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Helping Your Child Through Unemployment
By Kathy Rivera Transitioning from school to the job hunt is a daunting yet pivotal phase in the life of every young adult. As your child embarks upon this important journey, they may feel a mixture of excitement, fear, and worry, and not without reason. Job seekers today face more uncertainty than ever, with the latest unemployment rate for...
Guidance Center Names New Executive Director/CEO
Kathy Rivera takes on leadership role at Long Island’s leading children’s mental health organization Roslyn Heights, NY, June 22, 2021 — North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center (the Guidance Center) is pleased to announce that today, June 22, 2021,...
These 7 Sons Share the Same Career Paths as Their Fathers, By Beth Whitehouse, Newsday, June 16, 2021
Rich Shlofmitz was the first in his family to become a doctor — and his son Evan is the second. At 6 a.m. on any given weekday, the duo will touch base at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn before they start their day treating heart patients there. "I came from the...
North Shore Child Guidance Center Outing is Back, Blank Slate Media, May 14, 2021
North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center has announced that its Jonathan Krevat Memorial Golf & Tennis Classic is back this year at a spectacular new location, Nassau Country Club in Glen Cove! The event, which will be held on June 14th, raises money for the...
Closing Out a Career of Helping Others, Anton Media, by Dave Del Rubio, May 17, 2021
Guidance Center executive director retires after 45 years. When Andrew Malekoff retires in July, it will have been after spending his entire 45-year career at Roslyn’s North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center. When he arrived as an intern to do his second-year...
Guidance Center Hosts Shopping Benefit in Roslyn Village, Anton, April 28, 2021
On Tuesday, May 4, you can do good while shopping for some of the finest goods around as North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center hosts “Care for Kids: Spring Shopping Spree.” Many of Roslyn Village’s best stores will be donating a portion of the day’s proceeds...
Teen creates 175 art kits for children to learn about Picasso, Impressionism, Newsday, May 6, 2021
“It’s a fun way to relax,” said Gwen, of Locust Valley. “It’s almost like a therapy, to sit down and do some artwork.” Gwen wanted children on Long Island to have the same opportunity to unwind and express themselves creatively. They just needed the supplies to do it....
Guidance Center Hosts Shopping Benefit in Roslyn Village, Blank Slate Media, April 21, 2021
On Tuesday, May 4, you can do good while shopping for some of the finest goods around as North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center hosts “Care for Kids: Spring Shopping Spree.” Many of Roslyn Village’s best stores will be donating a portion of the...
Full Circle from Mischief to Good Trouble, by Andrew Malekoff, Blank Slate, April 19, 2021
Last week an article appeared about me in this newspaper entitled, “Guidance Center CEO announces retirement.” The average age of retirement in the US is 61. When I retire in two months I will have surpassed the average by nine years. Among the articles I have been...
The Evolving Landscape of Children’s Mental Health, by Andrew Malekoff, April 16, 2021
The good women and men who started the Guidance Center had the foresight, intellect and diligence that led to the creation of a force that would provide quality mental health care for hundreds of thousands of children, teens and family members for nearly seven...
Guidance Center Hosts Spring Lunch-In, March 30, 2021, Blank Slate
When North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center decided to cancel its in-person Spring Luncheon fundraiser this year to keep its supporters safe during the pandemic, the organization came up with a creative alternative: the first-of-its-kind Spring Lunch-In, a...
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