On Tuesday,
June 24, 2014 at 11 AM, Regional Aid for Interim Needs, Inc. (R.A.I.N.)
is pleased to announce that it will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for
Grand Opening of the R.A.I.N. Gun Hill Neighborhood Senior Center. The
ceremony will take place at the brand
new facility located at 3377 White Plains Road, The Bronx, New York 10467.
“We
are happy to introduce our accomplishment to the seniors, community and
those who helped bring this program to fruition,” said Anderson Torres,
CEO of R.A.I.N. Inc. The ribbon-cutting
ceremony for R.A.I.N. marks the launch of another quality driven
program for a community in need of these services.
Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson, Assemblyman Carl Heastie, Council Member Andy King and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. are scheduled to be on hand to offer a few remarks regarding
R.A.I.N. Gun Hill Neighborhood Senior Center and to assist in the ribbon-cutting.
R.A.I.N.
was founded in 1964 by Beatrice Castiglia-Catullo as a voluntary effort
to provide in-home care for older persons leaving the hospital with no
one at home to care for them. Having
herself experienced the hardship of caring for an elderly homebound
relative with no outside assistance, Mrs. Catullo sought to address this
need and fulfill the desires of seniors to continue to be productive
and independent citizens of the community.
Currently,
R.A.I.N. is the largest provider of social services for seniors in The
Bronx with 17 service sites throughout the Bronx and one in upper
Manhattan offering a comprehensive continuum
of services to help seniors live safely and independently in their
homes.
For more information regarding the event or R.A.I.N.’s programs, please call R.A.I.N.’s Administration Office at (718) 892-5520.
