MANHASSET GREAT NECK ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL
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Mission Statement
The Manhasset/Great Neck EOC provides services that promote self-sufficiency, self-development and self-esteem through educational, recreational, cultural enrichment, and support programs for both children and adults in the Hagedorn Community Center.
About This Cause
The Manhasset/Great Neck EOC was originally incorporated in 1966 to “provide a comprehensive community action program designed to mobilize all available resources – public and private—in a comprehensive effort to eliminate the root causes and effects of poverty”. More than fifty years later the agency continues to help “at risk” youngsters in Manhasset and Great Neck achieve success by providing support for both the children and their families. While the demographics in the community have changed, there remains a need for comprehensive youth and family support services that increase the capacity of community residents of all ages and ethnicities to be self sufficient. The Manhasset/Great Neck EOC owns, and operates its programs in the Hagedorn Community Center, a building originally constructed in 1929 as the Manhasset Valley School. Following a desegregation law suit in the 1960’s the building was closed as an elementary school, the children were bused to Manhasset’s remaining schools, and the facility became a community center. The Manhasset/Great Neck EOC Hagedorn Community Center is home to the following: • A full day, full year Head Start program funded by the federal government that provides comprehensive early childhood education services to children from economically disadvantaged families living in Manhasset, Great Neck, Roslyn, and Port Washington. While children are participating in a variety of school readiness activities planned to support and encourage their learning and creativity, program staff assist parents in addressing circumstances within the family that may have a negative impact on a child’s healthy growth and development—inadequate medical care, a lack of nutritious food, overcrowded and/or unsanitary housing, substance abuse, etc. Ten percent of enrolled children have been diagnosed with a disability and receive special education services as part of their Head Start day; • “Adventures in Learning” (operated as a separate not-for-profit organization) and providing an after school homework assistance and cultural enrichment program for children in kindergarten through sixth grade who are attending school in Manhasset or Great Neck. Parents have opportunities to participate in workshops and meetings throughout the year; children receive individualized reading instruction and tutoring; • Career guidance, counseling, and mentoring of at-risk youth ages 14 to 21 by the agency’s full time Social Worker/Youth Program Director. Participants have opportunities to participate in individual and group counseling, career readiness skills development, and career exploration through job shadowing, mentoring, internship, volunteer, paid and/or unpaid experiences A computer lab is available for resume preparation, job searches, college and financial aid applications, research and homework completion; • A six-week full day summer program that enrolls approximately 80 youngsters ages 5 to 13 that offers educational, cultural, recreational, and enrichment activities. A retired special education teacher works with children individually and in small groups on specific academic skills as identified on their report cards and/or IEP’s (Individualized Education Plans). Twelve to fifteen high school and college students many of whom are local residents are hired as counselors and group leaders for the program; • After school activities including creative and performing arts classes, sports clinics, basketball, educational workshops/seminars, movie nights, and occasional field trips; • Open recreation programs in the evenings during the week bring youngsters, teens, and young adults into the Community Center where there is appropriate, adult supervision; • In collaboration with the Shelter Rock Church in Manhasset a food pantry has been established in the MGN EOC’s Hagedorn Community Center and is staffed by Church volunteers every Tuesday from 4:30 to 6:00 pm.