Bay Ridge Center
Empowering older adults with socially innovative programming and an enriching community in Brooklyn, NY.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Brooklyn, NY is home to the largest population of NYC's adults who are 60+ years of age. Locally, Bay Ridge’s populous senior neighborhood is growing at the fastest rate in our history. This special population is in need and very deserving of our support to address urgent issues ranging from food insecurity to the digital divide to social isolation.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Meal Delivery
First and foremost, we ensure no senior in Bay Ridge goes hungry. Food insecurity is a problem in our neighborhood that we must address as an urgent matter. We have solved food insecurity for our seniors by making it a paramount priority: we serve 700 hot meals each and every day to ensure all homebound citizens are fed a nutritious meal via our Senior Nutrition Program. For many of our 700 homebound clients, our deliveries are their only social interaction for their entire day. So, we serve a dual purpose: feeding our seniors while lighting up their day with a friendly smile. As an added benefit of our 700 deliveries, we offer “Brown Bag” lunches for take-home consumption for those who need additional assistance. During normal operating conditions, we provide 60-70 congregate meals; that is, on-site meals for our members.
Evidence-based Wellness
We offer evidence-based wellness services which enhance our constituency’s physical and mental health to ultimately bolster their quality of living. We want our population to maintain their independence and vigorous involvement in the community, so we ensure they have access to top-notch health and wellness services. We offer safe transportation services around the community, shopping assistance, friendly visiting, fitness classes like yoga and tai chi, mental health counseling, support groups, general health screenings & seasonal flu vaccine shots.
Empowering Entertainment
BRC empowers our seniors with entertainment services which make living in Bay Ridge enriching! We are so excited to have opened our new satellite center, Bay Ridge Connects, where we offer technology classes to ensure seniors can make the most of the excitement of the digital age. We also lead culturally enriching trips to museums, major league sporting events, concerts, and theater performances across New York City’s world renowned entertainment venues. Lastly, we throw classic holiday parties which celebrate our multicultural population’s heritage and shared American patriotic traditions.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of meals served or provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Seniors
Related Program
Meal Delivery
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of cases monitored
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Older adults, Seniors
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our goal is to provide the finest quality services to our Members and the neighborhood senior population and to do so efficiently, economically, and sustainably. By satisfying our constituents’ needs we can better ensure that they will continue to do business with us and will recommend us to others. Our staff is an integral part of this process because their work directly influences our agency’s reputation.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our programming is centered on three central focal points:
1. Meal Delivery
2. Evidence-based Wellness
3. Empowering Entertainment
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
BRC’s services include Transportation, Shopping Assistance, Friendly Visiting, Wellness Activities, Fitness Classes including evidence based programs, Counseling/Case Assistance, Mental Health Counseling, Classes & Discussion Groups, Senior Technology Classes, Health Screenings & Flu Shots, Trips to Cultural and Sporting Events, Museums, Theatre & Concerts, Music & Entertainment, Holiday Parties & Dances and Bingo.
BRC’s ongoing senior food insecurity initiatives are a Senior Nutrition Program which serves hot meals Monday through Friday in house and provides 700 hot meals to home bound Bay Ridge residents daily, “Brown Bag” lunches are also distributed daily for take-home consumption.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have doubled down on our efforts to serve our members with enriching programming and a supportive community – and we are operating full steam ahead during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Since our physical centers closed on March 16th, we have:
Delivered 700 freshly prepared home delivered meals to our most at-risk seniors
Performed 600 weekly wellness check-in calls to ensure our members know we are here
Assisted 622 members with technological issues to better access critical digital resources
Produced 78 engaging virtual programs via Zoom from Tai Chi to our Spring Fling
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Bay Ridge Center
Board of directorsas of 8/16/2021
Donna McClellan
Bay Ridge Civic Council, PECID
Paul Knudsen
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, The Healing Center, Bethlehem Lutheran School
Elizabeth Bohrer
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
John Scanlan
Maimonides Hospital
Mary Clavin
Clavin's Funeral Home
Patricia Marchetti
Bay Ridge Civic Council
Mary Quinones
Lutheran Medical Center
Geraldine Cassone
Eleanor Petty
Dr. Rob Composto, DVM
Allison Nidetz
Dr. Roy Olsen, DPM
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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