“Growing with the Community”

Buena Vida serves a diverse geographical area with many distinct neighborhoods and needs, across the New York metropolitan area. Our organization is dedicated to effectively utilizing available resources to provide access to quality healthcare to all of our residents. Recreation and Volunteers works closely with our diverse communities throughout the metropolitan region to address specific concerns and needs of our residents, staff and the local community.

Our strength is in our reputation, we work collaboratively with community-based organizations, community boards, elected officials, faith-based organizations, community physicians, schools, universities and local residents to help deliver vital healthcare resources and bring to the forefront health and community issues.

Recreation and Volunteers at Buena Vida seeks to create, implement or support community programs, which brings together local advocates, leaders, and agencies for the promotion of ideas, and programs, which empower the people we serve. We are committed to a wide range of initiatives such as advocacy for the aging, healthcare, education, prevention, and neighborhood development.

To achieve our Mission the Department is committed to:

Developing and maintaining effective partnerships to help deliver vital healthcare resources and bring to the forefront health and community issues. Take into account the views and comments of all groups who seeks to create, implement or support community programs, which brings together local advocates, leaders, and agencies for the promotion of ideas, and programs, which empower the people we serve.

Corporate Guidelines

Buena Vida has an active Recreation and Volunteers department designed to support the achievement of company goals. The Department’s programs and initiatives are focused to instill organizational pride, build public trust, foster education, respond to community needs and enhance company image. The Department supports qualified organizations and community initiatives whose purpose is neither political nor religious in nature. We welcome requests from qualified organizations that bring to the forefront health and community issues and who empower the people we serve.

Organizational support is based on our corporate values: respect for the individual, uncompromising integrity, trust, credibility, continuous improvement, recognition and celebration. The Department of Recreation and Volunteers work as two units dedicated to achieving its Mission. The two units are: Office of Recreation and the Office of Volunteer Services. The chief objective of the Office of Recreation and Volunteers is to instill organizational pride, build public trust, foster education, respond to community needs and enhance company image. Thus, the Office of Volunteers helps to assist in corporate objectives implemented by the Office of Recreation and Volunteers.

Eligibility for Collaboration

We are committed to a wide range of initiatives such as advocacy for the aging, healthcare, education, prevention, and community revitalization.

How to Apply

Buena Vida does not have a formal application to collaborate form. All interested participants are required to submit a proposal for collaboration. Proposals must be typed and not exceed five single-spaced typed and numbered pages. (Do not use binders.) Provide the following information in this order: Proposal summary (a 1-or-2 page description) which states your project, the mission of your organization/project, the history of your organization/project and an explanation of why would you like to collaborate with Buena Vida. Criteria for evaluation and approval will be based on: Project description, Audience served, Goals, objectives, and action plan, Expected quantifiable outcomes or results, method of evaluation of proposed outcomes and other sources of support for the project will be assessed.

Timeline

Buena Vida accepts requests between January 1 and November 30. Buena Vida attempts to review all proposals within 45 days after receipt, at which time Buena Vida either immediately declines the proposal, or sends notification that the proposal will be further evaluated.

Contact and mailing information on how to collaborate with Buena Vida:

Carmen Ramirez
Executive Secretary
Buena Vida Continuing Care and Rehabilitation Center
cramirez@BuenaVidaCenter.org or Community@BuenaVidaCenter.org
Phone (718) 928-3525 or Fax (718) 452-7681

Proposals can be mailed to:

Buena Vida Continuing Care and Rehabilitation Center
Department of Recreation and Volunteers and Development
48 Cedar Street
Brooklyn, New York 11221