Queens Community House
@qchnyc.bsky.social
Providing individuals and families with the tools they need to improve their lives and build healthy, inclusive communities.
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From a divided Forest Hills to a borough-wide network, QCH has spent 50 years bringing people together. Meet the residents and leaders who helped turn conflict into connection in our latest video: youtu.be/k4TY16LZG5Q?...
✨ Celebrating 50 years of community. ✨
#QCH50Years #QueensNY #NYC
✨ Celebrating 50 years of community. ✨
#QCH50Years #QueensNY #NYC
50 Years of Impact and Community Building | Queens Community House
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December 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
From a divided Forest Hills to a borough-wide network, QCH has spent 50 years bringing people together. Meet the residents and leaders who helped turn conflict into connection in our latest video: youtu.be/k4TY16LZG5Q?...
✨ Celebrating 50 years of community. ✨
#QCH50Years #QueensNY #NYC
✨ Celebrating 50 years of community. ✨
#QCH50Years #QueensNY #NYC
🚨BIG NEWS🚨 We welcomed @governor.ny.gov to the Pomonok Community Center, where she announced $100M in NY BRICKS grants, including $5M to transform our Center for Pomonok neighbors. ✨
Investing in community centers is investing in neighborhoods for generations to come. Thank you, Governor Hochul! 🙌
Investing in community centers is investing in neighborhoods for generations to come. Thank you, Governor Hochul! 🙌
December 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🚨BIG NEWS🚨 We welcomed @governor.ny.gov to the Pomonok Community Center, where she announced $100M in NY BRICKS grants, including $5M to transform our Center for Pomonok neighbors. ✨
Investing in community centers is investing in neighborhoods for generations to come. Thank you, Governor Hochul! 🙌
Investing in community centers is investing in neighborhoods for generations to come. Thank you, Governor Hochul! 🙌
Queens families are facing some of their hardest moments — and today, you can triple the support.
Every gift to QCH is matched 3:1 until midnight.
$25→$75 • $50→$150 • $100→$300
Give hope: www.qchnyc.org/donate/make-...
#GivingTuesday #QueensNY #Nonprofit @givingtuesday.bsky.social
Every gift to QCH is matched 3:1 until midnight.
$25→$75 • $50→$150 • $100→$300
Give hope: www.qchnyc.org/donate/make-...
#GivingTuesday #QueensNY #Nonprofit @givingtuesday.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Queens families are facing some of their hardest moments — and today, you can triple the support.
Every gift to QCH is matched 3:1 until midnight.
$25→$75 • $50→$150 • $100→$300
Give hope: www.qchnyc.org/donate/make-...
#GivingTuesday #QueensNY #Nonprofit @givingtuesday.bsky.social
Every gift to QCH is matched 3:1 until midnight.
$25→$75 • $50→$150 • $100→$300
Give hope: www.qchnyc.org/donate/make-...
#GivingTuesday #QueensNY #Nonprofit @givingtuesday.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving, Queens! 🧡🦃
We’re extra grateful this year after our program The SEVEN Family Enrichment Center was able to give away 200+ turkeys to our neighbors with help from our friends at Komissary. ✨🫶
#Thanksgiving #QCH50Years #seasonofgiving
We’re extra grateful this year after our program The SEVEN Family Enrichment Center was able to give away 200+ turkeys to our neighbors with help from our friends at Komissary. ✨🫶
#Thanksgiving #QCH50Years #seasonofgiving
November 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, Queens! 🧡🦃
We’re extra grateful this year after our program The SEVEN Family Enrichment Center was able to give away 200+ turkeys to our neighbors with help from our friends at Komissary. ✨🫶
#Thanksgiving #QCH50Years #seasonofgiving
We’re extra grateful this year after our program The SEVEN Family Enrichment Center was able to give away 200+ turkeys to our neighbors with help from our friends at Komissary. ✨🫶
#Thanksgiving #QCH50Years #seasonofgiving
A single mom doing it all — until she found a community that refused to let her struggle alone. ❤️ This is Jenny’s story, and how QCH’s afterschool, housing, and food pantry support — all under one roof — helped her family find stability. youtu.be/tJbF9HJtAvA?... #nonprofit #queensny #nyc
Meet Jenny | Queens Community House
YouTube video by Queens Community House
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November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A single mom doing it all — until she found a community that refused to let her struggle alone. ❤️ This is Jenny’s story, and how QCH’s afterschool, housing, and food pantry support — all under one roof — helped her family find stability. youtu.be/tJbF9HJtAvA?... #nonprofit #queensny #nyc
#ThrowbackThursday to 1975 — when it all started for QCH. 💛
Join us this Saturday for our 50th Birthday Celebration with food, drinks, music & community!
