Adding Life to Years our

2014 Annual Report to the Community
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Life
Adding
to
our Years
SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC.
& SCS FOUNDATION, INC.
MISSION
CONTENTS
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.
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2 Executive Letter
6 Social Care is Good Medicine
10 Keeping People Healthy at Home
14 Much More Than “Housing”
18Providing Comfort and Dignity to
Holocaust Survivors
22 High-Tech, High-Touch, and Highly Effective
26 Overview of Programs and Services
28 Financial Statements
32 Highlights from an Extraordinary Year
34 Founders Society
35 Providing Support
41 Working Together
44 Contact Information
45Officers, Directors, and
Management Staff
In the end it’s not
the years in your life
that count. It’s the
life in your years.
Abraham Lincoln
SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC. & SCS FOUNDATION, INC.
2014 ANNUAL REPORT
Since its founding nearly eighty years ago by refugees from Nazi
Germany, Selfhelp has used “social care”—social services and case
management—to assist hundreds of thousands of older adults
and others at risk of losing their independence. Even in today’s
sophisticated age of medical advances, a simple fact remains true:
High-quality social care is just as vital as health care
for ensuring healthy aging and independent living.
We could not add years to our lives without the constant advances
made in medicine and in disease management. But without evolving
social care and access to vital and vibrant enrichment programs, it
would be nearly impossible to Add Life to our Years.
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DEAR FRIENDS
Much has been written of late about
the value of “social care,” the extensive
services that Selfhelp has provided
since its founding nearly 80 years
ago. Both research and practice are
demonstrating that social care can be
vital for healthy aging and for physical
well-being. The theme of this year’s
Annual Report, “Adding Life to our Years,”
focuses on the importance of high
quality social care and its benefit to
clients throughout Selfhelp’s programs.
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At the heart of our service delivery
system is our longstanding commitment
to the Holocaust survivor community.
We continue to provide specialized
care to this historic constituency, while
using the lessons they have taught us to
benefit our full population of 20,000
clients. Our diverse services—from case
management to affordable housing to
home health care to recreation and
education at senior centers—all share
common themes. We know that services
and caring must be tailored to each
person’s needs. And, we know that
while physical health is vital, we must
address the entire person in order to
truly be of service.
New policies are now affecting care
for the elderly, and we are leading by
example and drawing on our strengths
as we adapt. In the past year, New York
State began to transform health care
by recognizing the vital role that social
services play in keeping people healthy.
We are proud to report that Selfhelp won
three major awards through the State’s
new Balancing Incentives Program
(BIP), which directs Medicaid dollars to
demonstrations of new methods for lowincome individuals to obtain communitybased care. Likewise, Selfhelp has been
meeting with medical partners as part of
the State’s new Delivery System Reform
Incentive Payment program (DSRIP),
where collaborations with social service
providers are key to the state and federal
goal of reducing avoidable hospital use
by 25 percent over the next five years.
It is not through error or good fortune
that we now find ourselves at the
forefront of the transformation of health
care. Selfhelp has operated for decades
on the principle that social services
are not just an end to themselves, but
an essential way to help older adults to
thrive. A few examples:
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he active ballroom dancer at a
senior center, and the homebound
participant in the Virtual Senior
Center, both have networks of friends
who keep them connected to others.
This is in contrast to more socially
isolated older adults, who, studies show,
can be at increased risk for depression,
heavy drinking, poor nutrition, falls,
serious illness, and dementia.
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he aging couple in a gentrifying
neighborhood can stay in the home
where they raised their children due
to assistance from both a Selfhelp
home care worker and skilled social
worker who obtain a rent cap, so they
can remain surrounded by their most
precious memories.
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he Holocaust survivor who endured
Auschwitz now tells his story to a new
generation of high school students,
who ensure that his experiences are
remembered by bringing his words to
life onstage.
Opportunities like these are daily
“adding life to the years” of 20,000
Selfhelp clients at 26 locations
It is not through
error or good
fortune that we
find ourselves at
the forefront of
the transformation
of health care.
throughout the boroughs and Nassau
County. And while these vibrant and
vital seniors continue to thrive, we are
also creating new programs which are
more specifically targeted to promoting
their good health. In addition to the
broad range of exercise programs that
we have offered for years, we now deliver
wellness coaching, nutrition discussions,
and classes in managing chronic health
conditions. We continue to provide
home health aides for those who need
extra assistance in the home, and we
have expanded our services to help
seniors manage discharge instructions
after returning home from the hospital.
As health care partners turn more to
social care agencies such as ours, we
are also enhancing how we measure
outcomes to communicate our impact
on client health. You will see just a few of
these new outcome measurements in the
following pages.
Looking ahead, a number of new
initiatives are planned for the coming
year. We are continuing to integrate
Selfhelp’s health care and social service
programs into a powerful continuum
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of services. We are developing a new
affordable apartment building for
seniors in the Bronx—our tenth—and
we expect to begin construction on
our eleventh building in Brooklyn
in 2015. And, we are expanding our
outcome measurements by launching
an agency-wide Quality Scorecard
to track our success and make
improvements where needed.
Finally, in honor of the more than
60,000 Holocaust survivors who remain
in New York City, we are working
with UJA-Federation of New York and
the Defiant Requiem Foundation
to mount an encore presentation
of Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín,
a moving theatrical tribute to the
courageous performance of Verdi’s
Requiem Mass by Jewish prisoners at
Theresienstadt Detention Camp.
They used Verdi’s Requiem Mass to
express, in a spirit of defiance, the
words they could not say directly to
their Nazi captors. All proceeds
from the performance will go to
serve Holocaust survivors in need.
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On behalf of all those we serve, we are
deeply grateful to the entire Selfhelp
family for your loyal support, your
commitment to our work, and your faith
and trust. Our sincerest thanks.
Raymond V.J. Schrag
President
Board of Directors
Dennis Baum
Chairman
SCS Foundation Board
Stuart C. Kaplan
Chief Executive Officer
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The data is in:
Vital Social Care
is Good Medicine
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SOCIAL CARE IS GOOD MEDICINE
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Countries that
spend more
on social services
have better
health outcomes.
Bradley EH, Elkins BR, Herrin J, et al. (29 March 2011).
Health and social services expenditures: associations
with health outcomes. BMJ Quality and Safety Online.
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Not Just Having Fun
In an international study of 30 countries,
Yale public health researchers found
that spending more on social services
is strongly associated with better health
outcomes. Despite allocating more money
to health care than any other country
in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),
the United States ranks 25 out of 30 in
life expectancy. Other OECD countries
spend, on average, twice as much on social
services as they do on health care, while
the United States spends slightly less on
social services compared to health.
Selfhelp’s longstanding social service
programs illustrate beautifully how
spending on “social care” translates
directly into improved health outcomes.
Our recreation, education, and wellness
programs keep clients learning and
engaged—and excited about what will
happen next.
$1,200,000
800,000
400,000
0
Food
Housing Tax
Utilities Credits
Income Medical
Support
SIX MONTHS OF
INCOME SUPPORT FOR LOW-INCOME
SENIORS
In six months, Selfhelp staff raised
$2.2 million in annualized income
supports for low-income seniors.
A Potpourri of Learning
Paying for Essentials
Research shows that learning new skills
helps keep active minds sharp—and
engagement and learning flourish at
Selfhelp. Immigrants bond with each other
as they learn English as a Second Language.
Senior centers energize mind and body
with gardening, opera singing, calligraphy,
jewelry making, and much more.
The low-income seniors whom Selfhelp
serves are often past working age.
Without an income stream, many lack
the funds for healthy food, medical care,
or even a home.
At Computer Learning Centers in our
senior centers and housing, 21st century
seniors learn to Photoshop, email, Skype
with their grandchildren, and use the
Internet to research health, nutrition,
and anything that strikes their fancy. One
107-year-old housing resident Skypes
frequently with her daughter who lives in
California.
Most importantly, seniors are having fun.
Selfhelp seniors are champions in a Wii
bowling league that plays teams across New
York. The Benjamin Rosenthal-Prince Street
Innovative Senior Center offers seven kinds
of dancing and four types of yoga weekly,
along with many other fitness options. By
exercising both bodies and minds, Selfhelp
seniors are truly adding life to their years.
For these reasons, many Selfhelp
programs assist seniors in applying for,
and advocating for, the governmentfunded entitlements and benefits for
which they are eligible.
The impact of these benefits is more
than just financial. The Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
helps seniors purchase the food they
need to keep their bodies healthy and
strong. Health insurance enables them
to obtain medical care. Several different
programs help to reduce the high cost of
renting an apartment in New York City—
providing a warm and dry place to live.
Emergency assistance, including a special
fund for Holocaust survivors, helps to pay
for medical and dental care, warm winter
clothes, and other essential expenses.
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TUESDAY IS FOR DANCING
CLEARVIEW SENIOR CENTER
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“Dancing is exercise, and it’s
so good for the mind. You have
no idea what a pleasure it is.”
M I CHAEL FLAM EN
“When I don’t feel so well,
I force myself to dance and
I forget all my sicknesses.”
CECI LI A G LEBAS
Michael Flamen, 90, was born in Poland, survived the
Holocaust and came to the United States in 1950.
His dancing partner, Russian-born Cecelia Glebas,
arrived on these shores in 1975. Dancing brought them
together over 16 years ago. Ever since then, they have
waltzed their way through the ballrooms of Manhattan,
Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island, and they now meet
weekly at Selfhelp’s Clearview Senior Center. “I never
regret when I come, even in bad weather,” says Cecilia,
whose ‘can do’ attitude is contagious. When not dancing
(or traveling to Queens from Manhattan to do so),
Cecelia loves to read, sew, cook, and otherwise keep
active. A skilled artist, Michael creates lifelike pictures of
his children and grandchildren, practices operatic arias
on his violin, and is also an ardent bridge player.
Pictured: Dancing partners Michael Flamen
and Cecilia Glebas
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KEEPING PEOPLE HEALTHY AT HOME
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HOME IS WHERE THE HEALTH IS
The national rate of readmission
to the hospital within 30 days is 18
percent. Selfhelp’s Care Transitions
program beats the national average:
only 12 percent of Care Transitions
clients return to the hospital within
30 days. (Based on phone calls made
to clients 30 days post-discharge.)
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Staying Well
Providing Care at Home
“At least I have my health” is a common
saying, but at Selfhelp, it could be “Of
course I have my health!” This year, we
launched a concentrated campaign to
promote wellness opportunities beyond
exercise. At many sites, a community nurse
holds educational talks, helps schedule
preventive care—eye and ear exams,
essential vaccines—and confirms that clients
have doctors to oversee their primary care.
As seniors age, Selfhelp offers a continuum
of support directly in the home. The first
step for many is Housekeeping services.
If and when clients become more frail,
Selfhelp’s Licensed Home Care Services
Agency (LHCSA) can provide assistance
with bathing and dressing. For clients
whose illnesses require in-home medical
care, Selfhelp’s Certified Home Health
Agency (CHHA) provides skilled nursing,
and oversees home health aides who are
trained to assist with health-related tasks
and activities of daily living. Throughout,
the client can continue receiving care from
the same trusted home care aide.
We also offer assistance in coping with the
chronic diseases that become more common
with age. Many sites offer the Stanford
Chronic Disease Self-Management program,
which has been shown to improve energy,
health status and psychological well-being.
We provide regular blood pressure
screenings and a weekly “healthy eating”
group to sustain the benefits of these
programs, as well as stress reduction and
exercise tailored for arthritis. Seniors may
use a telehealth kiosk—a freestanding
device that lets them monitor their blood
pressure, weight, and blood oxygen
saturation level and obtain related health
information.
Selfhelp operates three training programs
for home care aides, based in Manhattan,
Brooklyn, and Nassau County. For the
right candidates, these training programs
provide rapid entry to the workforce, with
three weeks of training and a hands-on
demonstration of their skills. Mentorship
programs and quarterly in-services keep
their skills up-to-date. Selfhelp graduates
and employs compassionate individuals who
are skilled at providing the care that our
frailest clients need.
Fewer than 2%
of Selfhelp’s
1,332 housing
residents transfer
to nursing
homes each year.
Preventing Re-hospitalization
Selfhelp launched a pilot Care Transitions
program in partnership with Queens
hospitals, and the New York City Department
for the Aging, with funding from the
federal Center for Medicare & Medicaid
Services. The goal of this program is to
prevent avoidable re-hospitalization. A Care
Transitions coach visits recently discharged
patients at home and engages them in
an evidence-based process designed to
motivate healthier behavior. The Coach also
ensures that patients and their caregivers
understand their discharge instructions and
new medications, and helps them to access
any needed community supports, including
other Selfhelp programs. Only 12% of clients
participating in Selfhelp’s program return to
the hospital within a month after discharge,
compared to 18% nationwide.
This program complements Selfhelp’s
longstanding best practices. Skilled nurses
at Selfhelp’s Certified Home Health Agency
(CHHA) use specific protocols to reduce
the risk of re-hospitalization. Likewise, home
health aides are trained to encourage the
patient in practices that promote recovery,
and to report any danger signs that could
lead to avoidable re-hospitalization.
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GROWING IN VITALITY
CARE TRANSITIONS COACHING
“I owe so much to my
health coach, Roslyn. She’s
excellent! She visited me
in the hospital, then at my
home to make sure I was
taking my medication and
going to the doctor. I feel
so much better!”
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PA N A G I O T I S VA S I L I A D I S
An acute episode of pneumonia brought Mr.
Vasiliadis, 70, to New York Hospital Queens in early
2014. As Roslyn explains, “The hospitalization was
a wakeup call for Mr. Vasiliadis, who despite having
diabetes had never felt sick before. He and his wife
Helen were receptive to our Care Transitions program
and to allowing me to work with him on making
lifestyle changes.” Six months later, he has made a full
recovery and is in much better shape.
