Senior Center

Queens job fair caters to 55-plus employment seekers

Queens, NY (May 29, 2018) - Older adults are working longer into their careers than ever before. According to the U.S.

Queens Chronicle: Giving the needy a helping ham for Easter

Joined by Borough President Melinda Katz and St. John’s University Campus Minister for Athletics the Rev. Richard Rock, center right, dozens of student athletes at the school did some good on Good Friday.

Rego Park Senior Center Celebrates Chinese New Year

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Rego Park Senior Center celebrates Chinese New Year

Meet Your Neighbor: Yolanda Delatour

Twenty five years ago, I came to this country with my three daughters.  I visited New York once before I moved here. As a visitor everything looks wonderful but when you move here with a family, it’s completely different. It took me three months to get us our own apartment.

Meet Your Neighbor: Shoba Dalvi

I came to America in 1972 from Mumbai. I had two beautiful daughters and launched a 25-year career in the Insurance industry. When I retired in 2012, I learned about QCH’s Senior Center in Forest Hills.

 

Meet Your Neighbor: Cesar Peña

“I left Guatemala for New York City when I was 35 years old. My wife, two daughters and I moved into the Forest Hills Co-op, and I started washing dishes at a local bakery.

Truthout highlights our Forest Hills NORC program

"In a cozy sunlit room decorated with flower collages on the ground floor at Queens Community House, a sprawling housing complex in the lower-middle-class neighborhood of Forest Hills, a few dozen elders, ranging in age from about 60 to 80 syncopate at their own pace with the brawny aerobics inst

Pomonok Center adds new director to create community connections

Queens Community House is proud to announce the appointment of Patrick Pinchinat to Pomonok Site Director.

Meet Your Neighbors: Marion Fox & Shirley Sass

“I grew up in the Pomonok Houses and when I was eligible to join a senior center, I knew I had to come to the Pomonok Senior Center. I’ve made so many friends and I love the trips we take. We have exercise classes and singing classes, and I feel like they just keep us going.

Meet Your Neighbor: Carol Ann Caviello

“My sister lived in the Forest Hills Coop for many years. She introduced me to her neighbor and that man became my husband. I took care of them both for many years with the help of QCH and the NORC program.

Apoyo Queens Community House

Group photo from Queens Community House

Queens Community House brinda a las personas y las familias las herramientas para enriquecer sus vidas y construir comunidades saludables e inclusivas.