RSVP: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#QCH50Years #QCHTurns50
Join us this Saturday for our 50th Birthday Celebration with food, drinks, music & community!
RSVP: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#QCH50Years #QCHTurns50
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
#ThrowbackThursday to 1975 — when it all started for QCH. 💛
Join us this Saturday for our 50th Birthday Celebration with food, drinks, music & community!
RSVP: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#QCH50Years #QCHTurns50
Join us this Saturday for our 50th Birthday Celebration with food, drinks, music & community!
RSVP: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#QCH50Years #QCHTurns50
It’s #ElectionDay! 🗳️
Our voices shape the future of our neighborhoods — so let’s show up and make them heard.
Polls are open until 9PM tonight!
✅ Find your site: nyc.pollsitelocator.com
✅ What’s on the ballot: nycvotes.org
🌀 And don’t forget to flip your ballot — there are 6 proposals on the back!
Our voices shape the future of our neighborhoods — so let’s show up and make them heard.
Polls are open until 9PM tonight!
✅ Find your site: nyc.pollsitelocator.com
✅ What’s on the ballot: nycvotes.org
🌀 And don’t forget to flip your ballot — there are 6 proposals on the back!
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
It’s #ElectionDay! 🗳️
Our voices shape the future of our neighborhoods — so let’s show up and make them heard.
Polls are open until 9PM tonight!
✅ Find your site: nyc.pollsitelocator.com
✅ What’s on the ballot: nycvotes.org
🌀 And don’t forget to flip your ballot — there are 6 proposals on the back!
Our voices shape the future of our neighborhoods — so let’s show up and make them heard.
Polls are open until 9PM tonight!
✅ Find your site: nyc.pollsitelocator.com
✅ What’s on the ballot: nycvotes.org
🌀 And don’t forget to flip your ballot — there are 6 proposals on the back!
Yesterday, as a part of Queens Power, QCH joined 1,700+ New Yorkers at Metro IAF’s Mayoral Action, bringing 200 neighbors from across Queens. 💪 Both mayoral candidates reaffirmed their commitment to bold action on housing, mental health, NYCHA & protecting our immigrant neighbors. #nycmayor
October 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Yesterday, as a part of Queens Power, QCH joined 1,700+ New Yorkers at Metro IAF’s Mayoral Action, bringing 200 neighbors from across Queens. 💪 Both mayoral candidates reaffirmed their commitment to bold action on housing, mental health, NYCHA & protecting our immigrant neighbors. #nycmayor
Today is #AgeismAwarenessDay 💪✨
At QCH’s Older Adult Centers, aging means connection, learning, movement, and joy — not limitation. Let’s challenge stereotypes and celebrate every stage of life with respect and inclusion.
🔗 asaging.org/ageism-awareness
At QCH’s Older Adult Centers, aging means connection, learning, movement, and joy — not limitation. Let’s challenge stereotypes and celebrate every stage of life with respect and inclusion.
🔗 asaging.org/ageism-awareness
October 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Today is #AgeismAwarenessDay 💪✨
At QCH’s Older Adult Centers, aging means connection, learning, movement, and joy — not limitation. Let’s challenge stereotypes and celebrate every stage of life with respect and inclusion.
🔗 asaging.org/ageism-awareness
At QCH’s Older Adult Centers, aging means connection, learning, movement, and joy — not limitation. Let’s challenge stereotypes and celebrate every stage of life with respect and inclusion.
