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CHANGING THE FACE
OF AGING
SElFHElp COmmuNITy SErvICES, INC.
SCS FOuNdATION, INC.
2012 ANNuAl rEpOrT TO THE COmmuNITy
Selfhelp is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to maintaining the independence and dignity of seniors and at-risk populations through a spectrum of housing, home health care, and social services and will lead in applying new methods and technologies to address changing needs of its community. Selfhelp will continue to serve as the “last surviving relative” to its historic constituency, victims of Nazi persecution.
As this report goes to print we must pay a special tribute to the thousands of individuals and families
in our area irreparably touched by the mayhem of Hurricane Sandy. We dedicate this report not only
to acknowledge the damage wreaked by the storm but to commemorate the invincible spirit of the
nurses, case managers, home health aides, and so many others whose heroic efforts helped ensure
the safety and calm of our seniors during the storm, darkness and isolation. Their acts of love and
determination were varied and inspiring -- walking miles from borough to borough or trudging dozens
of flights up dark stairwells to bring food, water and comfort to stranded clients; welcoming seniors
into their own homes; arranging for emergency services for those overwhelmed by the chaos. These
selfless actions stand as shining examples of the true essence of Selfhelp. We express our heartfelt
gratitude for the outpouring of support and concern shown by our friends and contributors in the
aftermath of the storm. Your kindness fuels resilience and makes a brighter future a reality.
Out of loss, springs compassion. Out of wreckage, grows strength. We thank you for making it
possible for so many to stand even taller every day.
Our MissiOn:
COnTEnTsDEDiCATiOn
4 New Models of Service
8 The Highest Quality of Care
12 Enriching Lives
16 Thinking Forward
20 Founders Society
21 Providing Support
29 Working Together
32 Financial Information
36 Officers, Directors, and
Management Staff
dEAr FrIENdS,Aging is, at heart, a process of continuous change, and with advances in medicine, technology and wellness, the “face of aging” is indeed evolving. At first, these changes moved slowly, but in the 21st century the pace of change is now exploding.
First, aging adults have more choice: Many adults in the community today are vibrant, vital individuals seeking new challenges, even as they age with limitations. Remaining independent, living in their own homes instead of a communal health care setting, is of utmost importance to them.
Second, the system of care is transforming: Government and private health care payers have moved swiftly into “pay for performance” systems. These create both financial risk responsibility and efficiency measures for non-profit providers.
At the same time, the overall size of the funding pie is being reduced. This past year, for the first time, Selfhelp has experienced a funding shortfall as a result of the rapidly changing environment.
How is Selfhelp responding? Selfhelp is pioneering creative approaches to serving older adults, includ- ing those who require additional support as they grow more frail.
Selfhelp has always been dedicated to providing the highest quality of care in all our service areas. In addition to being the largest provider of comprehensive services to Holocaust survivors in North America, we sustain our diverse programs for 20,000 seniors with dedicated staff and by integrating two key care concepts:
Social care—which reflects what we at Selfhelp have always done—create programs which provide for the non-medical needs of an older population.
Health care—providing older adults with a suite of services, from wellness promotion, to chronic disease management, to telehealth technology, to home care and skilled nursing.
Utilizing these symbiotic care concepts, we are responding to the changing face of aging. We are expanding our successful Supportive Senior Housing model, already in place in six buildings, to four new locations. Our seventh affordable senior residence will open in Queens in early 2013, with social and health care services available if needed. New building sites are being explored in Brooklyn and the Bronx, and we are bringing our model to an existing provider in Westbury, Long Island.
We are also extending our pioneering Aging Services Technology. Selfhelp’s Virtual Senior Center received two
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We are honored to count you among our loyal friends and supporters, who share our belief in Selfhelp’s leadership as the face of aging evolves.
Sincerely,
Raymond V.J. SchragPresident Board of Directors
Dennis BaumChairmanSCS Foundation Board
Stuart C. KaplanChief Executive Officer
high-profile grants to expand within New York City and to three additional cities. This transformational project provides social care for isolated homebound seniors by directly connecting them to a virtual caring network. In health care, we piloted a new kiosk using telehealth technology to enable clients to self-monitor their vital signs and obtain health information.
This year, New York State shifted the context for Selfhelp’s work by requiring chronically ill individuals to enroll in Medicaid Managed Long Term Care Plans. In response, SinglePoint Care Network, LLC was launched. SinglePoint is our new joint venture with a wonderful partner, FEGS Health and Human Services. SinglePoint will coordinate and manage the care and delivery of services to eligible enrollees. This will enable our clients to remain connected to the network of health and social care they have come to rely on Selfhelp to provide.
As you will read in these pages, Selfhelp Community Services is playing an active role in changing the face of aging. As we assess the needs and listen to the voices of those we serve, we are creating new services and business models. And, as we move forward, we remain a compassionate and strong partner to the clients we serve.
ChAnging ThE FACE OF Aging
DENNIS BAUM STUART C. KAPLAN
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On July 1st, 2012, long-time Board member and New York City attorney Raymond V.J. Schrag became the new President of Selfhelp’s Board of Directors.
Mr. Schrag’s parents, who immigrated to America from Germany in the 1930’s, were among Selfhelp’s early pioneers. His mother aided Holocaust survivors fleeing persecution by distributing clothing to needy families.
Mr. Schrag has four main goals for his tenure. In keeping with Selfhelp’s historic commitment to survivors, many of whom are now in their late eighties and nineties, he intends to focus on building awareness of their escalating emotional and physical needs. He also plans to further the work of SinglePoint Care Network, LLC (a joint venture to maintain quality of long-term care under new efficiencies demanded by Medicaid and managed care); to create new partnerships for the development of cutting-edge services; and to deliver technological innovations to sustain seniors in their own homes, reduce their isolation, and support their memory, fitness, and health.
A trust and estate attorney, Mr. Schrag has been in private practice since 1973. He is President of the Jewish Philanthropic Fund of 1933 and of the American Federation of Jews from Central Europe. He serves on the boards of the Leo Baeck Institute, the Anti-Defamation League’s Planned Giving Legal Advisory Committee and The Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Mr. Schrag, his wife, Jean, and their two children, Rebecca and Ben, are all actively involved with Selfhelp. We welcome Mr. Schrag as President, and look forward with great anticipation to his leadership.
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A Tribute to Victor A. Wyler
Following twelve years of distinguished leadership, Victor A. Wyler concluded his service as Selfhelp’s tenth President, carrying forth the legacy set by his father, Alfred Wyler, who served as Selfhelp’s fourth President. During his tenure, Mr. Wyler provided exceptional guidance during a time of tremendous growth at Selfhelp. His dedication and commitment are evident to all who have had the privilege of working with him.
Among his numerous accomplishments, Mr. Wyler strengthened Selfhelp’s Board of Directors by recruiting 22 new Board members. Under his watch, the Board’s commitment to Selfhelp’s historic mission resulted in a nearly three-fold increase in service to the Holocaust survivor population, along with a four-fold increase in funding. Mr. Wyler also oversaw Selfhelp’s development into a prominent national and international leader in the world of Aging Services Technology, particularly following the launch and success of its Virtual Senior Center. Additionally, Selfhelp’s Board redoubled its commitment to affordable senior housing through expansion to new regions. Finally, under Mr. Wyler’s guidance, the Selfhelp Community Services Foundation was created along with a new governing entity to focus on philanthropy and broaden Selfhelp’s base of support.
Mr. Wyler plans to remain an active member of the Selfhelp Board, and now serves as its Co-Chairman.
Selfhelp’s New President, Raymond V.J. Schrag
RAYMOND V.J. SCHRAG VICTOR A. WYLER
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NEW mOdElS OF SErvICE Selfhelp Technology Attracts Prestigious Funding and Acclaim
“I feel like a different person—like I’m young again,” explains Milton Greidinger, 88, who has come to symbolize the life-changing impact of Selfhelp’s Virtual Senior Center on almost every senior who uses it.
The Virtual Senior Center is among the significant new applications of technology Selfhelp is pioneering—which enable seniors to regain a sense of independence, camaraderie, and vitality.
The promise of Selfhelp’s Virtual Senior Center (VSC) is now being fueled and furthered by new grants from prestigious entities. The CEA Foundation, a new charitable foundation affiliated with the Consumer Electronics Association (an association comprised of more than 2,000 of the world’s leading electronics manufacturers and innovators), has selected Selfhelp’s Virtual Senior Center to receive its inaugural grant. This support will make it possible to expand enrollment, conduct live classes from two new senior center hubs, and ultimately bring the Virtual Senior Center project to scale in multiple cities across the country.
And, the AARP Foundation, the charitable affiliate of AARP, selected Selfhelp’s Virtual Senior Center as the recipient of one of the first grants the organization is providing to address the
damaging effects of isolation among the elderly. This grant is funding expansion to three new senior center hubs and additional clients.
While some of the VSC’s most popular uses include lively current events classes, armchair yoga, music participation and grocery shopping via the Internet, Selfhelp has become a magnet for attracting high-caliber partners whose collaborations have sparked interactive, thought-provoking virtual presentations. These include curated discussions with the Guggenheim, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Jewish Museum, as well as intergenerational reading tutoring (VSC seniors paired with school-age children) through the Queens Public Library, and an online movie review club.
These grants build on generous seed funding Selfhelp received from UJA-Federation of New York, the Harriet and Robert H.
Heilbrunn Fund, and Dorothy Coleman.
Helping Residents Access Health Services through New Technology
Selfhelp is building on its half-century of leadership in uniting housing and services, with a new tool, “COLLAGE,” that helps direct personalized social care to residents. Using COLLAGE, social workers conduct structured interviews and learn specifics about what residents need, emotionally and physically—as a basis for a more custom-tailored approach to delivering services.
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Selfhelp residents check their blood pressure using telehealth monitoring services provided by Jewish Home Lifecare.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg addresses members at the Benjamin Rosenthal Prince Street Innovative Senior Center.
US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand tours the Benjamin Rosenthal Prince Street Innovative Senior Center with Stuart C. Kaplan, CEO and US Congresswoman-elect, Grace Meng.
Sarah Hyman benefits greatly from Selfhelp’s Supportive Senior Housing model.
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“I’m one of the lucky ones,” explains Rosetta (Rosie) Terry, age 90, preparing to connect to one of Selfhelp’s Virtual Senior Center (VSC) classes. “I enjoy the current events classes and of course the music classes…especially Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra. And all my classmates are very nice.”
As Rosie’s daughter Sheila explains it, the VSC, which brings live classes including tours of the Guggenheim Museum into their home at the click of a button, has done a world of good for Rosie. Although Rosie contends with a long list of health conditions and takes more than 20 medicines a day, she’s become a big advocate of the VSC and its ability to help seniors – particularly homebound seniors – to connect with the world.
“I try to arrange my doctor visits so I don’t miss class,” Rosie says with a smile. “It helps me to keep learning things.”
Rosie has been a client of Selfhelp since 2008, and is currently using a number of services offered by Selfhelp to make life better. She receives kosher Meals-on-Wheels, home care, Medicaid, social services and help with Medicaid paperwork and disability forms.
“The paperwork alone could bury you if you let it,” she quips.
And what advice would she have for others…some secret for a great life as you age? “Find a way to keep involved with the world, with your children and find a way to keep making friends. A lot of my close friends have moved away or passed away. So you need to keep making new friends.”
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Rosetta teRRy: a New woRld opeNs thRough selfhelp’s ViRtual seNioR CeNteR
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Selfhelp is one of 60 not-for-profits throughout 22 states selected to participate in this initiative. Data from each site is compared to that of other senior housing programs. For example, we found that 82% of Selfhelp residents do not report feeling lonely in their living arrangement, compared to 73% of seniors living in similar arrangements. This finding indicates that Selfhelp residents are availing themselves of the opportunities presented for socialization, but that some may require a different approach. And, 34% of Selfhelp residents exercise more than 4 hours a week, compared to just 18% of those living elsewhere—showing that our on-site fitness activities are effective, while there is still room to grow.
The goal is to target the overall array of services (just some of which include health and wellness classes, housekeeping, home health care, technology, social events, and fitness) to residents’ specific needs if and when necessary.
Selfhelp is most grateful to Enterprise Community Partners for their generous support of this project.
Senator Gillibrand and Mayor Bloomberg Champion Selfhelp’s Innovative Senior Center
Mayor Michael Bloomberg visited Selfhelp’s Benjamin Rosenthal Prince Street Senior Center on April 3rd to kickoff the official opening of the city’s ten Innovative Senior Centers, vibrant new models which are leading the way in meeting the changing needs of seniors and other underserved groups in and around the city.
Selfhelp’s Innovative Senior Center focuses on health and wellness. It includes a plethora of new activities, together with coaches who support healthy eating, exercise, and disease management. The site is the first hub of Selfhelp’s Virtual Senior Center. In addition to broadcasting classes outward to homebound seniors, it houses a state-of-the-art Computer Learning Center and preventive healthcare kiosks which offer personalized health evaluations as part of a pilot program to prevent re-hospitalization.
Following a press conference which drew dozens of reporters, the Mayor and other city officials took a tour of the center to chat informally with members and take in some of the highlights—including a Virtual Senior Center music class where Mayor Bloomberg was serenaded online by
seniors from their own homes. The Mayor graciously accepted an honorary professorship in current events from the VSC and an invitation to teach a class.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, joined by New York State Senator Toby Stavisky and Congresswoman-elect Grace Meng, toured the Center on October 22nd. She chatted with seniors in fluent Mandarin Chinese, and conversed with Virtual Senior Center clients onscreen regarding their concerns about the economy, Medicaid and Medicare changes, and other substantive issues. She also used the opportunity to urge reauthorization of the Older Americans Act to provide critical programs and services for seniors.
The visits earned extensive positive coverage by dozens of outlets including WABC-TV, WNBC-TV, NY1, SinoVision, WMBC-TV (Chinese), New York Magazine, The New York Post, newspapers in Chinese and Korean, news radio, websites, Twitter, Facebook and more.
