Queens, NY — Queens Community House (QCH), one of the borough’s largest nonprofit organizations, has announced the promotion of Robin Veenstra-VanderWeele to the newly created position of Chief Program Officer (CPO).
In our latest Community Matters, we highlight QCH marching at the Queens Pride Parade, Queens Power's Mayoral Forum in Brooklyn, our LGBTQ+ youth support being featured on CBS News, and Irwin Nesoff.
“I came to the Community House in September 1979 as part of my second-year field placement for social work school. One of our assignments was to write a funding proposal. I submitted a proposal for a Neighborhood Stabilization Project—and it got funded!
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