Thanks to your support, the 2025 holiday season was a success! As a part of the Special Memories Program, we are dedicated to making sure all New Ground Veterans and families are equipped with what they need to have a memorable holiday. While our main goal is to make sure that our clients receive the…

This year’s gala was a success because of YOU. On Thursday, November 13th, we had the honor of hosting our 25th Annual Groundbreakers Gala at the newly-renovated Garden City Hotel. It was truly a night full of celebration — not only our wonderful honorees, Dorothy & Garett Zizzo and Diane Caputi, but also the completion…

  On Friday, November 7, we had the honor of partnering with The NY Islanders for their Hockey With A Heart Program at their Military Appreciation Night game! This past Friday, New Ground staff and volunteers were scattered around the UBS Arena concourse in lieu of Veteran’s Day hoping to spread the word about our…

Team New Ground Completed the 2025 TCS NYC Marathon! This past Sunday, the six members of Team New Ground crossed the finish line at the 2025 TCS NYC Marathon. Beginning their journey in the spring, we have watched our team train and grow to meet their goals to complete the race and we can’t be…

We are proud to announce the completion of the Bethpage Home! This past September, construction for the Bethpage Home was completed as an extension to our Long Term Housing Program. Following receipt of a New York State grant to build housing for homeless Long Islanders, this single family home was built to replace an older…

New Ground is proud to announce that it’s FIRST affordable housing project, The Grove, officially completed construction in July 2025 In a partnership with Georgica Green Ventures and the Kulka Group, New Ground was able to turn a vision into reality. The Grove provides 13 additional units of housing as an extension of New Ground’s…

Thank you for making this year’s Golf Classic such a success! We are filled with gratitude for everyone who supported Monday’s golf classic — what a truly special day! Held in loving memory of Steve J. DiMare, the event was a powerful tribute to his enduring legacy. We were also proud to honor Nancy Vargas,…

As of March 2025, New Ground extended its mission breaking the cycle of homelessness yet again, to support homeless survivors of domestic violence across Long Island. This year, New Ground became the sole recipient of the DVCE (Domestic Violence Coordinated Entry) federal HUD grant on Long Island. DVCE is a special part of our regional…

Meet the runners who are making their miles meaningful…   Meet Jill! My name is Jill Costen and I am beyond thrilled to be running the NYC half marathon for Team New Ground. This half marathon will be my 10th (I think!), but my first one outside my home state of Virginia. I began running…

Today, we’re highlighting the amazing Black History Month celebration our students and their families got to participate in on February 27th! They identified famous Black Americans and their contributions, worked on poetry and other forms of art related to Black history, and rounded out the celebration with trivia highlighting Black inventors and other fun Black…