A LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dear Friends,

As a leader in aging services in New York City for the past 54 years, the Carter Burden Network (CBN) is committed to giving voice to vulnerable older adults who otherwise might not be heard, providing innovative services of the highest quality, and opening our doors to all with radical hospitality. We have grown from a single center to a network of programs and locations in Manhattan that serves nearly 6,500 older New Yorkers every year. We help a growing number of older people lead richer, independent lives with dignity and support. 

Over the past five decades, as older adults’ needs have changed and grown, we have consistently evolved in order to provide our clients with the most responsive programs and services. After an extensive renovation, we re-opened a newly renovated Carter Burden Luncheon Club and Older Adult Center on the Upper East Side, including an enhanced state-of-the-art commissary kitchen that allows us to expand our meal services to cater meals for our Roosevelt Island Older Adult Center as well as deliver meals to homebound elderly on the Upper East Side. We have also expanded our Technology Engagement programs, including technology instructors that empower older adults to cross the digital divide and use technology to better meet their needs and stay connected to others.

From art and music programs to Tai Chi and workshops on caregiving and health and wellness, from sewing classes and field trips to critical social services and life-sustaining meal programs, we are committed to empowering and inspiring older adults to live healthy, creative, and vibrant lives. And we like to celebrate life and have fun - we host an annual Senior Prom for members in the fall which is the soiree of the season and a not-to-be-missed Fashion Show in the Spring complete with a red carpet runway with members modeling outfits sewn in our sewing classes!

Even in this city of 8 million people, it’s easy for older adults to feel invisible, vulnerable, and isolated. At the Carter Burden Network, we fight these challenges with love and belonging through our quality programs and services. Aging in New York City can be a challenge. Feeling loved and inspired should never be.

To all our older adults, friends, partners, and supporters: the Carter Burden Network is your home. This is your network and our promise to you is:

We will always go above. You will always belong.

William J. Dionne
Executive Director