THE NEWSLETTER OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVED BY ACS
NYFC BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Officers:
Nicholas Scoppetta,
President
Susan L. Burden,
Vice President
Nicole Arnaboldi,
Treasurer
John B. Mattingly,
Commissioner
Administration for
Children’s Services
Members:
Mona Ackerman
Deborah Bancroft
Jon Blum
Donya Archer Bommer
Eric Brettschneider
Geoffrey Canada
Kathryn Conroy
Paul Crotty
Oscar de la Renta
Beth Rudin DeWoody
Osborn Elliott
Wendeen H. Eolis
Larry Harris
Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos
Susan Korb
Daniel Kronenfeld
Lawrence Mandell
Loretta McCarthy
Jack O'Kelley, III
Peggy Penn
Lauren Shortt Pinto
Isabella Rossellini
Timothy Ware Schifter
Orna L. Shulman
Kelly Behun Sugarman
Anna Wintour
WINTER
2006
New Yorkers For Children 2005 Fall Gala:
1.4. Million More Ways to
Support Youth in Foster Care
O
ver 700 guests joined New Yorkers For
Children at our Tenth Anniversary Fall
Gala, held on September 21st at Cipriani
on 42nd Street in New York City. The
event raised 1.4 million in funds to support New
York City’s children who are in foster care.
the unique nature of the partnership between NYFC
and Children’s Services and presented Glenn
Coleman, a senior at Howard University who
Co-chaired by Oscar de la Renta, Jessica and
Jerry Seinfeld, Donya and Scott Bommer and
Kelly and Jay Sugarman, the Gala brought
together some of New York City’s most influential people from the worlds of entertainment, fashion, government, business, philanthropy and society to show their support for
the nonprofit partner of the New York City’s
Administration for Children’s Services.
During the program, Mayor Michael
Bloomberg spoke about the significance of
NYFC’s work and presented Marian Wright
Edelman, Founder and CEO of The Children’s
Defense Fund, with the Nicholas Scoppetta Award
for Service to Children. NYFC Founder and current
NYC Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta gave a
brief history of the organization and presented hiphop legend and CEO of Rush Communications
Russell Simmons with the Business Leadership
Award for his work with inner-city youth. Children’s
Services Commissioner John Mattingly highlighted
Scott Bommer, Kelly Behun and Jay Sugarman, Donya
Archer Bommer, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Andrea
Scoppetta, Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta, and
Susan Burden
entered the foster care system as a teenager, with the
Freddie Mac Spirit Award and a $10,000 scholarship
for his educational achievement and mentoring
involvement. Grammy Award winner and Time
magazine “Hero” Melissa Etheridge finished the
evening with a spectacular performance.
NYFC is especially grateful to our Gala co-sponsors DeBeers, the Scott and Donya Bommer
Foundation and Jay and Kelly Sugarman. Our
thanks also go to Roberto Cavalli, who provided
the vodka for the evening, Teen Vogue, who
dressed the young women and Banana Republic,
who dressed the young men in foster care
attending as guests of NYFC.
Susan L. Magazine,
Executive Director
Susan Burden, Nicholas Scoppetta, Magician David Blaine and
Susan Magazine at the Fall Gala Kickoff event hosted by Jay
and Kelly Sugarman
With the support of co-chairs, sponsors, donors
and guests, NYFC’s Tenth Anniversary Fall Gala
was a great success – giving NYFC 1.4 million
more ways to support youth in foster care.
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Message from the President and Executive Director
T
NYFC
President,
Nicholas Scoppetta
his year New Yorkers For Children (NYFC)
celebrated our tenth year serving New
York City’s children in foster care. As we
reflect on the changes in New York City’s
child welfare system over these past ten
years, we applaud the dedication of the individuals
and organizations that support NYFC and their commitment to our partner, the Administration for
Children’s Services and to the children in foster care
in New York City.