Pictured: Panagiotis Vasiliadis, with his wife Helen and
Selfhelp Senior Transition Coach, Roslyn Singh
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MUCH MORE THAN “HOUSING”
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“Selfhelp is a valued
partner in delivering
high-quality housing,
giving tenants access
to a continuum of
valuable, innovative
services that allow
them to age in place
with dignity.”
Vicki Been, Commissioner, New York City Department
of Housing Preservation and Development
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An idea whose time has come
In 1965, Selfhelp opened its first affordable
apartment building in Flushing, Queens.
Dedicated to aging Holocaust survivors, the
building made on-site social services available
to residents, if and when requested.
Today, Selfhelp operates nine affordable
apartment buildings for 1,332 seniors from
diverse ethnic backgrounds in Queens and
Nassau County. Residents range in age from
62 to 107 years old.
Residents in all of Selfhelp’s buildings
can obtain services, if and when needed.
Residents thus have easy access to home
health care, medication management,
housekeeping, supportive counseling,
visits from a community nurse, wellness
and disease prevention programs, and
innovative aging services technologies.
The model of housing with services is
increasingly being recognized as a way
to provide seniors with easy access to a
foundation of good care. Selfhelp is proud
to have led the way in demonstrating,
through many decades, how well this model
can succeed.
$14,004
Average annual rent
in New York City
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$9,192
“Affordable” rent
(at one-third of the
average senior’s
income of $27,576)
A New York City Priority
Empowering Senior Health
Low-income seniors—who often need to
stretch their fixed incomes to health care
as well as rent—are particularly in need
of affordable places to live. In recognition
of this need, Selfhelp has committed
itself to building and operating affordable
housing for seniors over the past five decades.
Selfhelp approaches senior housing with
the belief that it is not enough to simply
give seniors a place to live. We use our
expertise in delivering social care to provide
residents with the tools to improve how they
manage their own health.
In July 2014, New York City Mayor Bill
de Blasio announced a plan to build
200,000 units of affordable housing over
the next ten years.
CLOSING THE GAP IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
With an annual median income of $27,756, many of
New York City’s seniors must spend more than the
recommended 1/3 of their income on rent. This leaves
little money for essentials such as food or medical
care. Selfhelp’s buildings provide apartments that
low-income seniors can afford, as well as an array of
services available if and when needed.
Selfhelp is doing its part to help. In
addition to providing housing and services
for 155 seniors, our newest building in
Flushing, Queens provides client-centered
technologies and a recreational green
roof. A new 86-unit building is under
construction in the Bronx, and we expect to
close the financing on a 58-unit building in
Brooklyn by the end of 2014.
We are continuing to look for new
opportunities to provide low-income seniors
in New York City and on Long Island with
affordable, supportive, and attractive homes.
Because residents come from a multitude
of different backgrounds, workshops are
offered on diabetes and arthritis care
in multiple languages. Nursing students
provide on-site education on healthy aging,
while students in occupational therapy
provide workshops on managing stress
and anxiety. A nurse, also on-site, provides
education on topics such as nutrition,
chronic diseases, and how to talk with
doctors about different conditions.
Selfhelp’s new BIP program will build on this
work by adding new preventive activities for
Medicaid-eligible residents. And, a Federally
Qualified Health Center, operated by the
Charles B. Wang Community Health Center,
is slated to open onsite in 2015—providing
even easier access to primary care.
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A VOLUNTEER NEXT DOOR
SCHEUER HOUSE OF BAYSIDE
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“Being active is what it’s all about.
I teach ESL in our building
and also at the senior center.
It’s great to do something you
enjoy that also helps others.
I’m very happy here.”
SU KI ACQ U AH
Suki Acquah has lived at Selfhelp’s Scheuer House of
Bayside for over 17 years. She serves as President of
the Tenant Council, where she meets with her fellow
Council members to listen to suggestions and help plan
resident activities. In addition to teaching ESL classes,
Suki participates in exercise and dance-ercise, takes
Chinese classes at the local library, and makes jewelry.
What makes her happiest? Her trips each year to Georgia
to visit her daughter, son-in-law and precious six year-old
granddaughter, Sophia, who eagerly looks forward to
seeing ‘Glam-ma Suki.’ Social Worker Heidi GoldbergFitterman explains, “Selfhelp does whatever we can
to encourage our residents to stay active and socially
connected. That’s the best way of staying young, no
matter what their age.”
Pictured: Suki Acquah and Selfhelp Social Worker,
Heidi Goldberg-Fitterman
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PROVIDING COMFORT AND DIGNITY TO HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
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PROMOTING AWARENESS
IN CONGRESS
Pictured above: Elihu Kover, VP, Nazi Victim Services, was
invited to testify before the United States Senate Special
Committee on Aging regarding the critical needs of the
country’s 120,000 Holocaust survivors. The hearing, “Aging in
Comfort: Assessing the Special Needs of America’s Holocaust
Survivors,” represents unprecedented recognition by the
U.S. government of the escalating needs of aging survivors.
Vice President Biden recently announced a four-point initiative
to aid survivors, which included the appointment of a special
envoy to enhance efforts to help survivors living in poverty. In
February of 2014, Aviva Sufian assumed this position and has
since met with survivors and service providers throughout the
country. She has gotten to know Selfhelp’s programs well,
through discussions with our Holocaust Survivor Advisory
Committee and program directors from our Nazi Victim
Services Program, as well as through conversations with
individual clients at a Brooklyn Coffee House.
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Advancing Age, Escalating Needs
Creating Community
One might think that the more years that
separate Holocaust survivors from the
horrors they endured, the less they relive
their painful memories. Not so, say the
majority of the survivors in Selfhelp’s care.
Now in their seventies, eighties and nineties,
most of them are no longer consumed with
raising families and making a living. Frail,
alone and in far too many cases living in
impoverished circumstances, they not only
are living with their present-day problems,
they also often relive the past.
Isolation is one of the most common issues
facing elderly Holocaust survivors. To help
combat their loneliness, Selfhelp offers
holiday programs and frequent gatherings,
known as “Coffee Houses,” where survivors
socialize, sing, dance, and share an
unspoken understanding. It is therefore understandable why, even
though the overall number of survivors
is diminishing, each year more than 700
survivors approach Selfhelp for assistance
for the very first time. Over the past year,
Selfhelp provided care for 5,200 survivors,
including enhanced case management,
subsidized home care, housekeeping,
emergency financial assistance, social
programs, guardianship and more.
Over the past year, Selfhelp enjoyed a close
relationship with the then German Consul
General, Busso von Alvensleben and his
wife, Maria-Theresia. They shared these
poignant words following their visit to a
Selfhelp Coffee House:
“We attended wishing to bow to people who
survived the hell of Nazi persecution and who
had succeeded in re-building their lives. Yet,
nothing compared to what the survivors gave
to us. Our experience will remain imprinted on
our memory. There was so much sincere warmth,
so much strength and undaunted optimism, so
much gratitude for our presence, so much love!
From the bottom of our hearts we thank those who
let us share this very special experience.”
“I am proud that the
United States has
a legacy of caring for
the needs of aging
Holocaust survivors.
But, we must
recognize that the
demand for care is
still there – and
only becoming more
challenging.”
Senator Bill Nelson, Chair, U.S. Senate Special Committee on
Aging (introducing the hearing at which Selfhelp testified)
Transmitting History—Passing the Torch
Developed in Israel by JDC-Eshel, Witness
Theater is an innovative intergenerational
“journey” for Holocaust survivors and high
school students.
The students and survivors meet weekly
over the course of the academic year with a
drama therapist and social worker. During
these sessions, the survivors share their life
experiences with the students, and the project
culminates in an extraordinary performance.
The survivors are the narrators, and the
students “become” the survivors on stage,
re-enacting their wartime experiences. The
performance serves as a vehicle for the
survivors’ testimony to be heard by many
and for the audience to witness the special
connections made between the generations.
This year, we have expanded the program
to three locations. We are partnering again
with Yeshivah of Flatbush, as well as with SAR
Academy, and, in collaboration with the JCC
in Manhattan, with students from the Trinity
School and Heschel High School. Many
thanks to UJA-Federation of New York, The
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against
Germany and Eugene and Emily Grant for
their generous support.
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A NETWORK OF CARE
NAZI VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAM
“I have been blessed with people
who care—a loving family and
good friends. Sharon from
Selfhelp has been a great help.
I attend the Coffee Houses. We
all need to get together and
talk. We understand each other.”
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H E N RY MU S AT
Henry Musat, a Holocaust survivor who endured the
horrors of Theresienstadt and Auschwitz, has been a
client of Selfhelp’s Queens Nazi Victim Services Program
since his late wife Inge took ill nearly six years ago.
Sharon Finkelstein, a Selfhelp community worker, visited
regularly to provide support and assistance during this
difficult time. When Inge passed away, Sharon referred
Mr. Musat to a bereavement group, helped him access
entitlements, and encouraged him to attend Coffee
House gatherings when he felt ready to do so. At age
90, Mr. Musat is a lifelong learner and voracious reader
and leads an active life. Sharon, who still meets with
him regularly, explains, “Mr. Musat has the gift of selfawareness, and his life has purpose and meaning. He is
truly thriving.”
Pictured: Selfhelp Community Worker Sharon Finkelstein
and Henry Musat
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HIGH-TECH, HIGH-TOUCH, AND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE
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“You’ve
empowered me.
I was shut-out.
I am homebound.
You gave me my
voice back.”
Jamy Kanas Santoro, Long Island’s
first Virtual Senior Center participant
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Virtual Senior Center Expands
Selfhelp’s Virtual Senior Center (VSC)
promotes health and well-being by connecting
isolated homebound seniors to each other, and
to educational and cultural experiences. Using
a touch screen device, participants attend
interactive classes where they develop intimate,
face-to-face connections with their peers.
Seniors take part in on-line classes such as current events, nutrition, computer training and
arts and culture. They also enjoy virtual trips to
museums, concert halls, and other cultural sites.
As participants Jamy, Yetta, Shirley and others
have testified (some before the City Council
and even the U.S. Senate) Selfhelp’s VSC is
transforming their lives. It is now in operation
in Baltimore, Chicago, San Diego, and New
York City. Our newest installation in Long
Island was launched as a result of Selfhelp’s
partnership with the Kimmel Housing Development Foundation.
Current VSC funders include AARP Foundation,
CEA Foundation, Harriet and Robert H.
Heilbrunn Fund, Long Island Community
Foundation, Ilse Melamid, Ernst C. Stiefel
Foundation, UJA-Federation of New York,
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Shelter
Rock and Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation.
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Marty’s Story: The VSC’s
Immeasurable Impact
Many stories provide unique insight into
the remarkable impact of the VSC on its
participants, and their families. This is
perhaps best illustrated by Marty, a Chicago
resident.
Marty was a fixture in Rabbi Abe’s twicemonthly Jewish History class, and was
highly regarded by his peers across the
country for his interesting questions and
insightful comments. One morning, the
class was surprised to see Marty’s girlfriend
of 24 years and his son in his stead. In
recognition of the deep bonds that he had
formed with his fellow VSC members, they
announced to the class that Marty had
passed away at 5:30 that morning.
Immediately, the class changed. Participants
began to share their memories of Marty
with each other and his family. Despite
being separated in space, they were
together at a time of need.
Indeed, the VSC is serving as a powerful
connector in ways that are still evolving. In
addition to engaging the mind, it has the
power to touch the heart and the soul.
Technology and Health
The VSC is one method of providing social
care to reduce the isolation of homebound
seniors. By keeping their minds active
and forming new relationships, many
participants have told us that they feel like
they have come alive again.
Selfhelp also provides many other
technologies that directly and indirectly
promote clients’ health. Telehealth kiosks
enable seniors with chronic diseases to
regularly track their vital signs and analyze
their behaviors. Dakim BrainFitness systems
provide clients with engaging cognitive
exercises to keep their minds active. Heat
and motion sensors monitor the safety of
clients in their own homes.
Selfhelp’s Innovations Department
continues to identify new systems for
supporting the physical and emotional
health of Selfhelp clients—further
deepening and enriching the opportunities
to add life to their years.
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Selfhelp worked with noted researcher
Dr. Michael Gusmano to evaluate the effects of
using the Virtual Senior Center for six months
to a year (depending on the city). A portion of
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A NEW WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES
VIRTUAL SENIOR CENTER
*
“Being homebound meant
I had no one to talk to—no
one to say nice things to. It was
boring and senseless. Along
came Selfhelp and my entire
life was transformed.”
YETTA RO BERTS
“It’s remarkable for my mother...
lifesaving. It’s comforting to know
that Mom is engaged, stimulated
and not lonely anymore.”
STACEY RO BERTS, Y E T TA’ S D A U G H T E R
When a leg condition made it difficult for Yetta Roberts
to leave her house, she found herself isolated and unable
to pursue her interests. Through Selfhelp’s Virtual
Senior Center, she has regained the social connections
she values so much. Yetta attends a variety of classes.
From her home, she has used the interface to speak to
funders and to members of the New York City Council,
and is a strong advocate of the program. Says Yetta,
“I’m friends with many, many people whom I will never
meet in person. If someone is absent for a few days, we
want to know why. We care about each other.”
Pictured: Yetta Roberts and daughter Stacey Roberts
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OVERVIEW OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
NAZI VICTIM SERVICES
HOME HEALTH CARE
CASE MANAGEMENT
The largest program of its kind in North
America, Selfhelp offers a full continuum of
care for survivors of the Holocaust, including
comprehensive case management, financial
management/guardianship, social programs,
emergency financial assistance, and home
care services.
A leading provider of home health care
in the New York City metropolitan area,
Selfhelp annually delivers over two million
hours of home care to elderly, frail individuals,
and families at-risk. Services are designed
to maintain independent living and include
skilled nursing, assistance with activities of
daily living, housekeeping, homemaking and
therapeutic care. Selfhelp’s highly regarded
training program provides high-caliber
education and certification to 350 home
health aides each year.