🔗 asaging.org/ageism-awareness
Our PS 82Q afterschool students had a wildly fun day! 🦎🐍 Thanks to Alley Pond Environmental Center for bringing amazing animal friends—from a chinchilla to a bearded dragon! 🎨🍂 Students ended the day with a cozy fall paint & sip, taking home their masterpieces to share.
October 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Our PS 82Q afterschool students had a wildly fun day! 🦎🐍 Thanks to Alley Pond Environmental Center for bringing amazing animal friends—from a chinchilla to a bearded dragon! 🎨🍂 Students ended the day with a cozy fall paint & sip, taking home their masterpieces to share.
🎙️ Our CEO, Ben Thomases, joined The Dr. Doug Edge: Real Talk with Real Leaders podcast to share what makes QCH special and lessons from 10 years of leadership. Tune in to hear the story! www.buzzsprout.com/2506164/epis...
Leadership Beyond Profit: Ben Thomases, CEO of Queens Community House - The Dr. Doug Edge: Real Talk with Real Leaders
What makes a meaningful life? For Ben Thomases, CEO of Queens Community House, the answer came from an unlikely source: Charlotte's Web. "A spider's life is a messy thing. I thought I could lift up my...
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September 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🎙️ Our CEO, Ben Thomases, joined The Dr. Doug Edge: Real Talk with Real Leaders podcast to share what makes QCH special and lessons from 10 years of leadership. Tune in to hear the story! www.buzzsprout.com/2506164/epis...
🗳️ Today is National Voter Registration Day!
NYC’s general election is this fall—are you ready?
➡️ Register, check, or update your info by October 25 at nycvotes.org. @nycvotes.bsky.social
NYC’s general election is this fall—are you ready?
➡️ Register, check, or update your info by October 25 at nycvotes.org. @nycvotes.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🗳️ Today is National Voter Registration Day!
NYC’s general election is this fall—are you ready?
➡️ Register, check, or update your info by October 25 at nycvotes.org. @nycvotes.bsky.social
NYC’s general election is this fall—are you ready?
➡️ Register, check, or update your info by October 25 at nycvotes.org. @nycvotes.bsky.social
✨The 2025 #QCHGala is extra special — celebrating 50 years of service to Queens! 🎉
⏰ 10/23 | 6PM
📍 Museum of the Moving Image
We’ll honor Turner and enjoy a night of food, drinks, and community—all while supporting programs that help Queens thrive.
🎟 Tickets: www.qchnyc.org/fallgala
#QCH50Years
⏰ 10/23 | 6PM
📍 Museum of the Moving Image
We’ll honor Turner and enjoy a night of food, drinks, and community—all while supporting programs that help Queens thrive.
🎟 Tickets: www.qchnyc.org/fallgala
#QCH50Years
September 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
✨The 2025 #QCHGala is extra special — celebrating 50 years of service to Queens! 🎉
⏰ 10/23 | 6PM
📍 Museum of the Moving Image
We’ll honor Turner and enjoy a night of food, drinks, and community—all while supporting programs that help Queens thrive.
🎟 Tickets: www.qchnyc.org/fallgala
#QCH50Years
⏰ 10/23 | 6PM
📍 Museum of the Moving Image
We’ll honor Turner and enjoy a night of food, drinks, and community—all while supporting programs that help Queens thrive.
🎟 Tickets: www.qchnyc.org/fallgala
#QCH50Years
✨Future leaders, meet today’s changemakers!✨
At QCH’s Annual Career Panel, SYEP youth heard insights from leaders across government, media & business—including Queens BP Donovan Richards, NYC Aging Comm. Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez, CFO Stephanie Choudri & more! 👔🙌 @nycyouth.bsky.social
At QCH’s Annual Career Panel, SYEP youth heard insights from leaders across government, media & business—including Queens BP Donovan Richards, NYC Aging Comm. Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez, CFO Stephanie Choudri & more! 👔🙌 @nycyouth.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
✨Future leaders, meet today’s changemakers!✨
At QCH’s Annual Career Panel, SYEP youth heard insights from leaders across government, media & business—including Queens BP Donovan Richards, NYC Aging Comm. Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez, CFO Stephanie Choudri & more! 👔🙌 @nycyouth.bsky.social
At QCH’s Annual Career Panel, SYEP youth heard insights from leaders across government, media & business—including Queens BP Donovan Richards, NYC Aging Comm. Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez, CFO Stephanie Choudri & more! 👔🙌 @nycyouth.bsky.social
QCH video highlights from the mayoral forum with Queens Power earlier this month 🎥
Today is Primary Election Day! 🚨🗳️ Polls are open until 9pm tonight. Vote for Mayor, City Council, and more. Check your registration and look up your poll site at nycvotes.org. 📍
youtu.be/v5I1PBdMh40?...
