Eliza Rockefeller’s volunteer experience with GO Project helped set a conversation in motion. Tara Rockefeller and Arlene Harrison saw an opportunity to reconnect the educational organization with the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, or FPWA.
GO Project’s earlier membership relationship had lapsed after staff changes. The Block Association’s contribution was to bring the people back into contact.
Harrison and Rockefeller met FPWA’s Susan Latham and helped arrange a meeting with GO Project director Wendy Reynoso. Judy Milone guided the membership application. The June 18, 2009 report confirmed that GO Project had been accepted back into membership.
At the time, the article reported that GO Project served more than 300 children. Its education work remained its own; the Gramercy Park Block Association helped strengthen the institutional connection supporting it.
Some projects collect goods or raise money. This one depended on recognizing where a relationship could be useful, making the introduction and helping people follow through.
The article also recorded the Block Association’s support for FPWA’s holiday toy-and-gift drive, linking the renewed partnership to the Block Association’s wider network of practical giving.