Selfhelp Housing Expands to Nassau County through New Affiliation
Through a recent partnership with the Kimmel Housing
Development Foundation, Selfhelp will become the asset manager of two affordable housing developments in Westbury, Long Island and will oversee the operations of the Foundation. This will be our first housing installation outside of New York City.
The Kimmel Housing Development Foundation operates two affordable housing residences, for seniors, working families, single heads of households and veterans. The Kimmel Foundation’s innovative approach promotes a sense of shared community among all residents—including intergenerational programs between seniors and families with children, and shared housing among working residents.
Under the new affiliation, residents will continue to enjoy Kimmel Foundation programs while having access to the depth and breadth of Selfhelp’s wide network of services.
“This is an exciting opportunity for our real estate development staff to expand its search for new affordable housing sites in Nassau and Suffolk counties,” explains Selfhelp’s Vice President for Real Estate Development, Evelyn J. Wolff. “Kimmel’s staff has extensive experience and contacts within both counties which will benefit the partnership as we move forward in our mission.”
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Increase in Funding for Home Care for Holocaust Survivors
As Holocaust survivors grow older and frailer, those who have been able to meet their own needs for many years may begin to need assistance. And yet, the prospect of moving to an institution such as a nursing home can awaken old fears. As such, Selfhelp is dedicated to keeping survivors safe and independent at home.
Selfhelp subsidizes home health care for needy and frail survivors, providing them with physical help for basic needs such as bathing, dressing, and personal care, so that they may continue to live in their own homes. This support forms a critical part of our array of services for Holocaust survivors.
For many years, Selfhelp funded home care services through private philanthropic donations and UJA-Federation of New
York, but as the survivor population grew older, their need for care outpaced funding. We are extremely grateful that the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (the Claims Conference) has awarded Selfhelp a major grant to subsidize home health care. This significant increase in funding began two years ago, following Claims Conference negotiations with the German Government.
Support from the Claims Conference enabled us to provide 136,380 hours of subsidized home care for aging Holocaust
survivors in fiscal year 2012—nearly four times as much as the 36,194 hours we were able to provide two years earlier.
The provision of consistent care helps this increasingly fragile population to live independently and with dignity, which is the goal of all of Selfhelp’s care programs. Claims Conference support helps us fulfill our pledge, to serve as the “last sur-viving relative” to victims of Nazi persecution.
New SinglePoint Care Network Protects Continuum of Care
In an industry first, Selfhelp has partnered with FEGS Health & Human Services to form a joint venture, SinglePoint Care Network, LLC—a care management company to address the emerging changes in the managed long term care market resulting from Medicaid reform in New York State.
With a mission to help individuals live healthier, more independent lives, SinglePoint will provide specialty care management services in long term managed care while coordinating home care, community-based social care and related clinical services for seniors and others with chronic medical conditions.
“The convergence of long term clinical care and social services has been on the horizon for years,” notes Selfhelp Senior Vice President, Russell Lusak. “The partnering of Selfhelp and
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THE HIGHEST QuAlITy OF CArE
A partnership between Selfhelp Community Services and FEGS Health & Human Services, SinglePoint Care Network, LLC was launched to address the emerging changes in managed long term care.
The light areas on this map show the parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens served by Selfhelp’s Safety Net Case Management Program, funded by UJA-Federation.
A happy duo: Selfhelp resident Gloria Fang with her housekeeping aide, Sandra Moncada.
Selfhelp seniors exercise at a Qi Gong class.
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At 102, Szyja (Steve) Pulwars can tell you true stories from his past that will make you weep—of the horrors of the Holocaust, the loss of 20 members of his family, his escape from Kazakhstan to Vienna and the moment he stepped off the plane in America.
To have been through so much, such grief and loss, it is remarkable now to see how he has been able to rebound and make a new life filled with happiness.
It is a crisp day in October and Mr. Pulwars, his wife Josepha and his daughter Galina are in his home telling his friend and Selfhelp case manager, Michelle, about his trip to Israel to celebrate his 102nd birthday with his family, which Selfhelp helped to fund.
“There were more than 20 people. It gives me goose bumps just to think of how wonderful it was—four generations around the table,” he smiles.
Michelle explains that Mr. Pulwars, who is a client of Selfhelp’s Henry J. and Erna D. Leir Center for Holocaust Survivors in Kensington, Brooklyn, is very modest in his requests.
“Selfhelp was able to obtain funds that Germany owed him as reparations from the War. And there are insurance claims and paperwork that must be tended to on a regular basis,” Michelle explains. “Mr. Pulwars’ eyes were damaged when he was a prisoner. Beyond that he only asks for help to buy clothes occasionally. He’s very resourceful and loves his independence.”
He tries to walk two hours a day and still manages to go up and down the several daunting flights of stairs to their apartment. The only thing he seems to enjoy more than playing the electric piano is savoring one of Josepha’s meals.
“I’m a lucky man. I’m happy,” he says. “You must have peace with your family. Take care of yourself. Keep a routine, work hard and don’t eat before bed. The most important thing is to have balance.”
steVe pulwaRs: at 102, CelebRatiNg the MiRaCle of fouR geNeRatioNs
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FEGS puts us in a unique position to provide care management services and state-of-the-art home care and social services that are cost efficient while maintaining our high quality of care and commitment to our clients.”
Subject to approval by the NYS Department of Health, SinglePoint will be the delegated care manager to HealthPlus/Amerigroup, one of the largest Medicaid Managed Care companies in New York State. SinglePoint has also formed an Independent Practice Association (IPA) to develop a broad network of home health care and other service providers throughout the metropolitan New York area and Long Island.
“This step is important to our success and our evolution,” explains Selfhelp CEO, Stuart C. Kaplan. “It enables us to better serve more individuals within the scope of changing regulations, while remaining true to our mission to enable seniors and other at-risk populations to age healthfully and independently in their own homes. This is a new era in health care, and we are pleased to have found such qualified and dedicated partners to join us in this critical venture.”
New Grant Enables Selfhelp to Develop Best Practices for Home Care Training
Selfhelp has been in the forefront of training and employing home health aides since it opened its first training institute in 1977. Thanks in large part to the generosity of the Robin Hood
Foundation, Selfhelp provides tuition-free training, certification, employment, and mentorship to approximately 360 new home health aides each year. After three weeks of training plus hands-on certification, aides enter mentored employment with Selfhelp’s Licensed Home Care Services Agency (LHCSA).
Last year, Selfhelp was invited to participate in an exciting pilot program which will build on the successes of our training and employment programs and expand our capacity still further. The new Home Care Aide Training and Employment
Pilot is funded by UJA-Federation of New York, the Harry and
Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Surdna Foundation, New York
Community Trust, and the Tiger Foundation, and led by the premier Paraprofessional Health Institute (PHI). Selfhelp was one of three organizations selected out of a competing field of ten home care agencies.
The new program is grounded in research about how adults learn. It includes an expanded curriculum, supportive services
for participants during training and employment, an enhanced mentorship component, and ongoing knowledge and skill-building after graduation. This fall, Selfhelp staff will attend an intensive series of workshops to learn new skills and customize the program for our own environment.
New Neighborhoods Now Benefit from Selfhelp’s Care
Under a new Safety Net grant from UJA-Federation of New
York, we are expanding the boundaries of our work to many new neighborhoods in New York City: half of Manhattan, half of Brooklyn and nearly all of Queens. Selfhelp will provide intensive case management to elderly and disabled clients who are homebound, frail, or otherwise in need of concrete services not offered by other providers.
These individuals often lack support from family and friends and require multifaceted assistance to ensure they have stable access to food, shelter, income, medical and home care. Selfhelp will draw on its specialized expertise and deep knowledge of available resources to connect this fragile and vulnerable population to the complex array of services that can help them live independently with dignity.
Selfhelp Supports Recognition of Holocaust Survivors in Older Americans Act
In a major step towards national recognition of the needs of Holocaust survivors, the US Senate and House of Representatives have introduced amendments to the Older Americans Act (OAA) designating survivors as a population with special needs, in draft bills for its reauthorization.
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL) has been moving this initiative forward in the House, and Senators Bernie Sanders (VT) and Ben Cardin (MD) have been moving it forward in the Senate. Selfhelp has been working with the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) and UJA-Federation of New York to advocate for this designation, which could lead to the development of unique programs and services for their support. The bill would also set up a mechanism for new grant funding to support this population, and would appoint an individual within the Federal Administration on Aging to oversee issues pertaining to programs for survivors.
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Selfhelp NextGen: Young Professionals with a Passion for Caring
Packed with numerous projects that enhanced the lives of Selfhelp’s clients, the past year was an exciting one for the members of Selfhelp NextGen. The Memoirs Project has continued its important work of capturing the histories of Selfhelp Holocaust survivor clients who have never previously given testimony. To date, over 100 volunteers have undergone training to prepare them to visit with clients. Memoirs are submitted to the Claims Conference’s Worldwide Shoah Memoirs Collection to be archived for posterity. In January, NextGen launched an e-fundraising campaign to send six needy Holocaust survivors on a special one-week summer trip to Block & Hexter Vacation Center in the Poconos. The group not only met its goal, but exceeded it, raising sufficient funds to underwrite the vacation for eight survivors who could otherwise not afford such a trip. Mrs. Schwartz, a client in severe financial distress, receiving emergency cash assistance grants from Selfhelp to pay for her Medigap insurance, was one of the clients who spent a week at the center. She called the experience “a saving grace,” and was deeply appreciative of the opportunity to relax in the country.
In the spring, volunteers and Holocaust survivor clients gath-ered for an intergenerational Purim-themed Sunday brunch. Clients were treated to wonderful entertainment and delicious fare in a beautiful Upper West Side venue, and were sent home with delectable treats. The highlight was the warm and caring interaction between NextGen members, their families and the Selfhelp clients. The event was perhaps best summed up by Selfhelp client, Alicia Latzer, who expressed herself in a beautiful letter saying “…It was the BEST PARTY I ever had at Selfhelp… it gave me the security that Selfhelp is, and will be, a haven for me. Thanks to all of you.” Elders Share the Arts
Seniors from our Queensview/ North Queensview NORC (Naturally Occurring Retirement Community) joined this year with high school students from the nearby Frank Sinatra School of the Arts for ten weeks of using music to build stronger relationships.
The weekly program focused on sharing music from the 1940s to the current day. Participants often wrote songs based on the styles under discussion. During one Mother’s Day-themed session, the older generation wrote about their experiences of parenthood, while the younger students wrote about the love they held for their own parents.
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An excerpt from a letter written by Holocaust survivor client, Alicia Latzer, following Selfhelp NextGen’s Purim brunch.
Stuart C. Kaplan, CEO and Leo M. Asen, Chief Innovation Officer were published in these scholarly works.
Music plays an integral role across many Selfhelp programs. Pictured is a Selfhelp client participating in the Dr. Frederick Coleman Virtual Music Program, funded by Dorothy Coleman.
Benilda Sarmiento, a member of the Clearview Senior Center, creates beautiful stained glass artwork with instructor, Jo Vasquez.
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When Jane and Waisun Chen applied for an apartment at Selfhelp’s Helen R. Scheuer House, they did not anticipate how involved in the campus they would become.
“We now live just upstairs from the Benjamin Rosenthal Prince Street Senior Center,” says Jane Chen, “which is a tremendous part of our lives. And since I broke my hip, living so close makes it possible for us to be there every day.”
Jane is a master ping pong player and leads Karaoke sessions just about every day. She and Waisun also attend classes in Yoga, Tai Chi, Exercise and Ballroom Dancing. Waisun is the membership volunteer and serves as an interpreter at the Center.
“We moved in May of 2011,” says Waisun. “My wife could no longer climb up steps and it was very dangerous for her in the winter. In our new home, in bad weather we don’t even have to go outside to get to the senior center. We spend all day there, Monday through Friday.”
JaNe aNd waisuN CheN: theiR “good foRtuNe” is Just dowNstaiRs
Each one of Selfhelp’s buildings is supported by a thriving senior center, so that all residents can easily remain active and engaged.
“It’s a beautiful story,” says Jane. “In Chinese, we would translate it as ‘good fortune’: it’s similar to when two people find each other. Maybe they never met before but they can create a beautiful story together.”
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Facilitated by Elders Share the Arts, and funded by the Jeanette Solomon Cultural Arts Fund of UJA-Federation’s
NORC Committee, the program was particularly helpful for isolated seniors—yet all came to find commonalities with each other, despite their different ages and cultures.
The final session was a presentation given by the group to the Queensview/ North Queensview NORC community, friends, and families. Participants were given a CD and songbook to keep. As one participant said, “You are all listening to the words we are reading and what was recorded on the CD, but it was so much more than that—there was a feeling between us that was really special. It was wonderful!”
Green Training Program for Selfhelp Residents
With generous support from Enterprise Community Partners, Selfhelp conducted a pilot program at its Harry and Jeanette Weinberg House, which engaged residents in activities that will lead to a healthier, cleaner, and greener environment.
The training focused on healthy living, green housekeeping, energy and water conservation, waste reduction and recycling practices. Through creative presentations, games and interactive sessions, residents learned how to recycle, reduce waste, use energy efficient appliances, prepare healthy meals and snacks and benefit from chair yoga.
Although the residents speak many different languages, the emphasis on health and environment cut across cultures. Residents brought their friends to activities such as “green bingo,” and made reusable tote bags for grocery shopping.
Preliminary data indicates that the initiative was success- ful and we are now ready to expand the training program to an additional Selfhelp residence with a grant from the TD Charitable Foundation.
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Sharing our Pioneering Initiatives to Promote Independent Aging
Stuart C. Kaplan, CEO, and Leo M. Asen, Chief Innovation Officer, have published two new works which invite a wider audience to benefit from Selfhelp’s creative approaches.
Recently the prestigious Care Management Journals published “Selfhelp Community Services: Innovations Help Older Men
and Women Maintain Independence in a Changing World.” The article offers a unique overview of Selfhelp’s evolution from its founding as a resource for émigrés fleeing Nazi persecution in 1936, to its current position championing independent aging through innovations in individualized home care, at-home technology, and continued dedication to Holocaust survivors.