Today is Primary Election Day! 🚨🗳️ Polls are open until 9pm tonight. Vote for Mayor, City Council, and more. Check your registration and look up your poll site at nycvotes.org. 📍
youtu.be/v5I1PBdMh40?...
QCH Highlights at the Mayoral Forum with Queens Power | Queens Community House
YouTube video by Queens Community House
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June 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
QCH video highlights from the mayoral forum with Queens Power earlier this month 🎥
Today is Primary Election Day! 🚨🗳️ Polls are open until 9pm tonight. Vote for Mayor, City Council, and more. Check your registration and look up your poll site at nycvotes.org. 📍
youtu.be/v5I1PBdMh40?...
Today is Primary Election Day! 🚨🗳️ Polls are open until 9pm tonight. Vote for Mayor, City Council, and more. Check your registration and look up your poll site at nycvotes.org. 📍
youtu.be/v5I1PBdMh40?...
What a way to kick off #PrideMonth! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ We’re still buzzing from the incredible energy at the Queens Pride Parade in Jackson Heights yesterday! 🤩 It was heartwarming to see the Queens Center for Gay Seniors, Generation Q, other QCH programs, and so many friends and family come together. #QCH50Years
June 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
What a way to kick off #PrideMonth! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ We’re still buzzing from the incredible energy at the Queens Pride Parade in Jackson Heights yesterday! 🤩 It was heartwarming to see the Queens Center for Gay Seniors, Generation Q, other QCH programs, and so many friends and family come together. #QCH50Years
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Ahead of the FY26 Education Executive Budget hearing, a student in @qchnyc.bsky.social’s Learning to Work program shared powerful remarks on why education and youth programs matter, and why they deserve sustainable funding.
Read our testimony we submitted 👉 assets.nationbuilder.com/unhny/pages/...
Read our testimony we submitted 👉 assets.nationbuilder.com/unhny/pages/...
May 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Ahead of the FY26 Education Executive Budget hearing, a student in @qchnyc.bsky.social’s Learning to Work program shared powerful remarks on why education and youth programs matter, and why they deserve sustainable funding.
Read our testimony we submitted 👉 assets.nationbuilder.com/unhny/pages/...
Read our testimony we submitted 👉 assets.nationbuilder.com/unhny/pages/...
The rallies continue! QCH housing staff were at City Hall this week, joining the call to protect tenant rights and fight against tenant displacement. @voteshekar.bsky.social @nmicnyc.bsky.social @stnicksalliance.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The rallies continue! QCH housing staff were at City Hall this week, joining the call to protect tenant rights and fight against tenant displacement. @voteshekar.bsky.social @nmicnyc.bsky.social @stnicksalliance.bsky.social
🚨 This morning, we rallied at City Hall for education funding again! 📚 Learning to Work is a lifeline for NYC youth, bridging the gap between high school, jobs, and higher education. Don't let LTW be left behind—we’re demanding stable funding NOW! #SaveLTW
May 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🚨 This morning, we rallied at City Hall for education funding again! 📚 Learning to Work is a lifeline for NYC youth, bridging the gap between high school, jobs, and higher education. Don't let LTW be left behind—we’re demanding stable funding NOW! #SaveLTW
As Mayor Adams’ Charter Commission meets tonight in Manhattan, we’re calling on @council.nyc.gov to back #OurNeighborhoodsOurPlan.
Communities—not big developers—should decide how NYC grows based on a plan we create!
