Destiny Paradiso discovered important pieces to her personality as a young girl at Camp Felix in Putnam Valley. Now 17 and a volunteer at the camp for foster care children from New York City, she’s hoping to help other young girls do the same. Paradiso has spent part of 10 summers at the Camp Felix, which is hosted by The New York Foundling and The Felix Organization. Nearly 200 campers ages 8-13 visit the facility each year to enjoy swimming, recreation, music, dance, nature exploration and the usual assortment of summer camp activities. Camp Felix is known for helping children in the foster care and child welfare system. READ MORE.

CEO of the New York Foundling, Bill Baccaglini, spoke to NY1’s Anthony Pascale about their current situation during Foster Care Awareness Month. Click here to watch the segment.

Bill Baccaglini, CEO, sat down for a phone interview with The Chronicle to talk about Foundling’s changes, foster home recruitment, federal finance reform and the future of juvenile justice in New York. Click here to read more.

As its director of events (at WeWorks), Karly Giaramita’s main goal is to encourage connection among company members and staff through memorable live experiences. Giaramita also makes sure that new events speak to the company’s ideology. As an alternative to the typical office holiday party, the company hosted its first “giving back” days in December, in which each WeWork location hosted a holiday-theme event for a local nonprofit. In New York, staff hosted New York Foundling foster children and their families for a day of gift- wrapping, arts and crafts, and a performance by a cappella group the Maccabeats. Click here to read more.

Child Success New York City, an innovative program launched by New York City and implemented by several foster care agencies, aims to improve those children’s lives, by providing greater stability while they’re in foster care and a greater likelihood that they’ll be able to return to their natural families. To date, this program has shown very promising results and could prove to be a model for the future. Click here to read more.