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Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services |
Jewish Board
of Family
and
Children’s
Services
Raises Over
$1 Million
at Gala
Benefit
Despite Hard Economic Times
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Jean Shafiroff,
JBFCS Board Trustee and Anthony E. Mann,
JBFCS President-Elect.
Photos by:
Michael Priest |
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Jean L. Troubh, JBFCS Chair of the Board and Harvey
R. Miller, Partner Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP |
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Michael A.
Epstein, Senior Partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges
and
JBFCS Trustee serves as Secretary of the Board and
Chair, wife Lisa
and children Jesse, Emily and Eric |
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JBFCS Executives and Board Trustees
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Paul Levine,
Executive Vice President and CEO, John A Herrmann,
President, Anthony E. Mann, President–Elect, Roger
A. Goldman, Board Trustee, Jamie B.W. Stecher, Vice
President of the Board, Laurie N. Sprayregen, Board
Trustee, Honorees - Michael A. Epstein,
Senior Partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and JBFCS
Trustee serves as Secretary of the Board and Chair,
Lori R. Fife, Senior Partner at Weil, Gotshal &
Manges and JBFCS Board Trustee, John Reinsberg,
Deputy Chairman of Lazard Asset Management,
Lori Reinsberg
Private Art Consultant and JBFCS Board Trustee,
Stephen E. Jacobs, Senior Partner at Weil, Gotshal &
Manges and JBFCS Board Trustee |
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New York, NY,
April 8, 2009 – On Thursday, April 2, 2009, the Jewish
Board of Family and Children’s Services (JBFCS) exceeded
funds raised in previous years. The agency achieved a
new record when it raised over $1 million at a gala
benefit at Cipriani 42nd Street. More than
400 people were in attendance. The event honored Weil,
Gotshal and Manges Partners and JBFCS trustees Michael
Epstein, Lori Fife and Stephen Jacobs and Lori and John
Reinsberg for their outstanding contribution to the
organization and commitment to provide the highest
quality social services to New Yorkers in need.
According to Paul
Levine, CEO of JBFCS, “We are seeing the repercussions
of the growing economic crisis in the lives of
individuals and families coming through the doors of our
community counseling centers and in the voices we hear
on the phone from people seeking help…and in the face of
extreme economic hardship we honor those trustees who
have stepped up and made a tremendous difference -- not
only in our financial coffers but in the fabric of the
agency itself.”
JBFCS, along with
other organizations, faces major cuts in government
funding which pays for a large share of the operations
of services – from counseling centers to day treatment
programs to residential facilities.
The Jewish
Board of Family and Children’s Services offers the most
advanced mental health care and social services to help
promote well-being, resilience and self-sufficiency for
individuals and families. Every year, across the five
boroughs and in Westchester, more than 65,000 people
rely on JBFCS for help through some 175 programs.
www.jbfcs.org
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