The Order of Malta returned to the auditorium at Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center with high energy music, activities for the residents and some heart-warming, well-seasoned clown antics.

The new initiative's goal is to provide medical care to one million children over the next three years.

Ahead of the Al Smith Dinner on October 17, Cardinal Dolan invited members of the press to join him at the Elizabeth Seton Children's Center in Yonkers on Monday, September 23 to see how the donations raised from the annual dinner are helping to save children's lives.

“The dinner is a means to an end, and you’re at one of the ends today,” Cardinal Dolan said.

Cardinal Dolan attended an event today in Yonkers at the Elizabeth Seton Children’s Center, highlighting the impact of the Alfred E. Smith Foundation’s support for the center’s life-saving work for vulnerable children.