Columns from our Non-Profit Executive Directors Archives

How and Why Do the Arts Make Us Feel

Greenwich Sentinel·
April 3, 2022·

Have you ever wondered how and why the arts are a universal language that all human beings share, no matter their culture? It has to do with the make-up of our human brain and the chemistry within it. As an actor turned drama therapist and today, the executive director of the Greens at Greenwich, Maria Scaros has studied the healing power of the arts for over 30 years. She has witnessed how visual art speaks to us non-verbally. In the theater and storytelling, we gasp at catastrophe, weep with star crossed lovers and applaud opportunity. Music conjures memories and dance is often an aphrodisiac. We are moved for good reason and it is not accidental.

The Best Part of My Job

Greenwich Sentinel·
April 1, 2022·

The best part of my job is connecting with students and working with great educators across the Greenwich Public Schools. Because of my work, I met Gardy, Domna, Noemy, Bleona, Grace, Alison, Armin and more and have been able to assist them with AVID SUCCESS Mentors, Scholarships and Jobs and Professional Skills and Tuning In To Music lessons. I have learned a lot from them and they have enriched my experience as the Executive Director of the Greenwich Alliance for Education.

GHS Innovation Lab Applications are OPEN!

Greenwich Sentinel·
March 4, 2022·

Innovation Lab at GHS was designed by five teachers who spent a year researching programs all over the country. In Lab uses the project based learning model and gives students autonomy to dive deeper into areas of content that they are curious and passionate about while engaging in complex problem in both the Humanities and STEM. Enrollment in Innovation Lab is happening now and runs until March 11, 2022 at GHS for all grade levels visit https://ghsinnovationlab.com.

Breast Cancer Alliance at 25

Greenwich Sentinel·
October 1, 2021·

As Breast Cancer Alliance commemorates it's 25th anniversary, it celebrates past accomplishments and sets priorities for the future. BCA's logo, three girls hand in hand, represents how communities across the United States must come together to fight this disease. It's colors vary to represent the diversity of patients impacted by breast cancer, including young and elderly, all races, all religions, and all genders: all those for whom BCA advocates.

Community PRIDE shines in Greenwich.

Greenwich Sentinel·
August 27, 2021·

Kids In Crisis is very grateful for our friends who contributed during PRIDE month to help us build healthy communities where children and families thrive through prevention, counseling, and crisis services available 24-hours every day.

It’s Time to Let the Arts Uplift Us

New Canaan Sentinel·
July 30, 2021·

By Stuart Adelberg If anyone had told me, two years ago, that our entire world would be turned upside down by a virus, I…

AVID SUCCESS Student Sponsorships: A Next Step in Financial Literacy

Greenwich Sentinel·
July 15, 2021·

Financial literacy education is a priority of AVID SUCCESS. Empowering AVID students to save money in Educate and Prosper College Savings Accounts at MCU, get jobs, earn and save money, and apply for scholarships will help them reduce college debt and remove financial obstacles in the future. Student Sponsorship are a means to support AVID students and we need our community to get involved!

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A Journey to Fatherhood

Greenwich Sentinel·
June 20, 2021·

Parenting isn’t always easy. Families all have their own journeys and stories to tell. For two gay men, the road to fatherhood was not without its hurdles, but the reward is everything they had hoped for.

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Young People and the Power of the Arts

Greenwich Sentinel·
June 4, 2021·

The Avon received a record number of applications for its annual Scholarship Essay Contest on "Why Film Matters." Through their submissions, our region's High School seniors demonstrate the unique power of film to identify the greatest challenges confronting their generation and to highlight the collective actions needed to address them!

Film Can Change the World

Greenwich Sentinel·
April 29, 2021·

By Stuart Adelberg Film Can Change the World Since joining the Avon Theatre Film Center, I have written frequently about the unique and extraordinary…

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