Help us to plant new Seeds of Growth

Dear Friends, A teacher at Kent Hills Elementary School noticed that William was doing really well in school this year, showing improvement in both his grades and behavior. She pulled him aside to encourage him and asked, “What is different this year?  What helped you...

Meet Holly: Our New Program Director!

  We are thrilled to introduce to you our new Program Director, Holly Hetherington!  Holly began working with us this week and we are getting things ready for New City Afterschool to begin on Tuesday, October 18th.  You can let Holly know if you’d like to...

Meet the New City Bakery Director!

New City Neighbors is proud to introduce to you our Bakery Director for the summer, Avrey Smith!  As you’ll read below, Avrey has been a huge part of New City Neighbors for a number of years and we are thrilled that he will be leading New City Bakery this summer.  You...

Reflections on Nine Years and Leaving

April 1st marks the ninth anniversary of New City Neighbors. Nine years represents a quarter of my life, and nearly all of my hair loss. I didn’t know what I was doing when we launched New City Neighbors, and in many ways, I feel like I’m still finding my way. Every...

New Year Resolutions

2016: Eating more ice cream, praying, and getting good grades… Want to join us?           Here are the new year resolutions our second graders have this year: “Eat more ice cream” x 3 “Drink more water” “Eat healthy foods” “Learn more” “Do...