Selfhelp’s four comprehensive Case
Management Programs perform
evaluations and coordinate services 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.
AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING
Selfhelp’s nine affordable apartment
buildings offer seniors the opportunity
to lead independent lives in a warm
and supportive environment. Each dwelling
has emergency response systems and closedcircuit TV surveillance in the lobby, and is
close to public transportation and Selfhelp
senior centers. Residents have access to
on-site services, including health and
wellness, social work, skilled nursing and
home care, all when and if needed.
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SENIOR CENTERS
Selfhelp’s five senior centers, including
one of the first to be designated by the
City of New York as an Innovative Senior
Center, offer a wide variety of life-enhancing
programs such as computer classes, concerts
and lectures, health and wellness workshops,
as well as nutritious meals for seniors living
in the surrounding communities. Three of
these senior centers are now key sites for
Selfhelp’s expanding Virtual Senior Center.
SENIOR SOURCE
For adults seeking a portal 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 geriatric care management
program, Senior Source helps clients
and their families navigate the maze
of health care and residential options,
monitor and support ongoing care, and
prepare for future care needs.
ALZHEIMER’S PROGRAMS
NATURALLY OCCURRING RETIREMENT
The Selfhelp Alzheimer’s Resource Program
(SHARP) provides social adult day care,
assessment and referral, together with
music therapy and other social activities
for individuals in the early to mid-stages of
Alzheimer’s disease. The program also offers
support groups for caregivers.
COMMUNITIES (NORCS)
COMMUNITY GUARDIANSHIP
Selfhelp’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.
A Wii bowling tournament in full swing
at the Clearview Senior Center.
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.
SELFHELP INNOVATIONS
Selfhelp has pioneered a number of
technologies aimed at enhancing the
quality of later life. From congregate
telehealth services to Virtual Senior Center
programming, Selfhelp continually seeks
new “high-tech, high-touch” models to
maintain wellness and to re-engage and
energize vulnerable, isolated seniors across
New York City as well as nationwide.
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SELFHELP
COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC.
AND AFFILIATES
Combined
Balance Sheet
As of June 30, 2014 and 2013
ASSETS
Current assets
2014
Cash and cash equivalents
$
3,310,452
11,547,707
8,746,357
Accounts receivable - net
10,556,801
11,680,000
Contributions receivable and other Current Assets
1,585,229
1,834,716
Total current assets
28,472,575
25,571,525
3,860,467
3,589,006
Restricted assets and funded reserves - cash
Long-term assets
Contributions receivable - net
1,128,042
354,546
Other long-term assets
1,158,527
782,665
Total long-term assets
2,286,569
1,137,211
17,798,777
16,189,137
19,963
306,120
2,032,008
1,396,735
Other assets
Guardianship assets held in trust
Investment in affiliates
Deferred financing costs
Fixed assets - net
123,600,694
117,597,818
Total other assets
143,451,442
135,489,810
$
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
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$
Investments
total assets
The accompanying financial
statements have been extracted
from the accountant’s compilation
report issued by Loeb & Troper LLP.
The compilation report is available
upon request to Selfhelp
Community Services, Inc. at
520 Eighth Avenue,
New York, NY 10018.
4,782,838
2013
178,071,053
$
2014
$
165,787,552
2013
$
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Accrued salaries and related benefits payable
2,363,769
2,839,814
Other Current Liabilities
6,294,077
4,079,298
Loans and mortgages payable
2,264,363
3,452,918
Total current liabilities
16,855,493
15,515,304
Long-term liabilities
Deferred compensation payable
1,221,453
1,289,923
Other long-term liabilities
1,111,325
857,822
Capital advances
14,403,600
14,403,600
Line of credit, loans and mortgages payable
53,009,382
43,966,575
Total long-term liabilities
69,745,760
60,517,920
Other liabilities
Guardianship assets held in trust
Total liabilities
Net assetsUnrestricted
Temporarily restricted
Total net assets
total liabilities and net assets
$
5,933,284
5,143,274
17,798,777
16,189,137
104,400,030
92,222,361
66,306,221
70,221,461
7,364,802
3,343,730
73,671,023
73,565,191
178,071,053
$
165,787,552
SELFHELP
COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC.
AND AFFILIATES
Combined
Statement of
Activities
For the years ended
June 30, 2014 and 2013
*These amounts do not include
approximately $2.2 million and $1.3
million of contributions and related
income earned by the Selfhelp
Community Services Foundation in
fiscal years ended June 30, 2014 and
June 30, 2013, respectively.
TOTALS
2014
2013
Revenues, Grants and Contributions
Home care revenue
Government revenue
$
39,360,543
$
33,418,409
9,585,642
9,516,278
Contributions and program grants
15,543,101*
13,156,051*
Rental income
11,894,618
10,797,209
Program revenue
587,086
642,256
Investment gains
2,701,861
2,057,902
Total Revenues, Grants and Contributions
79,672,851
69,588,105
36,540,998
30,826,681
Operating expenses
Home care programs
Housing programs
5,704,897
4,693,811
Community programs
19,503,856
19,481,078
Management and general
11,376,179
11,850,271
Fund raising
Total operating expenses
Income from operations before depreciation and amortization and other changes
Depreciation and amortization
Income (loss) from operations before other changes
964,906
984,544
74,090,836
67,836,385
5,582,015
1,751,720
(4,595,639)
(3,796,505)
986,376
(2,044,785)
1,608,854
550,000
Other changes
Equity contribution
Prior year revenue adjustments
(1,221,037)
Reserve for investment in Joint Venture
(1,776,053)
Inclusion of previously uncombined net assets
Change in net assets
Net assets - beginning of year
net assets - end of year
$
507,692
6,806,834
105,832
5,312,049
73,565,191
68,253,142
73,671,023
$
73,565,191
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SELFHELP
COMMUNITY SERVICES
FOUNDATION INC.
D/B/A SCS FOUNDATION
ASSETS
2014
$
Cash
Investments
Contributions receivable
Prepaid expenses
total assets
$
534,905
5,335,304
5,238,169
342,542
612,542
17,833
Due from Selfhelp Community Services, Inc.
Balance Sheet
584,488
2013
271,541
$
6,551,708
26,617
$
6,412,233
As of June 30, 2014 and 2013
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
2014
2013
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
$
14,685
$
6,000
Net assets
Unrestricted
712,408
81,544
Temporarily restricted
5,824,615
6,324,689
Total net assets
6,537,023
6,406,233
total liabilities and net assets
The accompanying financial
statements have been extracted
from the accountant’s audit
report issued by Loeb &
Troper LLP. The audit report
is available upon request to
Selfhelp Community Services,
Inc. at
520 Eighth Avenue,
New York, NY 10018.
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$
6,551,708
$
6,412,233
SELFHELP
COMMUNITY SERVICES
FOUNDATION INC.
D/B/A SCS FOUNDATION
2014
2013
Revenues and other support
Contributions
Special Event Revenue
Investment gains
Statement of
Activities
Total revenues, investment gains and other support
For the years ended
June 30, 2014 and 2013
Program services
Direct cost of special events
Total expenses
$
74,284
$
546,469
1,199,528
883,378
736,381
2,157,190
1,282,850
1,739,883
396,802
Management and general
32,623
50,095
Fund raising
68,718
12,136
Expenses
185,176
Change in net assets
Net assets - beginning of year
net assets - end of year
$
2,026,400
459,033
130,790
823,817
6,406,233
5,582,416
6,537,023
$
6,406,233
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SPECIAL THANKS TO THOSE WHO MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
Highlights From an Extraordinar y Year
LIFELINE OF HOPE GALA:
A RESOUNDING SUCCESS
Our 2014 Gala was an historic event for
Selfhelp, with numbers that exceeded all
expectations. Over 600 guests enjoyed a
spectacular evening at Pier Sixty, Chelsea
Piers and close to $1.3 million was committed
by new friends and long-time supporters.
The Gala paid tribute to three exceptional
honorees: Matthew A. Cantor, recipient of
Selfhelp’s Caring for Generations Award;
Rose Scharf, who received the inaugural
Fran Eizenstat Legacy Award; and Ilse Melamid,
who was presented with a well-deserved
special tribute.
Many thanks to Ambassador Stuart E.
Eizenstat, and Consul General Busso von
Alvensleben, Honorary Gala Chairs; Donald
Mullen and James Zelter, Gala Co-Chairs; and
Debrah Lee Charatan, Gala Committee Chair.
We also add a heartfelt thank you to Mistress
of Ceremonies Diana Williams of WABC-TV
News, who added greatly to the festivities.
On Wednesday, March 5th, a Kick-Off
Cocktail reception was held at the home of
the von Alvenslebens at 740 Park Avenue.
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The room was filled to capacity with over
70 people, many of them new friends who
attended on behalf of our honorees.
The following named programs are
recognized:
Henny and Friedrich Brodnitz Case Management Program
Consul General von Alvensleben spoke
glowingly about Selfhelp – an organization
with which he was not familiar until he
attended the Defiant Requiem concert
in April 2013. Other speakers included
Raymond V.J. Schrag, President of the
Board; Matthew Cantor, our Gala honoree;
and Debrah Lee Charatan, Vice-Chair of
the SCS Foundation Board and Gala
Committee Chair.
Charlotte’s Club – Shelley and Steven Einhorn
The Dr. Frederick Coleman Virtual Music Program
Shelley & Steven Einhorn Coffee House Music Fund
The Fran Eizenstat Legacy Project
Guthery Institute for Home Care Training
The Renée Herman Leadership Continuity Fund
The Kohn-Melamid Center for Holocaust Survivor Services
Martin Lande House
Henry J. and Erna D. Leir Center for Holocaust Survivors
K. Fred Netter Board Room
The Grace Nierenberg Life Enhancement Fund for Seniors
IN RECOGNITION
We are delighted to announce that a new
donor wall has been installed in Selfhelp’s
Central Office reception area to recognize
those who have dedicated programs,
buildings or rooms at Selfhelp.
The plaque reads as follows:
Sincerest appreciation to our generous supporters
who have aligned their good names with Selfhelp’s.
We are deeply grateful.
Frederick P. Rose Arts & Technology Room
Frederick P. Rose Library
Abraham Scharf Centers for Holocaust Survivor
Services (Manhattan and Nassau County)
Scheuer House of Bayside
Helen R. Scheuer House
Scheuer House of Flushing
The Sondheimer Family Campus
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Apartments
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Campus
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg House
Alfred Wyler Auditorium
DEDICATION OF SELFHELP’S
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR PROGRAMS
In recognition of the exceptional generosity
of the Scharf family and Ilse Melamid,
Selfhelp was privileged to recently dedicate
three of its Holocaust survivor programs.
We are pleased to announce that our
Manhattan and Nassau County programs
now bear the name The Abraham Scharf Center
for Holocaust Survivor Services. A Holocaust
survivor and the patriarch of the Scharf
family, Mr. Scharf cared deeply about those
in need. We are deeply grateful to Rose,
Richard, Dana, Martin and Melodie for their
extraordinary kindness.
Our Washington Heights program is now
named The Kohn-Melamid Center for Holocaust
Survivor Services in honor of the Kohn and
Melamid families. Ilse Melamid was on the
last Kindertransport to England and sadly
lost her immediate family in the Holocaust.
The Kohn family, who originally settled in
Washington Heights, were instrumental in
Ilse’s immigration to the United States.
Together with the Henry J. and Erna D. Leir
Center for Holocaust Survivors, located in
Brooklyn, these three new named programs
bring the total to four Holocaust survivor
programs that honor our donors’ history
and generosity. All of these programs
provide vitally needed services to Holocaust
survivors including enhanced case
management, chore service/housekeeping,
subsidized home health care, social
programs, emergency financial assistance,
financial management, guardianship and
volunteer assistance. They will continue to
fulfill the sacred promise made by Selfhelp’s
founders: to serve as the last surviving
relative to victims of Nazi persecution.
SELFHELP NEXTGEN ON THE MOVE
Selfhelp NextGen is a group of young
professionals who are deeply involved in
Selfhelp’s programs and services. Through
outreach, education, volunteerism and
fundraising, Selfhelp NextGen members
advance Selfhelp’s mission of maintaining
the independence and dignity of seniors
and at-risk populations, with a particular
focus on assisting the last generation of
Holocaust survivors.
NextGen’s activities over the past year
included hosting intergenerational holiday
brunches for Holocaust survivors; a
screening of the film “Four Seasons Lodge”
with a Q&A with the film’s producer; and
raising critical emergency financial assistance
for survivors in need through Project Hope,
an online interactive social media campaign.
NextGen members also helped to engage
volunteers from their places of employment,
such as a Goldman Sachs Community
Teamworks project which brought an
International Food Festival to residents of
Selfhelp’s Martin Lande House.
Plans for the upcoming year include: a
Chanukah and Purim Brunch for Holocaust
survivors, a film screening pertaining to
Defiant Requiem, and a Cocktail Benefit.
Pictured left to right:
Kickoff reception with the
von Alvenslebens.
Richard Scharf, Rose
Scharf and Ambassador
Stuart Eizenstat at the
2014 Gala.
Ilse Melamid receives a
Special Tribute from Stuart
C. Kaplan at the 2014 Gala.
Gala Honoree, Matthew
A. Cantor, with Board
President Raymond V.J.
Schrag, at the Gala.
Sam Pollack, Co-Chair,
Selfhelp NextGen
Committee, with Elissa
and Scott Drassinower,
NextGen and Selfhelp
Board member,
at Selfhelp’s 2014
Summer Hamptons event
at the home of Carol and
Jerry Levin.
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Founders Society
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.
*Bequests are not included in this listing.
