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The Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service Celebrates its 142nd Anniversary and 96-year Partnership with The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund
Event Raises More Than $250,000 for Brooklyn Residents in Need.
Left to right: Alan D. Goodman, Executive Director, Brooklyn Bureau; Jack Rosenthal, President, New York Times Company Foundation; Jerrold H. Mulder, Chairman, Brooklyn Bureau.
More than 300 of New York City's leading corporate, community and civic leaders celebrated the 142 Anniversary of the Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service at its annual fundraising event on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at Stage 6 at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn. The 142nd Anniversary event honored The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund and celebrated the Brooklyn Bureau's 96-year partnership with it. Jack Rosenthal, President, of the New York Times Company Foundation said, "In truth, all honor on this occasion should go to the Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service. For nearly a century and a half, it has worked continuously and effectively to ease the pain of thousands of families in distress. The Neediest Cases Fund has been proud, since it began in 1912, to be its supporter and partner."
Guests bidding during the silent auction.
The 142nd Anniversary featured a live and silent auction, and a special music presentation by "Sing for Hope: A Brooklyn Bonanza, In partnership with The Five Boroughs Music Festival," a December 3, 2008 concert to benefit the work and mission of the Brooklyn Bureau.
"Sing for Hope" performers with Master of Ceremonies, Jesse Blumberg.
The 142nd Anniversary event received generous underwriting from Bank of New York-Mellon, Barclays Capital, Bear, Stearns Securities Corp., and Con Edison, and netted $250,000 that will directly benefit the children, families and adults with disabilities served by the Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service.
Latrice Walker, Public Policy Analyst for U.S. Representative Yvette D. Clarke, far right, with guests enjoying the rooftop ambience.
The Brooklyn Bureau's annual anniversary celebration is its primary fundraising event, and the proceeds from 142nd Anniversary gathering will sustain its many vital community programs and services that benefit thousands each year - including day care and afterschool programs, vocational and educational preparation for emotionally disturbed teens, family counseling and preservation, job training and placement for individuals with disabilities and shelter services for homeless women with mental illness.
Leslie Klein, Director of the Brooklyn Bureau's Adult Rehabilitation Services, far left, and Mildred Clarke, M.D., member of the Brooklyn Bureau's Board of Directors, far right, with guests.
For more information on how you can support the work of the Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service, please contact Donald Starcke, Director of Development at 718-310-5615 or dstarcke@bbcs.org or Cheryl Todmann, Director of Community Relations, at 718-310-5761 or ctodmann@bbcs.org.
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