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HEBREW EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF BROOKLYN

Cause Area

  • Children & Youth
  • Community
  • People with Disabilities
  • Seniors
  • Sports & Recreation

Location

9502 SEAVIEW AVEBROOKLYN, NY 11236 United States

Website:

https://www.thehes.org/
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Mission Statement

The Hebrew Educational Society of Brooklyn is a multi-service Jewish community center that helps those in need, embraces diversity, practices inclusion, and builds a strong community. "Where there is a need, we stand ready to serve" is the foundation for HES’s wide array of programs for people of all ages, life stages and ability levels that promote the educational achievement, social/emotional development, health, economic vitality, civic engagement, and quality of life for our community.

Description

H.E.S. is a nonprofit Southeast Brooklyn based community center, providing important social,
recreational, cultural, educational, counseling, and health services to more than 7,000 users
annually. The agency serves a diverse population including African-Americans; a large
Caribbean population from Haiti, the West Indies, Jamaica and Panama; new Israeli residents,
émigrés from the former Soviet Union, Asians, and Jewish and Italian residents. H.E.S. responds
to demographic changes by making it a policy to welcome all and by proactively implementing
programs to advance community cohesiveness. H.E.S. serves the vulnerable and the disabled,
children, the elderly and our entire community. H.E.S., with funding from various government
agencies and private foundations, provides needed quality services enhancing the lives of all
residents.

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