Benefactor
$1,000,000 and Over
Anonymous
Conference on Jewish Material
Claims Against Germany
FJC - A Foundation of Philanthropic
Funds
Jewish Philanthropic Fund of 1933, Inc.
The Leir Charitable Foundations
Ilse Melamid
Leo Model Foundation
K. Fred and Alice Netter
The Netter Foundation
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank /
Jeffrey Gural
The Price Family Foundation, Inc.
Robin Hood Foundation
Sandra Priest Rose
S. H. and Helen R. Scheuer Family
Foundation, Inc.
Joan C. and Eric S. Sondheimer
UJA-Federation of New York
United Help, Inc.
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg
Foundation, Inc.
Visionary
$500,000 and Over
Anonymous (2)
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Consumer Electronics Association
Foundation
Shelley and Steven Einhorn
Dana Golding and Richard Scharf
The JPB Foundation
Nadine Netter Levy
Melodie and Martin Scharf
Ruth Grunebaum Sondheimer and
Manfred Sondheimer
Ambassador
$250,000 and Over
Anonymous (3)
Anne-Margaret and Dennis Baum
Ilse and Frederick Baum
Martha and Ernest L. Bial
J.E. and Z.B. Butler Foundation
Dorothy Coleman
Elizabeth K. Dollard Charitable Trust
Enterprise Community Partners
Leo & Julia Forchheimer Foundation
Beatrice and Hans Frank
Lotte & Max Heine Philanthropic Fund
Jewish Communal Fund
C.L.C. Kramer Foundation
The Walter and Augusta Levy Family
Helen and Rita Lurie Foundation
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National Fund of the Republic of Austria
for Victims of National Socialism
The New York Community Trust
Righteous Persons Foundation
Ernst C. Stiefel Foundation
United Way of New York City
Wolfensohn Family Foundation
Marguerite and Alfred Wyler
Nell and Victor A. Wyler
Sustainer
$100,000 and Over
Anonymous (5)
AARP Foundation
Rita A. Aranow
Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder
Holdings, Inc.
Phylis and Michael Bamberger
The Beker Foundation
Leo H. Bendit Charitable Foundation
The David Berg Foundation
Bloomberg L.P. Corporate Giving
Program
Muriel and Bert Brodsky
Kimberly and Matthew A. Cantor
Debrah Lee Charatan and Steven
I. Holm
Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Eberstadt
Moses Ginsberg Family Foundation
Herman C. Goldsmith
Trudy Elbaum Gottesman and Robert
W. Gottesman
Eugene and Emily Grant
Insignia / ESG, Inc.
Karen and Peter Jakes
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Stuart and Rosemary Kaplan
Morris & Nellie L. Kawaler Foundation
Marguerite Lambert
Dora Lauinger
Lini Lipton
David J. and Bobbie Marks Family Fund
Maspeth Federal Savings
Charlotte S. Neu
Susan and Stanley Reifer
The Samberg Family Foundation
Raymond V.J. Schrag Family Fund
Franz W. Sichel Foundation
Marianne and John H. Slade
Carol and Steven Tepper
Isaac H. Tuttle Fund
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
at Shelter Rock
Otto and Fran Walter Foundation
Gerda and Wolfgang Wassermann
The Weininger Foundation
The Wilf Family Foundation
Patron
$50,000 and Over
Anonymous (5)
Alexander Abraham Foundation
Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation, Inc.
Jonathan Babkow
Paul and Peggy Bernstein
Edith C. Blum Foundation, Inc.
Brooklyn Community Foundation
The Calamus Foundation
Capital One Bank
Citi
Douglas Elliman Property
Management
The Eleanor, Adam & Mel Dubin
Foundation
Jean Eastman Charitable Fund
John H. Elton
The Feuerring Foundation
The Shirley and William Fleischer
Family Foundation, Inc.
Hilda Frank
Hans Friedenthal
Vera and Werner Gamby
The Grunebaum Family Fund
The Grunebaum Foundation, Inc.
The Helen Hotze Haas Foundation
Renée and Frederick S. Herman
Mary Ann Fribourg
Erica Harold
Magda and Max H. Hull
Irish American Diamond Dealers
Association
Michele and Jeffrey Jacob
Karen and Walter Joelson
Walter Kann Foundation
Peter Kaufmann
Andrea Klepetar-Fallek
Karin Shewer Krugman and Michael
Krugman
Alfred, Lee and Peter Mayer
Foundation
Eva and Ewald Mayer
Mary J. Mayer
Virginia McGuire Foundation
Beth and Joshua Mermelstein
Selma T. & Jacques H. Mitrani
Foundation
Marion and Peter Mosheim
Don Mullen and Nisha Warfield
Kaethe Oppenheimer
The William Petschek Family
John Remak
Remak-Mosenthal Fund
Leo Rosner Foundation
Margrit Wreschner Rustow
Rita and Frank Shewer
SIG Susquehanna Foundation
Corinne and Peter Simmons
Barbara R. Sobernheim
J.T. Tai & Co. Foundation
Verein zur Unterstutzung
Weil Gotshal & Manges
The Judith C. White Foundation
Wildwood Fund
Laure and Henry J. Zacharias
Vivian and Jim Zelter
Founder
$25,000 and Over
Anonymous (3)
Else Adler
Andrew W. Albstein/ Goldberg
Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLP
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
Rita A. Aranow Family Fund
Richard Aronson and Joyce Kirschner
Charlene Kahn Berman
Bezalel Foundation, Inc. / The
Sonneborn Foundation
City Center Box Office
The deKay Foundation
Miriam and Arthur Diamond
Charitable Trust
Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation
Claire Edersheim
The Edouard Foundation
Herman Forbes Charitable Trust
Rudolph and Hilda U. Forchheimer
Foundation
Fraternal Order of BendinSosnowicer Philanthropic Fund
Gruzen Samton / IBI Group
Nadine Habousha and Edward B.
Cohen
Nancy and Jeffrey Halis
Fanya Gottesfeld Heller and Ben Heller
Liselotte Heymann
Hannah Hirschfeld
Marianne Homburger
Victor Homburger
Marie and Jerry Hornstein
Humanitarian Aid Foundation
IOLA Fund of the State of New York
The Irving Foundation
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Laurie Kayden Foundation
Nathan & Helen Kohler Foundation
Judith and Paul Konigsberg
The Kupferberg Foundation
Seryl and Charles Kushner Family
Foundation
Marjorie and Stephen M. Levy
Loeb & Troper LLP
Lilli Lowenthal
Marion Lust-Cohen
Jonah Mandelbaum
Ralph Marash
Isabel Marcal and Thomas H. Roche
Margot S. Maron
Lee and Alfred Mayer
Reggie and Peter Mayer
Elizabeth and George Melamid
Metzger-Price Fund
Erika and Ernest Michael
Tres Hanley-Millman and Paul
Millman
The Irving I. Moskowitz Foundation
Judi and Alfred E. Netter
New York Hospital Queens
O.C.F. Foundation
Orange Capital, LLC
Procida Companies
Marjorie and Seymour Richman
Carole and Ronald Ries
Alice and Paul Roche
Sarah and Eric Rosand
Marianne and John Schiffer
Hans Schindler
Schocken Foundation
Walter and Charlotte Schoeman
Cathy Schoen and Lawrence
Zacharias
Peter Schweitzer
Seed the Dream Foundation
Eleanor T. Seidel Memorial Fund
The Senator Foundation
Sheryl Silverstein and Edwin
Ginsberg
Beryl Snyder
Selma Sondheimer
Sally and Joel Spivack
State of Israel Bonds
Rochelle and Brian R. Steinwurtzel
Leonard Stern
Rosemary Stevens
The Philip & Lynn Straus Foundation
Esther and Henry Swieca
TD Charitable Foundation
United Way of Long Island
Henry Voremburg
Olga and Hans Warmbrunn
Jan Weil
Elsbeth and Harry D. Weilheimer
Bernard Weissman
The Robert I. Wishnick
Foundation
Janet and Jeffrey Zorek
Lisl and John Zorek
Selfhelp is a grateful recipient of
major annual support from:
Pillar - $5,000,000 and Over
Conference on Jewish Material
Claims Against Germany
Providing Support
Deepest thanks to our Supporters
for the Fiscal Year 2014
(July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014)
Key:
Selfhelp Board Member
SCS Foundation Trustee
Honorary Life Member
Deceased
*
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˚
‡
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
Emergency Assistance Program
for Nazi Victims at the direction of
the United States District Court
supervising the lawsuit In Re:
Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation
(Swiss Banks)
Conference on Jewish Material
Claims Against Germany for the
International Commission on
Holocaust Era Insurance Claims
Funds from the Harry and Jeanette
Weinberg Holocaust Survivor
Emergency Assistance Fund,
administered by the Conference
on Jewish Material Claims Against
Germany for the benefit of needy
Jewish Nazi victims
Funds from the Rabbi Israel
Miller Fund for Shoah Research,
Documentation and Education of
the Conference on Jewish Material
Claims Against Germany
Conference on Jewish Material
Claims Against Germany, Hungarian
Government Fund
Benefactor-$1,000,000 and Over
Ilse Melamid◊
The Price Family Foundation, Inc.◊
UJA-Federation of New York
Bi-Annual Lecture for Professionals
Working with Holocaust Survivors Big Six Towers NORC- Jeanette
Solomon Cultural Arts Program
Jeanette Solomon Cultural Arts
Fund of UJA-Federation’s NORC
Committee
Core Operating Support Grant Core Services for Holocaust
Survivors Community Initiative for Holocaust
Survivors of UJA-Federation of
New York
Enhanced Case Management for
Survivors
ofof
the
Holocaust
Survivors
the
Holocaust Home Care Aide Training &
Employment Pilot New York Times Neediest Cases
Cash/Direct Assistance Grant Queensview/North Queensview
NORC Jeanette Solomon Cultural
Arts Program
Jeanette Solomon Cultural Arts
Fund of UJA-Federation’s NORC
Committee
Selfhelp Safety Net: Comprehensive
Case Management for Elderly and
Disabled Jews
Using Music to Improve the Quality
of Life for People with Alzheimer’s
Disease & Dementia 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 Authority
Housing Development Corporation
Human Resources Administration
Borough Presidents
Members of the City Council
New York State
Department of Health
Homes and Community Renewal
Office for the Aging
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Office of Temporary & Disability
Assistance
U.S. Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services
Visionary - $500,000 and Over
Dana Golding and Richard Scharf◊
Bernice Manocherian
Melodie and Martin Scharf
Sustainer - $100,000 and Over
Anonymous
Anne-Margaret and Dennis Baum*◊
Martha and Ernest L. Bial*◊
Consumer Electronics Association
Foundation
Eugene and Emily Grant
The Leir Charitable Foundations, Inc.
Leo Model Foundation*◊
Large Grants Program of the
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
at Shelter Rock in Manhasset, NY
Robin Hood Foundation
Patron - $50,000 and Over
Phylis and Michael Bamberger◊
Kimberly and Matthew A. Cantor◊*
Debrah Lee Charatan◊ and Steven
I. Holm
Michele and Jeffrey S. Jacob*◊
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
FJC-A Foundation of Philanthropic
Funds
Peter Kaufmann
Karin Shewer Krugman◊ and Michael
Krugman
Courtney and Paul Levinsohn*
Maspeth Federal Savings
Don Mullen and Nisha Warfield
Andrew Romay
The Judith C. White Foundation, Inc.
Founder - $25,000 and Over
Anonymous
Edith C. Blum Foundation, Inc.
Muriel and Bert Brodsky◊
Miriam and Arthur Diamond
Charitable Trust
Erica Harold
Jewish Philanthropic Fund of 1933, Inc.
Jonah Mandelbaum
Selma T. & Jacques H. Mitrani
Foundation
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The Irving I. Moskowitz Foundation
The Netter Foundation
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank & the
Gural/Steinwurtzel* Families
Cathy Schoen and Lawrence
Zacharias
Otto and Fran Walter Foundation
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
Vivian and Jim Zelter
Champion - $10,000 and Over
Anonymous (2)
Andrew W. Albstein/ Goldberg
Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLP
Alvarez & Marsal
Amerigroup
Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder
Holdings, Inc.
Brown Rudnick LLP
Capital One Bank
Centennial Foundation
Citi
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt &
Mosle LLP
Douglas Elliman Property
Management
Shelley◊ and Steven Einhorn
Stuart E. Eizenstat
Enterprise Community Partners
Friends of Lehman Brothers
Lotte and Max Heine Philanthropic Fund
Fanya Gottesfeld Heller and
Ben Heller
Ion Media Networks
J.T. Tai & Co. Foundation, Inc.
Karen and Peter Jakes*
Jones Day
Rosemary and Stuart C. Kaplan◊
Laurie Kayden Foundation
Kirkland & Ellis
C.L.C. Kramer Foundation, Inc.