“Our approach is probably a bit different than most,” explains Asen. “We’re very frank about what we’ve explored, how we came up with the ideas, what product pilots worked and which didn’t, the key elements to ensure success, and what we hope for the future. We think it’s important to share key learnings—even if they are not all positives.”
They also developed a chapter for the international textbook, “Essential Lessons for the Success of Telehomecare: Why
It’s Not Plug and Play.” The book includes insights from world-renowned technology experts from the US, UK and the Netherlands. While the text paints an honest picture of telehomecare and its “big opportunities as well as big obstacles,” Kaplan and Asen’s positive outlook is infectious, with engaging and refreshing anecdotes about how new products and technologies were used to address real situations faced by Selfhelp clients.
“It’s a terrific opportunity for us,” notes Mr. Kaplan, “because one chapter or article enables us to expand our reach exponentially through high-caliber textbooks and journals, sharing what we’ve learned to better serve an aging population. It’s exciting.”
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THINKING FOrWArdDefiant Requiem: Unique Benefit Commemorates Heroism at Terezín
On Monday, April 29th, 2013, the New York debut of Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín will take place in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The story is quite remarkable: among the performances at the Theresienstadt (Terezín) detention camp was the Verdi Requiem, conducted by Rafael Schächter, a young Czech-Jewish prisoner, using a smuggled score and a legless piano. He organized a 150-person choir of fellow prisoners who performed the work on sixteen occasions between October 1943 and June 1944, including a performance for Nazi officials from Berlin at the infamous International Red Cross visit at Terezín. The choir itself had to be reconstituted several times as its members were deported to Auschwitz.
In dialog with a handful of remaining choir survivors, we now know that these performances were viewed by the Jewish prisoners as their way of singing that which they could not say. With great courage and fortitude, despite the loss of family and all that they had, they performed this great Requiem Mass as an act of defiance.
The performance is being sponsored by UJA-Federation, Selfhelp and the Defiant Requiem Foundation, which is chaired by the Honorable Stuart E. Eizenstat, former Ambassador to
the European Union during the Clinton Administration and Honorary Chairman of Selfhelp’s Project Legacy. The event will raise much needed funds for New York’s survivor population as well as awareness regarding their needs. All funds will directly benefit survivors served by UJA-Federation agencies, with Selfhelp’s Project Legacy campaign receiving half of the proceeds. For information about sponsorships or attending the performance, please call Lois Deutsch at (212) 971-7621.
Selfhelp Presents New York Debut of Witness Theater
While the annual report is going to press, thirteen students from Brooklyn’s Yeshiva of Flatbush High School senior class, and ten of Selfhelp’s Holocaust survivor clients, are working together each week to recreate a dramatic representation of the survivors’ true life stories. As the weeks go by and the script takes shape, the bonds between young and old grow closer and stronger. The collaboration between students and survivors is filled with creativity, emotion, understanding and respect.
Witness Theater, a concept originally developed by JDC-Eshel in Israel, is being presented by Selfhelp for its New York debut. The intent of the intergenerational drama therapy workshop is to memorialize the true-life tragedies and resilience, so that future generations may more deeply understand the past that affects all of us, and ensure a safe and more tolerant future.
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THINKING FOrWArd
A scene from Witness Theater, first performed in Israel.
Long-time Selfhelp resident, Ray Joss, is an active participant in the programs operated by Selfhelp’s new Innovations department.
Selfhelp’s seventh affordable senior residence will open in early 2013.
Technology enhances the quality of life for Siok Heng Chang, a resident of Selfhelp’s affordable housing. Thanks to a generous grant from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, each apartment in Selfhelp’s soon to be opened seventh building will be fully equipped with a suite of technology specially adapted for seniors.
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“When bad things happen, she’s there. When good things happen, she’s there. She’s a big part of the family,” says 12-year-old Michael Boutin of Claudette Jordan, the Selfhelp Homemaker who has been working with his family for nearly the past two years.
Ms. Jordan enables Michael’s mom, Marjorie Boutin, to remain the devoted mother of three beautiful children: Michael, 12, Jacquie, 7, and Jack, 2. Ms. Boutin’s ever-present smile, extraordinary faith, and deep gratitude belie her greatly challenging life circumstances. In 1995 she was diagnosed with multiple sclero-sis. And just two years ago, the children’s fa-ther passed away.
Claudette Jordan came into the Boutins’ lives shortly after Mr. Boutin’s passing. Her days are busy—taking Jacquie to and from school, cooking, cleaning and assisting with homework. Her warm and caring personality
has endeared Ms. Jordan to the children and to Ms. Boutin.
A Selfhelp employee since 1989, Ms. Jordan received her training at Selfhelp’s Home Care Training Program. “I love working with kids. I try to encourage them, to show them the right way.”
Selfhelp’s Homemaking Program provides direct services to families with a wide range of complex needs. These services are designed to stabilize household operations for families experiencing periods of immediate crisis and ongoing stress. The overarching goal is to prevent the placement of children in foster care whenever possible.
“She helps a lot. She encourages us and is always there for us,” Michael says. “I really appreciate everything she does for us.”
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Selfhelp Innovations: Pioneering Technology to Promote Independence
A Virtual Senior Center that enjoys national and international acclaim, bustling computer learning centers, telehealth kiosks offering seniors a pro-active role in their care and monitoring, sensor technology that has saved lives and cognitive stimulation programs that sharpen brain fitness—all of these cutting-edge technologies and more emanate from a division of Selfhelp which is now aptly named, “Selfhelp Innovations.”
The name change recognizes Selfhelp’s pioneering leadership in adapting and developing new technologies to promote the independence of Selfhelp’s clients.
“Our goal is to find solutions that improve our services to clients,” explains Leo M. Asen, Selfhelp’s Chief Innovation Officer. “The most compelling result is when we implement one of these projects and see the positive impact it has on someone’s life. We see this every day with our clients. It’s noticeable, and that’s truly encouraging.”
Learning Collaborative for Affordable Senior Housing and Services
Selfhelp’s Supportive Senior Housing model is achieving nation-wide recognition! Selfhelp was recently chosen to participate in the Enterprise / Leading Age / Stewards of Affordable Housing
for the Future Learning Collaborative, whose goal is to build strategies that improve quality of life for senior residents while producing cost savings to the health and long term care systems.
Selfhelp joins eleven other national leaders in the field, each of whom brings both housing and service providers to the table. The group will meet regularly over two years to implement their models with a focus on partnership development, oper-ations, financing mechanisms, outcomes measurement, data collection and changes to policy and regulations.
As funding decisions become more and more data driven, Selfhelp is pleased to have the opportunity to work with this select group to establish common metrics that measure the efficacy of our model and the impact of Supportive Senior Housing on the healthcare field.
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The group’s work will culminate in a public performance at the beginning of April, 2013, in commemoration of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Further information about the performance will be available on our website, www.selfhelp.net.
Selfhelp’s Affordable Housing: Continued Expansion to Meet the Growing Need
Selfhelp’s Supportive Senior Housing model—currently in place in six buildings in Queens—is expanding to four new locations.
In January 2013, Selfhelp will open its seventh building. Located in Flushing, Queens, it will offer 92 new affordable studios and one-bedroom apartments for low-income seniors, chosen by lottery. Preference of ten percent of apartments has been designated for low-income Holocaust survivors.
A generous grant from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg
Foundation is supporting a full suite of sophisticated client-centered technologies. The 12-story tower will offer residents a personal in-home sensor system, easy-touch Virtual Senior Center computer suite for access to live classes, telehealth kiosks, and access to the popular Dakim memory fitness modules.
The apartment complex also includes a two-floor com-munity facility, where Selfhelp plans to host an on-site health clinic and wellness facility to serve residents of Selfhelp housing and the surrounding neighborhood. And, a recreational green roof for residents will top the building, thanks to generous funding from UJA-Federation of New
York and the JP Morgan Chase Foundation.
As mentioned earlier, Selfhelp is partnering with the Kimmel Housing Development Foundation to manage two buildings in Westbury, Long Island. In Brooklyn and the Bronx, Selfhelp is conducting pre-development studies on two new sites in order to secure financing for constructing additional affordable units for seniors. Selfhelp deeply acknowledges Citi Community Development and UJA-
Federation of New York for supporting this important work.
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Benefactor: $1,000,000 and OverAnonymousConference on Jewish Material Claims
Against GermanyJewish Philanthropic Fund of 1933, Inc.The Leir Charitable FoundationsLeo Model FoundationK. Fred and Alice Netter Newmark Grubb Knight Frank/Jeffrey R. GuralThe Price Family Foundation, Inc.Robin Hood FoundationSandra Priest RoseS. H. and Helen R. Scheuer Family
Foundation, Inc.Joan C. and Eric S. SondheimerUJA-Federation of New YorkUnited Help, Inc.The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg
Foundation, Inc.
Visionary: $500,000 and OverAnonymousCarnegie Corporation of New YorkShelley and Steven EinhornFJC, A Foundation of Donor-Advised FundsThe JPB FoundationNadine and Peter LevyIlse MelamidRuth Grunebaum Sondheimer and
Manfred Sondheimer
Ambassador: $250,000 and OverAnonymous (3)Anne-Margaret and Dennis BaumIlse and Frederick BaumMartha and Ernest L. BialJ.E. and Z.B. Butler FoundationDorothy ColemanElizabeth K. Dollard Charitable TrustLeo & Julia Forchheimer FoundationBeatrice and Hans FrankLotte & Max Heine Philanthropic FundJewish Communal FundC.L.C. Kramer FoundationThe Walter and Augusta Levy FamilyHelen and Rita Lurie FoundationThe New York Community TrustRighteous Persons FoundationUnited Way of New York CityWolfensohn Family FoundationMarguerite and Alfred WylerNell and Victor A. Wyler
Sustainer: $100,000 and OverAnonymous (4)Rita Aranow Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Holdings, Inc.Phylis and Michael BambergerThe Beker FoundationLeo H. Bendit Charitable FoundationThe David Berg FoundationBloomberg L.P. Corporate Giving ProgramMuriel and Bert BrodskyKimberly and Matthew CantorMr. and Mrs. Walter A. EberstadtEnterprise Community PartnersMoses Ginsberg Family FoundationHerman C. GoldsmithTrudy Elbaum Gottesman and Robert W.
GottesmanInsignia / ESG, Inc.Karen and Peter JakesMorris & Nellie L. Kawaler FoundationMarguerite Lambert
Dora LauingerLini LiptonDavid J. and Bobbie Marks Family FundCharlotte S. NeuSusan and Stanley ReiferThe Samberg Family FoundationFranz W. Sichel FoundationMarianne and John H. SladeErnst C. Stiefel FoundationCarol and Steven TepperIsaac H. Tuttle FundOtto and Fran Walter FoundationGerda and Wolfgang WassermannThe Weininger Foundation
Patron: $50,000 and OverAnonymous (5)Alexander Abraham FoundationJonathan BabkowPaul and Peggy BernsteinThe Calamus FoundationDebrah Lee CharatanCitiDouglas Elliman Property ManagementThe Eleanor, Adam & Mel Dubin FoundationJean Eastman Charitable FundJohn H. EltonThe Feuerring FoundationThe Shirley and William Fleischer Family
Foundation, Inc.Hilda FrankHans FriedenthalVera and Werner GambyEugene and Emily Grant Family Foundation
The Grunebaum Family FundThe Grunebaum Foundation, Inc.The Helen Hotze Haas FoundationRenée and Frederick S. HermanMagda and Max H. HullIrish American Diamond Dealers AssociationMichele and Jeffrey JacobKaren and Walter JoelsonJPMorgan Chase FoundationWalter Kann FoundationStuart and Rosemary KaplanAndrea Klepetar-FallekKarin Shewer Krugman and Michael
KrugmanAlfred, Lee and Peter Mayer FoundationEva and Ewald MayerMary J MayerBeth and Joshua MermelsteinMarion and Peter MosheimNational Fund of the Republic of Austria for
Victims of National Socialism
Kaethe OppenheimerThe William Petschek FamilyJohn RemakRemak-Mosenthal FundLeo Rosner FoundationMargrit Wreschner RustowDana Golding and Richard ScharfRaymond V.J. Schrag Family FundRita and Frank ShewerCorinne and Peter SimmonsBarbara R. SobernheimJ.T. Tai & Co. Foundation, Inc.Verein zur Unterstutzung Wildwood FundThe Wilf Family FoundationLaure and Henry J. Zacharias
Founder: $25,000 and OverAnonymous (2)Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation, Inc.Else AdlerAlzheimer’s Foundation of AmericaRichard Aronson and Joyce KirschnerCharlene Kahn BermanBezalel Foundation, Inc. / The Sonneborn
FoundationBrooklyn Community FoundationCity Center Box OfficePaul DavidsonThe deKay FoundationThe Edouard FoundationHerman Forbes Charitable TrustRudolph and Hilda U. Forchheimer FoundationMary Ann Fribourg
Nancy and Jeffrey HalisErica HaroldFanya Gottesfeld Heller and Ben HellerLiselotte HeymannHannah HirschfeldMarianne HomburgerVictor HomburgerMarie and Jerry HornsteinHumanitarian Aid FoundationIOLA Fund of the State of New YorkThe Irving FoundationJewish Federation of Greater SeattleNathan & Helen Kohler FoundationThe Kupferberg FoundationMarjorie and Stephen M. LevyLilli LowenthalMargot S. MaronMaspeth Federal SavingsLee and Alfred MayerReggie and Peter MayerElizabeth and George Melamid
Metzger-Price FundErika and Ernest MichaelTres Hanley-Millman and Paul MillmanO.C.F. FoundationOrange Capital, LLCProcida CompaniesSeymour RichmanCarol and Ronald RiesAlice and Paul RocheIsabel and Thomas RocheSarah and Eric RosandMarianne and John SchifferHans SchindlerSchocken FoundationWalter and Charlotte SchoemanPeter SchweitzerEleanor T. Seidel Memorial FundThe Senator FoundationSIG Susquehanna FoundationSelma SondheimerSally and Joel SpivackState of Israel BondsRosemary StevensEsther and Henry SwiecaTD Charitable FoundationUnited Way of Long IslandHenry VorembergOlga and Hans WarmbrunnJan WeilElsbeth and Harry D. WeilheimerBernard WeissmanThe Robert I. Wishnick Foundation Janet and Jeffrey ZorekLisl and John Zorek
Selfhelp’s Founders Society recognizes our generous friends and partners who have supported us with cumulative donations of $25,000 or more.* From our earliest days, Selfhelp has been
blessed by the involvement of scores of individuals committed to our mission.
