Selfhelp Community Services, Inc.
SCS Foundation, Inc.
2012 Annual Report to the Community
CHANGING
THE FACE
OF AGING
Our Mission:
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.
CONTENTS
DEDICATION
As this report goes to print we must pay a special tribute to the thousands of individuals and families
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New Models of Service
in our area irreparably touched by the mayhem of Hurricane Sandy. We dedicate this report not only
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The Highest Quality of Care
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Enriching Lives
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Thinking Forward
determination were varied and inspiring -- walking miles from borough to borough or trudging dozens
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Founders Society
of flights up dark stairwells to bring food, water and comfort to stranded clients; welcoming seniors
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Providing Support
into their own homes; arranging for emergency services for those overwhelmed by the chaos. These
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Working Together
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Financial Information
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Officers, Directors, and
Management Staff
to acknowledge the damage wreaked by the storm but to commemorate the invincible spirit of the
nurses, case managers, home health aides, and so many others whose heroic efforts helped ensure
the safety and calm of our seniors during the storm, darkness and isolation. Their acts of love and
selfless actions stand as shining examples of the true essence of Selfhelp. We express our heartfelt
gratitude for the outpouring of support and concern shown by our friends and contributors in the
aftermath of the storm. Your kindness fuels resilience and makes a brighter future a reality.
Out of loss, springs compassion. Out of wreckage, grows strength. We thank you for making it
possible for so many to stand even taller every day.
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DEAR FRIENDS,
Aging is, at heart, a process of continuous change, and
with advances in medicine, technology and wellness, the
“face of aging” is indeed evolving. At first, these changes
moved slowly, but in the 21st century the pace of change
is now exploding.
First, aging adults have more choice: Many adults in
the community today are vibrant, vital individuals seeking
new challenges, even as they age with limitations.
Remaining independent, living in their own homes
instead of a communal health care setting, is of utmost
importance to them.
Second, the system of care is transforming: Government
and private health care payers have moved swiftly into
“pay for performance” systems. These create both
financial risk responsibility and efficiency measures for
non-profit providers.
At the same time, the overall size of the funding pie is
being reduced. This past year, for the first time, Selfhelp
has experienced a funding shortfall as a result of the
rapidly changing environment.
How is Selfhelp responding? Selfhelp is pioneering
creative approaches to serving older adults, including those who require additional support as they
grow more frail.
Selfhelp has always been dedicated to providing the
highest quality of care in all our service areas. In addition
to being the largest provider of comprehensive services
to Holocaust survivors in North America, we sustain our
diverse programs for 20,000 seniors with dedicated staff
and by integrating two key care concepts:
Social care—which reflects what we at Selfhelp have
always done—create programs which provide for the nonmedical needs of an older population.
Health care—providing older adults with a suite of
services, from wellness promotion, to chronic disease
management, to telehealth technology, to home care and
skilled nursing.
Utilizing these symbiotic care concepts, we are responding
to the changing face of aging. We are expanding our
successful Supportive Senior Housing model, already in
place in six buildings, to four new locations. Our seventh
affordable senior residence will open in Queens in early
2013, with social and health care services available if
needed. New building sites are being explored in Brooklyn
and the Bronx, and we are bringing our model to an
existing provider in Westbury, Long Island.
We are also extending our pioneering Aging Services
Technology. Selfhelp’s Virtual Senior Center received two
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Ch an ging THE FA CE O F A GING
Dennis Baum
high-profile grants to expand within New York City and
to three additional cities. This transformational project
provides social care for isolated homebound seniors
by directly connecting them to a virtual caring network.
In health care, we piloted a new kiosk using telehealth
technology to enable clients to self-monitor their vital
signs and obtain health information.
This year, New York State shifted the context for
Selfhelp’s work by requiring chronically ill individuals to
enroll in Medicaid Managed Long Term Care Plans. In
response, SinglePoint Care Network, LLC was launched.
SinglePoint is our new joint venture with a wonderful
partner, FEGS Health and Human Services. SinglePoint
will coordinate and manage the care and delivery of
services to eligible enrollees. This will enable our clients
to remain connected to the network of health and social
care they have come to rely on Selfhelp to provide.
As you will read in these pages, Selfhelp Community
Services is playing an active role in changing the face
of aging. As we assess the needs and listen to the
voices of those we serve, we are creating new services
and business models. And, as we move forward, we
remain a compassionate and strong partner to the
clients we serve.
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Stuart C. Kaplan
We are honored to count you among our loyal
friends and supporters, who share our belief in
Selfhelp’s leadership as the face of aging evolves.
Sincerely,
Raymond V.J. Schrag
President
Board of Directors
Dennis Baum
Chairman
SCS Foundation Board
Stuart C. Kaplan
Chief Executive Officer
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Raymond V.J. Schrag
Selfhelp’s New President, Raymond V.J. Schrag
On July 1st, 2012, long-time Board member and New York City
attorney Raymond V.J. Schrag became the new President of
Selfhelp’s Board of Directors.
Mr. Schrag’s parents, who immigrated to America from Germany
in the 1930’s, were among Selfhelp’s early pioneers. His mother
aided Holocaust survivors fleeing persecution by distributing
clothing to needy families.
Mr. Schrag has four main goals for his tenure. In keeping with
Selfhelp’s historic commitment to survivors, many of whom are
now in their late eighties and nineties, he intends to focus on
building awareness of their escalating emotional and physical
needs. He also plans to further the work of SinglePoint Care
Network, LLC (a joint venture to maintain quality of long-term care
under new efficiencies demanded by Medicaid and managed care);
to create new partnerships for the development of cutting-edge
services; and to deliver technological innovations to sustain seniors
in their own homes, reduce their isolation, and support their
memory, fitness, and health.
A trust and estate attorney, Mr. Schrag has been in private practice
since 1973. He is President of the Jewish Philanthropic Fund of
1933 and of the American Federation of Jews from Central Europe.
He serves on the boards of the Leo Baeck Institute, the AntiDefamation League’s Planned Giving Legal Advisory Committee and
The Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Victor A. Wyler
A Tribute to Victor A. Wyler
Following twelve years of distinguished leadership, Victor A.
Wyler concluded his service as Selfhelp’s tenth President, carrying
forth the legacy set by his father, Alfred Wyler, who served as
Selfhelp’s fourth President. During his tenure, Mr. Wyler provided
exceptional guidance during a time of tremendous growth at
Selfhelp. His dedication and commitment are evident to all who
have had the privilege of working with him.
Among his numerous accomplishments, Mr. Wyler strengthened
Selfhelp’s Board of Directors by recruiting 22 new Board members.
