GEC receives $1.9 million grant from City Council
Don’t be fooled by names. Despite its name, the Guild for Exceptional Children, a non-profit Brooklyn agency that assists developmentally disabled people, doesn’t just help children. Many of its clients are elderly and have been with the agency for nearly 50 years.
The agency is making plans to renovate its Bay Ridge headquarters to better accommodate its elderly members thanks in part to a $1.9 million grant from the City Council.
The grant, coupled with an estimated $400,000 that the Guild for Exceptional Children (GEC) plans to raise on its own, will allow the agency to move its senior citizens program from its current location on the second floor of its headquarters at 260 68th St. to the first floor.