We offer our deepest appreciation to our Founders ~ both present and those no longer with us
~ who have helped to make Selfhelp Community Services the vital organization it is today.
FOuNdErS SOCIETy
* Bequests are not included in this listing.
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prOvIdING SuppOrTKEY:* Selfhelp Board Member◊ SCS Foundation Trustee° Honorary Life Member‡ Deceased
SElFHElp SHINES AT ITS 2012 GAlA
We’re delighted to announce that Selfhelp’s 2012 Caring for Generations Gala was a brilliant success!
On Tuesday, May 15th nearly 500 guests gathered at Guastavino’s, one of New York City’s most breathtaking
venues, to pay tribute to three exceptional individuals: Fanya Gottesfeld Heller, Jeffrey R. Gural and
Victor A. Wyler, whose contributions have made a tremendous difference in the lives of thousands. We are
deeply grateful to everyone who was able to join us for this special evening and proud to report that over
$865,000 was raised in support of the current and future needs of Selfhelp’s clients. This essential funding will
help sustain the programs and services Selfhelp provides to over 20,000 New Yorkers, including 5,300
Holocaust survivors. Warmest thanks to WABC-TV’s news anchor and award winning reporter, Diana Williams,
who served as the evening’s Mistress of Ceremonies, our Gala Co-Chairs, Debrah Lee Charatan and Steven I.
Holm, our Gala Committee Chair, Dennis Baum, and the exceptional Gala Committee.
Thank You to Our Supporters for the Fiscal Year 2012 (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012)
Selfhelp is a grateful recipient of major annual support from:
Benefactor - $1,000,000 – $5,000,000
The Price Family Foundation ◊
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
Conference on Jewish Material Claims
Against Germany for Programs Benefiting
Jewish Nazi Victims
Conference on Jewish Material Claims
Against Germany for an Austrian
Holocaust Survivor Emergency Assistance
Program
Conference on Jewish Material Claims
Against Germany for the benefit of
needy Hungarian Nazi victims, from the
settlement of a class action regarding the
Hungarian Gold Train (Rosner v. United
States) under the jurisdiction of Judge
Patricia A. Seitz
Conference on Jewish Material Claims
Against Germany for the International
Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance
Claims
Funds for Jewish Nazi Victims from the
World Jewish Restitution Organization
Emergency Assistance Fund (WJRO-EAP),
administered by the Conference on Jewish
Material Claims Against Germany
UJA-Federation of New York
Core Operating Support Grants
Daily Money Management for
Economically Disadvantaged Older Jews
in Queens
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Fund
for Programs for the Aging of UJA-
Federation
Development at the Core II
Emergency Cash Assistance
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Fund for
Programs for the Aging of UJA-Federation
Enhanced Case Management for
Survivors of the Holocaust
Intergenerational Programs at Selfhelp
NextGen
Legal Advocacy for Jewish Elderly
Benjamin Schwartz Fund of
UJA-Federation
Anne H. Berger Fund of UJA-Federation
New York Times Neediest Cases Cash/
Direct Assistance Grant
New York Times 100 Neediest Cases
Fund of UJA-Federation
Pergola Feature for a Recreational
Green Roof on a New Affordable Senior
Apartment Building
General Operating Fund of UJA-Federation
Queensview/North Queensview NORC
Jeanette Solomon Cultural Arts Fund of
UJA-Federation’s NORC Committee
Replacement of Plumbing System at
Kensington, Brooklyn Office
Real Estate Emergency Building Repair
Fund of UJA-Federation
Senior Aid Center for the Elderly
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Health
Care Assistance Fund of UJA-Federation
Rose and Adolph Fuchs Endowment
Fund of UJA-Federation
Dr. Arthur and Hella Strauss Endowment
Fund of UJA-Federation
Senior Center Arts & Crafts Center Renovation
Service to the Russian Elderly, Brooklyn
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Fund for
Programs for the Aging of UJA-Federation
Supporting Selfhelp Caregivers
Training for Professionals Working with
Holocaust Survivors
Using Music to Improve the Quality of Life
for People with Alzheimer’s Disease and
Dementia
William Petschek Music Fund of UJA-
Federation
Virtual Senior Center Pilot Project
Branding and Marketing for SinglePoint
Managed Care
Selfhelp also receives major funding from:
Nassau County Department of Social Services
New York City Administration for Children’s Services Adult Protective Services Department for the Aging Department of Health HIV/AIDS Services Administration Department of Housing, Preservation
and Development Housing Development Corporation Human Resources Administration Borough Presidents Members of the City Council
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New York State Department of Health Homes and Community Renewal Office for the Aging Office of Children & Family Services Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance Refugee Assistance Program Members of the State Legislature
Visionary - $500,000 and Over
The Leir Charitable FoundationsSandra Priest Rose ◊
Sustainer - $100,000 and Over
Anonymous (2)Anne-Margaret and Dennis Baum * ◊Martha and Ernest L. Bial * ◊Muriel and Bert Brodsky ◊
Centennial FoundationDorothy ColemanEnterprise Community PartnersJewish Communal FundLeo Model Foundation * ◊Robin Hood FoundationThe Harry and Jeanette Weinberg
Foundation, Inc.
Patron - $50,000 and Over
AnonymousPhylis and Michael Bamberger ◊Debrah Lee Charatan ◊Shelley and Steven Einhorn * ◊FJC, A Foundation of Donor-Advised Funds JPMorgan Chase FoundationMichele and Jeffrey S. Jacob * ◊Jewish Philanthropic Fund of 1933, Inc.Karin Shewer Krugman ◊ and Michael
KrugmanIlse Melamid ◊The New York Community TrustDana Golding and Richard Scharf ◊Carol and Steven G. Tepper *Nell and Victor A. Wyler * ◊
Founder - $25,000 and Over
AnonymousThe David Berg FoundationCiti
Trudy Elbaum Gottesman and Robert W. Gottesman
Erica HaroldFanya Gottesfeld Heller and Ben HellerIOLA Fund of the State of New YorkThe JPB FoundationNadine * and Peter LevyNewmark Grubb Knight Frank/
Jeffrey R. GuralErnst C. Stiefel FoundationIsaac H. Tuttle FundOtto and Fran Walter Foundation
Champion - $10,000 and Over
Anonymous (3)Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation, Inc.Brooklyn Community Foundation C.L.C. Kramer FoundationThe Calamus Foundation
Claire EdersheimExcel Security Corp.Fraternal Order of Bendin-Sosnowicer
Philanthropic FundFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPGoldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLPLotte & Max Heine Philanthropic FundJ.T. Tai & Co. Foundation, Inc.Karen and Peter H. Jakes *Stuart ◊ and Rosemary KaplanJudith and Paul J. Konigsberg *Seryl and Charles Kushner Family FoundationCourtney and Paul LevinsohnHelen and Rita Lurie Foundation David J. and Bobbie Marks Family FundThe Donald R. Mullen Family Foundation, Inc.National Fund of the Republic of Austria for
Victims of National Socialism New York Hospital QueensIsabel and Thomas H. RocheMargrit Wreschner Rustow *Raymond V.J. Schrag Family Fund *Gerda WassermannThe Wilf Family Foundation
Partner - $5,000 and Over
Dr. Alexander AizmanAmerican Racing & EntertainmentCindy and Leo M. AsenCannon Heyman & WeissKimberly and Matthew A. Cantor *
Capital One BankArlene and Jerry ConboyCornicello, Tendler & Baumel-CornicelloDouglas Elliman Property ManagementElissa and Scott Drassinower *Vicki A. Feiner and Judith AranowMary Ann FribourgKaren FriedmanWerner GambyMaxine Golding-ScharfNadine Habousha and Edward B. Cohen *[Marie ‡] and Jerry HornsteinHUB International Northeast Inglesino, Pearlman, Wyciskala & Taylor, LLCJPMorgan ChaseKatsky Korins LLPDavid KatzJane and Robert LewisLoeb & Troper LLPLPCiminelli, Inc.
Jonah MandelbaumTheodora MartenMaspeth Federal SavingsAlfred, Lee and Peter Mayer FoundationMeadowlands RacetrackCarol and Edward MillerThe New York Bar FoundationPaylocityThe Pearl Family FoundationProperty Resources CorporationRosen Seymour Shapss Martin &
Company LLPZahava and Avi RyzmanShapiro-Silverberg FoundationSIG Susquehanna FoundationSheryl Silverstein * and Edwin GinsbergCorinne and Peter Simmons *Harry and Rachel Skydell & Mark and
Linda KarasickJaar-mel SloaneStawski PartnersLeonard and Allison SternThe Philip & Lynn Straus FoundationMyron M. Studner Foundation, Inc.Windstream
Pacesetter - $1,000 and Over
Anonymous (4)A&A GCCACC Construction CorporationSandy Adelsberg
David AlfredAmerigroupGoldie Anna Charitable TrustAPF Properties, LLCApfel Levy Zlotnick and Co.Allan B. ArkerSarah and Alan AronRichard Aronson and Joyce KirschnerRachelle and Howard BalabanBank HapoalimMaryanne Barranco and Kevin ByrneRenee BaruchLeo H. Bendit Charitable FoundationCesia and Frank BlaichmanNancy and Robert BlankHarvey R. BlauChristina and Howard BlausteinSusan and Ed BlumenfeldValerie J. BogartBarbara Slade Bolsterli
Deborah and Richard BornMorris Breitstein and Lily WangThe Briarwood OrganizationBright Power, Inc.Brookdale Foundation GroupBernstein Bunzl Family FundCadwalader, Wickersham & TaftCedar Mountain ManagementClimans Green Liang Architects Inc.Joseph M. & Barbara Cohen FoundationTheodore and Alice Ginott Cohn
Philanthropic FundBrad ColemanBrenda Lewis CooperChristine and Joel CoopermanCounsel AbstractHarriet and Steven CromanD and P Contractors Gerard DanielRick DavidsonElisabeth de PicciottoDeco TowersDeCotiis, FitzPatrick & Cole, LLP Beata and Robert DessauHenry T. DessauerLois DeutschDevelopment Details LLCAlisa R. DoctoroffDouble K Electric Corp.Drywall Concepts Builders, Inc.Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLPMitzi and Warren Eisenberg Family
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Foundation EmblemHealth Services, LLCEpsteinBeckerGreenAnna ErlichSusan Erlich Charles D. Farber Memorial Foundation,
Inc.Helene and Ziel FeldmanThe Feuerring FoundationMr. and Mrs. Alan FisherNancy Fisher and Marc S. KirschnerRudolph and Hilda U. Forchheimer
FoundationJacqueline FowlerEugen Friedlaender FoundationFriedman LLPGenova Burns Giantomasi & Webster Joan E. GerstlerGiovanetti - Shulman AssociatesScott Goldenberg
Goldfarb Abrandt Salzman & Kutzin, LLPAnna and Moritz GoldfeierGoldman Sachs Community TeamWorks Herman C. GoldsmithKatherine and Clifford H. GoldsmithLucille and Richard GoldsmithJoanie Lekisch GoldsteinPaula and Jerry GottesmanGrabie & GrabieThe Grunebaum Family Fund *Kenneth HaasAlan HalperinHawkins Delafield & Wood LLPBetty and Rodger HessHinman, Howard & Kattell, LLPHirschen Singer & Epstein LLP Elizabeth Horton and James SilbertCarol and Serge HoydaChan Lee HsiehHeinz HutzlerIndependence Care SystemIrish American Diamond Dealers
AssociationShea and Gary JacobMichael KaplanGary and Diane KatzCaroline KeaneAndrea Klepetar-FallekMaya and Dori Konig *John S. KoppelReynold S. KoppelEdith and Ben Korman
Paul and Laurie KorngoldElihu Kover and Teresa MooganJeane and Merrill KrainesSusan and Martin KravetEllyn KravitzZiva and Itzhak KronzonThe Kupferberg FoundationYaffa and Gustaw LandauJackie Lekisch LantzLaurie and David LedermanLeo Baeck InstituteLettire Construction Corp.Carol and Jerry LevinRuth and David LevineLinda Lipitz-Mayer and Ronald MayerLini LiptonRuth and Leonard LitwinDavid J. LooEdward & Hannah Low Philanthropic FundLRCM Consulting, LLC
Luminescence FoundationKelly and Russell LusakMaines Paper & Food Service, Inc.Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLPRalph Marash *Marcum LLPJames MardenJaime MarksCarol and Arthur MaslowRobert and Edith Maslow FoundationHarriet L. MayerMary J. Mayer *Mazur Carp & RubinDavid Merrick Arts FoundationMetzger-Price FundMitofsky, Shapiro, Neville & Hazen, LLPMonomy FundMorris K. Mitrani, P.C.Mobile Health Management Services, Inc.Morgan StanleyMarion and Peter MosheimHelen NashJudi and Alfred NetterJillian and Lawrence NeubauerKaren Nichols and John SoutoNYSARC, Inc.Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig &
Wolosky LLPCarol OstrowFrances Pantaleo and Robert FreedmanDavid PaukerArnold S. Penner
Michael PetilloMarianne J. PhiebigPresscott Associates, Ltd.Jennifer and Barry PricePrincipal GroupRaskin & MakofskyReznick Group, P.C.Carole and Ronald Ries *Andrea C. RobertsDavid RobertsRockabill Advisors LLCAyelet and Aaron RosenMartin RosenJim RosenbergLiane and Fred RosenbergCheryl and David SabathWayne SafroEmily and Peter SamtonSandpiper FundWalter and Charlotte Schoeman
Barbara and Harvey SchulweisProfessor William and Bernice SchwartzSeed the Dream FoundationBella Sekons and Charles BlaichmanThomas SelmanThe Senator FoundationMilton SenderElizabeth and Robert SheehanRita ° and Frank Shewer Hazel and Robert SiegelLaw Office of Stephen J. Silverberg, P.C.Deborah and Scott SmithBarbara R. SobernheimSOSH ArchitectsSouth Ferry Capital Management, L.P.Lilian Stern and David SicularThe Margot Sundheimer FoundationSy Syms FoundationTD Charitable FoundationTeva PharmaceuticalsMatt TrainaAlice UllmannUnited Way of New York CityV.I.P. Structures, Inc.Diane and Stanley VickersVisiting Nurse Service of New YorkJoan and Sol WachtlerNina and James WarfieldAlan and Svetlana WassermanStanley and Ellen WassermanBarbara Weisen and Richard RosenbergNeil Weissman
Howard and Diana WendyErika and Ken WitoverNaomi Wolfensohn and Jascha D. PreussMJ WyattYagoda AssociatesKent and Cynthia YalowitzCharles YasskyDaniel and Susan Zinn
Friend - $500 and Over
Anonymous (6)The Law Offices of Ross M. AbelowAcumark, Inc.Alighieri Care ManagementAllied Health ServicesNancy AranowArnold & Porter LLP Jeffrey AsherRobert W. Ashton
Asian American Federation of New York, Inc.