NYFC has grown to include an overwhelmingly active
and informed network of supporters and with your
help, we are moving forward with the charge of continuing to meet the needs of youth in care and helping to prepare them for adulthood.
NYFC
Executive Director,
Susan L. Magazine
On September 21st at the NYFC Annual Fall Gala, we
raised 1.4 million in private funds for children in foster care – pushing past the 1 million mark for the first
time. A growing Board of Directors, active Committee
of Friends and devoted Children’s Services staff have
all contributed to meeting this goal, in addition to the
DeBeers Hosts a Night of Wishes
D
eBeers, the generous co-sponsor
of the NYFC 2005 Fall Gala, hosted a cocktail party at their Fifth
Avenue store on December 12th
to thank the supporters of NYFC
and welcome in the holidays.
This holiday event, with a performance by
Songs of Solomon, featured personalized
wishes from NYFC’s Board of Directors for
youth who are in foster care. Board Members
revealed their wishes that every child in foster care:
private donors, organizations and foundations that
are the core of support for the work we do here at
NYFC. You can read about each in this issue of our
newsletter.
Also, make sure to Save the Date for the Friends
Committee Annual Spring Dinner Dance, New Year’s
in April: A Fool’s Fête 2006 on Friday, April 7th at the
Mandarin Oriental, New York. This year, funds raised
at the Fool’s Fête will benefit our signature NYFC
“Back-to-School Package” program, which provides
college students who are in foster care with the tools
necessary to succeed in college and the support needed to complete their education.
We are looking forward to keeping you informed of
the tremendous growth and progress of New Yorkers
For Children as it happens. Thank you for your continued support of NYFC and of the children in foster
care in New York City.
Nicholas Scoppetta
Susan Magazine
On Board: NYFC
Welcomes New Members
to the Board of Directors
N
Deborah Bancroft and
Beth Rudin DeWoody
• has someone to believe in them and mostly, that they believe
in themselves;
• would have a dream or goal for the future;
• would know how special and unique they are which would give
them the confidence to pursue their interests, talents and dreams;
• would have a mentor or special person to whom they could count
on for support, stability and advice;
• would have good health, positive influences and confidence;
• would have the ability to love and be loved;
• would have the support to overcome barriers to success that they
face and would make education a priority;
• would grow up in a permanent and loving family to support and
protect them; and
• would grow up to be a confident, well-adjusted young adult,
prepared to take on the world.
With the help of private citizens, foundations, and corporations like
DeBeers, NYFC looks forward to helping to make all of these wishes
come true.
YFC is pleased to announce the
appointment of several new members to
our distinguished Board of Directors:
Susan Korb is the Chief Marketing Officer for Harry
Winston. She is an enthusiastic leader who is experienced at aligning marketing strategies with an organization’s mission and will serve as co-chair of
NYFC’s Marketing Committee.
Loretta McCarthy is an experienced marketing and
strategic planning executive with knowledge of the
financial industry and is involved in many philanthropic activities. We are thrilled that Loretta will use
her talents as a member of NYFC’s Marketing and
Audit Committees.
Kelly Behun Sugarman comes to the Board with
experience in the arts and design industries. Along
with her husband Jay, Kelly was a co-chair of the
NYFC Tenth Anniversary Fall Gala, our most successful gala to date. Kelly will support NYFC as a member
of our Development Committee.
The Board of Directors welcomes Susy, Loretta and
Kelly.
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Our Friends: The Friends of New Yorkers For Children
Raising Funds and Awareness with Vogue
and Akris, Harper’s Bazaar and Rena Lange,
and Bric’s
T
he Friends Committee of New Yorkers For
Children continued to successfully raise
funds to support programs and initiatives
that benefit children in the care of Children’s
Services while increasing awareness of child
welfare among a younger generation of New Yorkers.
