TESTIMONIALS
“Words cannot articulate your immeasurable kindness, generosity, and support since I walked through the door at Carter Burden. You’ve kept me ‘above ground’ emotionally and physically. Couldn’t have survived without you!” -Social Service Unit Client
“This is my home away from home. Even my kids asked me to go live with them because my husband died 2 years ago. I am staying here because in this center I have friends, I don’t feel lonely, and I have a place to come.” - Leonard Covello Older Adult Center Member
“I am so impressed with the teaching quality of the MAW instructors (and I am a university professor). Especially during this pandemic, I always looked forward to the class and the work in between. It gave me a feeling of accomplishing something as I spent 12 weeks without ever leaving my apartment. I love these Zoom programs and hope that they will continue even when the center opens for ‘in-person’ sessions. Thank you for making these sessions available to me and others.” –Making Art Work class Participant
"My experience volunteering with the Carter Burden Network at the Carter Burden/Leonard Covello Older Adult Center in East Harlem has been absolutely amazing. The Director of Volunteer Services and her staff members go out of their way to make volunteers feel at home and part of the family from the moment they step through the doors. Being of service to the adult seniors who frequent the center is truly an honor and a very rewarding encounter. I highly recommend anyone in search of a location and population to volunteer their time with to choose this at this phenomenal organization."
-Volunteer
“The Carter Burden Gallery is a unique community of senior professional artists. It provides much more than a venue for exhibition. It is a supportive and affirming space for the artists to share their work and their passion, a love for art. The level of presentation is of the highest quality, equal to any in the Chelsea Art district of NYC. ” -Carter Burden Gallery Artist
“Thank you for everything you did so I could get the most important COVID-19 vaccine. I was so worried at that time because it was so difficult to get an appointment. Your help meant the world to me!” -Social Service Unit Client
“We really appreciate everything that the Carter Burden Network does for the older adult community and for us. They really treat us like family and always make me us feel comfortable and welcomed.”
-Volunteer
"The simplest way to say it - they care."
-Community Partner
"When I started going to Covello, I started feeling better about life. Covello brought me so much happiness. It's my second home.”
-Older Adult Participant
"Our mission is to accommodate the highest level of independence possible with a sense of dignity."
-CBN Staff
"The mission of Carter Burden is love. They care about what they do and genuinely care about every senior here.”
-Older Adult Participant
"It's about keeping people active, engaged, healthy."
-Community Partner
“As a board member, volunteering with my son at the Covello Center allows me to meet the people we’re reaching and get to know them, but also introduce my son to these amazing seniors who provide him with a whole other perspective on things that is invaluable.”
-CBN Board Member
Photo by David Jacobs Photography
“I found only good things at Carter Burden when I joined their program. I now have a wonderful social worker who has helped to improve my quality of life tremendously.”
-Older Adult Participant
“For 10 years it has been an honor for Mission NYC to send hundreds of volunteers to Carter Burden in order to bring a warm personal connection to seniors in our city who have limited mobility and thus limited social interaction. Our volunteers have had nothing but high praise for Carter Burden and for the opportunity to serve your seniors. Your organization really makes a difference.”
-Community Partner
“Seniors come and find what they need here. Food, companionship, a place to belong.”
-CBN Staff
"I have been with this program for a few years. Everyone there is so helpful and do all they can to help me. They are the sweetest and kindest people and don't make me feel like I'm a problem. They help me with any problem that comes up. I am so happy they are in my life."
-Older Adult Participant