Aliza Avital-CaplanJohn and Staci BarberBarclaysEdward L. Barlow and Frances Hill BarlowMartin Baskin and Jacquie KennedyEdith BaymeBenchmark Tile Agency, LLCAnn and Joel BersonBest Development Group LLCAbraham BillerEleanor and George BollagPhoebe Boyer and Todd SnyderBrookdale Center for Healthy Aging and
Longevity Rabbi Ephraim Z. BuchwaldNancy Burner & Associates, P.C.C & K Properties LLCCammack LaRhette ConsultingTyler ChanCindy and Nat CharatanDiana ClementeCongregation HabonimMary Q. ConnellyCuddy & Feder LLPDoreen and Neil DavidowitzRonald De VitoRose Dobrof, Ph.D.Phyllis E. Dubrow, Esq.Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. EberstadtFlorence and Michael Edelstein
An affiliate agency of UJA-Federation of New York since 1983, Selfhelp Community Services has been the recipient of generous core funding and program grants as well as a multitude of essential organizational services. Just as importantly, the warm partnership that Selfhelp enjoys with our colleagues at UJA-Federation has offered us entrée to their network of relationships throughout the wider New York community. We are exceptionally grateful for initiatives that have enabled us to leverage UJA support, such as inclusion in the New York Times Neediest Campaign, advocacy work with government agencies, and introductions to individuals and foundations. We take this opportunity to publicly thank UJA-Federation of New York for their ongoing support and commitment to Selfhelp Community Services.
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Jill EdwardsHenry and Celia Eisenberg FundRita EngEllice Fatoullah, Esq.Ronald Fatoullah & AssociatesGabriel Feldman, MD, MPH, MBADorothea H. Fingerhood FundThe Shirley and William Fleischer Family
Foundation, Inc.Donald FleishakerFrank & Marcotullio Design Associates,
Inc.Karen Freedman and Roger WeisbergJoseph FriedlandJoanne and Edward FroelichSusan and Alan FuirstRose GagliardiGCM Association - NY ChapterMarilyn and Allan GlickRichard Goldhair / WB Mason
Frank K. GottschalkSharon and Peter GreenGreenfield Stein & Senior, LLPRuth GreerShirley and David GrillGrimaldi & Yeung Pamela and Jeffrey GurockLaura and Leo GuthartRacheline HaboushaDr. Alden N. HaffnerThe John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc.Hearthside Care CoordinatorsEva and Terry HerndonGerry HodesIra and Joy HolmHynes & Chu, LLPStephen N. IfshinAmy Berko IlesImperial Commercial Cleaning, Inc.Andrea and Robert IngramSandra and Carl JaffeeRoe JasenKaren and Walter JoelsonJohnston PaperHelene and Harvey KaminskiMichael KaneSheri and Gregg KanterKassoff, Robert & Lerner LLPAmy and Neil KatzStanley KatzRichard Kaye and Susan StricklerDaniela and Steven Klein
Arthur KokotEdward and Diane KormanDenise and Allan KozinKrass, Snow & Schmutter, P.C.Michael KrypelRobert J. Kurre & Associates, P.C.Lamson & Cutner, P.C.Carol and Michael LaubTerry and Jack LebewohlRon LevinsohnGloria and Laurence LiebermanLittman Krooks LLPEileen LippmanLiving Independently Group, Inc.Law Office of Michael G. Long and Law
Office of Emily Ann KlotzGeorge B. LuskMarion Lust-CohenBruce MandelDonna and Helmut Meyerbach
Heather Moore and Martin ShnayNiclas NaglerClemens NathanNancy and Daniel NeffMartin NewmanLawrence G. Nusbaum Jr., Esq.Jane OransAmy OshinskyDebra and Richard ParkoffRobert PellegrinoPerfect Connection of NJ Inc.Martin PetroffGillis and Leonard PlaineBettina and Kenneth PlevanPaul J. Powers, Jr. and Tina A. DavisElizabeth and Kirk RadkeEmily and Alan ReaganRed Stone Equity PartnersMargaret H. ReiffDaniel ReingoldSusan and Bill RepkoRidgewood Savings BankGedaliah RiesenbergMelissa and James RinzlerRobin and Steven RotterArlene W. SaxonhouseLisa SbranaRobert ScheibeElizabeth Scheines and Ronald EltonAlisa and Elliot ScherFanny SeinukBlanche and Romie Shapiro
Susan ShmaloSilverstein Properties, Inc.Stacey and Roger SilversteinLinda and Gilbert SnyderPeter SolomonThe Law Firm of Ronald A. Spirn, P.C.Jeffrey StarkRichard A. Stieglitz Jr.Gloria and Fred StraussPeter J. Strauss Strong Foundation of New YorkAlan and Jackie StuartLeslie and Mounir TawfikRocco TestaniClinton TractorTri-Valley Beverage, Inc.Marlene and Marshall TurnerUnited HealthCare Services, Inc.Fredda and Bruce VladeckHenry Voremberg
Wadowski FamilyWarner Bros. Entertainment Inc.Anne and Mark WassermanMira B. Weiss Esq.David WernerWestchester Elder Care Consultants, LLCWolfensohn Family FoundationRichard WollochSteven YaversJulia and Michael Zeuner
Supporter - $100 and Over
Anonymous (23)Aaron Valuation Inc.Karen Jacoby Aarts and Jeffrey AartsAlexander Abraham FoundationBeth Polner Abrahams, Esq.Anne Herzberg Adler and Stephen AdlerHanna L. AdlerIris AlbsteinStanley A. Alt and Susan AltAlzheimer’s Association - NYC Chapter American Federation for Aging ResearchLeslie and Danny ArnedosMarilyn AronLaw Office of Peter Aronson LLCLois Wagh Aronstein Atria Kew GardensHildegard Bachert[Lore‡] and Leo BaerBarbara and Patrick Bagley
Law Offices of Deborah S. BallMichelle and Scott BarishawTerri BarrettDavid and Miriam BaskinAndrew BataFrederic BaumgartenPatricia Bave-PlanellHelene and Robert BecherJudith L. BenkovRenate BergerRivka and Stuart BergerLouise and Andrew BergmanJudith and Martin BermanAnita BernsteinFrances and Herbert BernsteinOfra BienerBecky BigioThe Law Office of John M. BiglerStephen BlaunerErika Bloomfield
Jane and Stanley BlumNancy BlumenthalSusan and Robert BlumenthalMrs. Marilyn BogartMilton BogartArt and Arlene BoshnackPatricia BowieShirley BrandLili BrandonCharles BrassCharles BraunPatricia Braus and Edwin LopezDr. I. Emery Breitner and Edith BreitnerCantor and Mrs. Joshua BreitzerGinny BreslauerAlan BrodhersonBronx Jewish Community CouncilCarol and Gerald BrosnanShaun Butler and Ray HarrisJolie Ann Calella CFPJean CallahanCardozo Bet Tzedek Legal ServicesCarter Burden Center for the AgingCatholic Charities Neighborhood ServicesCenter for Independence of the Disabled, NYChavurat TikvahToby ChiuJan CiechowskiTeresa R. CivelloJoyce and Fred ClaarCoalition of Institutionalized Aged and
Disabled (CIAD)
Selfhelp and the Claims Conference share a collaborative history dating back nearly three decades. The Claims Conference has played the essential role in enabling Selfhelp to grow its services to meet the increasing needs of victims of Nazi perse-cution, throughout the New York metropolitan area. With invaluable Claims Confer-ence funding, Selfhelp has expanded the size and scope of its Nazi victim services network. This funding has been instrumental in Selfhelp’s ability to offer services in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Nassau County, and in broadening services in Manhattan and Queens. Programs such as emergency cash assistance and subsidized home care have helped thousands of Nazi victims to live with dignity. On behalf of those we serve, we are ever grateful for such critical funding, which helps provide this aging and fragile population with the care they so rightfully deserve.
CONFErENCE ON JEWISH mATErIAl ClAImS AGAINST GErmANy
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Kate CoburnDaniel CohenJudith and Martin CohenLibby CohenLisa CohenMarion Pagel Cohen and Arthur CohenMarsha CohenZoe and Ron CohenJames CollinsCommunity Service Society of New YorkSusan L. ComninosConcepts of IndependenceMark ConradDebbie Cooper and David HandwerkerCountry Side Plumbing & Heating, Inc.Lorraine Coyle, Esq.Crestwood Memorial ChapelGerald DanielAnnette DantoMarlies K. Danziger
Laura DavisLinda Yohay DenningDeutsch Charitable FoundationRebekah DillerJudith DobrofErica DoctorowDonna B. Dougherty and Lee R. SamowitzLawrence Drath and Audrey SiegerDoris M. and Leo DreyfussJanice and Lincoln DringRebecca R. EddyRhona and Frank EhrlichHanna EichwaldKeren Eisenberg and Larry ZelnickFrederic EismanElder Care Alternatives, LLCElder Law AssociatesElder Law on WheelsEldercare New YorkRenate EliasSima EllenbogenEPIC Group, Inc.Joan and Henry ErleKaren and David EverettJoan FabioMichael J. FalcoFamily Management CorporationFan Eldercare, Inc.Esther FeigenbaumFeldman & PecherskyHertha and Thomas FieldDorothy and Kenneth Finger
Doris and David FinkelLee FinkleDaniel G. Fish LLCJanie and Robert FisherMiriam and Ira FlatowMitzi FleischerGretchen FlintFordham-Tremont CMHCKay and Steve FrankLauren Becker FrankelLeo FrankelFreddie Mac FoundationHenry FreedmanJulia FreedsonRichard H. FreemanJohanna FriedensteinJo Anne and Jack FriedenthalKaren FriedmanLisa K. Friedman, Esq.Lucy and William Friedman
Masha Friedman, ACSW, LCSW-RMarian FroehlichMary and Benjamin FureyJudith Garson and Steven RappaportSally and Ernest GelbNorma Ramos GershJohn and Lile GibbonsCarlotta GiglioJudy and David GilbergCarl GinsbergEva and Peter E. GlaserGlendale Maspeth United Methodist
ChurchNorma GlobermanRenee and Neal GoffRuth GolbinHelene GoldfarbElaine GoldklangEva and Robert GoldmannEdith and Fred GoldsmithHope GoldsteinLaw Office of Jeffrey GoldsteinPaul A. GolinskiGail GordonErica GorinLois GottesmanRuth GrafMarna Grantham-ChaconJoan Shapiro GreenMariann and Martin GreenbergJohn GreenerArlene and Martin Greenfield
Kenneth GreensteinLisa GregorianTzipporah and Jack GruberAllan GuggenheimRosemarie GumpelJean and David GumpertRuth GutmannPaula and Neal GuttenbergMiriam GutweinRoberta and Isadore GutweinRita and Gerhard HaasGerry and Leopold HahnPearl and Nathan HaleguaMark HamburghBarbara and Raymond HamelHartmann Doherty Rosa Berman
Bulbulia, LLCBronwen and Warren HaskelHelen HausmannAndrée Hayum
Halina and Edward HermanJune and Ron HershJanet and Mark HersheyIrene HerskovitzNicole and John HillLaw Offices of Lee A. Hoffman, Jr.Lilo HoffmanRose HolmRhoda and Stuart HolzerHome Care Association of New York StateAdeena HorowitzShari Hubner, Esq.Cathy Hull & Neil Janovic Family FundJoseph IsabellaLaw Offices of Arthur J. IsraelJohanna Foods, Inc.Penelope E. JohnsonBarbara and Walter KahnHelene KahnJudith and Stephen KambergMarci and Mark KambergJonathan M. KamenAlice K. KantorRichard KaplowitzCarole KarlsruherThe Law Offices of Penny B. Kassel, P.C.Katten Muchin Rosenman LLPMarilyn Dobrof KatzBetty and Arthur KayKeane & Beane, P.C.Law Office of Nina KeilinMargot and John Keller
Ariel and Gary KenajianMarilee Keys and Bruce LindseyKimmel Housing Development
