by oh-admin | Jun 22, 2009 | children, community, events, FRE, Odyssey House news
The children at Family Re-Entry now have a beautiful new playground! More than 150 volunteers from Odyssey House, KaBOOM!, KOOL-AID and our community partners braved the rain to assemble the playground and build the side projects. We were joined by a few very special...
by oh-admin | May 20, 2009 | children, community, events, FRE, Odyssey House news
Based on the childrens’ designs, KaBOOM had three beautiful playgrounds designed for us. After polling the parents and children at Family Re-Entry, a clear winner emerged:The playground includes a spiral slide, monkey bars, activity panels and ladders. In...
by oh-admin | May 8, 2009 | children, community, events, FRE, Odyssey House news
Kool-Aid and organizers from KaBOOM! hosted a Design Day for children and families at Odyssey House to begin planning a brand new playground for Family Re-Entry. The children and their parents put crayon to paper to brainstorm and draw their dream playgrounds, which...
by oh-admin | Apr 30, 2009 | Odyssey House news
As previously mentioned, Law & Order came to Odyssey House this month to film scenes for an upcoming episode, titled “Skate or Die.” The episode is scheduled to air on Wednesday, May 20th at 10 pm on Channel 4/NBC.*We hope you enjoy the show! Let us...
by oh-admin | Apr 22, 2009 | children, community, events, FRE, Odyssey House news
Children in Family Re-Entry will be getting brand-new playground through a community-led project sponsored by KOOL-AID.The children will have the opportunity to design their dream playground on Design Day, May 1st. The designers will base the final blueprint on the...
by oh-admin | Apr 9, 2009 | Odyssey House news
Law & Order came to Odyssey House last week to film a few scenes from an upcoming episode, “Skate or Die.” The set designers transformed the Mabon building into an area at Riker’s Island and a homeless shelter. To accommodate the shoot, Mabon staff planned a...
