Saratoga Center for the Family

11/27/2025

As we celebrate Thanksgiving, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for our clients, partners, staff, and supporters.
Your dedication to building a healthier, more compassionate community inspires us every day.

From all of us at Saratoga Center for the Family, we wish you a healthy, peaceful, and gratitude-filled Thanksgiving. 🧡🍂

11/26/2025

The Holiday Craft Marketplace Event Raffle is BACK, and it's LIVE online!
Enter to win these beautifully handmade prizes, now through Saturday, November 29th at 3pm.

By Saratoga Center for the Family

11/25/2025

✨ Trail of Lights is here! ✨

Artisanal Brew Works is hosting its first-ever Trail of Lights fundraiser, and we’re honored to be part of it!

The SSCSD- Saratoga Springs High School Student Council has generously sponsored and decorated a tree for Saratoga Center for the Family. 💙🎄

Come walk the magical light trail (free and fun for all ages!), visit the brewery, and check out the 50 beautifully decorated trees—each supporting a local cause. You’ll find a placard at every tree with info and a QR code if you’d like to make a donation.

📅 Tree Lighting Ceremony: November 29 at 5:00pm
📅 Trail Open Daily: Nov 29–Dec 31 (closed Mondays)

Bundle up, take a stroll, and help spread some holiday cheer! ✨

11/21/2025

Voting is underway for the Time's Union Big $100,000 Giveaway! Your vote helps us to better serve our community:

1. Support children in crisis.
Your vote helps us provide a safe, healing space for children experiencing abuse or trauma.

2. Make mental health care accessible.
We offer counseling to anyone in need - no matter their ability to pay.

3. Strengthen our community.
When children, families, and individuals get the support they need, our whole community grows stronger.

Vote once per day, per device now through Friday, December 5 to help boost our chances of winning $10,000!

You can vote at the following link:
https://www.timesunion.com/capitalregiongives/ #/gallery

Thank you for your support!

11/19/2025

🍂 A Heartfelt Thank You 🍂

Thanks to our amazing partners at Pitney Meadows Community Farm and the generous donors who purchased “Buy a Box, Give a Box” Thanksgiving Harvest Boxes, we were able to deliver farm-fresh fall veggies to many families we serve through our Center.

Each box was filled with beautiful fall produce—potatoes, carrots, garlic, onions, sweet potatoes, squash, turnips, and radicchio—along with a handwritten Thanksgiving card from the Farm and delicious recipe ideas. The gratitude expressed by each recipient was truly heartwarming and a reminder of the power of community care.

Thank you for helping us spread warmth, nourishment, and kindness this Thanksgiving season. 🧡🍽️

11/16/2025

We’re thrilled to share that Saratoga Center for the Family is participating in the Times Union Capital Region Gives campaign!

You can help us win a share of $100,000 — support that would allow us to reach even more children and families in need throughout our community.

Here’s how you can help:
Vote for Saratoga Center for the Family once per day, Starting TODAY through and December 5th!

VOTE HERE:

10/29/2025

✨Congratulations to Derek Tefft! ✨

We’re thrilled to share that Saratoga Center for the Family’s very own Derek Tefft received the “Hero for Children Award” today at the NYSCA Leadership Conference! 🎉

Derek’s compassion, professionalism, and unwavering commitment to children have made a lasting difference across our community. Through his leadership, our prevention and outreach programs have grown from 0 to 16 school partnerships, reaching over 6,000 students with vital education and support.

He’s a trusted leader, mentor, and advocate whose passion shines through in every training, presentation, and partnership he builds. Derek truly embodies what it means to be a Hero for Children. 💙

10/28/2025

🌟 Saratoga Center for the Family at the NYSCA Leadership Conference! 🌟

Today, our team attended and presented at the NYSCA Leadership Conference in Albany, NY!

Our Therapist and Clinical Program Development Coordinator Vicki Braunstein, along with nutritionist Keira Kenyon, led an engaging workshop on “Integrating Nutrient-Rich Food into Mental Health Services.” 🍎🥦

Additionally, our Outreach and Education Director Derek Tefft and Associate Executive Director Jennifer Wormley represented Saratoga Center for the Family on the “Leading Together” panel discussion, highlighting our education and outreach programming. 💬✨

We’re proud to share our innovative work and collaborate with others across New York State to strengthen families and communities through education, advocacy, and mental health treatment. 💙

10/16/2025

Today our team is wearing purple in honor of Go Purple Day — also known as Purple Thursday — a national day of action held each October during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. 💜

We stand in solidarity with survivors and all those with lived experience of domestic violence, and we’re proud to join our partners at Wellspring Saratoga and others across the Capital Region in raising awareness, promoting safety, and showing our shared commitment to a future free from violence.

09/08/2025

Remembering Amy Radik

Saratoga Center for the Family is deeply saddened to share the passing of our Development Coordinator, Amy Radik.

For the past seven years, Amy dedicated herself to raising funds and building community partnerships in support of the Center’s mission. She was the life of every event she planned for the Center, bringing warmth, joy, and energy to all who attended. Her work strengthened vital programs for children and families, and her impact will be felt for years to come.

Amy faced an eight-year battle with cancer with courage, grace, and perseverance. Even through the most difficult times, she remained steadfast in her commitment to serving others, leaving a legacy of compassion, resilience, and generosity.

We extend our heartfelt condolences to Amy’s family, friends, and all who had the privilege of knowing her. She will be profoundly missed by her colleagues and the many community members whose lives she touched.

Amy’s legacy will live on through Saratoga Center for the Family.

06/19/2025

We had a great day at McGregor Links Country Club for our 16th Annual Golf Classic! A BIG Thank You to all of our generous sponsors, donors, volunteers and golfers for making this ⛳️ 🏌️‍♀️ event possible!

06/02/2025

Don’t miss your chance to score free entry for you and a guest all festival long at the Belmont Stakes this week!

This raffle closes tonight at 11:59PM - just 16 hours left to enter!

Your donation supports a wonderful cause in our community!