Campus Redevelopment Update Jawonio will begin the second phase of construction on its new Main Campus building this fall!   Welcome to the fall! We are thrilled to share all of the exciting new beginnings at Jawonio. The Jawonio main campus will soon begin Phase 2 of the construction of…

Michelle, Mike, Brendan and Arielle Salmon share their family story and ask you to Help Jawonio Build for Tomorrow Brendan and Arielle Salmon are twins who were born at 36 weeks due to a difficult pregnancy. At 26 weeks, doctors detected that Brendan’s growth was not progressing at a normal…

Jawonio has partnered with the Dominican College Division of Nursing for the past several years. The connection began in 2013 when Mia Wolinksy-Zazon, who works as the Registered Dietician at Jawonio, came up with the idea about a possible affiliation between Dominican College nursing students, and Jawonio. She consulted with…

Jawonio is excited to announce its new initiative called “Sunrise Court,” a new program that was opened in June as a collaboration between Jawonio’s Cummings House and Day Services for adults with disabilities. The program is a sensory based program for adults with complex physical and medical needs that significantly…

Jessica and Jeffrey Johnston shared their personal story about how they were inspired to get involved with Jawonio at our Cabin Celebration on July 26th–a historic moment, where the community came to celebrate the completion of phase 1 of the Building for Tomorrow Campus Transformation Project on Jawonio’s main campus.…

Our Cabin Celebration was a tremendous success! Special thanks to all of the community leaders, donors, family, friends, and staff who joined together to celebrate the new Jawonio Summer Education Cabins. What a historic day! Watch our Cabin Celebration Video! Thank you to all of those who joined with us…

This summer, Sandy Sewell reunited with her dear friend Ellen Spergel, who she met at “Camp Jawonio” back in the early 1960’s. Ellen was a counselor for one summer right before college, and Sandy was a camper. They got reacquainted years later in the 1970’s when Sandy reached out to…

On Thursday, June 14th, Rockland County Executive Ed Day, County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, and the community recognized Jawonio as the first business in Rockland to achieve Breastfeeding Friendly Worksite Recognition by the Rockland County Department of Health’s Breastfeeding Promotion and Support Program. Thanks to a grant from the…

In honor of throwback Thursday and looking back on fond memories of Jawonio, please take a look at Warren Silberstein’s Story, who has a personal connection to our Foundation as a former Camp counselor! “I first came to work at Camp Jawonio in the summer of 1964, when I was 16…

We are thrilled to announce that Jawonio will receive a $1,000 donation on April 14th as part of the HSN Cares annual $1,000 a day giveaway campaign. HSN Cares selected Jawonio from a pool of hundreds of entries. HSN customer Christine Neidhart and her husband volunteer with us at Jawonio, and are members of…