Current Newsletter | winter 2007

Phipps CDC’s Educational Services to Grow

The Rhodebeck Charitable Trust offered a challenge grant in August 2006 towards the $800,000 cost of building a 6,000 square foot Community Education Center in La Puerta de Vitalidad, Phipps Houses’ 61-unit apartment building in the Melrose neighborhood of the Bronx. more

Letter from the President

As I write this I am struck by how much has changed in the 17+ years that I have been at Phipps Houses…and still how much has remained the same. For the former, New York is at the near-zenith of a renaissance that started in the Koch administration.more

Executive Director's Report

2006 was an exciting year for Phipps CDC as we met major goals and responded effectively to new opportunities. Here are some highlights from the year. more

Greening Program partners with BRAC to produce EcoMedia classes

EcoMedia classes provide a means of teaching science through the arts. Phipps CDC and its community partner the Bronx River Art Center (BRAC) offered an exciting new public education program for the West Farms community. more

Phipps Houses on Winning Team for “Green” Housing in the Bronx

On January 17th the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) announced the winners of a design competition for affordable, environmentally sustainable housing in the Bronx. more

Save the Date — April 16, 2007!

Find your poker face, rabbit’s foot, or four-leafed clover and Save the Date!

The Henry's Friends Committee
invites you to roll big at the
High Rollers' Casino Night more

Thank you, Donors!

We are very grateful for your support of our programs, which continue the investments we make in our adult literacy, early childhood education, greening, technology, job readiness, after-school, and senior citizen programs. All of our contributors are important to us. Listed are in-kind donors and donors of $1,000 or more whose gifts were received between July 1st and December 31, 2006. more