OrganizationBarbara KislakPeter L. KlausnerKlear-View ApplianceCaroline and Arnold KleinerKND Management Co. Inc.Anne KochmanAlex KolowskiCharlotte KoppeMichael KowalElli and Israel KrakowskiJack KrakowskyHelga and Bernard KramarskyJane and Howard KramerCarol and Sanford KriegerShekar KrishnanNaomi and Paul Kronish
Howard KrooksEdith KurzweilPaul LabowitzCarol LambergJoshua LandauLotte Marshall LandesMr. and Mrs. John LangSilvia and Peter LastRichard LederLehman Newman Flynn Vollaro CPAsMargot C. LehmanThe Legal Aid SocietyLegal Services NYC - Brooklyn Branch Marlies LevengerCecile and Heinz Levi Philanthropic FundEdward LevineIrma LevyGerald F. LewisNina and Daniel LibeskindMichelle and Frank LichtenbergBuff Lindau and Huck GutmanDeborah LiptonSue LobelLong Term Care Community CoalitionTrudy LoryIlsa LoweJanet LoweJill and Kenneth LubaGus LucasEva and Henry B. Lust Endowment FundDiane LutwakMark Lutwak
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Robert LutwakJudith and Barry LutzkyAnn MaassEvelyn MachaufLisa and Laurence MackReeva MagerAnne and John MahoneyEva MallisSheila and David ManischewitzMarcello de Peralta, PLLCWilliam R. Marks, Esq.Carolyn Martin and Mark PedowitzShelley and Thomas MartinBarbara MartinsonsMaspeth Lions ClubMichael McGarveyMcLaughlin & Stern LLPMedicare Rights CenterThe Meril Family TrustJim Merin
Brenda and Norbert MesterFlorence A. MetzgerVirginia and Juan MeyerNancy MilburnIra K. Miller, Esq.Michael MillerNancy D. MillerCynthia and Bruce MiltenbergRobert MinerMorningside Retirement and
Health ServicesMount Sinai Jewish Center of
Washington HeightsMyRussianDeal.comCharles P. NafmanSusan and Michael NashNelson Management Group, Ltd.Irene Nightingale NettlerHannah and Frank NeubauerNew Pronto TransportationNew York Elder Care Consultants LLCBetty NicholsBlanca NickelsDorit and Herman NoetherMatthew J. Nolfo Rebecca NovickLindsay O’ReillyOakland Jewish CenterNora OBrien-Suric, PhDAndrew L. OdellMartha OlsonJane Oppenheim
Leah Mason Oppenheimer and John Oppenheimer
Ronald OppenheimerMarilyn G. OrdoverMichael OrgeraElizabeth Orlin and John IfcherUrsula and Gerald OscarOwego AgwayJoann T. PalumboFrancesco PantaleoIsabella PantaleoPapavero Funeral HomePatrick ParishLore and George ParkerMichael ParksYana PecherskySusan Penry-WilliamsPfizer FoundationLorese PhillipsSusi and Joseph Podgurski
Mrs. Barbara F. PollBeth PollackSam PollackMichael PomerancNancy and Charles PosternakWilliam PradyPeter PriceProskauer Rose LLPGail and Steven PrystowskyQueens County Savings BankR2 Architects, LLCAnn RafeldEstelle RapoportOlga RaskinBonnie ReiffelHope ReinerMeaghan Repko *Michelle RepkoCarol and George Retsch-BogartJeanne and Eugene RiceSeymour RichmanMarilyn RiedlerRoberta RinzlerChristine RogersC. Frederick Rogge, IIIHannah RoseArlene and Robert RosenbergNancy Rosenbloom and Trilby de JungEdmund Rosenblum and FamilyMeryl and Peter RosenthalRebecca RosenzweigDiane Roskies
Margaret RosskammMarcie G. RothRosalind RothmanJudd RothsteinSeth RubensteinJulius RudelRosemarie Ruggero, CMC, LSSWVincent J. Russo & Associates, P.C.Ed and Jean SadowskyCharles SaftlerSage Collective, Inc.Salzman & Salzman, LLPLeslie SalzmanElissa SampsonVera and Peter SanderSaul and Mary SandersGregory and Randi SandlerRobert and Annette SandlerLani and Roger SanjekMiriam Sarnoff
Ms. Rosa ScheckRosalyn Tauber ScheidlingerSophie Schorr-ReinerRobert SchulmanMarilyn and Myron SchusterGhita SchwarzRena L. SchwarzRenata Manasse SchwebelThomas Sciacca, Esq. and
Dr. Jeremy S. ElkinsSCORESelfhelp Benjamin Rosenthal Prince Street
Senior CenterSenior Umbrella Network of Brooklyn
(SUN-B)Ann SeregiJeremy Sewell Judy and Mark ShernicoffAbram ShnayPerry A. ShulmanLilian SicularSilberman School of Social Work -
Hunter CollegeMeir SilbersteinDenise SoffelRenee SolomonTrudy Sommer ‡Fern and Adrian SondheimerMarion B. Sondheimer-CouturierVivian and Werner SonnSontag AdvisoryJoanne B. Spellane
Sally and Joel SpivackJames SprayregenTamara StackArthur StamplemanStapper & Van Doren Lore SteinGene SternDr. Victor SternbergOscar S. Straus IIIDoris Ruhr StraussLore StraussClarence C. StrowbridgeMarianne and Charles SussGloria and Mark SzrajerBella SztulDean Jeanette TakamuraKaren and Jeffrey TanenbaumDonna TansyAlison and Michael TeicherTenderTouch For All
Eugene TimermanHelene and Joseph TischlerElliot and Rachel TobinWalter TritellElaine TrossAmy M. TrotterTurley, Redmond, Rosasco & Rosasco, LLPLaw Office of Elaine A. Turley Alexander TurneyMasamichi UdagawaUrsula and Werner UlrichJudith UmanUnited Federation of TeachersUrban Eldercare, LLCV. Paulius & AssociatesLily VaamondeRichard and Sheila VeronJulia VolpinJim VoneiffRuth WachspressFrank WagnerLeo WagnerWagner-Braunsberg Philanthropic FundLilly WajnbergAdrian Walter-GinzburgStacey and Jeffrey WeberMarie-Helene WeillJerry WeinMelissa WeinbaumJohn L. and Sue Ann Weinberg FoundationSharon WeinerBarbara Weinstein and Louis Bernstein
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Evelyn WeinsteinMichael and Jill WeinsteinMuriel WeiselLynne WeissNicki WeissCarol WeissbrodJack WeissmanEva S. WertheimerJill and Dan WienerThomas WilkinsonBruce and Anne WilliamsMarilyn WilliamsNathan WolfsonNancy Woods and Anthony VagnoniLinda YaccarinoAnne YarowAri ZakJane ZalkinJane and Richard ZenkerCathy and Mark Zoradi
David ZornitskyAnne and David Zygelman
Selfhelp would also like to acknowledge the generosity of donors whose gifts of $99 or less are too numerous to list.
Caring for Generations Tribute Fund In Honor Of:The following individuals were recognized by friends and family as they celebrated special occasions:
Daniel AbramowitzPaula ArboledaLeo AsenIlse AttarBatya Bar Ilse BaumPeretz BerkEzra BerkowitzErnest L. Bial * ◊Ofra BienerEllen BlumValerie BogartHilda BondiMatthew Cantor *Debrah Lee Charatan ◊ and Steven I. HolmLewis CohenMarsha CohenOliver CunninghamWilliam Daroff
Henry DessauerRose Dobrof Erica DrakeScott Drassinower *Stanislau Oscar EisnerEvelyn Frank Legal Resources ProgramIlse FeldheimJulie FleischmannKaren FriedmanRobert FreedmanDorothy Fyfe’s MotherBea GoldbergDavid GoldfarbGina GoldmanPearl GottesmanLily GrabPhyllis Studner GrantEllen GrossmanSamuel Gruber Jeffrey Gural
Nadine Habousha and Edward B. Cohen * Max HeineFanya Gottesfeld HellerBenjamin Henry HermanThomas HerzfeldHans HirschBella HolmAubrey JacobsPeter H. Jakes *Saul KaganHedy and Henry KammAlice KantorStuart C. Kaplan ◊ Lilo KaufmanPaul KellerDori Konig *Paul Konigsberg *Doreen KushelKatherine La FortePeter LauberRobert LebowitzCarol and Jerry LevinNadine N. Levy *Edith LoweWilliam MandellConnor MatroIrma MayerPeter MayerReggie and Peter MayerRonald MayerRobert NelsonElla Newman
Gray Ethan NierenbergSimon PodolskyBarbara PollSam PollackThomas and Isabel RocheShelley Rood Magdalena SanchezJackson Michael Allen SchragRaymond V.J. Schrag *Lilian SicularEllen Gerda SpatzKathy StrochlicPeter J. StraussSteven G. Tepper *Lola and Moses WagnerCurt WardHans and Olga WarmbrunnJack B. WeinsteinMagda WindMax Witek
Evelyn J. WolffPauline WoodsNell and Victor A. Wyler * ◊ Zinn Family
Caring for Generations Tribute FundIn Memory Of:Contributions to Selfhelp were made in memory of the following loved ones this year:
George AdlerSarah AppelPaulette and Simon ArbibMary ArnedosAdam AshLisa AshLucy BacharachJanice BallElizabeth BataGladys BergerEva and Max BerkowitzStewart BerlinRafael BrandGenia Kaufman BrunwasserDora CharatanHerbert CohenFrederick ColemanMargaret CorlessRuth DimowCelia EisenbergMark Ellen
John H. EltonWilliam EvansEvelyn FrankAlbert FrankelFlorence GiglioSusan and Otto GoldschmidttRosalie GottesmanZoltan GottesmanLily GrabLeo GrauerMarilyn GreenbergCarola GreenspanRita GuttsmanEdith HausknechtMarianne and Sylvan HayumElsie HeinemanRenée N. HermanKurt M. HonbergSimone HorowitzRuth Johnson
Mala KammAlice KantorLillie KaplanLouise KleinHannelore Koppel and Richard U. KoppelHarriet KornsteinSala KrakowskyJivina KrasaMarguerite LambertIrenke LantosAlan LatinskyIlse LeipzigEsther LutwakFela MachaufMarie MallotAlexander MarkelRegina MartinRichard L. MayerThekla MeyerbachK. Fred NetterGideon NettlerHarry NierenbergGrace S. NierenbergLore Newburg’s MotherElsbeth OppenheimerAnne-Lise PagelJoseph ParisanoElly PlautBoris RevichAlice and Paul RocheJoseph RodgersArthur and Frieda Roos
As evidenced by its name, an essential part of the mission of Project Legacy is to “pass the torch” to the second and third generations. A brainchild of Co-Chairs Dennis Baum and Karin Shewer Krugman, the Committee is comprised mainly of those who, because of their family background or personal interest, share a passion to help Holocaust survivors in need. We gratefully acknowledge the efforts of our committee members, each of whom are deeply committed to ensuring that survivors live with the dignity they rightfully deserve. For informa-tion about joining the committee, please email projectlegacy@selfhelp.net.
prOJECT lEGACy COmmITTEE
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David RothbaumSamuel RuchamesFrancis RudikoffGerda SacksKaete and Erich ScheibeJudith F. ScheibeAbraham SchmigelskiMindel and Paula SchwarzJean SecherMartin SenzerPhilip SepeSylvia ShatanofHilde SiegelDorothy SimandEva SingerDavid and Honey SondheimerJoan C. and Eric S. SondheimerLeon R. StarkHelene C. SternNorbert Stern
William SternbergRonald StrasfeldMargot SundheimerJacob SussEleanor and Harvey TepperPeter UhlIrene VogelHaskiel WadowskiElizabeth WeinbergerGeorg WeinbergerEvelyn WeinsteinJack C. WernerEva WylerFrances YohayMurray Zeisel
Pro Bono ServicesGrateful appreciation to our friends who have given so generously of their time and talent:
Arnold & Porter LLPPeretz Berk, Esq.Ernest L. Bial, Esq. * ◊Rick Boccia Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLPCAMBA Legal ServicesAnn Margaret Carozza, Esq.Bryan Cave LLPTae Ethan Choi, Esq.Dewey & LeBoeuf
CUNY School of Law - Main Street Legal Services
Dechert LLPRonald Fatoullah & AssociatesIan Feldman, Esq.Rudy Ferrara, Paralegal Steven D. Fleischer, Esq.Karen Foxman, Esq.Rebecca Auster Freedman, Esq.Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPDonna Furey, Esq.Goldfarb Abrandt Salzman & Kutzin LLPMichael KrugmanKurzman Karelsen & Frank, LLPYan Lian Kuang-Maoga, Esq.Teresa Marrero, Esq. Ronald C. Mayer, Esq.Glenn Moss, Esq. Kathleen ParisiThomas Pellegrino, Esq.
Philip L. Pockriss, Esq.Professor Joseph Rosenberg, Esq.Raymond V.J. Schrag, Esq. * Jeffrey Schwartz, Esq.Peter ScibiliaSteven G. Tepper, Esq. *Urban Justice CenterWestside Law ProjectPauline Yeung, Esq.