Seryl and Charles Kushner Family
Foundation
Carol* and Jerry Levin
Nadine and Peter‡ Levy
Levy Holm Pellegrino & Drath LLP
Loeb & Troper
Long Island Community Foundation
Helen and Rita Lurie Foundation
Manhasset Community Fund
Greentree Good Neighbor Fund
Grant Program
Ralph Marash*
Isabel Marcal and Thomas H. Roche◊
David J. and Bobbie Marks Family Fund
Virginia McGuire Foundation
Beth and Joshua Mermelstein◊
Miller Mayer, LLP
National Fund of the Republic of
Austria for Victims of National
Socialism
New York City Regional Center
New York Hospital Queens
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison LLP
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan,
LLP
Sandra Priest Rose ◊
Robert H. Scheibe
Raymond V.J. Schrag ◊* Family Fund
Seed the Dream Foundation
Shellpoint Partners LLC
Leonard Stern
The Philip & Lynn Straus Foundation
Carol and Steven G. Tepper*
TF Cornerstone
Togut, Segal & Segal LLP
Gerda Wassermann
WeiserMazars LLP
Ken Werner and Noreen Bagley
The Wilf Family Foundation
Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP
Nell and Victor A. Wyler◊*
Partner - $5,000 and Over
Anonymous
A&E Networks
Rita A. Aranow Family Fund
Bank of America/ Merrill Lynch
The Gretchen Beinecke
Charitable Trust
Christina and Howard Blaustein
BMW of North America
Phoebe Boyer and Todd Snyder
The Briarwood Organization
Bronx Pro Group
Cannon Heyman & Weiss
Capstone Advisory Group, LLC
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
CohnReznick, LLP
Counsel Abstract
Elissa and Scott Drassinower*
Paul Dreyfus
Claire Edersheim
Fox Rothschild LLP
Mary Ann Fribourg
Dorothee Gottschalk
GreensLedge Capital Markets
Ellen and Kenneth Grossman
Nadine Habousha and
Edward B. Cohen* Halcyon Asset Management
David Himelberg Foundation
Houlihan Lokey
Cathy Hull & Neil Janovic Family Fund
Roger H. Hull
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
Katsky Korins LLP
King & Spalding
Andrea Klepetar-Fallek
Mr. and Mrs. John Lang
Lettire Construction Corp.
Theodora Marten
Wendy and Barry Meyer
MountCo Construction and
Development Corp.
Judi and Alfred Netter* George L. Olsen
Orange Capital, LLC
David Pauker
Jennifer and Barry Price
Emily and Peter Samton
Susan R. Schulman
Elizabeth and Robert Sheehan
Glenn E. Siegel, Esq.
Sheryl Silverstein* and
Edwin Ginsberg
Jaar-Mel Sloane
Barbara R. Sobernheim ‡
Stawski Partners
Jeff Swartz
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wagner
Hans Wertheimer
Willkie Farr and Gallagher
Andrew Wilson
Pacesetter - $1,000 and Over
Anonymous
Sandra & Joshua Abrams
Hillary Agin and Jonathan Summer
Arel Capital
Allan B. Arker
Blanche and Sol Arker
Richard Aronson and Joyce
Kirschner
Cindy and Leo Asen
Asian American Federation
Aliza Avital-Caplan
Judith and Kenneth Balkin
Renée and Richard A. Barasch
John and Staci Barber
Edward L. Barlow and Frances Hill
Barlow
[Maryanne Barranco‡] and
Kevin Byrne
Beverly and Daniel Bartfeld
Renee Baruch
Martin Baskin and Jacquie Kennedy
Anna Bass
Susan Baumel-Cornicello and
Anthony Cornicello
FRAN EIZENSTAT LEGACY PROJECT
(formerly Project Legacy)
The Fran Eizenstat Legacy Project was created to
ensure the necessary funding to care for the last
generation of Holocaust survivors—specifically
those who are frail, alone and, much too often,
impoverished. A brainchild of Co-Chairs Dennis Baum
and Karin Shewer Krugman, the Legacy Committee
is composed 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 Honorary
Chairman Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat and our
committee members, each of whom are deeply committed to ensuring that survivors live with the dignity
they rightfully deserve. For information about joining
the committee, please email [email protected].
Benchmark Title Agency, LLC
Leo H. Bendit Charitable Foundation
Frances and Benjamin Benenson
Foundation, Inc.
Phyllis and Martin Berman
Big Apple Car, Inc.
Lon Birnholz
Nancy and Robert S. Blank
Eleanor and George Bollag
Barbara Slade Bolsterli
Lynda and Benjamin Brafman
Lawrence and Deborah Brandman
Karen Brenner and Robert Stein
The Broder Foundation
Lori and Susan Buchbinder
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
I. Hsi and Sue Chen
Eunu Chun
Ilona and Michael Cohen
Barbara and Bertram Cohn
Marilyn F. Cooperman
CPEX Real Estate Services
Crystal & Company
Dattner Architects
Elisabeth de Picciotto
Lois Deutsch
Deutsche Telekom, Inc.
Dennis Dunne
Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Eberstadt‡
Florence and Michael Edelstein
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP
Susan Erlich
Family Management Corporation
Charles D. Farber Memorial
Foundation Inc.
Helene and Ziel Feldman
Matthew A. Feldman
The Feuerring Foundation
Lori and Mark Fife
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Fisher
Janie and Robert Fisher
Nancy Fisher and Marc S. Kirschner
Steven Flores
Hilda U. Forchheimer
Fraternal Order of BendinSosnowicer Philanthropic Fund
Eugen Friedlaender Foundation
Lucy and William Friedman
Judith Garson and Steven Rappaport
Tracie Golding Gerson and Brian Gerson
Helen Gidali
GLMI
Francesca and Scott Goldenberg
The William P. Goldman and
Brothers Foundation, Inc.
Herman C. Goldsmith
Katherine and Clifford H. Goldsmith‡
Joanie Lekisch Goldstein
Marcia and Mark Goldstein
Ian Goodman
Diane and Michael Gorfaine
Walter T. Gorman, P.E., P.C.
Sharon and Peter Green
Lisa and Jeffrey Greenblatt
The Grunebaum Family Fund*
HBO
Kenneth Haas
Harmony Capital Management
Betty and Rodger Hess
Lyn S. Hill
Hinman Straub P.C.
Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP
Abigail and Steven Hoffman
Hofstra University National Center
for Suburban Studies
Rose Holm
Carol Honigman
Jerry Hornstein
Elizabeth Horton and James Silbert
Judith and Lawrence Howard
Carol and Serge Hoyda
Hudson’s Bay Company
Heinz Hutzler
Andrea and Robert Ingram
Robert G. Irvine
Gary Jacob
Lynn Jacobson and Geert
Flammersfeld
Eleanor Kagan
Daniel Kamensky
Harry and Rachel Skydell & Mark and
Linda Karasick
Kasirer Consulting
Sheldon Kasowitz
David Katz
Gary and Diane Katz
Dr. Harry Kent
Tyler Kepec
Cara and Jeffrey Klein
Daniela and Steven Klein
Arthur Kokot
John S. Koppel
Paul and Laurie Korngold
The Krol Family Charitable Fund
Elihu Kover and Teresa Moogan
Betty and Arthur Kowaloff
Jeane and Merrill Kraines
Carmel and Eugene S. Krauss
Susan and Martin Kravet
The Kupferberg Foundation
Hugh and Betsy Lamle Foundation
Jackie Lekisch Lantz
Laurie and David Lederman
Che King Leo
Leo Baeck Institute
Ron Levinsohn
Marjorie and Stephen M. Levy
Walter Augusta & Robert Levy
Memorial Fund
Alison and Gary Lieberman
Gloria and Laurence Lieberman
Jennifer and Marc Lipschultz
Lini Lipton
David J. Loo
Kelly and Russell Lusak
Marion Lust-Cohen
Tom Maheras
Georgia Malone
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
James Marden
Jaime Marks
Nancy Maruyama and Charles Cahn
Carol and Arthur Maslow
Christine Mastro
Harriet L. Mayer
Mary J. Mayer
Alfred, Lee and Peter Mayer
Foundation
Metzger-Price Fund, Inc.
Edward J. Miller/ Miller Realty
Associates
Ruth and Harvey Miller
Mobile Health
Marion and Peter Mosheim
Linda and Steven V. Mullaney
National Elevator Cab & Door Corp.
Nixon Peabody LLP
Monica Nogara and David Wyler
Andrea and Christopher O’Meara
Catherine and Peter Olsen
Ann Oster
Eric Osterweil
Jim Packer
John Patton
Paylocity
The Pearl Family Foundation
People Care, Inc.
Marianne J. Phiebig
Michael Pomeranc
Property Resources Corporation
Rodney M. Propp
Sally and Joel Rabine
Daniel L. Rabinowitz
Red Stone Equity Partners
Randy Reiss
Marjorie Richman
Carole and Ronald F. Ries*
Melissa and James Rinzler
Andrea and Cal Roberts
Ayelet and Aaron Rosen
Evy and Brian Rosen
Liane and Fred Rosenberg
Ruth Rosenberg
Tara and Ken Rosenblum
Margrit Wreschner Rustow
Zahava and Avi Ryzman
Cheryl and David Sabath
Stephane Samuel and Robert Rubin
Sandpiper Fund
Lilli Scheye and Norman Shapiro
Tamar and Robert Scharf
Bernie Schiel
Steven Schmigelski
Elissa and Larry Schneider
Walter and Charlotte Schoeman
Benjamin Schrag
Miriam and Thomas Selman
Lilian Sicular
Deborah and Scott Smith
Beryl Snyder
Linda and Gilbert Snyder
Ronald Sobel
Marion B. Sondheimer-Couturier
Sontag & Hyman P.C.
Jeffrey Stark
Michael and Joan Steinberg
Carol Kahn Strauss*
Linda and David Strauss
Alan and Jackie Stuart
Katharine and Dennis Swanson
The Margot Sundheimer Foundation
The Senator Foundation
Louis Taic
TEI Group
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Tormey
Peter Travers
UBS Matching Gift Program
United HealthCare Services, Inc.
Uproot Wines
Valley Lane Industries
Bryan Verona
Diane and Stanley Vickers
Nina and James Warfield
Alan and Svetlana Wasserman
Windstream
Evelyn Wolff and Thomas Frankel
MJ Wyatt
Kent and Cynthia Yalowitz
Charles Yassky
Ellen and Richard Yeh
John Zito
Janet and Jeffrey Zorek◊ Friend - $500 and Over
Anonymous (5)
Access Staffing
Alliant Insurance Services
SELFHELP NEXTGEN
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 learn more, visit
www.selfhelp.net/selfhelp-nextgen or email
[email protected].
Judy and Harris Alport & Dory and
Jay Frischman
Alice and Richard Amelar
American Geotech Inc.
Fritzi and Jean Warner Baer
Mortimer Berkowitz III
Audrey and Joel Bines
David Birnbaum
Cesia and Frank Blaichman
Deborah and Richard Born
Charles and Tammy Brass
Murray and Ellen Bresky
Wendy Brooks and Timothy Medland
The Chazen Companies
Adina G. Cohen
Allison and Tim Coleman
Kimberly F. Davis
Garrett A. Fail
Rick Feldman
Dorothy and Kenneth Finger
Dorothea H. Fingerhood Fund
Jo Ellen Finkel and Donald S.
Bernstein
Lauren Finkelstein
Ari J. Fischel
Martita and Chris Fleming
Fordham University
William Gallagher Associates
Jennifer and Richard Geller
Caren Gerszberg
Monica and Simeon Glaubach
Renee and Neal Goff
Vicki and Geoffrey Gold
Lucille and Richard M. Goldsmith
Frank K. Gottschalk
The Green Fund, Inc.
Arlene and Martin Greenfield
Sharon and Barry Greenfield
Lucia and David Greenhouse
Shirley and David Grill
Vicki Gross
Miriam Gutwein
Roberta and Isadore Gutwein
Duncan Haas
Racheline Habousha
Pearl and Nathan Halegua
Bradley Hamburger
Scott Hartman
Andrée Hayum
Eva and Terry Herndon
Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Homburger
Chan Lee Hsieh
Hunter Ambulette - Ambulance Inc.
Norma and Gerald Hurwitz
Imperial Commercial Cleaning, Inc.
Jordana and Joseph Jacobson
Roe Jasen
Scott Johnson
Sheri and Gregg Kanter
Michael Kaplan
Nancy and Stephen Karotkin
Brian and Bari Katz
Betty and Arthur Kay
Patti Kenner
Christopher Kercher
Helen Chet Khuu
Ellen and Ronald Kisner
Martin and Deena Kohn
Judith and Paul Konigsberg
Edith and Ben Korman
Estee and Amir Kornblum
Denise and Allan Kozin
Peter B. Kroon
Yaffa and Gustaw Landau
Carol and Michael Laub
Wen Lee and Zeu Lan Ma
Margot C. Lehman
Matha and Kenneth Leung
Shari Leventhal and Steven Kauderer
The Liben Family
Jessica and Stuart Lippman
Ester Lisker and Avi Wrobel
Andrew Liu
LRCM Consulting, LLC
Kam Sau Lue
Evelyn Machauf
Jacqueline and Jeffrey Marcus
Cynthia and Matthew Mark
Michele Medaglia
Greg and Nancy Meidel
Joff Mitchell
National Bank
Anna Oliver
Joe Osnoss
Margaret Pan
Tricia and Jason Pantzer
Lauren Peacock
Lilli Platt
Linda and Steven Plotnicki
Susi Podgurski
Melvin Polisher
Harry Poloner
Sally and Jack Pomeranc
Candice and Geoff Postel
Prescott Associates
A Division of ParenteBeard LLC
Jack Pritchard
Sherry and Lloyd Putter
Queens Council of Arts
Charmaine Rapaport
Emily and Alan Reagan
Kurt E. Reinsberg
Roberta Rinzler
David Roberts
Richard Robertson
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Ronald Roel
Arlene and Robert Rosenberg
Allison Rosenfeld
Annette and Robert Satran
Arlene W. Saxonhouse
Elizabeth Scheines and Ronald Elton
Kenneth Schneider
Stephen Siegel
Amy and Jeffrey Silverman
Corinne and Peter Simmons* Marc Wolinsky and Barry Skovgaard
Michael & Ruth Slade Foundation
Martha Solinger
Sontag Advisory
Stanley Plumbing
Stockbridge Group
Gloria and Fred Strauss
Strong Foundation of New York
Summit Waterproofing and
Restoration Co.
Karen and Jeffrey Tanenbaum
Leslie and Mounir Tawfik
Rivka Tenenbaum-Precel
Aharon Vaknin, Cosmic Fischer
Locks and Doors
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Wadowski Family
James and Priscilla Warner
Barbara Weinstein and Louis
Bernstein
Evelyn and Zelig Weinstein
Allyson and Andrew Wiener
Trevor V. Winstead
Karen and Sandy Wong
Jingcai Zhu
Cathy and Mark Zoradi
The Zuckerman Family
Supporter - $100 and Over
Anonymous (12)
Aaron Valuation Inc.
