Sky Light Center staff were there for me when I was going through a tough time in my life. Sky Light Center helped me find and keep a job. They helped me put my life back together after I lost my home to Hurricane Sandy.

– Carolyn Varvaro

Wellness

Mission Statement:

To promote for Sky Light members the goal of ensuring that each person has power, choice, knowledge and control over their physical health and that their Clubhouse community has the capacity to support empowerment and recovery in this area.

Sky Light's Health Promotion concepts include:

  • The importance of members' participation in identifying and addressing their health issues
  • Member control over the determinants of health
  • Member choice about health care strategies
  • Member knowledge about their health issues

Wellness Program Supports and Activities:

  • Weight Watchers
  • Smoking Cessation (through a collaboration with Staten Island University Hospital's Smoking Cessation Clinic)
  • Yoga
  • Jazzercise
  • Zumba
  • Dental Services (through a collaboration with American Mobile Dental)
  • On-site Nutritionist
  • On-site Gym
  • Nutrition Support Group