Vogue and Akris, along with Board member Debbie
Bancroft, and Friends Committee members Donatella
Arpaia, Daniel Benedict, Marisa Brown, Clo Cohen,
Jennifer Creel, Ulrica Lanaro and Andrew Saffir hosted
an evening cocktail reception in honor of NYFC on
October 19th. Vogue and Akris were thrilled with the
wonderful participation of the Friends Committee at
the event.
NYFC Board Members Beth Rudin DeWoody, Lauren
Shortt Pinto and Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos joined
Friends Committee members Adelina Wong Ettelson,
Tinsley Mercer Mortimer, Renee Rockefeller,
Alexandra Lind Rose and Susan Shin
to host a holiday luncheon at the Rena
Lange Showroom with Harper’s
Bazaar on November 15th. NYFC was
delighted to join Avril Graham,
Executive Fashion and Beauty Editor,
Harper’s Bazaar and Rena Lange
President Tracy Welch to welcome in
the 2005 holiday season!
Friends Committee members Claire Bernard, Lydia
Fenet, Lionel Geneste, Zani Gugelmann, Euan Rellie,
Susan Shin and Stephanie Winston Wolkoff along
with NYFC Board member Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos
hosted a holiday shopping event benefiting NYFC at
Bric’s on December 6th. Bric’s created a beautiful key
ring embossed with the NYFC logo as a gift to all of the
guests.
With enthusiastic support from the Friends
Committee members and their friends, each event
was a great success. NYFC thanks Vogue and Akris,
Harper’s Bazaar and Rena Lange, and Bric’s for their
generous donations.
All About the Kids
younger children living in foster care.
W
Young People in Foster Care Take Steps To Success
ith events like “Wrap 2 Rap” and
“Network to Success”, members of
the Friends Committee are not only
advocates for the child welfare system, but are directly engaged with
the youth served by it.
Friends and Teens Bring in the Holidays
Hip hop legends Dana Dane, DJ Whiz (of Kid ‘N Play
fame) and D-Nice joined Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos,
Renee Rockefeller, Victor Matthews, Marisa Brown,
Zani Gugelmann, Alexandra Lind Rose, Valesca
Guerrand-Hermès, Donatella Arpaia, Lauren Davis,
Martin Gibson-Dessoffy, Amy McFarland, Norma
Olarte Becker, Lauren Shortt Pinto, Neva Anton and
Eva Anisko to help 20 teens living in foster care wrap
presents for younger children in care at the third
annual Wrap 2 Rap event at Bellini Restaurant on
November 30th. Many thanks to Donatella Arpaia for
donating Bellini and to Victor Matthews for designing
our fabulous Wrap 2 Rap tee shirts!
Held each year during the holiday season, Wrap 2 Rap
offers members of the Friends Committee an opportunity to help the teens, who are members of the
Administration for Children’s Services’ Peer
Leadership Council (PLC), purchase and wrap gifts for
their “Little Angels” – younger children in foster care
with whom they have developed mentoring relationships. PLC provides young people in foster care
between the ages of 14 and 21 the opportunity to
develop self confidence, leadership skills and a supportive peer network. Topped off by the tunes of hip
hop and rap music and with the help of some of the
genre’s legends, this is one “wrapping” event we look
forward to each year!
Through events such as Wrap 2 Rap, the New Yorkers
For Children’s Friends Committee aims to remind
young people in foster care just how special they are,
and to support their efforts to build a peer network for
Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos,
Bric's President Pietro
Briccola, Tinsley Mercer
Mortimer and Susan Shin
Nearly 100 young people living in foster care took
their first steps toward rewarding careers in January at
the fifth Network to Success, an advice and answer
forum on a variety of industries, ranging from teaching to high finance. Sponsored by New Yorkers for
Children (NYFC), the event drew spectacular panelists, many of them NYFC Board and Friends
Committee members, who shared some of the pearls
of wisdom they harvested in the private and public
sectors with the young people in foster care.