Spread the word—->#OurNeighborhoodsOurPlan
Communities—not big developers—should decide how NYC grows based on a plan we create!
Spread the word—->#OurNeighborhoodsOurPlan
April 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
As Mayor Adams’ Charter Commission meets tonight in Manhattan, we’re calling on @council.nyc.gov to back #OurNeighborhoodsOurPlan.
Communities—not big developers—should decide how NYC grows based on a plan we create!
Spread the word—->#OurNeighborhoodsOurPlan
Communities—not big developers—should decide how NYC grows based on a plan we create!
Spread the word—->#OurNeighborhoodsOurPlan
It all started with an older adult center, an early childhood center, youth programming, and a vision for an integrated community in Forest Hills. QCH opened its doors in 1975, and this year we are excited to celebrate 50 years of impact and community building across the borough! 💫 #QCH50Years
April 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It all started with an older adult center, an early childhood center, youth programming, and a vision for an integrated community in Forest Hills. QCH opened its doors in 1975, and this year we are excited to celebrate 50 years of impact and community building across the borough! 💫 #QCH50Years
“Right now, Hochul’s budget tells human services workers that they don’t matter.”
But it's not too late.
@governor.ny.gov @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social @leaderasc.bsky.social can still support #JustPay by investing 7.8% in human services! #WeCantWait
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
But it's not too late.
@governor.ny.gov @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social @leaderasc.bsky.social can still support #JustPay by investing 7.8% in human services! #WeCantWait
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
Commentary: Pay a living wage to the people who make New York livable
Nonprofits are losing human-services workers because the workers can't afford to work for such low pay. Give them a real cost-of-living adjustment.
www.timesunion.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“Right now, Hochul’s budget tells human services workers that they don’t matter.”
But it's not too late.
@governor.ny.gov @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social @leaderasc.bsky.social can still support #JustPay by investing 7.8% in human services! #WeCantWait
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
But it's not too late.
@governor.ny.gov @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social @leaderasc.bsky.social can still support #JustPay by investing 7.8% in human services! #WeCantWait
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
QCH is calling for an increase in funding to afterschool programs! On 3/20, Robin Veenstra-VanderWeele, QCH Associate Executive Director for Youth Services, spoke at the Preliminary Budget Hearing for the Children & Youth Committee at City Hall. #FundAfterschool youtu.be/PJWgIofuU4c?...
QCH Advocates for Afterschool Programs at City Hall | Queens Community House
YouTube video by Queens Community House
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March 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
QCH is calling for an increase in funding to afterschool programs! On 3/20, Robin Veenstra-VanderWeele, QCH Associate Executive Director for Youth Services, spoke at the Preliminary Budget Hearing for the Children & Youth Committee at City Hall. #FundAfterschool youtu.be/PJWgIofuU4c?...
“Every year, Albany leaders express appreciation for human service workers, yet when it’s time to act, the funding often falls short. As a result, nonprofit providers are in crisis.”
👏 Read why @jessicaramosqns.bsky.social & @votejgr.bsky.social can't wait for 7.8: www.amny.com/opinion/help...
👏 Read why @jessicaramosqns.bsky.social & @votejgr.bsky.social can't wait for 7.8: www.amny.com/opinion/help...
March 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“Every year, Albany leaders express appreciation for human service workers, yet when it’s time to act, the funding often falls short. As a result, nonprofit providers are in crisis.”
👏 Read why @jessicaramosqns.bsky.social & @votejgr.bsky.social can't wait for 7.8: www.amny.com/opinion/help...
👏 Read why @jessicaramosqns.bsky.social & @votejgr.bsky.social can't wait for 7.8: www.amny.com/opinion/help...
Strength in numbers! Participants from our six older adult centers were together at Queens Borough Hall for Age Strong Queens Advocacy Day! 💪 We joined in advocating for increased funding for aging services, including nutrition, housing, and community support.
March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Strength in numbers! Participants from our six older adult centers were together at Queens Borough Hall for Age Strong Queens Advocacy Day! 💪 We joined in advocating for increased funding for aging services, including nutrition, housing, and community support.