards for teens; and
  • donating desserts, new books and holiday crafts to the families participating in the AFHT Early Literacy Program.

We thank Sleepy Hollow Bookshop and all of our volunteers and donors for helping us bring even more joy to the holiday season with these initiatives, and we wish everyone peace, hope and love in the year to come.

SHADE’S Friday Night Social

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Fun and games, tacos and the movie “Happy Feet” were on the menu this past Friday at SHADE’s (Sleepy Hollow Academy for Disability Education) Friday Night Social at The Neighborhood House in Tarrytown. There, special needs high school students from ages 13-21 gathered with professional staff and peer interns/mentors for laughs, friendship and camaraderie. Kids’ Club is proud to provide financial support to this unique program, which provides positive social interaction and life skills development and an enriching experience for all.

The Wizard of Oz Comes to Tarrytown

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In November, students from Washington Irving School delighted in the opportunity to perform “The Wizard of Oz” on stage at the famed and beautiful Tarrytown Music Hall. Thanks in part to a grant from Kids’ Club, The Music Hall Academy Theater Residency at WI was able to offer the program to any interested student free of charge, with daily rehearsals after school for almost three weeks. Nearly 60 fourth and fifth graders participated in the show, with an additional five Sleepy Hollow High School students aiding with lights, sound, props, costumes and more.

Because the majority of the cast had never seen the show or movie before, The Music Hall offered the students another delight by holding a private movie viewing at the theater one afternoon just for them. Also, given the number of Spanish speaking children in the program, the Music Hall Academy re-wrote the musical finale to translate the song “Over the Rainbow” into Spanish. It was a “magical” moment for audience members and students alike. Congratulations to all involved in this wonderful and inclusive program.

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