Bernard Abromowitz
Hanna L. Adler
Anne Herzberg Adler and Stephen
Adler
American Fa Yu Buddhist
Association
Leslie and Danny Arnedos
Marilyn Aron
Lindsay Ashwal
Yan Yan and Chi Hoi Au
Hildegard Bachert
Lydia Balasny
Shana Ballas
Anita and William Baron
Rachel and Ophir Barone
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CONFERENCE ON JEWISH MATERIAL
CLAIMS AGAINST GERMANY
Selfhelp and the Claims Conference share a collaborative
history dating back more than five 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 persecution, throughout the
New York metropolitan area. With invaluable Claims
Conference 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 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.
Lisa Barr
Edith Bayme
Claire Bazinet
Ruth Bedford
Lynn and Maurice Beer
Alison Beltzer
Lucie Benedikt
Doris Berger
Mr. and Mrs. Bermann
Naomi Birnbach
Harvey R. Blau
Erika Bloomfield
Jane and Stanley Blum
Karen and David S. Blumenthal
Karen Bogen
Donald and Patricia Boland
Art and Arlene Boshnack
Harriet and Jeffrey Brand
Abigail and Raymond Brenner
Irene Brenner
Ginny Breslauer
Iris N. Brown
Peter Candell
Roberta A. Caplan
Robert Carmona*
Centrical Medical Imaging LLC
Zara Chadowitz
Peter R. Chaffetz
Le Zhen Chan
Yuen Chuen Chan
Tsung S. Chan
Helen Chao
Hung Chi Chao
Dana Charatan
Dora and Ludwig Charatan
Chavurat Tikvah
Harriet Chertok
George T. & Diana S.Y. Chen
Jane and Wai Sun Chen
Deborah L. Chin
Marie and Ming Y. Chin
Nancy Chin
Norma and Matthew Chin
Toby Chiu
Cynthia Chou
Yok Yen Choug de Chow and
David Chow
Shirley Chung
Roseann C. Ciuffo
Kate Coburn
Marion Pagel Cohen and Arthur
Cohen
Marsha Cohen
Zoe Cohen and Ron Dror
Linda Cole
Comunilife Inc.
Mary Q. Connelly
Eugenia Connerat
Mark Conrad
Edith Cooper
Carol Dallos
Marlies K. Danziger
Marian Ungar Davis
Anna Spector Decker
Mary Delbanco
Seen Wah Dell
David Detjen
Ms. Rosalind Devon
Hester Diamond
Yu Ling Diao
Klaus Dittmar
Rose Dobrof
Susan and James Dubin
Hanna Eichwald
Eliyahu L. Ellman
Judith Engel
Meryl Erlanger
Fredric Feld
Robert C. Ferber
Doris and David Finkel
Lee Finkle
First Sterling
Marion Fischel
Roberta and Bob Fisher
Rosemary K. Flanagan
Ilan Folman-Cohen
James Forsythe, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Frankel
Freddie Mac Foundation
David Freedman
Karen Freedman and Roger
Weisberg
Marlene and Leonard Freeman
Bruce French
Johanna Friedenstein
Jo Anne and Jack Friedenthal
Edith K. Friedlander
Joyce and David Friedman
Marian Froehlich
Louise Gans
Margaret Gelber
Karen H. Geller
Carlotta Giglio
Carl Ginsberg
Steven L. Glauberman
Glendale Maspeth United Methodist
Church
Ruth Golbin
Gold Art 18KT LLC
James Gold
Golden Bridge Connection Inc.
Andrew Golding
Goldman Sachs
Caryl Goldsmith
Edith and Fred Goldsmith
Hope Goldstein
Andrew D. Gottfried
Alexandra and John Graubert
Laura and Dan Greenberg
Judy A. Greenberg
Barry S. Greene
Patricia Grenbel
Judah Gribetz
Walter E. Gross
Allan Guggenheim
Jean and David Gumpert
Robert and Ellen Gutenstein
Laura and Leo Guthart
Charlotte and Eugene Haber
Gerry and Leopold Hahn
Susan Han
Rivka and Bruce Harris
Lotte L. Hart
Bronwen and Warren Haskel
Evan Haskell
Norm and Elaine Hecht
Judith and Lester Henner
June and Ronald Hersh
Shelley and Avner Hershlag
Gruss Hirsch Family Fund
Joyce and Jerome Hirsch
Richard and Fran Hofstetter
Janice F. Hohenstein
Rhoda and Stuart Holzer
Daniel Horowitz
Herman Horowitz
Lisa and John Horten
Chan Lee Hsieh
Lan Fang Huang
Hilda and Sel Hubert
Marshall Huebner
Liu Yu Lin Hsu
Barbara Iason
Joseph Isabella
J & B Acupunture P.C.
Madeline Jacobs
Marjorie and Phillip Jacobs
Michael Jakes
Ann and A. Richard Janiak
Karen and Walter Joelson
Helene Kahn
Sara and Ted Kallif
Howard Kalt
Judith and Stephen‡ Kamberg
Jonathan M. Kamen
Debra Kaplan and Michael Laikin
Carole Karlsruher
Margot and John Keller
Ruth and Paul Keller
Gerda Kelly
Ariel and Gary Kenajian
Dorothy and Jeff Kern
Larry and Barbara Kessler
Linda Kestenbaum
Joan Kidman
Kimmel Housing Development
Foundation
Kirkland & Ellis Foundation Matching
Contributions Program
Kiwanis Club of Maspeth
Peter L. Klausner
Laurie and Leon Klempner
Ruth and Lawrence Kobrin
Sherry Kohn
Vai Leng Kong
Maya and Dori Konig
Michael Kowal
Helga and Bernard Kramarsky
Donna Kramer and Ron Cohen
Jane and Howard Kramer
Ziza Krasnial
Susan Krause
Ariel Kronman
Suzanne Y. Kupfer
Kui Lam Kwok
Li Fand Lao
Lotte M. Landes
Silvia and Peter Last
Clara Lato
Dorothy Lebach
Joseph Leff
Jacqueline Leitzes
Lan Leo
Wendy Leong
Susan and Jack Lerner
Charles and Beth Lesch
Woon Y. and Cheuk S. Leung
Cecile and Heinz Levi Philanthropic
Fund
Walter E. Levi
Richard Levin
Irma Levy
Leslie and Robert Levy
Shu and Yuan Liaw
Nina and Daniel Libeskind
Yanny Lie
Michael Liguori
Tohannah Lin
Deborah Lipton
Angela Liu
Trudy Lory
Janet Lowe
Helen Lowenstein
Jill and Kenneth Luba
Michael Lubell
The Rong Lung
Ann Maass
Lisa and Laurence Mack
Anne Mahoney
Eva Mallis
Marc O. Mandel
Sheila and David Manischewitz
Annette and Paul Marcus
Melanie and Hal Marcus
Yael and Jonathan Margalit
Terell and Andrew H. Marks
Chaninah Maschler
Maspeth Lions Club
Patrick McGonigle
Patricia and Brian McGovern
Mrs. Ilse Meckauer
Leah and Aryeh Meir
Linda and Richard Melnikoff
Brenda and Norbert Mester
Michael A. Meyer
Anita and Jerome Milch
Milkes Family
Irene and Frederick Molod
LouAnn Moore and Robert L. Frome
Amy and Michael Moorin
Lynn Montz and John Leubsdorf
Suzanne and Harvey Morgan
Caroline and Franklin Moser
Rita and Nathan Moser
Catherine and Sam Moy
MTA New York City Transit Authority
Marilyn F. Mueller
Cherrie Nanninga
Susan and Michael Nash
Nelson Management Group, Ltd.
New York Real Estate TV
Martin Newman
Susan and Kenneth Newmark
Angela Ni
Betty Nichols
Blanca Nickels
Robert and Eleanor November
NY Council for the Humanities
Leah Mason Oppenheimer and John
Oppenheimer
Amy Oshinsky
Susan Penry-Williams
Gladys Paige
Yu Hsiang Pan
Joseph B. Papavero
Sharon and Irving H. Picard
Edna Platzer
Bettina and Kenneth Plevan
Joanne Podell
Mrs. Barbara F. Poll
Michele Pollack
William Pollack
Gui Ying Qiu
Fee Yip Quim
Po Ling Ah Quim
Ellen and James Quinn
Denise G. and Jonathan Rabinowitz
Mitchell S. Raps
Helen D. Reavis
The June and Jay Reich
Foundation, Inc.
Amelia and Elliot Relles
Rochelle and Bruce Roberts
Stacey J. Roberts
Sylvia and Thomas S. Rogers
Edward A. Romano
Gail and Elihu Rose
Stanley Rosen
Maurice Rosenthal
Charlotte Rosenzweig
Margaret Rosskamm
Robert and Amy Rothman
Annabell Rothstein
Julius Rudel
Joan and John Russo
Lisa and Elliot Sander
Saul and Mary Sanders
Linda and Richard Schapiro
Varda Schary
Rosa Scheck
Lawrence A. Schneider
Patricia and Daniel Schoor Rube
Edward Schrag
Sally and Francis Schrag
Jeanette and Peter Schrag
Debbie and Bill Schrag
Susan and David Schwartz
Trudy Schwarz
Renata Manasse Schwebel
George W. Seidenberger
Christina Sethi
Jacqueline Sheirr
Daci Shen
Shimon Shkury
Susan Shmalo
Sherry Shore
Barbara and Edward Silver
Linda Sittenfeld
Fran Snyder and David Voremberg
Kerala and Richard Snyder
Fern and Adrian Sondheimer
Fred and Linda Sondheimer
David Sonenshein and Family
Vivian and Werner Sonn
Jayne Spielman and Stephen
Baumgarten
Sally and Joel Spivack
Mr. Robert Stein
Suzanne Steinberg
Marianne E. Steiner
Jennifer Steinwurtzel
Gene Stern
Mary Stiefel and
Brenda Stiefel-Sherman
Holly Stocking and William
Timberlake
Doris Ruhr Strauss
Lore Strauss
SUPPORTING SELFHELP
We greatly appreciate all contributions and
are deeply thankful for our wonderful donors.
To donate to Selfhelp, or to receive additional
information about the Lifeline of Hope Fund,
Caring for Generations Tribute Fund, Estate
Planning, or Matching Gifts Program, please
contact Selfhelp’s Development Department
at 212-971-7764, or visit our website at www.
selfhelp.net/donate.
Marilyn and David Stroh
Mr. Edward W. Sulzberger and
Ms. Linda Ercole Musso
Marianne and Charles Suss
Gloria and Mark Szrajer
Barbara Taff
Temple Beth Shalom
Gregory A. Tosko
Diana Tran
Heather Tsang
David Tufts
Tuller/McNealus/Feld
Marlene and Marshall Turner
Alexander Turney
Dorothy and Lawrence Tydings
Alice Ullmann
Ursula and Werner Ulrich
Jacob Wakshlag
Walgreens
Howard Wallick, The Wallick
Companies
John Weber
Weigel Broadcasting
Sue Ann Weinberg
Carrie and Jeremy Weinrib
Barbara Weisen and Richard
Rosenberg
David Weiss
Carol Weissbrod
Lois Weldon
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Wiener
Meryl Wiener and Barry A. Bryer
Karen and Richard Wies
Elaine and Robert Witkoff
Fei Li Xu
Alice Yan
Philip and Alexandra Yee
Lai Bing Yu
Qing Lan Yu
Richard Zbriger
Fradji Zeitoun
Sharon Zellis
Mendy Zelmanovitz
Hu Ying Zhang
Xing Yan Zhao
Lucile Zimet
Mark Zimet
Selfhelp would also like to
acknowledge the generosity of
donors whose gifts of $99 or less
are too numerous to list.
