Wishing You Peace & More Jay in 2018!
THANKS TO YOU, our 25th Anniversary Year was one for the record books! We served MORE students of every age from 9 - 90 . MORE volunteers & MORE donors stepped up to the plate. And now thanks to a major year-end grant from our longtime partner Con Edison , we will be able to offer MORE FREE school visits in 2018!

But there is so much more to be done. Please consider renewing your membership or making a year-end gift. We are so very grateful for all you do to make every New Year happy for the community that we serve together!
It was an inspiring and informative day. The ultimate confirmation was on the faces of our students, as they absorbed and were engaged in the many facets and opportunities for learning -- the dramatization and playacting, employing imagination and empathy, looking closely and searching for meaning in details, examining the prevailing political and economic interests and ways of life of the time, reading and touching precious artifacts and documents.

- Middle School/High School Educator following 7th grade field trip to the Jay Estate this year
Start the New Year Reading!
January 15, 2-5pm
Celebrate the legacy of  Martin Luther King Jr.  at one of New York State’s richest heritage sites. Come meet three incredible authors –  Brenda Ross Tiffany Jackson   and   Hugh B. Price   – each with a powerful narrative about the African American experience. This Annual Literary Tea is organized by the  American Women of African Heritage (AWAH).


and coming in 2018....
From Sustainability to Sailing
Thomas Rainer is a landscape architect by profession and a gardener by obsession. He is fascinated by the intersection of wild plants and human culture. He has worked on the grounds of the US Capitol and the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. This FREE talk is co-sponsored by JHC, The Rye Garden Club and Little Garden Club of Rye. May 1, 2018
John Rousmaniere is a renowned yachtsman, historian and author of more than 30 books on sailing, seamanship and clubs of New York City. He has been honored by Mystic Seaport for his enduring contribution to the preservation and appreciation of American boating. John will share his love of maritime history and his personal experiences under sail. May 2018 TBA


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Jay Heritage Center at the Jay Estate
A National Historic Landmark
210 Boston Post Road, Rye, NY 10580