About Us
New York State of Mind was founded in November 2009 after Paul Dawkins, Abdul Koroma, and Mark Adams participated in a volunteer activity in the South Bronx and became inspired by the way proactive members of the community were working to uplift the less fortunate. The trio set out to establish an organization that would improve the quality of life for the communities they serve.
We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
- Winston Churchill
Our goal is to inspire and provide an avenue of hope for low income communities in New York City. Since 2010, our organization has partnered with various organizations that focus on providing a number of services to these communities, which include those of disadvantaged children, displaced teens, the homeless and low-income families.
We have volunteered hundreds of hours with a variety of organizations that focus on different aspects of poverty, including Bowery Mission, Baby Buggy, City Meals on Wheels, Housing Works & St. Joseph’s Soup Kitchen. We have cultivated over 300 volunteers dedicated to serving the less fortunate and participated in projects that consist of direct service to the community, such as meal service and meal delivery to the elderly.
We have also developed recreational and motivational projects for at-risk youth, such as cooking programs, basketball leagues and monthly field trips for the homeless teenagers of Covenant House New York.
We seek to provide quality service to the communities we serve in hopes of impacting lives for positive change and cultivating the positive spirit of those who are willing to give their time to help those in need.