Active Adult and Senior Services - Our organization currently sponsor several Department for the Aging congregate meal sites and over 20 satellite Mom & Pop sites, housed within various community spaces. In addition to our DFTA funded sites Millennium also organizes and runs the Marine Park Active Adults, a two day education recreation program for residents of brooklyn 55 and over with a focus on physical activity and sports as a means to healthy aging. Millennium has helped create the wave of change in delivery of Active Adult and Senior Services in the Brooklyn Community, and we are looking forward to sharing our successes and helping NYC move towards a healthy active aging environment |
Paul Curiale - Executive Director - Our executive director Paul Curiale heads Brooklyn's fastest-growing community based organization with a primary focus on family development and healthy aging. Millennium Development now serves thousands of participants through 4 Older Adult programs, 6 comprehensive After-School programs and countless community outreach and family support services.
Over the past 4 years Curiale has led Millennium through a period of dramatic growth, expanding the breadth of Millenniums' Services ten-fold.
Mr. Curiale has been honored for his dedication to the communities Millennium Services. These honors include special recognition awards from local community groups, elected officials, and civic associations.
A lifelong resident of Brooklyn, Paul Curiale attended public elementary schools and James Madison High School. Paul attended Brooklyn College and earned a degree in business and human services.
While growing up, Paul was very active in local church and served for seven years as youth leader. His experience with young people led him to a career in human and non-profit services.
In 1991, Paul became the Administrator of Bergen Beach Youth Organization, a grass-root, non-profit organization. He helped to develop a sports and recreation program, implement necessary after-school programs, including an Out of School Time program and expanded service to over forty Brooklyn elementary and junior high schools with organized field days. Today, Bergen Beach Youth Organization services thousands of Brooklyn children through these necessary programs.
In 1993, Paul co-founded Millennium Development, a non-profit, Brooklyn-wide agency that provides direct services to senior citizens, families and youth through specialized programming. Since Millennium’s inception, Paul has served as Executive Director. Millennium sponsors three congregate meal centers and assists with twelve smaller groups for senior residents throughout Community Board 18 and parts of CB15 and CB5. Millennium provides life essential meal services, social, recreational and transportation services to thousands of senior residents. Millennium’s newest innovative program, The Marine Park Active Adults registered more than 1900 senior residents over the past three years. This program provides recreational, social and educational activities to newly retired persons residing in Marine Park and surrounding communities.
Millennium also sponsors Out of School Time program at local 7 local public schools, graffiti removal and neighborhood beautification programs, a one of a kind youth leadership summer camp, Youth Leadership in Training Program (Youth LITE) and assists in Youth Employment program. Millennium collaborates with city agencies and other non-profit organizations to provide family development, youth service, senior service and events throughout southern Brooklyn.
Affiliations:
President, Mill Basin Civic Association 2006 - present
Member and Youth Chair, Community Board 18 (since 2000)
Vice President of New York City Region Chapter of Family Development Association of NYS (FDANYS)
Active Member of New York State Parks and Recreation
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