Founded by Bedford’s Sarah Steinhardt, Welcome Baby delivers essential care packages to low-income mothers—ensuring newborns have diapers, clothes, and basics for their first month, while tackling poverty’s long-term ripple effects.
“The American Dream of 2.5 kids, a car in the driveway, and a white picket fence is a fundamental vision many of us still hold…but for some, no matter how hard they work, they are never quite able to get off the hamster wheel and attain that reality,” Housatonic Habitat for Humanity’s Executive Director, Kristen Keil shares.
A thriving community means inclusion for everyone! And that’s just what the Inclusive Initiative, aims to do - starting with Bedford and Katonah, and then expanding around the area, to make our communities welcoming to those that are neurodivergent, or otherwise in need of some extra patience and understanding.
Formed by glaciers 12,000 years ago, the Mianus River Gorge is a preserved natural landmark; 1,000 acres of rare forests, wildlife, research, and education… protected through decades of conservation and community stewardship.
Bedford’s Marylou Tortorello founded 13 Hands Equine Rescue, a 113-acre sanctuary in Clinton Corners, saving abused horses while offering therapeutic programs for veterans and individuals with disabilities.
From Bedford2030’s bold emissions goals to Planet New Canaan’s grassroots recycling and education, local groups are transforming concern into collective climate action… proving small communities can drive big environmental change.
THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER, in Mt. Kisco, is by far the largest provider of children's programming in Northern Westchester. Be inspired by the great work The Boys & Girls Club is doing…and consider a New Year’s donation!
Pound Ridge’s Paul and Ava Zukowsky embody service: he’s a discreet entertainment manager; she volunteers with Woman 2 Woman, offering dignity and connection to women at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.
It’s been ten years since Sharon Prince established Grace Farms on an 80 acre property in the Northwest corner of New Canaan…and ten years later Grace Farms has proven itself to be a revolutionary cultural institution providing unique benefits to its surrounding communities - and innovative solutions for the world.