In the 1870's, Mother Mary Ann Sammon, a young immigrant from Ireland who had embraced the life of a Dominican Sister, walked the teeming streets of New York City. As she did she encountered so many children... themselves immigrants, many orphaned and in need of a home and education. In time, with enormous courage and few financial resources, Mother Mary Ann, six other Dominican Sisters and nine little girls, traveled north of New York City to Blauvelt, New York to found what is now known as Saint Dominic's Home.

Today, more than 125 years later, in the legacy of Mother Mary Ann Sammon, the Sisters of Saint Dominic of Blauvelt and their more than 800 co-workers continue to face the enormous problems of children and families seeking shelter, education and nourishment of mind and heart.

We now provide foster care boarding homes to more than 300 children each year. At our Early Childhood Centers, we offer a Pre-K education for delightful four year olds eager to learn. Through Special Education Programs, we offer enlivening educational opportunities to children at Saint Dominic's School and TORCH (our therapeutic Pre-School). Our community residences provide shelter for adolescents who need psychiatric care or supervision. Therapeutic residential programs offer a caring environment for adults suffering with mental illness or with developmental disabilities. Community- based services help families stay united through counseling and preventive programs.

The financial support of our generous donors allows us to sponsor the programs and services of Saint Dominic's Home and to care for more than 2,000 children, adolescents and adults in New York City and the Lower Hudson Valley region. With your financial support, we can continue this great and courageous work on behalf of the children of Saint Dominic's. Please join us today with a generous donation by check or credit card, a bequest, or gifts by will, trust or life insurance. Thank you.