Under his watch, the Board’s commitment to Selfhelp’s historic
mission resulted in a nearly three-fold increase in service to the
Holocaust survivor population, along with a four-fold increase in
funding. Mr. Wyler also oversaw Selfhelp’s development into a
prominent national and international leader in the world of Aging
Services Technology, particularly following the launch and success
of its Virtual Senior Center. Additionally, Selfhelp’s Board redoubled
its commitment to affordable senior housing through expansion
to new regions. Finally, under Mr. Wyler’s guidance, the Selfhelp
Community Services Foundation was created along with a new
governing entity to focus on philanthropy and broaden Selfhelp’s
base of support.
Mr. Wyler plans to remain an active member of the Selfhelp
Board, and now serves as its Co-Chairman.
Mr. Schrag, his wife, Jean, and their two children, Rebecca and Ben,
are all actively involved with Selfhelp. We welcome Mr. Schrag as
President, and look forward with great anticipation to his leadership.
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NEW MODELS
OF SERVICE
Selfhelp Technology Attracts Prestigious
Funding and Acclaim
“I feel like a different person—like I’m young again,” explains
Milton Greidinger, 88, who has come to symbolize the lifechanging impact of Selfhelp’s Virtual Senior Center on almost
every senior who uses it.
The Virtual Senior Center is among the significant new
applications of technology Selfhelp is pioneering—which
enable seniors to regain a sense of independence,
camaraderie, and vitality.
The promise of Selfhelp’s Virtual Senior Center (VSC) is
now being fueled and furthered by new grants from prestigious
entities. The CEA Foundation, a new charitable foundation
affiliated with the Consumer Electronics Association
(an association comprised of more than 2,000 of the world’s
leading electronics manufacturers and innovators), has
selected Selfhelp’s Virtual Senior Center to receive its inaugural
grant. This support will make it possible to expand enrollment,
conduct live classes from two new senior center hubs, and
ultimately bring the Virtual Senior Center project to scale in
multiple cities across the country.
And, the AARP Foundation, the charitable affiliate of AARP,
selected Selfhelp’s Virtual Senior Center as the recipient of one
of the first grants the organization is providing to address the
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damaging effects of isolation among the elderly. This
grant is funding expansion to three new senior center hubs
and additional clients.
While some of the VSC’s most popular uses include lively
current events classes, armchair yoga, music participation
and grocery shopping via the Internet, Selfhelp has become
a magnet for attracting high-caliber partners whose
collaborations have sparked interactive, thought-provoking
virtual presentations. These include curated discussions with
the Guggenheim, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Jewish
Museum, as well as intergenerational reading tutoring (VSC
seniors paired with school-age children) through the Queens
Public Library, and an online movie review club.
These grants build on generous seed funding Selfhelp received
from UJA-Federation of New York, the Harriet and Robert H.
Heilbrunn Fund, and Dorothy Coleman.
Helping Residents Access Health Services
through New Technology
Selfhelp is building on its half-century of leadership in uniting
housing and services, with a new tool, “COLLAGE,” that helps
direct personalized social care to residents. Using COLLAGE,
social workers conduct structured interviews and learn specifics
about what residents need, emotionally and physically—as a
basis for a more custom-tailored approach to delivering services.
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Sarah Hyman benefits greatly from Selfhelp’s Supportive Senior Housing model.
Selfhelp residents check their blood
pressure using telehealth monitoring
services provided by Jewish Home
Lifecare.
US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand tours
the Benjamin Rosenthal Prince
Street Innovative Senior Center
with Stuart C. Kaplan, CEO and US
Congresswoman-elect, Grace Meng.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg
addresses members at the Benjamin
Rosenthal Prince Street Innovative
Senior Center.
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C h an ging THE FA CE O F A GING
Rosetta Terry: A New World Opens through Selfhelp’s Virtual Senior Center
“I’m one of the lucky ones,” explains Rosetta
(Rosie) Terry, age 90, preparing to connect to
one of Selfhelp’s Virtual Senior Center (VSC)
classes. “I enjoy the current events classes
and of course the music classes…especially
Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra. And all my
classmates are very nice.”
Rosie has been a client of Selfhelp since
2008, and is currently using a number of
services offered by Selfhelp to make life
better. She receives kosher Meals-onWheels, home care, Medicaid, social
services and help with Medicaid paperwork
and disability forms.
As Rosie’s daughter Sheila explains it, the VSC,
which brings live classes including tours of the
Guggenheim Museum into their home at the
click of a button, has done a world of good for
Rosie. Although Rosie contends with a long list
of health conditions and takes more than 20
medicines a day, she’s become a big advocate
of the VSC and its ability to help seniors –
particularly homebound seniors – to connect
with the world.
“The paperwork alone could bury you if you
let it,” she quips.
“I try to arrange my doctor visits so I don’t miss
class,” Rosie says with a smile. “It helps me to
keep learning things.”
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And what advice would she have for others…
some secret for a great life as you age?
“Find a way to keep involved with the world,
with your children and find a way to keep
making friends. A lot of my close friends have
moved away or passed away. So you need to
keep making new friends.”
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Selfhelp is one of 60 not-for-profits throughout 22 states
selected to participate in this initiative. Data from each
site is compared to that of other senior housing programs.
For example, we found that 82% of Selfhelp residents
do not report feeling lonely in their living arrangement,
compared to 73% of seniors living in similar arrangements.
This finding indicates that Selfhelp residents are availing
themselves of the opportunities presented for socialization,
but that some may require a different approach. And, 34%
of Selfhelp residents exercise more than 4 hours a week,
compared to just 18% of those living elsewhere—showing
that our on-site fitness activities are effective, while there
is still room to grow.
seniors from their own homes. The Mayor graciously accepted
an honorary professorship in current events from the VSC and an
invitation to teach a class.
The goal is to target the overall array of services (just some
of which include health and wellness classes, housekeeping,
home health care, technology, social events, and fitness) to
residents’ specific needs if and when necessary.
The visits earned extensive positive coverage by dozens
of outlets including WABC-TV, WNBC-TV, NY1, SinoVision,
WMBC-TV (Chinese), New York Magazine, The New York Post,
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, joined by New York State Senator
Toby Stavisky and Congresswoman-elect Grace Meng, toured
the Center on October 22nd. She chatted with seniors in fluent
Mandarin Chinese, and conversed with Virtual Senior Center
clients onscreen regarding their concerns about the economy,
Medicaid and Medicare changes, and other substantive issues.