Anne Williams-Isom, ACS’s Associate Commissioner
of External Affairs, who served as the event’s emcee,
explained that NYFC wants more adolescents to be
exposed to career options and picture themselves in
careers, as well as demystify what it takes to get there.
Our “dream team panel” included Friends Committee
member Alexandra Hamilton Kimball, Vice President
of Public Relations and Communications for Oscar de
la Renta, Children’s Services Deputy Chief of Staff
Doug Brooks, NYFC supporters Tenley Black, Director
of Communications for Celine and Tiffin Jernstedt,
Managing Partner for the HL Group. Other panelists
included professionals from the fields of medicine,
education, publishing, finance and filmmaking. After
giving brief introductions about their jobs, the panelists met one-on-one to opine on their careers with
their protégés at the tables around the room, giving
the teens hope that their career goals are within their
reach.
Network to Success grew out of a perfect fit between
what the young people needed to become more confident about their career path, and the expertise in and
connection to industries that our Board and Friends
had to offer. The Board and Friends Committee were
an invaluable resource in making the event a success,
and the youth in foster care are one step closer to
reaching their career goals.
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Friends Program
Committee Co-Chair Amy
McFarland and PLC Teen
Zohnell Dixon work
together
Allan Hemmings,
George Coakley and
Jaja Johnson ready
to Network to
Success
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Our Partner: The Administration for Children’s Services
S
erving Our Children: NYFC’s greatest strength lies in
our ability to access and affect the lives of children in foster care – a direct link made possible through our unique
partnership with the New York City Administration for
Children’s Services.
ACS has featured
nearly 400 children
with approximately
two thirds of them
now on the path to
adoption.
Mixer Stirs College Interest Among Kids
In January, NYFC supported the Administration for Children’s
Services Fifth Annual College Mixer, part of an effort to strengthen
the self-confidence of youth in foster care and promote the value of
a college degree.
Called “My Future, My Investment,” the mixer helped the students
understand the importance of investing in education, healthy relationships and financial responsibility and celebrated the achievements of students enrolled in programs that enable foster youth to
pursue a college education. The keynote speaker for the evening
was Tony Shellman, co-founder and partner of Enyce Clothing
Company, who at one time was in foster care.
These students benefit from the New Yorkers For Children Back-toSchool Package, which includes a laptop computer, printer, dictionary, thesaurus, pre-paid telephone card, Staples gift card, backpack, linens, and other items.
Mentors Step Up to the Plate for Youth in Foster Care
On November 19th 200 volunteers, 600 youth in foster care and 100
foster parents and chaperones participated in the 4th Annual New
York City Day of the Child at Chelsea Piers. Designed to inspire
New Yorkers to volunteer their time and potentially become a mentor to a young person who is in foster care, the event aims to raise
awareness about Children’s Services’ role as the City agency
charged with protecting children and strengthening families.
Youth and volunteers, including NYFC Board and Friends
Committe Members, experienced a variety of activities together, as
well as enjoyed live entertainment at the event. Day of the Child is
one component of Children's Services’ Mentoring Action Plan to
increase mentoring opportunities available to youth in foster care.
Wednesday’s Child Update
Wednesday's Child is a weekly segment on WNBC Channel 4 that
features a child who is in need of an adoptive home. Since its inception in April 1999, Wednesday's Child, a partnership between the
Freddie Mac Foundation, New Yorkers For Children, WNBC 4, and
Wednesday's Child
is broadcast on
WNBC Channel 4 on
Wednesday nights
between 5:00 and
6:00 p.m., and on
Sunday mornings
between 7:00 and
8:00 a.m. You can
also subscribe to the
Wednesday's Child ENewsletter by visiting
www.nyc.gov/acs.