Caring for Generation Tribute Fund
In Honor Of:
The following individuals were
recognized by friends and family as
they celebrated special occasions
from 7/1/13-8/27/14:
Joseph Adler
Paula Arboleda
Leo Asen
Fritzi Baer
Dennis Baum*◊
Kevin and Trish Baum
Bennat and Gretchen Berger
Ernest L. Bial*◊
Ellen Blum
Valerie Bogart
Ray and Ruth Brenner
Maurice Bronstein
Matthew A. Cantor◊*
Roberta A. Caplan
Debrah Lee Charatan◊
Debrah Lee Charatan◊ and
Steven I. Holm
Joseph Charatan
Hyman Coburn
Edward B. Cohen*
Henry Dessauer
Lois Deutsch
Lois Deutsch and Mark Weintraub
Lydia Ecker
Shelley◊ and Steven Einhorn
Nili and Keith Flaks
Rina Folman
Caren and Rich Gerszberg
Cary Glaser
Oscar and Betty Goldfarb
Dana Golding and Richard Scharf◊
Herman C. Goldsmith
Erica Gorin
Mayer M. Gross
Jeffrey Gural
Gural and Steinwurtzel* families
Sigmund Guttenberg
Cathy Hull
Magda Hull
Peter H. Jakes*
Robert Kahn
Stuart C. Kaplan◊
Stuart◊ and Rosemary Kaplan
Robin Kaufman
Samuel Klafter
Daniela and Steven Klein
Elihu Kover
Micah Yitzhak Krauss
Katharine La Forte
Brenda Leff
Carol Levin*
The Levy Family
Hal Linstone
Jonah Mandelbaum
Ralph Marash*
Alfred and Elsa Marx
Regina and Peter Mayer
Ilse Melamid◊
Thekla Meyerbach and
Ruth Dimow
Victor Moss
Michael Nussbaum
Caroline Edith Odell
Liz Oppenheimer
Renee Fesen Osten
Joseph C. Podgurski
Barbara Poll
Eleanor Resnitsky
Ronald F. Ries*
Andrea and Cal Roberts
Yetta Roberts
Thomas H. Roche◊
Tom Roche◊ and Isabel Marcal
Ayelet and Aaron Rosen
Barbara and Donald Rosuck
Anna Rusinek
Margrit Rustow*
Magdalena Sanchez
Peter Sander
The Scharf Family
Rose Scharf
Robert H. Scheibe
Elsie Schenker
Klaus Scheye
Sylvia Schnur
Rebecca Schrag
Raymond V.J. Schrag◊*
Hilde Siegel
Faye Skala
Eric Sondheimer
Brian Steinwurtzel*
Dorris Stiefel
Jacob Suss
Steven G. Tepper*
Carol and Steve Tepper*
Randolph W. Thrower
Gerda Wassermann
Jack B. Weinstein
Jack Werner
Ken Werner
Marion Wilson
Andrew Wilson
Else Wolff
Evelyn Wolff
Sonja Wolfman
Nell Wyler
Nell and Victor A. Wyler ◊*
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Victor A. Wyler ◊*
Beth Zeidel
Caring for Generation Tribute Fund
In Memory Of:
Contributions to Selfhelp were made
in memory of the following loved
ones from 7/1/13-8/27/14:
Janeta Abelson
Natalie F. Abramow
Raymond Alexander
Sarah Appel
Mary Arnedos
Lucy Bachrach
Mollie Backer
Max and Eva Berkowitz
Jean Boyman
Paul Cantor
Don Cohen
Helen Cohn
Marianne Coleman
Marianne Eisler
Fran Eizenstat
John H. Elton
Mary Faerman
Shirley Fleischer
Rudolph Forchheimer
Helen Fox
Eugene Freedman
Leon Friedman
Hilde Gardner
Myra Gersh
Florence Giglio
Florence and Anthony Giglio
Rosalie Gottesman
Lily Grab
Jerald Greenberg
Herbert and Pearl Gross
Susan Guttenberg
Janice Gutwein
Marianne and Sylvan Hayum
Curtis Hereld
Bernice D. Herman
Renée Herman
Magda Hull
Hans Jovishoff
Saul Kagan
Stephen Kamberg
Lillie Kaplan
Henry and Mona Klempner
Louis and Margaret Koppel
Richard U. Koppel and Hannelore
Koppel
Albert Lato
Beth Leegant
Peter A. Levy
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Hal Linstone
Joseph and Claire Lorch
Edward Low
Edith Lowe
George and Anne Marie Manasse
Felicitas Mannheimer
Estelle Marder
Lisa Mariam
Peter Mayer
Doris McGonigle
Alice D. Netter
Grace S. Nierenberg
Michael Nussbaum
Harold H. Oppenheimer
Abe Oster
Alice Oster
Elly and Arthur Plaut
Joseph C. Podgurski
Milton Pstay
Ann Rabinowitz
Mordechai Hirsch Rapaport
Regina Reisfeld
Seymour Richman
Alice and Paul Roche
Arthur and Frieda Roos
Dr. Saul Sacks
Judith F. Scheibe
Kaete and Erich Scheibe
Betty Schneider
Mark Seligman
Merton Sells
Gertie Sherman
Syma Silverstein
Eric S. and Lotte Sondheimer
Selma Sondheimer
John Souto
Norbert Stern
Margot Sundheimer
David and Stefania Taic
Rachel Vogel
Haskiel Wadowski
Olga and Hans Warmbrunn
Wolfgang Wassermann
Gisela and Erwin Weil
Harry D. Weilheimer
Jack Werner
Benjamin Wiernik
Emmy and Benno Wildorff
Eva Wolf
Jean Wolf
Else Wolff
Laure Zacharias
Laure and Henry Zacharias
Pro Bono Services
Grateful appreciation to our friends
who have given so generously of
their time and talent:
Affinity Assurance
Amerigroup
Paula Arboleda
Erin Ayres
Robin Bady
Paul Baron
Rose Binder
Elisabeth Blair
Courtney Breslin
Diana Bush
Tawhida Chowdhury
Lauren Ciuffo
Robert Davide
Yvette Deane
Peter Deveraux
Duane Reade/Walgreens
Isabelle M. Dubeau
Carmen Eccles
El Centro Del Immigrante
Elisha Ferguson
Maribeth Flynn
Andrew Frazer, Falls Prevention
Workshop
Gina Freed
Katie Fuller
Michelle Galligan
Dr. Lee Gause-Smile Design
Manhttan
Herb Kaufman, Licensed Planned
Medicare Specialist
Mike Klubok, Computer Instruction
Jules Haas, Esq.
Lionel Habas
Anna Hennon
Saul Holcman
Jenny Horne
Housing Conservation Coordinators
Carmela Ionino
Rimas Jasin
Jessica Jensen
Andre Johnson
Samantha Johnson
Rebecca Kaebnick
Scott Kaiser
Alex Kasavin
Abe Katz
Nadine Kedrus
Linda King
Rabbi Manes Kogan
Jeane Kraines
Stephanie Kyereme
Peter Laskowich
Leila Leiberman
Meraz Levi, Nutrition Consultant
Cynthia Lien
Ryan Lindsey
Mitchell Mass
MFY Legal Services
Mobile Legal Help NYC
Naftuli Moster
Denise Murphy
Neighborhood Housing Services of
Jamaica
NYLAG
Ambika Panday
Dr. Frank Pawlowski
A.D. Penedo
Veerawat Phongtankuel
Angelic Pla
Barrie Raik
Joan Ramirez, Photographer
Matthew Reed
Regal Heights Rehab
Norman Reiss
Nicole Rothman
Sarah Samuel
Yukiko Sato
Andrea Shapiro
Francine Shore
David Silva
South Brooklyn Legal Services
Temple Beth Shalom
Cantor Ofer Barnoy
Rabbi Alan Lucas
Minh Tieu
Laurie Tomashow
Jennifer Tranquille
Urban Justice Center/ Ian Feldman
Masiel Versas
Maegen White
Susan Willerman
Jisan Zaman
Meina Zhu-Chhimi
Kirk Zuckerbrow
In-Kind Donations
We thank the following for
their generosity:
Consul General Busso and
Maria-Theresia von Alvensleben
American Fa Buddhist Association
Cara Berkowitz
Big Six Towers, Inc.
Bloomingdale’s
B’nai Brith Project Hope
Erin Branch
Capalbo’s Gift Baskets
Paul Catalanotto
Debrah Lee Charatan
The Chew
Diana Clemente
Coach
Congregation Habonim
Dale Pharmacy
Dara Davenport
Christine Fahey
Food Plus
Foremost Caterers
The Barry & Florence Friedberg JCC
Sam Giarrusso
Glenwood Management
Herman C. Goldsmith
Lissa Guttman
The Great Neck Synagogue
H & Y MarketPlace
Gina Handburger
Hatsuhana Restaurant
Hatzilu Rescue Organization
Health First
Illy Coffee
IPRO
Gary Jacob
Madeline Jacobs
Sid Jacobson JCC
JCC of the Greater Five Towns
JCC of Harrison, NY
Stuart and Rosemary Kaplan
Linda Kornitzer
Leir Charitable Foundations
Paul Levinsohn
LOI Restaurant
Russell Lusak
Manhattan Theatre Club
Ilse Melamid
MoMA
Montblanc
National Bank of New York City
New York Hospital Queens
New York Mets
North Shore LIJ
The North Shore Synagogue
North Queensview Homes, Inc.
Orion Trading
Queens Christian Alliance Church
Queensview, Inc.
The Rachael Ray Show
Rao’s
Steven J. Reisman
Regal Heights
Isaac Reshad
Rite Aid Pharmacy
Richard Scharf
Larry Scheinfeld
Selfhelp CHHA
Ruth Shapiro
Samantha Shevins
Nicole Stein
Doris Ruhr Strauss
Alysa Teichman
True Buddha Diamond Temple of
New York
Temple Emanu-El
Elaine Tross
Uproot Wines
Ken Werner
Evelyn Wolff
Ylang23
Estates
We acknowledge with deep
appreciation the friends who
remembered Selfhelp through their
legacies and bequests:
Estate of George Adler
Estate of Helga N. Alten
Estate of Lotte Fields
Estate of Sam Friedlander
Estate of Werner Gamby
Estate of Edith Hausknecht
Estate of Lotte Kunstler
Estate of Peter Kussi
Estate of Dick H. Lewent
Trust of Henriette Maier
Estate of Edith R. Pinkuss
Estate of Trudy Sommer
Estate of Martha Vogel
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 Development Department
at 212-971-7764, or visit our website
at www.selfhelp.net.
Working Together
We 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.
AARP
AARP Bill Payer Program
AARP Foundation
Abraham Joshua Heschel High School
Action Reconciliation Service for Peace
Adelphi University School of Social Work
Adult Protective Services Advisory Council
Alzheimer’s Association of New York City
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
Amber Court
American Cancer Society
American Diabetes Association
American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
Anibic Vocational Program
Applebees, Fresh Meadows
ArchCare
Arthritis Foundation
ASPCA
Atria Riverdale
Austrian Consulate General
Bank of America
Bayside Hearing Center
Bayside High School
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 & Longevity of Hunter College
Sadin Institute on Law & Public Policy
Brooklyn Adult Day Care
Brooklyn Borough-Wide Interagency Council on Aging
Calamus Foundation
Cannon Heyman and Weiss, LLP
CAPE
Capital One
Cardozo Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Carter Burden Senior Center
Catholic Charities - Friendly Visitor Program
Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST)
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
CenterLight Healthcare
Central Queens YM-YWHA
Chinese-American Planning Council
City Bar Justice Center
City Drug & Surgical
Citymeals-on-Wheels
Co-Op City Jewish Center
Columbia University School of Occupational Therapy
Columbia University School of Social Work
Community Board #8 - Bronx
Community Board #17 - Brooklyn
Community Food Resource Center
Community League of the Heights (CLOTH)
Concerts in Motion
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
Congregation Habonim
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany New York
Cornell University Community Outreach Program
Council of Senior Centers and Services of New York City
Crescent Chemists, Inc.
CUNY School of Law - Main Street Legal Services
Dakim BrainFitness, Inc.
Dancing Dreams
DOROT, Inc.
Duane Reade Pharmacy
East Midwood Jewish Center
East Side Council on the Aging
Easter Seals Senior Employment Program
East-West School of International Studies
Education and Assistance Program (EAC-Queens)
Educational Alliance-Sirovich Center
Elderplan
Elders Share the Arts
Elmhurst Hospital
Elmhurst/Jackson Heights Senior Center
EmblemHealth
Employee Assistance Program
Enterprise Community Partners
Epilepsy Foundation
EssenMED House Calls (Doctors)
Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program at NYLAG
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 Library
Flushing Meadows Corona Park Al Oerter Recreation Center/Aquatic Center
Flushing Savings Bank
Flushing Town Hall
FoodBank
FordHarrison
Stephen E. Zweig, Esq., Partner
Fordham University Graduate School of Social Work
Forest Hills Jewish Center
Francis Lewis High School
Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
Furman Center
German Consulate General
George H. Weldon Funeral Home
God’s Love We Deliver
Goldman Sachs Community TeamWorks
Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey
Guggenheim Museum
GuildNet
Hamilton-Madison House
HANAC Archbishop Iakovos Senior Center
HANAC Ravenswood Senior Center
HANAC Transportation Program
Hands-On Physical Therapy, P.C.
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Hannah Senesh Community Day School
Health Care Partners, IPA
Healthfirst
Health Guard Pharmacy
Healthplus Amerigroup
HeartShare
Hebrew Institute of Riverdale-YCT
Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation
Hirschen Singer and Epstein LLP
Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County
Home Care Association of New York State
Housing First
Human Resources Administration (HRA)
Hunter College - Silberman School of Social Work
Independence Care Systems (ICS)
It’s Never 2 Late
JCC of Staten Island
Jewish Association Serving the Aging (JASA)
Jewish Association Serving the Aging - Adult Protective Services
Jewish Association Serving the Aging - 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 Guild Healthcare
Jewish Home LifeCare
The Jewish Museum
The Jewish Theological Seminary, Center for Pastoral Education
Jokercise
Joint Public Affairs Committee (JPAC)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Katsky Korins, LLP
Kimmel Housing Development Foundation
Korean American Senior Citizens Society of Greater New York (KASCS)
Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York
LaGuardia Community College
LawHELP.org/NY
LeadingAge
LeadingAge New York
The Legal Aid Society
Leir Retreat Center, Inc.
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
Leo Baeck Institute
Lexington Hearing and Speech Center
Life Alert
Lifenet - Mental Health Referral Services
Lifetime Arts
Lighthouse International
Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation
Long Island Jewish Hospital
Long Island University Occupational Therapy Program
Long Island University School of Social Work
Magic for Mature Adults
Maimonides Medical Center - Department of Psychiatry
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Manhattan College-Holocaust, Genocide & Interfaith Center
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UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK
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 New
York City community. We are exceptionally
grateful for initiatives that have enabled us to
leverage UJA support, such as the New York
Times Neediest Campaign, advocacy work with
government agencies, and introductions to
individuals and foundations. We are proud to
once again co-sponsor Defiant Requiem: Verdi at
Terezín and to be a primary beneficiary of this
event. We take this opportunity to publicly
thank UJA-Federation of New York for their
ongoing support and commitment to Selfhelp
Community Services.
