Rising Ground, the award-winning nonprofit organization that has had a presence in Yonkers since 1890, recently hosted 2,000 employees and their families to the Yonkers campus for the annual Family Fun Day.
The event, held Saturday, June 10, provided lots of time for staff to catch up and enjoy all the good food and entertainment that was planned for the kids. As the organization is spread out across 80 locations in New York City and Westchester, it is not often that employees get to see one another in such large numbers and all at one time. As the campus’ recent sale precludes Rising Ground from using the field again next year, the many attendees cherished every moment to be together on the Great Lawn.
The 30-acre Yonkers campus, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, is situated alongside the Hudson River on Hawthorne Avenue. Founded in 1831, and formerly known as Leake and Watts, Rising Ground today is one of New York’s oldest human services organizations, providing dozens of programs and services to improve the lives of more than 25,000 children, individuals and families annually.
The campus was sold to iPark-Natural Resources last year, with Rising Ground keeping 4-acres. The Yonkers Public Schools will rent part of the property to be the home for a new media and production magnet school.