She also used the opportunity to urge reauthorization of the
Older Americans Act to provide critical programs and services
for seniors.
newspapers in Chinese and Korean, news radio, websites,
Twitter, Facebook and more.
Selfhelp is most grateful to Enterprise Community Partners
for their generous support of this project.
Senator Gillibrand and
Mayor Bloomberg Champion Selfhelp’s
Innovative Senior Center
Mayor Michael Bloomberg visited Selfhelp’s Benjamin
Rosenthal Prince Street Senior Center on April 3rd to
kickoff the official opening of the city’s ten Innovative
Senior Centers, vibrant new models which are leading the
way in meeting the changing needs of seniors and other
underserved groups in and around the city.
Selfhelp’s Innovative Senior Center focuses on health and
wellness. It includes a plethora of new activities, together
with coaches who support healthy eating, exercise, and
disease management. The site is the first hub of Selfhelp’s
Virtual Senior Center. In addition to broadcasting classes
outward to homebound seniors, it houses a state-of-the-art
Computer Learning Center and preventive healthcare kiosks
which offer personalized health evaluations as part of a pilot
program to prevent re-hospitalization.
Following a press conference which drew dozens of
reporters, the Mayor and other city officials took a tour of
the center to chat informally with members and take in some
of the highlights—including a Virtual Senior Center music
class where Mayor Bloomberg was serenaded online by
Selfhelp Housing Expands to Nassau County
through New Affiliation
Through a recent partnership with the Kimmel Housing
Development Foundation, Selfhelp will become the asset
manager of two affordable housing developments in Westbury,
Long Island and will oversee the operations of the Foundation.
This will be our first housing installation outside of New York City.
The Kimmel Housing Development Foundation operates two
affordable housing residences, for seniors, working families,
single heads of households and veterans. The Kimmel
Foundation’s innovative approach promotes a sense of shared
community among all residents—including intergenerational
programs between seniors and families with children, and
shared housing among working residents.
Under the new affiliation, residents will continue to enjoy
Kimmel Foundation programs while having access to the depth
and breadth of Selfhelp’s wide network of services.
“This is an exciting opportunity for our real estate development
staff to expand its search for new affordable housing sites
in Nassau and Suffolk counties,” explains Selfhelp’s Vice
President for Real Estate Development, Evelyn J. Wolff.
“Kimmel’s staff has extensive experience and contacts within
both counties which will benefit the partnership as we move
forward in our mission.”
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Ch an ging THE FA CE O F A GING
THE HIGHEST
QUALITY OF CARE
Increase in Funding for Home Care
for Holocaust Survivors
survivors in fiscal year 2012—nearly four times as much as
the 36,194 hours we were able to provide two years earlier.
As Holocaust survivors grow older and frailer, those who
have been able to meet their own needs for many years may
begin to need assistance. And yet, the prospect of moving to
an institution such as a nursing home can awaken old fears.
As such, Selfhelp is dedicated to keeping survivors safe and
independent at home.
The provision of consistent care helps this increasingly fragile
population to live independently and with dignity, which is
the goal of all of Selfhelp’s care programs. Claims Conference
support helps us fulfill our pledge, to serve as the “last surviving relative” to victims of Nazi persecution.
Selfhelp subsidizes home health care for needy and frail
survivors, providing them with physical help for basic needs
such as bathing, dressing, and personal care, so that they
may continue to live in their own homes. This support forms a
critical part of our array of services for Holocaust survivors.
For many years, Selfhelp funded home care services through
private philanthropic donations and UJA-Federation of New
York, but as the survivor population grew older, their need
for care outpaced funding. We are extremely grateful that
the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
(the Claims Conference) has awarded Selfhelp a major grant
to subsidize home health care. This significant increase in
funding began two years ago, following Claims Conference
negotiations with the German Government.
Support from the Claims Conference enabled us to provide
136,380 hours of subsidized home care for aging Holocaust
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New SinglePoint Care Network Protects
Continuum of Care
In an industry first, Selfhelp has partnered with FEGS Health
& Human Services to form a joint venture, SinglePoint Care
Network, LLC—a care management company to address the
emerging changes in the managed long term care market
resulting from Medicaid reform in New York State.
With a mission to help individuals live healthier, more
independent lives, SinglePoint will provide specialty care
management services in long term managed care while
coordinating home care, community-based social care and
related clinical services for seniors and others with chronic
medical conditions.
“The convergence of long term clinical care and social services
has been on the horizon for years,” notes Selfhelp Senior
Vice President, Russell Lusak. “The partnering of Selfhelp and
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Selfhelp seniors exercise at a Qi Gong class.
A partnership between Selfhelp
Community Services and FEGS Health
& Human Services, SinglePoint Care
Network, LLC was launched to address
the emerging changes in managed
long term care.
A happy duo: Selfhelp resident
Gloria Fang with her housekeeping
aide, Sandra Moncada.
The light areas on this map show the
parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan and
Queens served by Selfhelp’s Safety
Net Case Management Program,
funded by UJA-Federation.
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Steve Pulwars: At 102, Celebrating the Miracle of Four Generations
At 102, Szyja (Steve) Pulwars can tell you
true stories from his past that will make you
weep—of the horrors of the Holocaust, the
loss of 20 members of his family, his escape
from Kazakhstan to Vienna and the moment
he stepped off the plane in America.
To have been through so much, such grief and
loss, it is remarkable now to see how he has
been able to rebound and make a new life filled
with happiness.
It is a crisp day in October and Mr. Pulwars, his
wife Josepha and his daughter Galina are in his
home telling his friend and Selfhelp case manager,
Michelle, about his trip to Israel to celebrate
his 102nd birthday with his family, which Selfhelp
helped to fund.
“There were more than 20 people. It gives
me goose bumps just to think of how wonderful
it was—four generations around the table,”
he smiles.
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Michelle explains that Mr. Pulwars, who
is a client of Selfhelp’s Henry J. and Erna D.
Leir Center for Holocaust Survivors
in Kensington, Brooklyn, is very modest in
his requests.
“Selfhelp was able to obtain funds that
Germany owed him as reparations from
the War. And there are insurance claims
and paperwork that must be tended to
on a regular basis,” Michelle explains.
“Mr. Pulwars’ eyes were damaged when
he was a prisoner. Beyond that he only
asks for help to buy clothes occasionally.
He’s very resourceful and loves his
independence.”
He tries to walk two hours a day and still
manages to go up and down the several
daunting flights of stairs to their apartment.
The only thing he seems to enjoy more than
playing the electric piano is savoring one of
Josepha’s meals.