Margaret Tietz Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Martin Luther King, Jr. Daycare
Maspeth Federal Savings
Maspeth Lions Club
Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals
Medicare Rights Center
Medicare Savings Program Coalition (MSP)
MedScope
Memorial de la Shoah- Paris
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Mental Health Association of NYC
Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty
Metropolitan Jewish Health Care System
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Foundation
Metropolitan Transit Authority - Access-A-Ride
Metropolitan Transit Authority - Mobile Van Service
MFY Legal Services
Mical Home Health Care
Montefiore Medical Center - Department of Geriatric Psychiatry
Mount Sinai Hospital of Manhattan-Hospice and Palliative care
Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Museum of Tolerance
Musicians on Call
Nan Shan Senior Center
National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers - New York
City Chapter
National Association of Social Workers (NASW) - New York City Chapter
National Council on Aging
National Housing Conference
National Leased Housing Association
National Low Income Housing Coalition
National Senior Citizens Law Center
New Pronto Transportation, Inc.
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 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 Mental Health
New York City Department of Transportation - Safety Education Department
New York City Fire Department
New York City Health & Hospitals
New York City Housing Authority - Family Services Department
New York City Housing Authority - Office for the Aging
New York City Housing Development Corporation
New York City Human Resources Administration
New York City Human Resources Administration Adult Protective Services Admin.
New York City Police Department
104th Police Precinct
109th Police Precinct
112th Police Precinct
115th Police Precinct
New York City Schools
IS 73
IS 237
PS 24
PS 169
PS 228
PS 280
New York Downtown Hospital-Kress Vision Program
New York Hall of Science
New York Historical Society
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 Philharmonic
New York Public Library
The New School
New York State Adult Day Services Association, Inc.
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 University - College of Nursing
New York University - Silver School of Social Work
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System
Northshore MLTC
NYSARC, Inc.
Older Adults Technology Services (OATS)
Oxford Health Plans
Park Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation
Pelham Parkway Jewish Center
People Care Inc. - Homecare Agency
Peter J DellaMonica Senior Center
PHI National Office and New York State Office
Philips Lifeline
Physical Therapy Doctor
Presbyterian Senior Services
Proskauer Rose, LLP
Public Service Network at City Bar Justice Center
Queensborough Community College
Queens Botanical Garden
Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility
Queens Chapter of Holocaust Survivors, Inc.
Queens College
Queens College Hillel
Queens Interagency Council on the Aging
Queens Jewish Community Council
Queens Library
Queens Library-Long Island City Branch
Queens Museum of Art
Queens Symphony Orchestra
Queens Theatre in the Park
RAIN Senior Options-Home Delivered Meals
Regal Heights Adult Day Health Care
Renaissance Charter School
Retired Senior Volunteer Program of the Community Services Society
(RSVP)
Ridgewood YMCA
Rite Aid Pharmacy
Riverdale Senior Center
Riverdale YM-YWHA
Ronald Fatoullah & Associates
Roots and Branches Theater
Rubin Museum of Art
Sage Eldercare
Salvation Army
Samaritan Village
SAR High School-Riverdale
Senior Health Partners
Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders
(SAGE)
Services Now for Adult Persons (SNAP)
Seyfarth Shaw, LLP
Shield Institute
Single Point Care Network, Inc.
Social Action Center (Bronx)
Staten Island JCC
Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)
Sunnyside Citywide Homecare Services, Inc.
Sunnyside Community Services
Supportive Housing Network of New York
TD Bank Foundation
Temple Emanu-El
Theatre Development Fund
Touchstone Health
Touro College
Touro College, School of Health Sciences-Occupational Therapy Program
Transitional Services for New York
The Trinity School
UJA – Engage Jewish Service Corps (Queens/Long Island)
UJA – Engage Jewish Service Corps (JCC of Manhattan)
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 - Westchester
United Hospital Fund
Urban Justice Center
Vera Institute Guardianship Project
Victoria Pharmacy
VISIONS
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
VNS - Chinatown Community Center Homecare Program
VNS - Friendly Visitor Program
VNS - Home Delivered Meals Program in Long Island City
VNSNY Choice
Walgreens Pharmacy
Washington Heights - Inwood Council on Aging
Weill-Cornell Medical Center
The Weinberg Center
West Side Inter-Agency Council on Aging
Women in Housing and Finance
Woodside Senior Assistance Program
Wu Eye Care
YAI
Yeshiva University - Wurzweiler School of Social Work
Yeshivah of Flatbush
YM-YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood
York College
Young Israel of Pelham Parkway
Zucker Hillside Hospital
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CONTACT US
NAZI VICTIM SERVICES
Washington Heights
Apex I Senior Citizens Housing
Benjamin Rosenthal-Prince
Long Island Licensed Home Care
Selfhelp Alzheimer’s Resource
PROGRAM
The Kohn-Melamid Center for
Holocaust Survivor Services
212-781-7200
620 Fort Washington Avenue,
498 Union Avenue,
Westbury 11590
Street Innovative Senior Center
Services Agency (LHCSA)
Program (SHARP)
718-886-5777
45-25 Kissena Boulevard,
516-505-2571
718-631-1886
208-11 26th Avenue,
Bayside 11360
Erin Brennan,
Senior Programs Director
Bronx
718-239-3177
990 Pelham Parkway South,
Bronx 10461
Amy Newman, Program Director
Brooklyn
Midwood
718-646-7500
1523 Avenue M, Brooklyn 11230
Sharon Wang, Program Director
New York 10040
Roni Miller, Program Director
Brooklyn 11218
Mariam Khachtryan,
Program Director,
Russian Nazi Victim Program
Westbury 11590
NATURALLY OCCURRING
RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES
212-971-5475
520 Eighth Avenue, 5th Floor,
(NORCS)
HOUSING
For housing applications, please
call 718-886-1412.
For other inquiries, please call
Mohini Mishra, Programs Director
at 718-762-6803.
Helen R. Scheuer House
Jinsheng Qiu, Program Director
Clearview Senior Center
Guardianship
New York 10018
Ruth Rosado, Program Director
Flushing 11355
Big Six Towers NORC Program
718-565-6569
59-55 47th Avenue,
Woodside 11377
Brooke Samuelson,
718-224-7888
208-11 26th Avenue,
Bayside 11360
Erin Brennan, Senior Programs
Director
Latimer Gardens Senior Center
Cheryl Gersh, Program Director
Fresh Meadows NORC Program
Maspeth Senior Center
718-454-6286
67-00 192nd Street,
Fresh Meadows 11365
Rose Aniano,
718-429-3636
69-61 Grand Avenue, Maspeth
11378
Maria Dixon, Program Director
Martin Lande House
NORC Program
Abraham Scharf Center for
Holocaust Survivor Services
212-971-5475
520 Eighth Avenue, 5th Floor,
137-47 45th Avenue,
Homemaking Program
718-396-5425
34-10 94th Street,
Jackson Heights 11372
Rose Aniano,
212-971-5480
Senior Programs Director
Long Island Licensed Home Care
Nassau County
Abraham Scharf Center for
Holocaust Survivor Services
516-481-1865
498 Union Avenue,
Westbury, NY 11590
Gina Goldman, Program Coordinator
208-11 26th Avenue,
Bayside 11360
Scheuer House of Flushing
138-52 Elder Avenue,
Queensview/North Queensview
NORC Program
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg
718-278-4148
33-34 Crescent Street, Long Island
City 11106
House
Donna DelCielo, Program Director
Flushing 11355
Flushing 11355
SENIOR CENTERS
Queens
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg
718-268-1252
70-20 Austin Street,
Forest Hills 11375
Karen DeOssie, Program Director
Austin Street Senior Center
Apartments
45-35 Kissena Boulevard,
718-520-8197
106-06 Queens Boulevard,
Flushing 11355
Forest Hills 11375
Selfhelp K-VII Associates LLC
137-39 45th Avenue, Flushing 11355
HOME CARE
Housekeeping Program
212-971-7613
Services Agency (LHCSA)
516-505-2571
New York City Licensed Home
Care Services Agency (LHCSA)
212-971-5490
HOME CARE INTAKE:
140-16 45th Avenue,
Marina Laddin, Acting Director
HOME HEALTH AIDE TRAINING
PROGRAMS:
Natasha Gooden-William, Director
Brooklyn
212-971-7714
1523 Avenue M, Brooklyn 11230
212-971-7714
520 Eighth Avenue, New York
10018
Manhattan
Scheuer House of Bayside
212-971-7697
Manhattan
Senior Programs Director
Flushing 11355
Care Services Agency (LHCSA)
34-30 137th Street, Flushing 11354
Program Director
Northridge/Brulene/Southridge
New York City Licensed Home
718-961-3660
45-25 Kissena Boulevard,
Flushing 11355
New York 10018
Emily Levy, Program Director
44
512 Union Avenue,
Financial Management Unit/
Kensington
Henry J. and Erna D. Leir
Center for Holocaust Survivors
Henny and Friedrich Brodnitz
Case Management Program
718-633-1300
419 Church Avenue,
Apex II Workforce Family Housing
Certified Home Health Agency
(CHHA)
212-971-5471
Nassau County
516-505-2571
498 Union Avenue, Westbury
11590
CARE TRANSITIONS PROGRAM:
718-559-4465
45-25 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing
11355
Madeline Jacobs, Director
Senior Source
212-971-7722
520 Eighth Avenue, 5th Floor,
New York 10018
Angela Williams,
Senior Source Manager
CASE MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMS
Project Pilot
212-787-8106
520 Eighth Avenue, 18th Floor,
New York 10024
Eli Brett, Program Director
Queens North
718-321-8194
45-25 Kissena Boulevard,
Flushing 11355
Hanan Simhon, Managing Director
Selfhelp Safety Net
OTHER COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
FOR SENIORS
New York City Community
Guardian Program
212-971-7776
520 Eighth Avenue, 5th Floor, New
York 10018
John L. Davis, Program Director
Nassau County Guardian
Program
212-971-7776
50 Clinton Street
Hempstead, NY 11550
Patricia L. Kaufman,
Managing Director
718-633-1300
419 Church Avenue,
Brooklyn 11218
Lauren Hecht, Program Coordinator
SELFHELP INNOVATIONS
212-971-7708
520 Eighth Avenue, 5th Floor,
New York 10018
David Dring,
Executive Director
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND MANAGEMENT STAFF
SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014—2015
MANAGEMENT STAFF
Officers
Directors
President
Raymond V.J. Schrag
Dennis Baum
Ernest L. Bial
Matthew A. Cantor
Robert Carmona
Edward B. Cohen
Scott Drassinower
Ernest M. Grunebaum
Jeffrey S. Jacob
Peter H. Jakes
Barry Konig
Lisa Krenzel, MD
Carol Levin
Paul Levinsohn
Ralph Marash
Mary Mayer
Peter Model
Stuart C. Kaplan
Chief Executive Officer
Co – Chairmen
Ernest L. Bial
Victor A. Wyler Vice Presidents
Matthew A. Cantor
Peter H. Jakes
Peter Model
Steven G. Tepper
Treasurer
Peter L. Simmons
Secretary
Dennis Baum
Alfred Netter
Ronald F. Ries
Raymond V. J. Schrag
Sheryl Silverstein, DMD
Peter L. Simmons
Brian R. Steinwurtzel
Carol Kahn Strauss
Steven G. Tepper
Victor A. Wyler
P H O T O G R A P H Y: B R U C E W E L L E R
D E S I G N E D B Y S H A N O S K Y & A S S O C I AT E S
Trustees
Chairman
Dennis Baum
Michael A. Bamberger
Dennis Baum
Ernest L. Bial
Bert E. Brodsky
Matthew A. Cantor
Debrah Lee Charatan
Jeffrey S. Jacob
Stuart C. Kaplan
Karin Shewer Krugman
Ilse Melamid
Joshua Mermelstein
Peter Model
Vice Chair
Debrah Lee Charatan
Secretary
Peter Model
Advisory Board
Shelley Einhorn
Michael F. Price
Sandra Priest Rose
SELFHELP HONORARY LIFE MEMBER: Rita Shewer
Michael Grieco, CPA, CVA
Senior Vice President,
Financial Strategy
Kevin T. Byrne, Esq.
Vice President,
Human Resources and
Labor Relations
Lois Deutsch
Vice President,
Development
SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION BOARD (SCS FOUNDATION) 2014—2015
Officers
Russell Lusak
Senior Vice President
Stanley J. Reifer
Thomas H. Roche
Richard Scharf
Raymond V.J. Schrag
Victor A. Wyler
Jeffrey Zorek
Elihu Kover, LMSW
Vice President,
Nazi Victim Services Program
Vivian Torres, RN
Vice President,
Community Health
Evelyn J. Wolff
Vice President,
Real Estate Development
Tova Klein, LMSW
Assistant Vice President,
Senior Communities
David Dring
Executive Director,
Selfhelp Innovations
Linda Pekunka
Administrator,
Executive Services
Adeena Horowitz, LMSW
Administrative Director,
Nazi Victim Services Program
Sharon Brown
Director, Patient Services,
CHHA
Beth Zeidel, LMSW
Administrative Director,
Nazi Victim Services Program
Roberta Caplan
Director, Major Gifts
Patricia L. Kaufman
Managing Director,
Senior Communities
Dorothy Kern
Managing Director,
Real Estate
Priscilla Maysonet
Managing Director,
Senior Communities
Hanan Simhon, LMSW
Managing Director,
Senior Communities
Neil Actable
Director,
Information Technology
Rose Aniano, LMSW
Senior Programs Director,
Northridge/Brulene/Southridge
NORC
Koku Badasu, RN
Director, LHCSA and
City Home Care Programs
Erin Brennan, MPS, Q.D.C.P.
Senior Programs Director,
SHARP and Clearview
Senior Center
Ellen Ceriale
Director, LHCSA,
Qualtiy and Compliance
Carol Durham, RN
Director, Clinical Operations
Karen H. Geller, RN, JD
Director,
Risk Management
Natasha Gooden-Williams, RN
Director,
LHCSA-LI and Training Dept.
Madeline Jacobs
Director,
Quality Management & Research
Elizabeth Lynn
Director,
Grants Management
Mohini Mishra, CASP
Programs Director,
Housing
Selfhelp Community Services, Inc.
520 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
866-735-1234
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