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Run by local parent, Harry Malakoff, this league combines volunteer coaching, and mentorship opportunities with strong community and parental support in this well-run program for 9-15 year old girls. The League emphasizes fun, teamwork, and a chance for everyone to play. Winning is NOT the most important goal. Girls Basketball League P.S. 41, 116 West 11th Street NY, NY 10011 Commissioner: Harry Malakoff Tel. (212) 255-6948 Fax: (212) 695-6058 Email: girlsbball@gvyc.net The Institute for Collaborative Education takes an innovative stance on middle and high school through its mission of inclusion. Leading a highly motivated, compassionate team of teachers and social workers, Principal John Pettinato has realized his dream. This creative, exciting, and holistic educational program has room for young people from all backgrounds. ICE has become a replicable model of youth engagement. The ICE curriculum and schedule is designed to nurture an incredibly diverse student body -- one that includes young people from virtually every social, ethnic, and economic class. ICE (The Institute for Collaborative Education) 345 East 15th Street, 5th Floor NY, NY 10013 Principal: John Pettinato Tel. (212) 475-7972 Fax: (212) 475-0459 Email: ice@gvyc.net School Website: www.iceschool.net The Jeanne Otter Memorial Youth Center is a true community center. Located on the Lower East Side, we provide a fun and exciting range of activities to 7-21 year olds and their families. JOY provides youth with a safe, supportive place to do homework and with academic assistance. Participants are engaged with age appropriate activities such as art projects, games, basketball, and culturally enriching trips. They are also connected with  counseling and other supportive services where needed. The J.O.Y. Center 213-15 Eldridge Street NY, NY 10002 Contact: Lauren Grimaldi, Director of Programming Tel. (646) 755-9752 Fax: (212) 475-0459 Email: joy@gvyc.net or lauren.grimaldi@gvyc.net The Neutral Zone has been a drop-in center for gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans-gender and questioning runaway and homeless youth from the age of 15 to 22 since 1992. There, young people are met with more than basic needs. They receive support and connection from members of their own community. Our well-trained and caring staff provides counseling or referrals and diverse activities such as HIV/AIDS counseling, substance abuse prevention, educational and recreational activities. Due to budget cuts, the Zone is struggling to survive. Please contact Jess Nemoy, Development Director, at jess.nemoy@gvyc.net to donate and keep doors open! The Neutral Zone Contact: Lauren Grimaldi, Director of Programming Tel. (646) 755-9752 Fax: (212) 475-0459 lauren.grimaldi@gvyc.net Website: http://gvyc.net/neutralzone Every summer since 1995, GVYC has run several free basketball tournaments at the famous West 4th Street Courts (aka "THE CAGE") in Greenwich Village. Reaching hundreds of at-risk youth from diverse background each summer, this drug prevention program also provides opportunities for youth community-service employment. West 4th Street Summer Basketball League "The Cage" West 3rd Street and Sixth Avenue NY, NY 10012 Commissioner: John Pettinato Tel. (917) 903-5230 Email: NZ92@aol.com In July 2002, with NYC Department of Youth Community Development's support, GVYC was able to expand its street outreach program, Where is Safe? to include daily van-based street outreach, a 24/7 emergency housing hot line, and referrals in the Bronx and Manhattan. Our outreach teams are comprised of experienced drivers and outreach workers who have first-hand knowledge of the experiences of the youth we are outreaching to. Our goal is to find every youth in need on the street and offer them the opportunity to leave the unsafe place to a safe environment. Since September 2006, the program -renamed Runaway and Homeless Outreach- offers mobile street outreach services to runaway and homeless youth in Manhattan below 59th Street, Brooklyn and Staten Island between the hours of 9 pm and 5 am seven days a week. We staff the outreach teams with experienced drivers and social worker or peer educators. This service provides information, food, clothing referrals, and safer sex supplies. Runaway & Homeless Youth Outreach Program Director: Eugene Heard Mobile: (718) 924-8922 Email: eugene@gvyc.net