“I’m a lucky man. I’m happy,” he says. “You must
have peace with your family. Take care of yourself.
Keep a routine, work hard and don’t eat before bed.
The most important thing is to have balance.”
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FEGS puts us in a unique position to provide care management
services and state-of-the-art home care and social services that
are cost efficient while maintaining our high quality of care and
commitment to our clients.”
Subject to approval by the NYS Department of Health,
SinglePoint will be the delegated care manager to HealthPlus/
Amerigroup, one of the largest Medicaid Managed Care
companies in New York State. SinglePoint has also formed
an Independent Practice Association (IPA) to develop a broad
network of home health care and other service providers
throughout the metropolitan New York area and Long Island.
“This step is important to our success and our evolution,”
explains Selfhelp CEO, Stuart C. Kaplan. “It enables us to
better serve more individuals within the scope of changing
regulations, while remaining true to our mission to enable
seniors and other at-risk populations to age healthfully and
independently in their own homes. This is a new era in health
care, and we are pleased to have found such qualified and
dedicated partners to join us in this critical venture.”
New Grant Enables Selfhelp to Develop
Best Practices for Home Care Training
for participants during training and employment, an enhanced
mentorship component, and ongoing knowledge and skillbuilding after graduation. This fall, Selfhelp staff will attend
an intensive series of workshops to learn new skills and
customize the program for our own environment.
New Neighborhoods Now Benefit from
Selfhelp’s Care
Under a new Safety Net grant from UJA-Federation of New
York, we are expanding the boundaries of our work to many
new neighborhoods in New York City: half of Manhattan,
half of Brooklyn and nearly all of Queens. Selfhelp will provide
intensive case management to elderly and disabled clients
who are homebound, frail, or otherwise in need of concrete
services not offered by other providers.
These individuals often lack support from family and friends
and require multifaceted assistance to ensure they have
stable access to food, shelter, income, medical and home
care. Selfhelp will draw on its specialized expertise and deep
knowledge of available resources to connect this fragile and
vulnerable population to the complex array of services that can
help them live independently with dignity.
Selfhelp has been in the forefront of training and employing
home health aides since it opened its first training institute in
1977. Thanks in large part to the generosity of the Robin Hood
Foundation, Selfhelp provides tuition-free training, certification,
employment, and mentorship to approximately 360 new home
health aides each year. After three weeks of training plus
hands-on certification, aides enter mentored employment with
Selfhelp’s Licensed Home Care Services Agency (LHCSA).
Selfhelp Supports Recognition of Holocaust
Survivors in Older Americans Act
Last year, Selfhelp was invited to participate in an exciting
pilot program which will build on the successes of our training
and employment programs and expand our capacity still
further. The new Home Care Aide Training and Employment
Pilot is funded by UJA-Federation of New York, the Harry and
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL) has
been moving this initiative forward in the House, and
Senators Bernie Sanders (VT) and Ben Cardin (MD)
have been moving it forward in the Senate. Selfhelp has
been working with the Jewish Federations of North
America (JFNA) and UJA-Federation of New York to
advocate for this designation, which could lead to the
development of unique programs and services for
their support. The bill would also set up a mechanism
for new grant funding to support this population, and
would appoint an individual within the Federal
Administration on Aging to oversee issues pertaining to
programs for survivors.
Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Surdna Foundation, New York
Community Trust, and the Tiger Foundation, and led by the
premier Paraprofessional Health Institute (PHI). Selfhelp was
one of three organizations selected out of a competing field of
ten home care agencies.
The new program is grounded in research about how adults
learn. It includes an expanded curriculum, supportive services
In a major step towards national recognition of the needs
of Holocaust survivors, the US Senate and House of
Representatives have introduced amendments to the Older
Americans Act (OAA) designating survivors as a population
with special needs, in draft bills for its reauthorization.
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ENRICHING LIVES
Selfhelp NextGen: Young Professionals
with a Passion for Caring
Packed with numerous projects that enhanced the lives of
Selfhelp’s clients, the past year was an exciting one for the
members of Selfhelp NextGen.
The Memoirs Project has continued its important work of
capturing the histories of Selfhelp Holocaust survivor clients
who have never previously given testimony. To date, over
100 volunteers have undergone training to prepare them
to visit with clients. Memoirs are submitted to the Claims
Conference’s Worldwide Shoah Memoirs Collection to be
archived for posterity.
In January, NextGen launched an e-fundraising campaign to
send six needy Holocaust survivors on a special one-week
summer trip to Block & Hexter Vacation Center in the Poconos.
The group not only met its goal, but exceeded it, raising
sufficient funds to underwrite the vacation for eight survivors
who could otherwise not afford such a trip. Mrs. Schwartz,
a client in severe financial distress, receiving emergency
cash assistance grants from Selfhelp to pay for her Medigap
insurance, was one of the clients who spent a week at the
center. She called the experience “a saving grace,” and was
deeply appreciative of the opportunity to relax in the country.
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In the spring, volunteers and Holocaust survivor clients gathered for an intergenerational Purim-themed Sunday brunch.
Clients were treated to wonderful entertainment and delicious
fare in a beautiful Upper West Side venue, and were sent
home with delectable treats. The highlight was the warm and
caring interaction between NextGen members, their families
and the Selfhelp clients. The event was perhaps best summed
up by Selfhelp client, Alicia Latzer, who expressed herself in a
beautiful letter saying “…It was the BEST PARTY I ever had at
Selfhelp… it gave me the security that Selfhelp is, and will be,
a haven for me. Thanks to all of you.”
Elders Share the Arts
Seniors from our Queensview/ North Queensview NORC
(Naturally Occurring Retirement Community) joined this year
with high school students from the nearby Frank Sinatra School
of the Arts for ten weeks of using music to build stronger
relationships.
The weekly program focused on sharing music from the 1940s
to the current day. Participants often wrote songs based on
the styles under discussion. During one Mother’s Day-themed
session, the older generation wrote about their experiences of
parenthood, while the younger students wrote about the love
they held for their own parents.
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Benilda Sarmiento, a member of the Clearview Senior Center, creates beautiful stained glass artwork with instructor, Jo Vasquez.
An excerpt from a letter written by
Holocaust survivor client, Alicia
Latzer, following Selfhelp NextGen’s
Purim brunch.
Music plays an integral role across
many Selfhelp programs. Pictured
is a Selfhelp client participating in
the Dr. Frederick Coleman Virtual
Music Program, funded by Dorothy
Coleman.
Stuart C. Kaplan, CEO and Leo M. Asen,
Chief Innovation Officer were published
in these scholarly works.
