For many years now Tickets For Kids have provided off site educational field trips for our Title I Summer School Program. This year the program attended the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the National Aviary, Fort Pitt Museum and Blockhouse and the PPG Zoo and Aquarium. Usually the trips that are most popular with the [...]
Did you know that the lower East Side in New Castle was actually the first neighborhood established in the city? All other neighborhoods branched out from here and because of this significance in history, Cray’s new initiative for neighborhood based development in this neighborhood has been coined, “Origins- The Lower East Side Neighborhood Connection”. “Origins”, [...]
Cray Foster Care is looking for families who are willing to open their homes and their hearts to children who have been removed from their own families due to abuse and/or neglect. As you might expect, despite the chaos and pain of their home situations, removal from their families is often jarring for these children. [...]
CRAY OPERATES NEW COFFEE HOUSE, "THE CONFLUENCE," IN DOWNTOWN NEW CASTLE Cray Youth & Family Services has spent more than 30 years working to "make life better for kids" in New Castle and Lawrence County. Now our agency is taking a new approach: working to improve the community in which our children live. To that end, we [...]
In partnership with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, the Lawrence County Community Action Partnership, and the Lawrence County Commissioners, Cray is one of 11 sites in Lawrence County that have been providing free meals and fun activities for neighborhood youth throughout the summer. Cray’s site at the Albert P. Gettings Annex has attracted more [...]
Recently, I ran into one of our kids, a young lady who was in our Supervised Independent Living group home program several years ago. This was a program that helped older adolescents prepare for adulthood. I had not seen her in years and was thrilled to run into her. She looked beautiful and told me [...]
Cray is about to embark on a new and exciting project. You may have been following in our Newsletters about our effort to help build a stronger and healthy community. One of our ideas was to open a gathering place for people to come to, which would encourage a sense of community. The author, Ray [...]
Despite the rain and the chill, close to 100 volunteers showed up to help clean-up the park, playground, and I Care House Saturday. Comcast generously donated breakfast, materials, and labor and together we generated a refreshed face for this neighborhood community center. The former I Care House was originally the initiative of a Professor at [...]
The I Care House is re-opening and we're looking to clean it up in preparation! When: Saturday, April 21, 2012 Time: 9:00AM - 1:00PM (Free Breakfast & Registration from 8:00 - 9:00AM) Who: Cray Youth & Family Services, Inc will be assuming ownership of the property and resurrecting community development efforts. Comcast is sponsoring today's [...]
Cray's Foster Care Program is always looking for families who are willing to open their homes and their hearts to children who have been removed from their own families due to abuse and/or neglect. As you might expect, despite the chaos and pain of their home situations, removal from their families is often jarring for [...]