In-Kind DonationsWe thank the following for their generosity:
Dennis Baum *Big Six BagelsDebrah Lee Charatan ◊Clearview FestivalsThe Cuckoo’s NestCreation UnisexDaisy’s RestaurantDale PharmacyDan’s Supreme Key FoodDr. Rose DobrofDonovan’s RestaurantDoherty Enterprises, Inc.Dunkin DonutsChristine FaheyRobert M. Freedman, Esq. Sam GiarrussoHerman C. GoldsmithGordon Goldstein
Samuel GoldsteinGrand Avenue WineGrand FloristHairitage UnisexHatsuhana RestaurantLisa HortenAndrea and Robert IngramJoey’s PizzaJohn Kochis Designs Stuart ◊ and Rosemary KaplanKatten Muchin Rosenman LLP Kiwanis Club of MaspethLinda KornitzerKarin Shewer Krugman ◊Carol and Jerry LevinNadine * and Peter LevyLiberty Helicopter ToursLoyal Order of Moose, Ridgewood
ChapterLuna Piena Ristorante
M&G PizzeriaMars DeliMaspeth Key FoodMuseum Editions, LTDNational AmusementsNew Pronto Transportation, Inc. Karen Nichols and John SoutoNikitas PlaceOrion TradingPanera BreadQueens Christian Alliance ChurchJoan RiversThomas H. RocheRockabill Advisors Dana Golding and Richard Scharf ◊Rao’sRaymond V.J. * and Jean SchragRidgewood Savings BankJoshua S. Rubenstein, Esq.Salesforce.com Sean Og’s/Woodside CafeSt. Sebastian’s Parish CenterStaplesStarbuck’s Harvest Food ProgramStarside PharmacyStop & ShopThe Dr. Oz ShowTouchstone HealthTrader Joe’sTerrace DinerUtopia Bagels
Vibez StudioWalgreens PharmacyWindstreamWoodside Pizzeria and Restaurant
EstatesWe acknowledge with deep appreciation the friends who remembered Selfhelp through their legacies and bequests:
Estate of Ruth B. ColinEstate of Sam FriedlanderEstate of Maria GeduldigEstate of Rosa R. KobakEstate of Eric S. SondheimerEstate of Paula Rosenstein Stoessel
To make a donation to Selfhelp, or to receive additional information about the Caring for Generations Tribute Fund, Estate Planning, or Matching Gifts Programs, please contact Selfhelp’s Devel-opment Department at 212-971-7764, or visit our website at www.selfhelp.net
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Community Partners
AARP
AARP Bill Payer Program
Action Reconciliation Service for Peace
Adelphi University School of Social Work
Adult Protective Services Advisory Council
Alzheimer’s Association of New York City
American Cancer Society
American Diabetes Association
American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
Amerigroup
Anibic Vocational Program
Applebees, Fresh Meadows
Archcare
Arthritis Foundation
Atria Riverdale
Austrian Consulate General
Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps
Beth Abraham Family of Health Services
Big Six Towers Play ‘n’ Learn Nursery School
Blue Card
B’nai B’rith Project HOPE
Bronx House
Bronx Inter-Agency Council on the Aging
Bronx Jewish Community Council
Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging of Hunter College/
Sadin Institute on Law & Public Policy
Brooklyn Borough-Wide Interagency Council on Aging
CAPE
Cardozo Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Caring Hospice Services of New York
Catholic Charities - Friendly Visitor Program
Center for Disability Rights (CDR)
Center for Hearing & Communication
Center for Independence of the Disabled/New York
(CIDNY)
Center for Jewish History
Center for Medicare Advocacy
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Central Queens YM-YWHA
Chinese American Planning Council
Citi
City Bar Justice Center
Citymeals-on-Wheels
Coalition of Institutionalized Aged and Disabled (CIAD)
Coalition for a District Alternative (CODA)
Columbia University School of Occupational Therapy
Columbia University School of Social Work
Community Food Resource Center
Community Service Society (CSS) -
Center for Benefits & Services
Community Service Society (CSS) -
Community Health Advocates
CenterLight Healthcare
Congregation Habonim
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun
Congregation Rodeph Sholom
Cornell University Community Outreach Program
Council of Senior Centers and Services of New York City
CUNY School of Law - Main Street Legal Services
Dakim BrainFitness, Inc.
Dancing Dreams
Disability Advocates, Inc.
DOROT, Inc.
Downtown Hospital-Kress Vision Program
Dr. William O. Benenson Rehabilitation Pavilion
Dry Harbor Nursing Home
Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of
Bensonhurst
East Side Council on the Aging
East-West School of International Studies
Easter Seals Senior Employment Program
Elderplan
Elders Share the Arts
Elmhurst Hospital
Elmhurst/Jackson Heights Senior Center
EmblemHealth
Empire Justice Center
Employee Assistance Program
Enterprise Community Partners
F∙E∙G∙S Health and Human Services System
Flatbush Jewish Center
Florence F. Smith Senior Center Meals on Wheels Program
Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts
Flushing Hospital Medical Center
Flushing House
Flushing Jewish Community Council
Flushing Library
Flushing Meadows Corona Park Aquatic Center/Al Oerter
Recreation Center
Flushing Savings Bank
Flushing Town Hall
FoodBank
Fordham University Graduate School of Social Work
Forest Hills Jewish Center
Furman Center
Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
General Electric /Living Independently
God’s Love We Deliver
Goldman Sachs Community TeamWorks
Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES)
Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern
New Jersey
GuildNet
Guggenheim Museum
Hamilton-Madison House
HANAC Transportation Program
Health First
Health Guard Pharmacy
Health Plus
HeartShare
Hillcrest Jewish Center
Hillside Hospital
Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County
Home Care Association of New York State
Home Care Council of New York City
Hospice of New York
Housing First
HSBC Bank
Hunter College - Jewish Studies Department
Hunter College - School of Social Work
Independence Care Systems (ICS)
It’s Never 2 Late
James N. Jarvie Commonweal Service
Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (JASA)
Jewish Association for Services for the Aged - Adult
Protective Services
Jewish Association for Services for the Aged - Queens
Legal Services for the Elderly
Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services
Jewish Community Center in Manhattan
Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island
Jewish Community Relations Council
Jewish Home LifeCare
John F. Kennedy Jr. School
The Jewish Museum
The Jewish Theological Seminary, Center for Pastoral
Education
Jokercise
JPAC
Katsky Korins, LLP
Korean American Senior Citizen Services (KASCS)
Korean Community Services of New York
WOrKING TOGETHErWe salute our many Community Partners who, through working together, enable Selfhelp to fulfill its commitment to the thousands of New Yorkers who rely on us for care.
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LaGuardia Community College
LawHELP.org/NY
LeadingAge
LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technology
LeadingAge New York
The Legal Aid Society
Legal Services NYC
Leir Retreat Center, Inc.
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
Leo Baeck Institute
Lexington Hearing and Speech Center
Life Alert
Lifenet - Mental Health Referral Services
Lighthouse International
Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation
Long Island Jewish Hospital
Long Island University Occupational Therapy Program
Long Island University School of Social Work
Long Term Care Community Coalition
Lower East Side Inter-Agency Council on Aging
Maimonides Medical Center - Department of Psychiatry
Manatt LLP
Manhattan Borough-Wide Inter-Agency Council on Aging
Martin Luther King, Jr. Daycare
Margaret Tietz Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Maspeth Kiwanis Builder’s Club
Maspeth Lion’s Club
Maspeth Federal Savings
Medicaid Matters New York
Medicare Rights Center
Medicare Savings Program Coalition (MSP)
Mental Health Association of NYC
Mercy College - Department of Occupational Therapy
Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty
Metropolitan Jewish Health Care System
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Foundation
Metropolitan Museum of Art - Community Workplace
Program
Metropolitan Transit Authority - Access-A-Ride
Metropolitan Transit Authority - Mobile Van Service
MFY Legal Services
Microsoft Corporation
Montefiore Medical Center - Department of Geriatric
Psychiatry
Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Museum of Modern Art
Nan Shan Senior Center
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
National Association of Professional Geriatric Care
Managers - New York City Chapter
National Association of Social Workers (NASW) - New York
City Chapter
National Center for Law and Economic Justice, Inc.
National Council on Aging
National Housing Conference
National Leased Housing Association
National Low Income Housing Coalition
National Health Law Program
National Senior Citizens Law Center
New Pronto Transportation, Inc.
New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Services, Inc. (NYAPRS)
New York Association on Independent Living
New York Cares
New York City Bar Association - Committee on Legal
Problems of Aging and Committee on Disabilities
New York City Council
New York City Department for the Aging
New York City Department for the Aging - Grandparent
Support Program
New York City Department for the Aging - Health
Promotion
New York City Department of Education Occupational
Training Center
New York City Department of Employment - Youth
Employment Program
New York City Department of Finance - SCHE Unit
New York City Department of Health
New York City Department of Housing Preservation and
Development - SCRIE Unit
New York City Department of Information Technology and
Telecommunications
New York City Department of Transportation - Safety
Education Department
New York City Department of Youth & Community
Development - The Cornerstone Initiative Child Center
of New York
New York City Fire Department
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
New York City Human Resources Administration
New York City Human Resources Administration - Adult
Protective Services Administration
New York City Housing Authority - Office for the Aging
New York City Housing Development Corporation
New York City Immigration Coalition
New York City HRA MICSA Medicaid Advisory Committee
New York City Office of Management and Budget
New York City Police Department
104th Police Precinct
109th Police Precinct
112th Police Precinct
115th Police Precinct
New York City Schools
PS 24
PS 255 at 168
PS 228
IS 73
IS 237
Bayside High School
New York Eye Care
New York Foundation for Senior Citizens
New York Hospital Queens
New York Housing Conference
New York Immigration Coalition
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI)
New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)
New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York State Adult Day Services Association, Inc.
New York State Association for Financing Affordable
Housing
New York State Bar Association - Elder Law Section
New York State Comptroller’s Office
New York State Consumer Coalition on Part D
New York State Department of Health
New York State Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Program
(EPIC)
New York State Home Care Association
New York State Homes and Community Renewal
New York State Housing Finance Agency
New York State Office for the Aging
New York Statewide Senior Action Council
New York University - School of Nursing
New York University - Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of
Social Work
New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage
North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System
NYSARC, Inc.
Older Adults Technology Services (OATS)
Orion Resource Group
Our World Neighborhood Charter School
Oxford Health Plans
Park Gardens Nursing Home and Rehabilitation
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation
People Care Inc.
PHI International
Pierro Law Group LLC
Selfhelp NextGen is a dynamic group of young professionals from the New York City area deeply committed to Selfhelp’s mission of maintaining the independence and dignity of seniors and at-risk populations. The group maintains a special focus on enhancing the lives of Holocaust survivors, and seeks to ensure that the promise made by our founders—to serve as the “last surviving relative” to victims of Nazi persecution—is fulfilled. Since its inception in 2010, Selfhelp NextGen has organized volunteer projects, film screenings, and outreach events in an effort to educate their peers regarding the needs of some of the most vulnerable members of our community. To get involved or to learn more, visit www.selfhelp.net/self-help-nextgen or email jvolpin@selfhelp.net.
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PIMCO
Philips Lifeline
Practicing Law Institute
Private Organizations Providing Financial Assistance to the
Elderly (POPFAE)
Queens Botanical Garden
Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility
Queens Chapter of Holocaust Survivors
Queens Christian Alliance Church
Queens College
Queens Community House
Queens Interagency Council on the Aging
Queens Jewish Community Council
Queens Legal Services
Queens Library
Queens Library-Long Island City Branch
Queens Museum of Art
Queens Symphony Orchestra
Queens Theatre in the Park
Regal Heights Adult Day Health Care
Retired Senior Volunteer Program of the Community
Services Society (RSVP)
Ridgewood Savings Bank
Rite Aid Pharmacy
Vincent J. Russo & Associates, P.C.
Sage Eldercare
Saint Mary’s Healthcare System for Children
Samuel Field/Bay Terrace YM & YWHA - Community
Advisory Program for the Elderly
SeniorBridge
Senior Health Partners
Senior Umbrella Network of Brooklyn
Sephardic Nursing Home
Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual &
Transgender Elders (SAGE)
Services Now for Adult Persons (SNAP)
Seyfarth Shaw, LLP
Shield Institute
St. Frances Preparatory High School, Queens
Starbuck’s Harvest Food Program
Rabbi Steinig
Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)
Sunnyside Citywide Homecare Services, Inc.
Sunnyside Community Services
Temple Emanu-El
The Rubin Museum
Timebank NYC
Touchstone Health
Touro College
Transitional Services of New York
UJA-Federation of New York
UJA-Federation of New York - Caring Commission Task
Force
UJA-Federation of New York - Long Island Connections
UJA-Federation of New York - Nazi Victim Task Force
United Hospital Fund NORC Initiative
United Spinal Association
United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Urban Justice Center
VISIONS
VNS Choice
VNS - Chinatown Community Center Homecare Program
VNS - Friendly Visitor Program
VNS - Home Delivered Meals Program in Long Island City
Vera Institute of Justice Guardianship Project
Victoria Pharmacy
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Walgreens Pharmacy
Washington Heights - Inwood Council on Aging
WEP Goodwill Industry of Greater NY and Northern NJ
Western New York Law Center
West Side Inter-Agency Council on Aging
Women in Housing and Finance
Woodside Senior Assistance Program
YAI
Yeshiva of Central Queens
Yeshiva of Flatbush
Yeshiva University - Wurzweiler School of Social Work
York College
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BAlANCE SHEET For the year ended June 30
Assets 2012 2011
Current Assets
Cash $144,879 $1,944,477
Investments 9,642,357 12,863,772
Accounts Receivable 11,458,229 10,243,929
Due from Related Party 336,985 1,721,505
Contributions Receivable & other current assets 532,803 869,818
total Current Assets 22,115,253 27,643,501
Fixed Assets 4,067,464 3,004,647
Assets held for Guardianship Clients 13,393,600 11,998,938
Other Non-current assets 583,444 501,551
Due from Related Party 4,383,744 -
total Assets $44,543,505 $43,148,637
LiAbiLities And net Assets
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $1,813,141 $2,064,616
Accrued Salaries and Benefits 3,688,324 3,635,585
Due to Third Parties and Other Payables 1,946,845 1,425,266
Due to Related Party - 119,615
Loans Payable 2,275,000 -
total Current Liabilities 9,723,310 7,245,082
Due to Guardianship Clients 13,393,600 11,998,938
Deferred Rent Payable 577,952 272,294
total Liabilities 23,694,862 19,516,314
net Assets
Unrestricted Net Assets 18,031,936 20,020,044
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets 2,816,707 3,612,279
total net Assets 20,848,643 23,632,323
totAL LiAbiLities And net Assets $44,543,505 $43,148,637
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SElFHElp COmmuNITy SErvICES, INC.
STATEmENT OF ACTIvITIES For the year ended June 30
Revenues, GRAnts & ContRibutions 2012 2011
Homecare Revenue $30,582,204 $29,816,931
Government Revenue 8,775,617 8,774,052
Contributions and Program Grants 9,062,027 * 10,211,971
Program Service Revenues 2,909,879 2,995,638
Developer Fees and Investment Activity 1,504,528 2,402,126
total revenues, grants and contributions 52,834,255 54,200,718
expenses
Homecare Services 27,508,133 26,430,152
Community and Other Programs 10,300,224 10,574,300
Philanthropic Programs 8,363,360 8,123,149
Management and General 6,725,510 6,640,866
Fund Raising 918,203 853,001
total expenses 53,815,430 52,621,468
non-opeRAtinG ACtivity
Depreciation/Amortization (981,211) (987,554)
NYC Contracts Recoupment (821,294) -
Change in net assets (2,783,680) 591,696
Net assets - beginning of year 23,632,323 23,040,627
net Assets - end of yeAR $20,848,643 $23,632,323
* These amounts do not include approximately $1,094,507 in 2012 and $1,613,308 in 2011 of contributions and related income received by Selfhelp Community Services Foundation which will benefit Selfhelp’s family of services.