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Ch an ging THE FA CE O F A GING
Jane and Waisun Chen: Their “Good Fortune” is Just Downstairs
When Jane and Waisun Chen applied for an
apartment at Selfhelp’s Helen R. Scheuer House,
they did not anticipate how involved in the
campus they would become.
“We now live just upstairs from the Benjamin
Rosenthal Prince Street Senior Center,” says
Jane Chen, “which is a tremendous part of our
lives. And since I broke my hip, living so close
makes it possible for us to be there every day.”
Jane is a master ping pong player and leads
Karaoke sessions just about every day. She
and Waisun also attend classes in Yoga, Tai
Chi, Exercise and Ballroom Dancing. Waisun
is the membership volunteer and serves as an
interpreter at the Center.
“We moved in May of 2011,” says Waisun. “My
wife could no longer climb up steps and it was
very dangerous for her in the winter. In our new
home, in bad weather we don’t even have to go
outside to get to the senior center. We spend all
day there, Monday through Friday.”
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Each one of Selfhelp’s buildings is supported
by a thriving senior center, so that all residents
can easily remain active and engaged.
“It’s a beautiful story,” says Jane. “In Chinese,
we would translate it as ‘good fortune’: it’s
similar to when two people find each other.
Maybe they never met before but they can
create a beautiful story together.”
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Facilitated by Elders Share the Arts, and funded by the
Jeanette Solomon Cultural Arts Fund of UJA-Federation’s
Sharing our Pioneering Initiatives to
Promote Independent Aging
NORC Committee, the program was particularly helpful
for isolated seniors—yet all came to find commonalities
with each other, despite their different ages and cultures.
The final session was a presentation given by the group to
the Queensview/ North Queensview NORC community,
friends, and families. Participants were given a CD and
songbook to keep. As one participant said, “You are all
listening to the words we are reading and what was
recorded on the CD, but it was so much more than that—
there was a feeling between us that was really special. It
was wonderful!”
Green Training Program for
Selfhelp Residents
With generous support from Enterprise Community Partners,
Selfhelp conducted a pilot program at its Harry and Jeanette
Weinberg House, which engaged residents in activities that
will lead to a healthier, cleaner, and greener environment.
The training focused on healthy living, green housekeeping,
energy and water conservation, waste reduction and
recycling practices. Through creative presentations, games
and interactive sessions, residents learned how to recycle,
reduce waste, use energy efficient appliances, prepare
healthy meals and snacks and benefit from chair yoga.
Although the residents speak many different languages, the
emphasis on health and environment cut across cultures.
Residents brought their friends to activities such as “green
bingo,” and made reusable tote bags for grocery shopping.
Preliminary data indicates that the initiative was successful and we are now ready to expand the training program
to an additional Selfhelp residence with a grant from the
TD Charitable Foundation.
Stuart C. Kaplan, CEO, and Leo M. Asen, Chief Innovation
Officer, have published two new works which invite a wider
audience to benefit from Selfhelp’s creative approaches.
Recently the prestigious Care Management Journals published
“Selfhelp Community Services: Innovations Help Older Men
and Women Maintain Independence in a Changing World.” The
article offers a unique overview of Selfhelp’s evolution from its
founding as a resource for émigrés fleeing Nazi persecution
in 1936, to its current position championing independent aging
through innovations in individualized home care, at-home
technology, and continued dedication to Holocaust survivors.
“Our approach is probably a bit different than most,” explains
Asen. “We’re very frank about what we’ve explored, how we
came up with the ideas, what product pilots worked and which
didn’t, the key elements to ensure success, and what we hope
for the future. We think it’s important to share key learnings—
even if they are not all positives.”
They also developed a chapter for the international textbook,
“Essential Lessons for the Success of Telehomecare: Why
It’s Not Plug and Play.” The book includes insights from
world-renowned technology experts from the US, UK and
the Netherlands. While the text paints an honest picture
of telehomecare and its “big opportunities as well as big
obstacles,” Kaplan and Asen’s positive outlook is infectious,
with engaging and refreshing anecdotes about how new
products and technologies were used to address real situations
faced by Selfhelp clients.
“It’s a terrific opportunity for us,” notes Mr. Kaplan,
“because one chapter or article enables us to expand our
reach exponentially through high-caliber textbooks and
journals, sharing what we’ve learned to better serve an aging
population. It’s exciting.”
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Ch an ging THE FA CE O F A GING
THINKING FORWARD
Defiant Requiem: Unique Benefit
Commemorates Heroism at Terezín
On Monday, April 29th, 2013, the New York debut of
Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín will take place in Avery
Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The story is quite remarkable:
among the performances at the Theresienstadt (Terezín)
detention camp was the Verdi Requiem, conducted by Rafael
Schächter, a young Czech-Jewish prisoner, using a smuggled
score and a legless piano. He organized a 150-person choir
of fellow prisoners who performed the work on sixteen
occasions between October 1943 and June 1944, including
a performance for Nazi officials from Berlin at the infamous
International Red Cross visit at Terezín. The choir itself
had to be reconstituted several times as its members were
deported to Auschwitz.
In dialog with a handful of remaining choir survivors, we now
know that these performances were viewed by the Jewish
prisoners as their way of singing that which they could not say.
With great courage and fortitude, despite the loss of family and
all that they had, they performed this great Requiem Mass as
an act of defiance.
The performance is being sponsored by UJA-Federation,
Selfhelp and the Defiant Requiem Foundation, which is chaired
by the Honorable Stuart E. Eizenstat, former Ambassador to
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the European Union during the Clinton Administration and
Honorary Chairman of Selfhelp’s Project Legacy. The event will
raise much needed funds for New York’s survivor population
as well as awareness regarding their needs. All funds will
directly benefit survivors served by UJA-Federation agencies,
with Selfhelp’s Project Legacy campaign receiving half of the
proceeds. For information about sponsorships or attending the
performance, please call Lois Deutsch at (212) 971-7621.
Selfhelp Presents New York Debut
of Witness Theater
While the annual report is going to press, thirteen students
from Brooklyn’s Yeshiva of Flatbush High School senior class,
and ten of Selfhelp’s Holocaust survivor clients, are working
together each week to recreate a dramatic representation of the
survivors’ true life stories. As the weeks go by and the script
takes shape, the bonds between young and old grow closer and
stronger. The collaboration between students and survivors is
filled with creativity, emotion, understanding and respect.
Witness Theater, a concept originally developed by JDC-Eshel
in Israel, is being presented by Selfhelp for its New York debut.
