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Madonna Heights Wins Sanctuary Institute Resiliency Award
October 26, 2021 / Madonna Heights News
Madonna Heights Staff SCO’s Madonna Heights programs won the Sanctuary Institute’s first ever Resiliency Award. The Resiliency Award recognizes and honors the tremendous work of organizations who have come together to support one another as well as their communities during the historic and challenging year of 2020. When the pandemic…
Read MoreMadonna Heights Recognizes Suicide Prevention Month
September 16, 2021 / Madonna Heights News
September is the National Suicide Prevention Awareness month. Our Madonna Heights programs used the month to promote meaningful discussions and activities about the concerns and struggles people face and to highlight suicide prevention efforts. Program participants made displays and decorated bulletin boards with the strength-based theme they chose…”Be the One.”…
Read MoreSCO Family of Services Raises Record $159,000 at 40th Annual Madonna Heights Golf Classic
June 22, 2021 / Madonna Heights News
DIX HILLS, NY – Friends of SCO Family of Services’ Madonna Heights programs teed up for the 40th Annual Madonna Heights Golf Classic at the Woodside Club in Muttontown, Long Island. This year, the Golf Classic raised a record $159,000 to support the vital work of Madonna Heights to teach,…
Read MoreMadonna Heights Campus Hosts Pop-Up Prom Boutique
May 27, 2021 / Madonna Heights News
It’s prom season and we are excited to host a pop-up prom boutique for the girls at our Madonna Heights School. This year, 32 girls attending prom have the opportunity to pick out their prom dresses, shoes, jewelry, wraps, and purses at the pop-up prom boutique. “We are so…
Read MoreTheta Iota Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Helps Madonna Heights Celebrate Black History Month
February 18, 2021 / Madonna Heights News
In honor of Black History Month, the Theta Iota Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority sent an individual strand of pearls which symbolizes wisdom to the young women in our Group Residence, along with a book focusing on justice and cohesion called The Truths We Hold by Vice President…
Read MoreMarching for PRIDE at Madonna Heights
July 24, 2020 / Madonna Heights News
June was PRIDE month and SCO’s Madonna Heights program for women and girls wanted to show its support for equality and the LGBTQ community. Clients and staff from Madonna Heights’ Residential Treatment Facility and Group Residence made beautiful posters to show their PRIDE. Flyers and PRIDE flags were displayed around…
Read MoreSCO Madonna Heights Opens New Library for Clients and Staff
September 25, 2019 / Madonna Heights News
SCO’s Bagatelle Library at Madonna Heights is officially open to all SCO clients and staff. The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony was a grand success! Thanks to our supporters and hardworking volunteers for donating books and converting the room into an incredible space. The library was named after the mansion where…
Read MoreSCO’s Connie Cerrato Inducted into the Women in Human Services Hall of Fame
March 5, 2019 / Madonna Heights News
SCO Family of Services is proud to announce that Assistant Executive Director Connie Cerrato has been inducted into the Women in Human Services Hall of Fame by Strong Nonprofits for a Better New York at an Awards Ceremony in Albany on March 5th. For over 30 years, Connie Cerrato has…
Read MoreSCO Residential Treatment Facility Receives $600,000 Grant
August 1, 2018 / Madonna Heights News
Dix Hills, NY SCO was awarded a 3-year, $600,000 contract from the NYS Office of Mental Health to enhance services at our Madonna Heights Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) that provides intensive residential mental health services for adolescent girls. The goal of the pilot is to reduce the amount of time…
Read MoreMadonna Heights Ladies Auxiliary Theater Night Features “IN THE HEIGHTS”
February 9, 2018 / Madonna Heights News
February 9, 2018 – Dix Hills, NY Madonna Heights Ladies Auxiliary 7th Annual Theater Night Wednesday, March 28, 2018 8:00pm Tickets & Info…
Read MoreMadonna Heights School Class of 2017 Celebrates Graduation!
August 23, 2017 / Madonna Heights News
August 23, 2017 - Dix Hills, NY - Our Madonna Heights School celebrated the graduation of nine young women at an emotional ceremony held on our Dix Hills campus August 18. Graduates shared their stories of struggle, hope, perseverance and triumph as they overcame obstacles and self-doubt to achieve the momentous goal of earning their diplomas. They thanked staff for always believing in them no matter what each day might bring, and for giving them the courage to believe in themselves.
Read MoreSCO Family of Services Awarded Nearly $1 Million to Develop Integrated Health and Wellness Center for Women in Suffolk County
July 31, 2017 / Madonna Heights News
SCO among 13 Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program Awards on Long Island August 1, 2017 - Dix Hills, NY – SCO Family of Services, a leading provider of social services, health care and mental health services to vulnerable populations, announced it has been awarded $933,000 to develop an integrated Women’s Health and Wellness Center
Read MoreMadonna Heights 37th Annual Golf Classic Raises Vital Funds for Women and Families
June 29, 2017 / Independent Youth News
Dix Hills, NY – Friends of SCO Family of Services’ Madonna Heights programs teed up June 19th for the 37th Annual Madonna Heights Golf Classic in Syosset, Long Island. The event, held at the Woodside Club, raised funds to support the vital work of Madonna Heights to teach, strengthen and empower young and adult women to heal from trauma.
Read MoreCongratulations to SCO’s 2017 Employee Recognition Winners!
June 1, 2017 / Madonna Heights News
June 1, 2017 - Glen Cove, NY - Congratulations to Rosemarie Bellock, Alison Critelli, Vonnetta Browne and Nydia Sutherland, winners of SCO's Employee Recognition Program.
Read MoreThank You, Rosemary, and Good Luck!
January 18, 2017 / Madonna Heights News
January 18, 2017 - Glen Cove, NY We recently paid tribute to Rosemary Stein, Chief Program Officer, who retired after a distinguished career spanning 40 years at SCO Family of Services.
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