Selfhelp and its family of services provide a wide range of independent living and fund raising activities. Total Assets and Total Revenue for Selfhelp and its family of services for their most recent fiscal years are summarized below:
total Assets total Revenues
Selfhelp Community Services, Inc. $44,543,505 $52,834,255
Selfhelp Community Services Foundation, Inc. 5,626,602 1,094,507
Affordable Housing Corporations 142,625,000 11,383,042
Certified Home Health Agency 2,035,269 6,400,038
A copy of our audited financial statement for Fiscal Year 2012 has been filed with the
Secretary of State and may be obtained from the Department of State, 41 State Street,
Albany, New York 12231, or directly from Selfhelp. Selfhelp Community Services, Inc. is
dedicated to the practice of equal employment opportunity in every aspect of its opera-
tions and complies with all Federal, State, and City government regulations.
*
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BAlANCE SHEET For the year ended June 30
Assets 2012 2011
Current Assets
Cash $574,331 $40,821
Investments 4,283,377 3,780,693
Contributions Receivable 768,894 992,952
Due from Related Party - 119,615
total Assets $5,626,602 $4,934,081
LiAbiLities And net Assets
Current Liabilities
Accrued Expenses $5,708 $7,500
Due to Related Party 38,478 -
total Current Liabilities 44,186 7,500
net Assets
Unrestricted Net Assets 225,527 282,702
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets 5,356,889 $4,643,879
total net Assets 5,582,416 4,926,581
totAL LiAbiLities And net Assets $5,626,602 $4,934,081
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STATEmENT OF ACTIvITIES For the year ended June 30
Revenues, GAins, And otheR suppoRt 2012 2011
Contributions, Legacies & Bequests $401,202 $448,917
Special Event Revenue 744,332 835,860
Investment Activity (51,027) 328,531
total Revenues, Gains and other support 1,094,507 1,613,308
expenses
Direct Cost of Events 190,948 164,443
Program Services 189,000 95,000
Fund Raising 41,682 10,960
Management and General 17,042 18,654
total expenses 438,672 289,057
Change in net assets 655,835 1,324,251
Net assets - beginning of year 4,926,581 3,602,330
net assets - end of year $5,582,416 $4,926,581
A copy of our audited financial statement for Fiscal Year 2012 has been filed with the
Secretary of State and may be obtained from the Department of State, 41 State Street,
Albany, New York 12231, or directly from Selfhelp. Selfhelp Community Services Foun-
dation, Inc. is dedicated to the practice of equal employment opportunity in every aspect
of its operations and complies with all Federal, State, and City government regulations.
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SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICESBOARD OF DIRECTORS2012 – 2013
Officers
PresidentRaymond V.J. Schrag
Co-ChairmenErnest L. BialVictor A. Wyler
Vice PresidentsMatthew A. CantorPeter H. JakesPeter ModelSteven G. Tepper
TreasurerPeter L. Simmons
SecretaryDennis Baum
Directors
David BaroneDennis BaumErnest L. BialEllen BlumMatthew A. CantorRobert CarmonaEdward B. CohenScott DrassinowerShelley EinhornErnest M. GrunebaumJeffrey S. JacobPeter H. JakesDori KonigPaul J. KonigsbergNadine N. LevyRalph Marash Mary Mayer Joshua MermelsteinPeter ModelMeaghan RepkoRonald F. RiesMargrit W. RustowRaymond V. J. SchragSheryl Silverstein, DMDPeter L. SimmonsBrian R. Steinwurtzel Steven G. TepperVictor A. Wyler
SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICESFOUNDATION BOARD(SCS FOUNDATION)2012 – 2013
Officers
ChairmanDennis Baum
Vice ChairDebrah Lee Charatan
SecretaryPeter Model
Advisory Board
Michael F. PriceSandra Priest Rose
Trustees
Michael A. BambergerDennis BaumErnest L. BialBert E. BrodskyDebrah Lee CharatanPaul DavidsonShelley EinhornJeffrey S. JacobStuart C. KaplanKarin Shewer KrugmanIlse MelamidPeter ModelStanley J. ReiferRichard ScharfVictor A. WylerJeffrey Zorek
Selfhelp Honorary Life Member
Rita Shewer
MANAGEMENT STAFF
Stuart C. KaplanChief Executive Officer
Morris BreitsteinChief Financial Officer
Leo Asen Chief Innovation Officer
Russell LusakSenior Vice President
Kevin T. Byrne, Esq.Vice President, Human Resources and Labor Relations
Lois DeutschVice President, Development
Elihu Kover, LMSWVice President, Nazi Victim Services Program
Vivian Torres, RNVice President, Community Health
Evelyn J. WolffVice President, Real Estate Development
David DringExecutive Director, Selfhelp Innovations
Linda PekunkaAdministrator, Executive Services
Phyllis Wahrmann, RNAdministrator, Certified Home Health Agency (CHHA)
Adeena Horowitz, LMSWAdministrative Director,Nazi Victim Services Program
Beth Zeidel, LMSWAdministrative Director,Nazi Victim Services Program
Patricia L. Kaufman, NCGManaging Director,Senior Communities
Dorothy KernManaging Director, Real Estate
Tova Klein, LMSWManaging Director, Senior Communities andNazi Victim Services Program
Priscilla MaysonetManaging Director, Senior Communities
Neil ActableDirector, Information Technology
Rose Aniano, LMSWSenior Programs Director,Northridge/Brulene/Southridge NORC
Koku BadasuDirector, LHCSA and City Home Care Programs
Valerie J. Bogart, Esq.Director, Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program
Erin Brennan, MPS, Q.D.C.P.Senior Programs Director,SHARP/Clearview Senior Center
Eli Brett, MSWProgram Director, Project Pilot
Alexis Carter, LMSW, CCM, GCMDirector, Senior Source
Ellen CerialeDirector, LHCSA, Quality and Compliance
Scott CodeProgram Director,Client Centered Technology
Samuel GoldsteinDirector, Government Relations
Natasha Gooden-Williams, RNDirector, LHCSA-LI and Training Dept.
Madeline JacobsDirector, Quality Management & Research
Elizabeth LynnDirector, Grants Management
Mohini MishraProgram Director, Housing
Arlene ShumerDirector, Patient ServicesCertified Home Health Agency (CHHA)
David Silva, Esq.Assistant Director,Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program
Hanan Simhon, LMSWPrograms Director, Queens North Case Management Program
Julia VolpinDirector, Special Events
OFFICErS, dIrECTOrS, ANd mANAGEmENT STAFF
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nazi victim servicesThe largest program of its kind in North America, Selfhelp offers comprehensive case management services, financial assistance, guardianship, financial management, claims assistance, and home care services to Holocaust survivors.
senior housingSelfhelp’s seven affordable apartment buildings and on-site social services offer seniors the opportunity to lead independent lives in a warm and supportive environment. Each unit has emergency response systems, closed-circuit TV surveillance in lobby, easy access to public transportation and is within walking distance to Selfhelp senior centers. Residents have access to social work, nursing, and home care services.
naturally occurring Retirement Communities (noRCs)Selfhelp NORC programs provide senior residents in four large cooperative housing complexes with the supportive services they need to continue living in their own homes. Selfhelp’s on-site services include case management, counseling, health screenings, and social, recreational, and educational programs.
senior CentersSelfhelp’s five senior centers offer a wide variety of life-enhancing programs such as computer classes, concerts and lectures, wellness workshops, as well as nutritious meals for seniors living in the surrounding communities. Selfhelp’s newly expanded Benjamin Rosenthal-Prince Street Innovative Senior Center emphasizes health and wellness programming, and is a key site for Selfhelp’s Virtual Senior Center.
home health CareA leading provider of home health care in the New York metropolitan area, Selfhelp offers five home care options for the elderly, frail, families at-risk, and individuals with HIV/AIDS.
singlepoint Care Management, LLCA care management company designed to coordinate and manage the care and delivery of services to enroll-ees, in partnership with Managed Long Term Care Plans.
senior source For adults seeking a single point of entry for all health and other forms of care, Senior Source provides access to a Care Manager 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A fee-for-service program, Senior Source professionals help navigate the maze of entitlements, find immediate care, monitor ongoing care, or prepare for future care needs.
Community GuardianshipSelfhelp’s Community Guardian Program serves as court-appointed legal guardian for clients referred by Adult Protective Services (APS), who are over 18 years of age and unable to manage their financial or domestic affairs.
Legal ResourcesSelfhelp’s Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program provides legal assistance for Selfhelp clients. It also offers professional training regarding Medicaid and elder-law issues to Selfhelp staff and other organizations.
Alzheimer’s programsThe Selfhelp Alzheimer’s Resource Program (SHARP) provides social adult day care, mental health assessment and referral, as well as social activities for individuals in the early to mid-stages of Alzheimer’s disease. The program also offers support groups for caregivers.
Case ManagementSelfhelp’s comprehensive Case Management Programs perform evaluations to help seniors live independently in their own homes. Counseling is offered regarding entitlements and benefits that may be available, such as financial assistance, home delivered meals and chore services.
selfhelp innovations Selfhelp has pioneered a number of technologies aimed at enhancing the quality of later life. From innovative congregate telehealth services to the expanding Virtual Senior Center Program, Selfhelp continually seeks new “high-tech, high-touch” models to maintain wellness and to re-engage and energize
vulnerable, isolated older New Yorkers.
OvErvIEW OF prOGrAmS ANd SErvICES
nazi victim services program
Bronx Program718-239-3177Amy Newman, Program Director
Brooklyn ProgramsMidwood718-646-7500
Kensington718-633-1300Tova Klein, Managing Director
Manhattan Program212-971-5475Emily Levy, Program Director
Nassau County Program516-481-1865Gina Goldman, Program Coordinator
Queens Program718-268-1252Karen DeOssie, Program Director
Washington Heights Program212-781-7200Roni Miller, Program Director
Financial Management Unit212-971-5475Ruth Rosado, Program Director
housing
To inquire about our housing applications, please call 718-886-1412. For information about on-site social services for our residents, please call Mohini Mishra, Program Director of Housing, 718-762-6803.
Helen R. Scheuer House45-25 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing
Martin Lande House137-47 45th Avenue, Flushing
Scheuer House of Bayside208-11 26th Avenue, Bayside
Scheuer House of Flushing138-52 Elder Avenue, Flushing
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg House140-16 45th Avenue, Flushing
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Apartments45-35 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing
K-VII (to open early 2013)137-39 45th Avenue, Flushing
naturally occurring Retirement Communities (noRCs)
For general information about the NORCs listed below, please call Rose Aniano, Senior Programs Director, 718-396-5425
Big Six NORC Program718-565-656959-55 47th Avenue, WoodsideBrooke Samuelson, Program Director
Fresh Meadows Senior Program718-454-628667-00 192nd Street, Fresh MeadowsStacy Shuchter-Gomez, Program Coordinator
Northridge / Brulene / Southridge NORC Program718-396-542534-10 94th Street, Jackson HeightsRose Aniano, Senior Programs Director
Queensview / North Queensview NORC Program718-278-414833-34 Crescent Street, Long Island CityDonna DelCielo, Program Director
senior Centers
Austin Street Senior Center718-520-8197106-06 Queens Boulevard, Forest HillsCheolwon Ryu, Program Director
Benjamin Rosenthal-Prince Street Senior Center718-886-577745-25 Kissena Boulevard, FlushingJinsheng Qiu, Program Director
Clearview Senior Center718-224-7888208-11 26th Avenue, BaysideErin Brennan, Senior Programs Director
Latimer Gardens Senior Center718-961-366034-30 137th Street, FlushingCheryl Gersh, Program Director
Maspeth Senior Center718-429-363669-61 Grand Avenue, MaspethMaria Dixon, Program Director
home Care
The central office for all Home Care programs is located at 520 Eighth Avenue, New York.
Home Care Intake:
Licensed Home Care Services Agency (LHCSA)212-971-7697
Certified Home Health Agency (CHHA)212-971-5471
General Information:
Homemaking Program212-971-5480
Housekeeping Program212-971-7613
Licensed Home Care Services Agency (LHCSA)212-971-5490
Long Island Home Care516-505-2571
other Community programs for seniors
These Community Programs are located at 520 Eighth Avenue, New York.
NYC Community Guardian Program & Nassau County Guardian Program212-971-7776Patricia L. Kaufman, Managing Director, Senior Communities
Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program212-971-7658Valerie Bogart, Director
Senior Source 800-935-3701Alexis Carter, Director
Selfhelp Alzheimer’s Resource Program (SHARP)Located at Selfhelp’s Clearview Senior Center 208-11 26th Avenue, BaysideErin Brennan, Senior Programs Director, 718-224-7888.
Case Management programs
Selfhelp Safety Net Program718-633-1300419 Church Avenue, BrooklynTova Klein, Managing Director, Senior Communities
Queens North718-321-819445-25 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing Hanan Simhon, Program Director
Project Pilot 212-787-8106136 West 91st Street, New YorkEli Brett, Program Director
singlepoint Care network, LLC
646-943-88221440 Broadway, New York Joan Russo, Chief Executive Officer
selfhelp innovations
David Dring, Executive Director 212-971-7708 Scott Code, Program Director, Client Centered Technology718-559-4460 Neil Actable, Director, Information Technology212-971-7712
home health Aide training program
212-971-7721520 Eighth Avenue, New YorkNatasha Gooden-Williams, Director
CONTACTS
Throughout New York, older adults, homebound individuals, and families at risk, rely upon Selfhelp to meet their needs for home health care, Nazi victim services, affordable senior housing, and social service support.
This program directory contains contact information for all of the Selfhelp services that are available to assist you and your family. To detach the directory, tear along the perforated edge and fold along the indicated line.
Selfhelp Community Services, Inc. 520 Eighth AvenueNew York, New York 10018866-735-1234
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