Real Options for City Kids (R.O.C.K.)

Thank you. For helping our youth learn new skills, experience new activities, visit new places, and build meaningful relationships. Thank you for bringing joy to so many students. Thanks to you, we've raised $92,000 (and counting!) between our 29th anniversary and GivingTuesday campaigns. We are truly blown away by the generosity and support of our community. If you're looking to make an #impact and bring #joy to youth this holiday season, there's still time to help us reach our $100,000 fundraising goal before the end of the year! We have two individual donors who have pledged to match that dollar-for-dollar. That's $200,000 for R.O.C.K. students and families in 2024! Donate now at https://lnkd.in/gRdGBY55 #TisTheSeason #Donate #GivingTuesday #GiveBack #HolidayGiving

Big news! We are thrilled to share that R.O.C.K. is the winner of the first-ever UpMetrics #SocialImpactShowcase! We're grateful for the generosity of the UpMetrics team and so excited to continue to analyze and track our data with their guidance and support.

Here's some #FeelGoodFriday content for your feed 🥹 Lil' Kid Camp. Saturday Skill Drills. Whitewater rafting. Some of our alumni's most memorable experiences decades ago are the same R.O.C.K. activities changing lives today. While our programs have expanded greatly, our model and mission remain the same: to meet our students where they're at—right here in our community—and listen intently to their needs so we can provide the most impactful services possible. We want every child who comes through our doors to try something new, visit a new place, learn a new skill, and have a safe place to simply be a kid. Our 10,000+ alumni are a testament to our work, and 30 years later we're still going strong! Outdoor educators, senior cyber security engineers, youth development workers, plumbers, aspiring film producers, deputy sheriffs. We are so proud of each and every one of our alumni, and we can't wait to see the futures our current students build for themselves in the years to come. Cheers to 30 more years of happy, healthy, successful R.O.C.K.ers! If you'd like to help ensure our programs are strong and sustainable for decades to come, please make a donation at www.givebutter.com/rock30

On Giving Tuesday we had an incredible day of being together as a BNY team, doing good for organizations here in NYC, including Foster Love, HBCU Heroes, Real Options for City Kids (R.O.C.K.), The Ali Forney Center, Soldiers' Angels and The Carroll Center for the Blind.

Cheers to a successful Community Week at BNY where colleagues came together to support our communities. We proudly gathered to support the following organizations. - Soldiers' Angels - PowerPlay NYC, Inc. - Foster Love - HBCU Heroes - Real Options for City Kids (R.O.C.K.) - The Carroll Center for the Blind #lifeatbny #bny #communityweek #volunteer

Let's design a better future together this Giving Tuesday. We believe in the importance of giving back to our local and global communities and building a brighter tomorrow today. Discover how nine incredible nonprofits are transforming lives and how you can join the movement today. 🤝 🌍 https://adobe.ly/4ilHvSS Learn more about our nonprofit partners: Limbitless Solutions Real Options for City Kids (R.O.C.K.) Save the Children US 100cameras BRIDGEGOOD World Education PATH CatchLight ONE School

Happy #GivingTuesday from Steph Curry and all of us at R.O.C.K.! Steph knows a thing or two about giving back to the community, and we're so grateful that he took the time to wish us a happy 30th anniversary. Now, we hope you're feeling inspired to be like Steph and join the GivingTuesday movement! GivingTuesday is a global generosity initiative unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. By giving back and spreading the word, you help organizations like R.O.C.K. make a greater impact! You can support R.O.C.K. and the youth we serve this GivingTuesday by making a donation to our 30th Anniversary Campaign at the link below. All donations made between now and December 31st will be matched up to $50,000 thanks to a generous individual donor. Double your impact today, and let's keep the generosity movement going! 🫶 Donate now at www.givebutter.com/rock30 Thank you, Steph, and Go Golden State Warriors! #30YearsOfROCK #GiveBack #StephCurry

As part of the San Francisco Examiner's #Thanksgiving publication, staff writer Allyson Aleksey composed a piece that speaks to the deep, full-circle impact that R.O.C.K. has on the Visitacion Valley Community. In this article, Tristan Warmsley, R.O.C.K. alumna and Site Coordinator at Visitacion Valley Elementary School, shares about her experience growing up in our District 10 neighborhood and reflects on how her students today face many of the same struggles. Tristan and Executive Director Curt Yagi both agree that consistency is key for the youth we serve, and the more we can engage families and support the whole child, the more impactful our programs and #CommunitySchool model will be. Check out the article to see how our research-backed programs are helping San Francisco youth thrive. https://lnkd.in/gvD3whj5

We are so grateful and honored to share that R.O.C.K. is one of 69 organizations to receive a 2024-25 grant from the Golden State Warriors Community Foundation! As if that weren't enough, our Executive Director, Curt Yagi, and Associate Director of Development, Hayley Walker, MNA, were invited to join an on-court check presentation prior to last night's matchup against the Atlanta Hawks. Since 2012, the Warriors Community Foundation has contributed more than $47 million to organizations supporting education and youth development. Check out the announcement at https://lnkd.in/gSytKqdT Go Golden State Warriors!

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