The intent of the intergenerational drama therapy workshop
is to memorialize the true-life tragedies and resilience, so that
future generations may more deeply understand the past that
affects all of us, and ensure a safe and more tolerant future.
ANNU AL REP ORT 2 0 1 2
Technology enhances the quality of life for Siok Heng Chang, a resident of Selfhelp’s affordable housing. Thanks to a generous grant from the Harry and Jeanette
Weinberg Foundation, each apartment in Selfhelp’s soon to be opened seventh building will be fully equipped with a suite of technology specially adapted for seniors.
A scene from Witness Theater,
first performed in Israel.
Selfhelp’s seventh affordable senior
residence will open in early 2013.
Long-time Selfhelp resident, Ray
Joss, is an active participant in
the programs operated by Selfhelp’s
new Innovations department.
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C h an ging THE FA CE O F A GING
Selfhelp Homemaker, Claudette Jordan: Helping to Keep Families Solid, Strong and Smiling
“When bad things happen, she’s there. When
good things happen, she’s there. She’s a big
part of the family,” says 12-year-old Michael
Boutin of Claudette Jordan, the Selfhelp
Homemaker who has been working with his
family for nearly the past two years.
Ms. Jordan enables Michael’s mom, Marjorie
Boutin, to remain the devoted mother of three
beautiful children: Michael, 12, Jacquie, 7,
and Jack, 2. Ms. Boutin’s ever-present smile,
extraordinary faith, and deep gratitude belie
her greatly challenging life circumstances. In
1995 she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. And just two years ago, the children’s father passed away.
Claudette Jordan came into the Boutins’
lives shortly after Mr. Boutin’s passing. Her
days are busy—taking Jacquie to and from
school, cooking, cleaning and assisting with
homework. Her warm and caring personality
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has endeared Ms. Jordan to the children
and to Ms. Boutin.
A Selfhelp employee since 1989, Ms. Jordan
received her training at Selfhelp’s Home
Care Training Program. “I love working with
kids. I try to encourage them, to show them
the right way.”
Selfhelp’s Homemaking Program provides
direct services to families with a wide
range of complex needs. These services
are designed to stabilize household
operations for families experiencing
periods of immediate crisis and ongoing
stress. The overarching goal is to prevent
the placement of children in foster care
whenever possible.
“She helps a lot. She encourages us and is
always there for us,” Michael says. “I really
appreciate everything she does for us.”
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The group’s work will culminate in a public performance
at the beginning of April, 2013, in commemoration of
Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Further
information about the performance will be available on our
website, www.selfhelp.net.
Selfhelp’s Affordable Housing: Continued
Expansion to Meet the Growing Need
Selfhelp’s Supportive Senior Housing model—currently
in place in six buildings in Queens—is expanding to four
new locations.
In January 2013, Selfhelp will open its seventh building.
Located in Flushing, Queens, it will offer 92 new affordable
studios and one-bedroom apartments for low-income
seniors, chosen by lottery. Preference of ten percent of
apartments has been designated for low-income Holocaust
survivors.
A generous grant from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg
Foundation is supporting a full suite of sophisticated
client-centered technologies. The 12-story tower will offer
residents a personal in-home sensor system, easy-touch
Virtual Senior Center computer suite for access to live
classes, telehealth kiosks, and access to the popular Dakim
memory fitness modules.
The apartment complex also includes a two-floor community facility, where Selfhelp plans to host an on-site
health clinic and wellness facility to serve residents of
Selfhelp housing and the surrounding neighborhood. And,
a recreational green roof for residents will top the building,
thanks to generous funding from UJA-Federation of New
York and the JP Morgan Chase Foundation.
As mentioned earlier, Selfhelp is partnering with the
Kimmel Housing Development Foundation to manage two
buildings in Westbury, Long Island. In Brooklyn and the
Bronx, Selfhelp is conducting pre-development studies on
two new sites in order to secure financing for constructing
additional affordable units for seniors. Selfhelp deeply
acknowledges Citi Community Development and UJAFederation of New York for supporting this important work.
Selfhelp Innovations: Pioneering Technology to
Promote Independence
A Virtual Senior Center that enjoys national and international
acclaim, bustling computer learning centers, telehealth kiosks
offering seniors a pro-active role in their care and monitoring,
sensor technology that has saved lives and cognitive
stimulation programs that sharpen brain fitness—all of these
cutting-edge technologies and more emanate from a division of
Selfhelp which is now aptly named, “Selfhelp Innovations.”
The name change recognizes Selfhelp’s pioneering leadership
in adapting and developing new technologies to promote the
independence of Selfhelp’s clients.
“Our goal is to find solutions that improve our services to
clients,” explains Leo M. Asen, Selfhelp’s Chief Innovation
Officer. “The most compelling result is when we implement
one of these projects and see the positive impact it has on
someone’s life. We see this every day with our clients. It’s
noticeable, and that’s truly encouraging.”
Learning Collaborative for Affordable
Senior Housing and Services
Selfhelp’s Supportive Senior Housing model is achieving nationwide recognition! Selfhelp was recently chosen to participate in
the Enterprise / Leading Age / Stewards of Affordable Housing
for the Future Learning Collaborative, whose goal is to build
strategies that improve quality of life for senior residents while
producing cost savings to the health and long term care systems.
Selfhelp joins eleven other national leaders in the field, each of
whom brings both housing and service providers to the table.
The group will meet regularly over two years to implement
their models with a focus on partnership development, operations, financing mechanisms, outcomes measurement, data
collection and changes to policy and regulations.
As funding decisions become more and more data driven,
Selfhelp is pleased to have the opportunity to work with this
select group to establish common metrics that measure the
efficacy of our model and the impact of Supportive Senior
Housing on the healthcare field.
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Benefactor: $1,000,000 and Over
Anonymous
Conference on Jewish Material Claims
Against Germany
Jewish Philanthropic Fund of 1933, Inc.
The Leir Charitable Foundations
Leo Model Foundation
K. Fred and Alice Netter
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank/Jeffrey R. 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.
Sustainer: $100,000 and Over
Anonymous (4)
Rita 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 Cantor
Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Eberstadt
Enterprise Community Partners
Moses Ginsberg Family Foundation
Herman C. Goldsmith
Trudy Elbaum Gottesman and Robert W.
Gottesman
Insignia / ESG, Inc.
Karen and Peter Jakes
Morris & Nellie L. Kawaler Foundation
Marguerite Lambert
The Grunebaum Family Fund
The Grunebaum Foundation, Inc.
