News Archive: July 2009

July 30, 2009: Open House at the Coney Island Center!

JBFCS’ Coney Island Center Continuing Day Treatment Program & Counseling Services hosted a lively and well-received open house. Included among the honored guests were Assembly Member Alec Brook-Krasny, Council Member Domenic M. Recchia, Maya Bremen - Brooklyn Coordinator of Representative Jerrold Nadler NY’s Eighth Congressional District Office, Yvonne Graham - Deputy Director of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Office, Janice Chisolm - Assistant Commissioner for Health Integration, Jill Massey - Brooklyn Borough Coordinator, NYS Office of Mental Health, Suzanna Levitt, Director of Immigrant & Family Services, Shorefront Y, Burt Fried, Senior Administrator, Mermaid Manor Adult Home, and social work representatives from Coney Island Hospital and Maimonides Hospital.

L-R: Rebecca Wulf, JBFCS Division Director of Services for Adults Living with Mental Illness; Lee Sherman, AJFCA President/CEO; Maya Bremen-Brooklyn Coordinator of Representative Jerrold Nadler NY’s Eighth Congressional District Office; Paul Levine, JBFCS Executive Vice President and CEO; Assembly Member Alec Brook-Krasny; Sheila Voyd - State Senator Savino’s Coney Island Liason; Yvonne Graham - Deputy Director of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Office; Janice Chissolm - Assistant Commissioner for Health Integration; Jill Massey - Brooklyn Borough Coordinator for NYS Office of Mental Health; Carmen Collado, JBFCS Director of Public Policy and Government Relations; Suzanna Levitt, Director of Immigrant & Family Services, Shorefront Y; Council Member Domenic Reechia; Burt Fried, Senior Administrator, Mermaid Manor Adult Home.	L-R: Jill Massey - Brooklyn Borough Coordinator, NYS Office of Mental Health; a Coney Island Center client; Paul Levine, Executive Vice President and CEO; Tatyana Harash, Director of Coney Island Center; Bob Kelterborn, Assistant Director of Real Estate & Facilities; Lee Sherman, President/CEO AJFCA; Justin O’Connor, Secretary to the Board; & Coney Island Center Continuing Day Treatment Program & Counseling Services staff.
Paul Levine, Executive Vice President and CEO, JBFCS.	L-R: Paul Levine, Executive Vice President and CEO; Assembly Member Alec Brook-Krasny; a Coney Island Center client; Jeffrey Clarke, JBFCS Director of Abraham Residence III; Susan Bear, Assistant Executive Director; Lee Sherman, President/CEO AJFCA.
A program client with Tatyana Harash, Program Director standing in front of a quilt created by clients.	JBFCS / Coney Island Center staff members.

July 19, 2009: First Annual Hudson Valley Bike Ride is a Huge Success!

The first annual Hudson Valley Bike Ride to benefit JBFCS has exceeded our goals! On the morning of Sunday, July 19th, 260 riders took off from our Hawthorne Cedar Knolls campus in Westchester, with some early birds leaving as early as 6:30am, and in the process raised over $400,000 to support our programs helping New Yorkers in need. The bikers followed scenic routes from a selection of paths ranging from 10 - 100 miles. This fundraising bike ride was the brainchild of incoming Board president, Tony Mann.

Paul Levine, Executive Vice President & CEO; John A Herrmann, President; Lenny Rodriguez, Deputy Executive Director and Tony Mann, President-Elect.	Thom Hamill, Director of Development & Philanthropy with Tony Mann, President-Elect
Alec Levine with his father, Paul Levine, JBFCS Executive Vice President & CEO	A team getting ready to start...
First to cross finish line!: Shirley de Peña - Team Captain of the Racial Affinity Groups	The top three team fundraisers: #1 Community Connections Riders, #2 Kaplan House, #3 Racial Affinity Groups pose with executives.
Kaplan House Team members	...And crossing the finish line!

The riders included approximately 75 JBFCS employees, representing 20 of our programs, as well as a dozen members of our Board of Trustees. Many people participated as volunteers for everything from supplying cool water, to manning the rest stops, to helping people find what they needed. An outdoor Kosher Barbecue with klezmer/blue grass music at the finish line gave everything just the right touch.

Next year’s ride is tentatively scheduled for July 18, 2010.