LGBT Community Services Coming to Peekskill

New monthly support groups for LGBT youth, adults and seniors begin April 8 in Peekskill.

The sponsoring partners are HRHCare; The LOFT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Services Center; and Westchester Jewish Community Services’ Center Lane LGBTQ Youth Center.

The HRHCare Health Center at Peekskill will host the meetings facilitated by The LOFT and Center Lane in their second floor Founders Room, giving HRHCare patients and other community members who are identified or allied with the LGBT community a chance to discuss important LGBT health issues as well as support each other through group discussion and sharing.

“HRHCare is thrilled to continue our relationship with The LOFT and welcome WJCS Center Lane as a partner,” said Anne Kauffman Nolon, MPH, President and CEO of HRHCare. “This collaboration strengthens our commitment to providing quality health care and support for members of the LGBT community of all ages.”

“The LOFT has been working with HRHCare for many years on issues surrounding the MSM community,” said Scott Havelka, Director of Programs and Services at The LOFT. “This new collaboration in Peekskill will broaden the services to the entire LGBT community and demonstrate the many possibilities when LGBT service providers partner with health care providers.”

Santo Barbagiovanni, LMSW, Program Director of Center Lane, added, “WJCS Center Lane is thrilled to work with The LOFT and HRHCare to continue the expansion of Center Lane’s services to Northern Westchester, allowing more LGBTQ youth to access the continuum of services and programs.”

Center Lane will begin facilitating a monthly group for LGBT youth aged 13 to 21 from 5-6:30 PM, followed by The LOFT group for LGBT adults aged 18 and up from 7-8:30 PM.

These monthly meetings will be held on the second Wednesday of every month.

Beginning May 6, The LOFT will also offer its Silver Connections group for LGBT seniors, aged 55 and up, on the first Wednesday of every month at 11:30 AM.

All group meetings will take place in the Founders Room on the second floor of the HRHCare Health Center at Peekskill, 1037 Main St.