Youth in foster care show off their special
T-shirts at Day of the Child
Reunited Families Take Center Stage
in Central Park
In recognition of the courage and commitment that it takes for parents to be safely reunited with their children from the foster care
system, the Administration for Children’s Services hosted its first
Family Unity Day on Saturday, September 17th in Central Park’s East
Meadow. More than 700 families spent a sunny afternoon listening
to music, playing games, scaling a wall, getting their faces painted,
enjoying lunch and learning about resources and support services
available in their communities. LL Bean donated a backpack to
each family; this generous donation was made possible by the HL
Group.
According to Children’s Services’ Office of Research and
Evaluation, more than half of the 44,420 children who left the foster care system between 2001 and the first half of 2005 have been
returned to their birth families. In 2004 alone, 4,341 children who
were in foster care were reunited with their families.
“Our first job at Children Services is to protect the children of this
City from abuse and neglect,” Commissioner John B. Mattingly
told the children and parents at the event. “The best way we know
to do that is to see to it that children have strong families to care for
them. Celebrate and enjoy who you are and what you have accomplished.”
The New York City Family Fund
T
hrough the New York City Family Fund (NYCFF), New
Yorkers For Children has distributed over $3,000,000 to
community-based organizations (CBOs) and the
Administration for Children's Services since July of
2002. The Fund’s purpose is to help community-based
programs throughout New York City provide quality and culturally competent support services to children and families impacted
by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
This year, NYFC awarded $205,000 to 16 programs that provide:
mental-health services to children and their parents, after-school
and youth support programs, employment assistance programs,
community-building efforts, and capacity-building initiatives to
ensure that service providers working with children are prepared
to respond effectively to their mental-health needs caused by traumatic experiences, including future disasters.
The NYCFF was established with the very generous support of the
Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Freddie Mac Foundation, the With
Arms Wide Open Foundation, and the Prudential Foundation.
Today, the NYCFF is primarily supported by the Annie E. Casey
Foundation.
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Our Donors
$500,000 or more
The Annie E. Casey
Foundation, Inc.
$100,000 or more
Scott & Donya Bommer
Foundation
De Beers LV US, Inc.
Jay & Kelly Sugarman
$75,000 or more
Freddie Mac Foundation
$50,000 or more
Carnegie Corporation of
New York
Dave Thomas Foundation
for Adoption
Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP
The Joseph Leroy & Ann C.
Warner Fund, Inc.
The New York Community
Trust
Dirk & Natasha Ziff
$25,000 or more
Cliff & Laurel Asness
Glenn & Debbie August
Bric’s Madison, Inc.
Brooks Brothers
Cartier, Inc.
John & Barbara DiRocco
Federated Department
Stores Fdn.
Fund for Social Change
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Hedge Funds Care
Paul & Dayssi Kanavos
KKR Financial, LLC
May & Samuel Rudin
Foundation
Reservoir Capital Group
Curtis & Carolyn Schenker
Shirley C. Burden Charitable
Trust
Jeffrey & Susan Tabak
The Orentreich Family
Foundation
Kathleen Love Werner
$15,000 or more
Advance Magazine Group
Anschel-Elian Family
Charitable Foudation
Susan L. Burden
Jacob & Company, Inc.
Naeem & Ranjana Khan
Rhiannon Kubicka
Rena Lange (USA), Inc.
$10,000 or more
Michael T. Cahill
Control Building Services, Inc.
Oscar & Annette de la Renta
Barry Diller & Diane von
Furstenberg
ECI New York
Elie Tahari Ltd.
William Goldman
Gucci America, Inc.
In Style
Merrick & Anne-Lie Kleeman
David Koepp & Melissa
Thomas
Liberty Square Asset
Management
Luca Luca
Gary & Sarah Magness
Moon Capital Management, LP
Morgan Stanley Foundation
New Yorkers for Children thanks our generous donors of 2005:
National Amusements, Inc.
NorthStar Partnership, LP
Andrew & Shannon Penson
Allison Sarofim
Jerry & Jessica Seinfeld
Russell & Kimora Lee Simmons
Kate Spade
Starwood Capital Group
The Tomorrow Foundation Inc.
