What we do
FIRST JAMAICA COMMUNITY and Urban development corporation (FJCUDC): the latest quality of life undertaking in the community.
Since 1662 First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica (FPCJ) has founded and supported institutions that have helped Jamaica Queens thrive. In 1999 FPCJ created the First Jamaica Community and Urban Development Corp (FJCUDC), an independent 501(c)3 organization to enhance and extend efforts to help Jamaica and other Southeast Queens residents transform and thrive in all facets of their lives. To do this FJCUDC partners with generous folks like yourself and existing social-service providers to deliver social, financial, and healthcare services that emphasize and support the self-respect and dignity of every individual served.
Most of our services will be provided for free or at a significantly low cost to residents.
More about First presbyterian church in Jamaica
In 1926 the church replaced the pastor’s resident with a two-story building, Magill Hall. Magill Hall houses an auditorium with seating for seven hundred (700) persons, a kitchen, a gymnasium, a recreation room, a youth center, conference rooms, and a suite of offices. With its “open door” policy FPCJ made the facilities available for community meetings and events. These community meetings led to the creation of Jamaica hospital, the Jamaica/Queens YMCA, and the Jamaica Service for Older Adults.
Community sharing of the space also created other partnerships. In partnership with the New York Presbyterian Hospital over the last eleven (11) years, men are provided with Free Prostate Cancer Screening that has saved the lives of more than 40 men. With the Cornell University Cooperative Extension (CUCE) programs housed on the campus, top-quality nutrition services and training are being delivered to the community.
The partnerships - the closer collaboration - between various organizations serving the community have taught us that we can:
• Eliminate/reduce lack of coordination/duplication of effort/inefficient competition.
• Enhance quantifiability.
• Support achievement of objectives by marshaling all/more required resources
• Improve the community services by the co-location of medical and social services.
