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Grant and Donation Announcements:

To supplement the funds raised through NSSA’s special events, the Development Office works to secure funding from foundations, corporations, businesses, and government offices on an on-going basis. The Development Office is proud to announce the receipt of the following grants and donations:

January 2008, The Cherry Valley Club donated over 120 chairs to NSSA’s Conference Center

December 2007, Suffolk County Legislator Steven Stern awarded $7,000 to NSSA’s Gym/Swim Program at the Suffolk Y-JCC

December 2007, Citigroup Foundation granted $3,500 for the purchase of a laptop computer and a flatbed color scanner

December 2007, The New York Mercantile Exchange granted $2,500 toward the construction of NSSA’s conference center

November 2007, BJ’s Charitable Foundation granted $4,900 for the purchase of audio-visual equipment

November 2007, The Hackett Foundation, Inc. granted $19,047 for the purchase of furniture and audio-visual equipment for NSSA’s Conference Center

August 2007, The Initial Teaching Alphabet Foundation granted $25,000 to support one-to-one instruction of reading and writing

August 2007, Delta Funding Corporation, Woodbury donated $5,000 to NSSA by matching proceeds generated from the sale of raffles at its Annual Delta Golf Outing

August 2007, Eschbacher VHB Engineering, Surveying, and Landscape Architecture, P.C. donated $3,000 to NSSA

August 2007, The Munsey Park Women’s Club donated $250 to NSSA

June 2007, The Joseph Leroy and Ann C. Warner Fund granted $40,000 for NSSA’s conference center

June 2007, Fortunoff donated $481.33 from its Spring 2007 Charity Shopping Event

May 2007, The Roslyn Savings Foundation granted $5,000 in support of NSSA’s Assistive Technology Program

April 2007, Senator John Flanagan awarded $20,000 to NSSA’s Respite Program

April 2007, Senator Kemp Hannon awarded $5,000 in support of NSSA’s programs

April 2007, Bloomingdale’s donated $5,000 to NSSA from its Fashionable Fundraiser

February 2007, Ronald McDonald House Charities of the New York Tri-State Area, Inc. granted $7,500 to support NSSA’s Outdoor Fitness and Recreation Project.

January 2007, Suffolk County Legislator Steven Stern awarded $8,312 to NSSA’s Gym/Swim Program at the Suffolk Y-JCC

Visitors Day

Since its inception the Martin C. Barell School has conducted Visitors’ Days one day each month. This has afforded family members, teachers, and other interested professionals an opportunity to learn more about the school and its philosophy. On each visit an overview of the agency, its programs, and the Martin C. Barell School is given. The organization of classrooms, ABA model, as well as the model used for speech consultation are discussed in detail. Visitors are given an explanation of the individualized motivational and reinforcement systems as well as the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis. Each visit includes a tour of The Martin C. Barell School. At the end of the tour the main points of the visit are reviewed and a question and answer forum is provided. Visitors Days are scheduled on the second Wednesday of each month at 10am. To attend please call the NSSA office at 631-462-0386.

Past Newsletters

Summer 2007

Spring 2007

Fall 2006