The Helen Hotze Haas Foundation
Renée and Frederick S. Herman
Magda and Max H. Hull
Irish American Diamond Dealers Association
Michele and Jeffrey Jacob
Karen and Walter Joelson
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Walter Kann Foundation
Stuart and Rosemary Kaplan
Andrea Klepetar-Fallek
Karin Shewer Krugman and Michael
Krugman
Alfred, Lee and Peter Mayer Foundation
Eva and Ewald Mayer
Mary J Mayer
Beth and Joshua Mermelstein
Marion and Peter Mosheim
National Fund of the Republic of Austria for
Victims of National Socialism
Nancy and Jeffrey Halis
Erica Harold
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
Nathan & Helen Kohler Foundation
The Kupferberg Foundation
Marjorie and Stephen M. Levy
Lilli Lowenthal
Margot S. Maron
Maspeth Federal Savings
Lee and Alfred Mayer
Reggie and Peter Mayer
Elizabeth and George Melamid
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.
Visionary: $500,000 and Over
Anonymous
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Shelley and Steven Einhorn
FJC, A Foundation of Donor-Advised Funds
The JPB Foundation
Nadine and Peter Levy
Ilse Melamid
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
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
The New York Community Trust
Righteous Persons Foundation
United Way of New York City
Wolfensohn Family Foundation
Marguerite and Alfred Wyler
Nell and Victor A. Wyler
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Dora Lauinger
Lini Lipton
David J. and Bobbie Marks Family Fund
Charlotte S. Neu
Susan and Stanley Reifer
The Samberg Family Foundation
Franz W. Sichel Foundation
Marianne and John H. Slade
Ernst C. Stiefel Foundation
Carol and Steven Tepper
Isaac H. Tuttle Fund
Otto and Fran Walter Foundation
Gerda and Wolfgang Wassermann
The Weininger Foundation
Patron: $50,000 and Over
Anonymous (5)
Alexander Abraham Foundation
Jonathan Babkow
Paul and Peggy Bernstein
The Calamus Foundation
Debrah Lee Charatan
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
Eugene and Emily Grant Family Foundation
Kaethe Oppenheimer
The William Petschek Family
John Remak
Remak-Mosenthal Fund
Leo Rosner Foundation
Margrit Wreschner Rustow
Dana Golding and Richard Scharf
Raymond V.J. Schrag Family Fund
Rita and Frank Shewer
Corinne and Peter Simmons
Barbara R. Sobernheim
J.T. Tai & Co. Foundation, Inc.
Verein zur Unterstutzung
Wildwood Fund
The Wilf Family Foundation
Laure and Henry J. Zacharias
Founder: $25,000 and Over
Anonymous (2)
Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation, Inc.
Else Adler
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
Richard Aronson and Joyce Kirschner
Charlene Kahn Berman
Bezalel Foundation, Inc. / The Sonneborn
Foundation
Brooklyn Community Foundation
City Center Box Office
Paul Davidson
The deKay Foundation
The Edouard Foundation
Herman Forbes Charitable Trust
Rudolph and Hilda U. Forchheimer Foundation
Mary Ann Fribourg
Metzger-Price Fund
Erika and Ernest Michael
Tres Hanley-Millman and Paul Millman
O.C.F. Foundation
Orange Capital, LLC
Procida Companies
Seymour Richman
Carol and Ronald Ries
Alice and Paul Roche
Isabel and Thomas Roche
Sarah and Eric Rosand
Marianne and John Schiffer
Hans Schindler
Schocken Foundation
Walter and Charlotte Schoeman
Peter Schweitzer
Eleanor T. Seidel Memorial Fund
The Senator Foundation
SIG Susquehanna Foundation
Selma Sondheimer
Sally and Joel Spivack
State of Israel Bonds
Rosemary Stevens
Esther and Henry Swieca
TD Charitable Foundation
United Way of Long Island
Henry Voremberg
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 Shines at its 2012 Gala
We’re delighted to announce that Selfhelp’s 2012 Caring for Generations Gala was a brilliant success!
On Tuesday, May 15th nearly 500 guests gathered at Guastavino’s, one of New York City’s most breathtaking
venues, to pay tribute to three exceptional individuals: Fanya Gottesfeld Heller, Jeffrey R. Gural and
Victor A. Wyler, whose contributions have made a tremendous difference in the lives of thousands. We are
deeply grateful to everyone who was able to join us for this special evening and proud to report that over
$865,000 was raised in support of the current and future needs of Selfhelp’s clients. This essential funding will
help sustain the programs and services Selfhelp provides to over 20,000 New Yorkers, including 5,300
Holocaust survivors. Warmest thanks to WABC-TV’s news anchor and award winning reporter, Diana Williams,
who served as the evening’s Mistress of Ceremonies, our Gala Co-Chairs, Debrah Lee Charatan and Steven I.
Holm, our Gala Committee Chair, Dennis Baum, and the exceptional Gala Committee.