United Way of New York City
Valentino USA
Roberto Cavalli Vodka
Williams Trading, LLC
York Capital
$5,000 or more
Abercrombie & Fitch
Management Co.
Mona Ackerman
Leo & Nicole Arnaboldi
Bank of America
Tom & Andi Bernstein
Bloomberg, LP
Joe Yiucho Cheng
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Nancy Corzine
Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.
Jeffrey & Catherine Dishner
Thomas & Lida Fitzgerald, III
Madison Grose & Honora
Ahern
Martin & Audrey Gruss
Helen Sachs Straus
Philanthropic Fund
LA & LK Greenberg Charitable
Foundation
Limited Brands Foundation
Keith & Stacy Locker
Daniel & Margaret Loeb
Loretta McCarthy
Metropolitan District, NYS
Credit Union League, Inc.
Karen D. Meyers
NBC 4
Richard & Lisa Perry
Peter Morton Foundation
Thomas Sandell
Rebecca J. Simmons
Susan C. Shin
Orna Shulman
Charlotte Sprintis
Scott & Lisa Stuart
The Karan-Weiss Foundation
Eric & Aerin Zinterhofer
$2,500 or more
Vittorio & Charlotte Assaf
Sid & Mercedes Bass
Dennis Basso
Allen Beeber
Stephen & Mary Elizabeth
Dannhauser
Barbara de Portago
Disney Worldwide Outreach
Katja Douedari
Wendeen H. Eolis
Claudia Fleming
Lionel Geneste
Heinz Family Foundation
Impact Marketing &
Promotions
Daniel Nir & Jill Braufman
Michael & Lauren Shortt Pinto
Jonathan & Lillian Stern
Tracy Stern
Steve & Jamie Tisch
Tri State Kingdom Collectors
Club
Larry & Denise Wohl
$1,500 or more
Valarian Abrams
David & Neva Anton
Sherrell & Muffie Potter Aston
Melissa Berkelhammer
Claire Bernard
Henry & Flobelle Burden Davis
Milton Dresner
East Hampton Sports Camp
Cristina Enriquez-Bocobo
Estée Lauder, Inc.
William & Adelina Wong
Ettelson
Susan Fales-Hill
Christina Floyd
Peter Gethers & Janis Donnaud
Anthony & Susan Gilroy
Mario & Anne Grauso
Mathias & Valesca GuerrandHermès
Bruce & Carol Harting
Craig & Tracy Huff
Oscar J. Junquera
Kalliope Karella
Douglas R. Korn
KraftWorks
Reed & Delphine Krakoft
Mark & Margaret Kress
Alessandro & Ulrica Lanaro
David & Pia Ledy
Fran & Ros L’Esperance
Richard & Kamie Lightburn
Mike & Taylor Lupica
Brian & Lisa McCarthy
Richard & Marcia Mishaan
Moonlight USA, Inc.
Motherwit Design, Inc.
Novotel New York
Jack O’Kelley, III
Michel & Sally Perrin
John & Marie-Noelle Pierce
Campion & Tatiana Platt
Erin Richardson
Joseph & Sheila Rosenblatt
Carl & Svetlana Ruderman
Andrew Saffir
Homera & Rana Sahni
Timothy & Helen Schifter
Frances Schultz
Nicholas & Susan Scoppetta
Benny Shabtai & Stacey Cooper
Debbie Silverman
Barbara Skor
Jay & Tracy Snyder
Allison Stern
Miriam Sternlicht
Dr. & Mrs. Patrick Stubgen
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Taubman
Christopher Vroom & Illya
Szilak
Otto Waechter
Allison Weiss & Chip Brady
Jeffrey & Stacey Weber
David & Stephanie Winston
Wolkoff
$1,000 or more
Simon Alcantara
Angel Sanchez USA, Inc.
