Project Renewal & Ethical NYC Bring Free Mobile Medical Clinic to Amsterdam Avenue

Just to the east of Lincoln Square sits the historic New York Society for Ethical Culture (Ethical NYC). The Humanist organization has been headquartered in a historic building at the corner of West 64th Street and Central Park West since 1876. In 1902, the society constructed a new building at 33 Central Park West to house the Ethical Culture School, which has since expanded to include four campuses, one of which is still located at 33 Central Park West, adjacent to the Society for Ethical Culture (though in 1995, the organization voted to set up the school as its own legal entity with a self-governing board of trustees). While much has changed in the nearly 150 years since Ethical NYC’s founding, the organization remains true to its mission of fostering ethical relationships, social justice, and democracy.

Ethical NYC has initiated a wide array of programs to serve its neighbors, and its most recent project, a collaboration with Project Renewal, is providing free healthcare to neighbors in need. Project Renewal’s MedVan mobile clinic provides a variety of healthcare services to individuals in the community, including visits with a primary care provider and a mobile pharmacy. The medical van is parked on Amsterdam Avenue between West 63rd and West 64th Street on Wednesdays from 9:00am to 11:30am. Services are open to all regardless of insurance status and ability to pay.

The partnership with Project Renewal is just one of a myriad of community engagement initiatives organized by the New York Society for Ethical Culture; Ethical NYC also hosts school supply giveaways in August and January, a turkey distribution event in November, and free back-to-school haircuts for children in the Amsterdam Houses. In addition, the society hosts a diverse array of speakers, discussions, meditations, and opportunities to meet your neighbors at Sunday Platform meetings and Humanist Happy Hours. To learn more about this programming, visit ethical.nyc. To get involved or donate supplies, email Marlene Williamson, Director, Ethical Friends, Amsterdam Community Outreach Coordinator External Partnerships, at mwilliamson@nysec.org. 

LSBID knows that the strongest communities are built by neighbors who look out for one another, and we are proud to have compassionate, engaged neighbors like the New York Society for Ethical Culture.

Photo Credit: Project Renewal