Steven & Karen Audi
Danny Bennett
Susan Blond
Christina Bloom
Jon & B.J. Topol Blum
Robyn Brooks
Matt & Marisa Brown
Michael Bush
Eduardo & Ana Centola
Charles & Clo Cohen
Tony Cummings
Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Sr.
Kenneth & Mary Edlow
Steven Feinstein
40 Worth Associates, LLC
Daniela Fossati
James A. Goldschmidt
Ferdinand Grandi
Harrison & Shriftman
Donald A. Heald
Steven Hirth
Sharon Hoge
Robin Humble
Eric M. Javits, Jr.
Jolly Hotel Madison Towers
Billy & Alexandra Kimball
Susan Korb
Richard Kotz
Nathaniel & Alex Kramer
Daniel Kronenfeld & Susan
Fleminger
Mrinalini Kumari
Lisa Laganella
Charles T. Lake, II
Derek Lam
Suzanne Levine & Dr. Everett
Lautin
Dr. Pia Lieb
Monique Lodi
John L. Loeb
Laura Marron
Peter & Carlin Masterson
David & Elizabeth McCreery
Mimi So International, LLC
Masha Mimran
Juan Montoya
Dean Palin
Alexander R. Peters
Lil Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. William Rayner
Alexander Reese
Kevin T. Robik
Mark & Renee Rockefeller
Mortimer & Jacqueline Sackler
Adolfo F. Sardina
Ashley Schiff
Vernon Schwartz
Stefan & Heidi Selig
Seville Watch Corp.
Shari’s Place
Signal Equity Partners
Kathryn Steinberg
Leslie Stevens
Douglas & Dana Taylor
Reginald Van Lee
Arden Wohl
David Zier
Seymour Zises & Andrea L.
Tessler
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Cristina Alger
Joseph Allen
Rahul Baig
Edward & Lisa Baquero
Donald & Norma Olarte Becker
Daniel Benedict
Fabiola Beracasa
Sean & Tenley Black
Gregory Borchardt
Trevor Born
Eric Brettschneider
Broad Channel Builders Corp.
Jill Brooke
Bevin Butler
Chele Chiavacci
Irene Chung
Katherine Cohen
Frank Comerford
Crown Plaza @ Times Square
Caroline Cummings
Lauren Davis
Juan & Karen De Larrain
Miguel Duenas
Holly Dunlap
Alexandra Dwyer
Philip Edwards
Mandie Erickson
Samantha Fennell
Adam & Olivia Flatto
Francis Howel Middle School
Choir
Marit Gentele-Gruson
Morgan Goldberg
Santiago Barberi Gonzalez
Josh & Shoshanna Gross
Yolanda Gross
Lisa R. Halpern
Douglas Hannant
Ronald Harrar
John & Stephanie Harris
Stefan Ifrah
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Zelmira Koch
Nyssa L. Kourakos
Heather Lee
Harrison T. Lefrak
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Angela Mariani
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Amy McFarland
Toby McLennan
Lara Meiland
Elizabeth M. Merck
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Celia Nichols
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Laura Poretzky
Alexandra Posen
Sanam Quraishi
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Leslie V. Rankow
Charlotte Richardson
Charles Ritchie
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John F. Schutty
John P. Shanley
Ron & Ellen Shulman
Per & Helena Skarstedt
Hugo Stenbeck
Vivienne Tam
Jose Tavarez & Holly Phillips
The Steven & Heather
Mnuchin Fdn.
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Chantecaille
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Friends and Teens at the 2005 Wrap 2 Rap event
NYFC Fall Gala Raises 1.4 Million for Youth in Foster Care
On Board: NYFC Welcomes New Members to Board of Directors
NYFC Friends Committee Raises Funds and Awareness
Its All About the Kids: NYFC Hosts Wrap 2 Rap and
Network to Success Events
ACS Continues Service to Children
Final New York City Family Fund Update
NYFC Donors for 2005