Providing Support
Thank You to Our Supporters
for the Fiscal Year 2012
(July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012)
KEY:
* Selfhelp Board Member
◊ SCS Foundation Trustee
° Honorary Life Member
‡Deceased
Selfhelp is a grateful recipient of
major annual support from:
Benefactor - $1,000,000 – $5,000,000
Funds for Jewish Nazi Victims from the
World Jewish Restitution Organization
Emergency Assistance Fund (WJRO-EAP),
administered by the Conference on Jewish
Material Claims Against Germany
The Price Family Foundation ◊
UJA-Federation of New York
Conference on Jewish Material Claims
Against Germany
Core Operating Support Grants
Conference on Jewish Material Claims
Against Germany for Programs Benefiting
Jewish Nazi Victims
Conference on Jewish Material Claims
Against Germany for an Austrian
Holocaust Survivor Emergency Assistance
Program
Conference on Jewish Material Claims
Against Germany for the benefit of
needy Hungarian Nazi victims, from the
settlement of a class action regarding the
Hungarian Gold Train (Rosner v. United
States) under the jurisdiction of Judge
Patricia A. Seitz
Daily Money Management for
Economically Disadvantaged Older Jews
in Queens
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Fund
for Programs for the Aging of UJAFederation
Development at the Core II
New York Times Neediest Cases Cash/
Direct Assistance Grant
New York Times 100 Neediest Cases
Fund of UJA-Federation
Supporting Selfhelp Caregivers
Pergola Feature for a Recreational
Green Roof on a New Affordable Senior
Apartment Building
General Operating Fund of UJA-Federation
Using Music to Improve the Quality of Life
for People with Alzheimer’s Disease and
Dementia
William Petschek Music Fund of UJAFederation
Queensview/North Queensview NORC
Jeanette Solomon Cultural Arts Fund of
UJA-Federation’s NORC Committee
Replacement of Plumbing System at
Kensington, Brooklyn Office
Real Estate Emergency Building Repair
Fund of UJA-Federation
Virtual Senior Center Pilot Project
Branding and Marketing for SinglePoint
Managed Care
Selfhelp also receives major funding from:
Nassau County Department of Social Services
Emergency Cash Assistance
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Fund for
Programs for the Aging of UJA-Federation
Enhanced Case Management for
Survivors of the Holocaust
Intergenerational Programs at Selfhelp
NextGen
Senior Aid Center for the Elderly
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Health
Care Assistance Fund of UJA-Federation
Rose and Adolph Fuchs Endowment
Fund of UJA-Federation
Dr. Arthur and Hella Strauss Endowment
Fund of UJA-Federation
Senior Center Arts & Crafts Center Renovation
Conference on Jewish Material Claims
Against Germany for the International
Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance
Claims
Training for Professionals Working with
Holocaust Survivors
Legal Advocacy for Jewish Elderly
Benjamin Schwartz Fund of
UJA-Federation
Anne H. Berger Fund of UJA-Federation
Service to the Russian Elderly, Brooklyn
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Fund for
Programs for the Aging of UJA-Federation
New York City
Administration for Children’s Services
Adult Protective Services
Department for the Aging
Department of Health
HIV/AIDS Services Administration
Department of Housing, Preservation
and Development
Housing Development Corporation
Human Resources Administration
Borough Presidents
Members of the City Council
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New York State
Department of Health
Homes and Community Renewal
Office for the Aging
Office of Children & Family Services
Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance
Refugee Assistance Program
Members of the State Legislature
Visionary - $500,000 and Over
The Leir Charitable Foundations
Sandra Priest Rose ◊
Trudy Elbaum Gottesman and Robert W.
Gottesman
Erica Harold
Fanya Gottesfeld Heller and Ben Heller
IOLA Fund of the State of New York
The JPB Foundation
Nadine * and Peter Levy
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank/
Jeffrey R. Gural
Ernst C. Stiefel Foundation
Isaac H. Tuttle Fund
Otto and Fran Walter Foundation
Champion - $10,000 and Over
Sustainer - $100,000 and Over
Anonymous (2)
Anne-Margaret and Dennis Baum * ◊
Martha and Ernest L. Bial * ◊
Muriel and Bert Brodsky ◊
Centennial Foundation
Dorothy Coleman
Enterprise Community Partners
Jewish Communal Fund
Leo Model Foundation * ◊
Robin Hood Foundation
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg
Foundation, Inc.
Patron - $50,000 and Over
Anonymous
Phylis and Michael Bamberger ◊
Debrah Lee Charatan ◊
Shelley and Steven Einhorn * ◊
FJC, A Foundation of Donor-Advised Funds
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Michele and Jeffrey S. Jacob * ◊
Jewish Philanthropic Fund of 1933, Inc.
Karin Shewer Krugman ◊ and Michael
Krugman
Ilse Melamid ◊
The New York Community Trust
Dana Golding and Richard Scharf ◊
Carol and Steven G. Tepper *
Nell and Victor A. Wyler * ◊
Anonymous (3)
Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation, Inc.
Brooklyn Community Foundation
C.L.C. Kramer Foundation
The Calamus Foundation
Claire Edersheim
Excel Security Corp.
Fraternal Order of Bendin-Sosnowicer
Philanthropic Fund
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLP
Lotte & Max Heine Philanthropic Fund
J.T. Tai & Co. Foundation, Inc.
Karen and Peter H. Jakes *
Stuart ◊ and Rosemary Kaplan
Judith and Paul J. Konigsberg *
Seryl and Charles Kushner Family Foundation
Courtney and Paul Levinsohn
Helen and Rita Lurie Foundation
David J. and Bobbie Marks Family Fund
The Donald R. Mullen Family Foundation, Inc.
National Fund of the Republic of Austria for
Victims of National Socialism
New York Hospital Queens
Isabel and Thomas H. Roche
Margrit Wreschner Rustow *
Raymond V.J. Schrag Family Fund *
Gerda Wassermann
The Wilf Family Foundation
Capital One Bank
Arlene and Jerry Conboy
Cornicello, Tendler & Baumel-Cornicello
Douglas Elliman Property Management
Elissa and Scott Drassinower *
Vicki A. Feiner and Judith Aranow
Mary Ann Fribourg
Karen Friedman
Werner Gamby
Maxine Golding-Scharf
Nadine Habousha and Edward B. Cohen *
[Marie ‡] and Jerry Hornstein
HUB International Northeast
Inglesino, Pearlman, Wyciskala & Taylor, LLC
JPMorgan Chase
Katsky Korins LLP
David Katz
Jane and Robert Lewis
Loeb & Troper LLP
LPCiminelli, Inc.
David Alfred
Amerigroup
Goldie Anna Charitable Trust
APF Properties, LLC
Apfel Levy Zlotnick and Co.
Allan B. Arker
Sarah and Alan Aron
Richard Aronson and Joyce Kirschner
Rachelle and Howard Balaban
Bank Hapoalim
Maryanne Barranco and Kevin Byrne
Renee Baruch
Leo H. Bendit Charitable Foundation
Cesia and Frank Blaichman
Nancy and Robert Blank
Harvey R. Blau
Christina and Howard Blaustein
Susan and Ed Blumenfeld
Valerie J. Bogart
Barbara Slade Bolsterli
Jonah Mandelbaum
Theodora Marten
Maspeth Federal Savings
Alfred, Lee and Peter Mayer Foundation
Meadowlands Racetrack
Carol and Edward Miller
The New York Bar Foundation
Paylocity
The Pearl Family Foundation
Property Resources Corporation
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin &
Company LLP
Zahava and Avi Ryzman
Shapiro-Silverberg Foundation
SIG Susquehanna Foundation
Sheryl Silverstein * and Edwin Ginsberg
Corinne and Peter Simmons *
Harry and Rachel Skydell & Mark and
Linda Karasick
Jaar-mel Sloane
Stawski Partners
Leonard and Allison Stern
The Philip & Lynn Straus Foundation
Myron M. Studner Foundation, Inc.
Windstream
Deborah and Richard Born
Morris Breitstein and Lily Wang
The Briarwood Organization
Bright Power, Inc.
Brookdale Foundation Group
Bernstein Bunzl Family Fund
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Cedar Mountain Management
Climans Green Liang Architects Inc.
Joseph M. & Barbara Cohen Foundation
Theodore and Alice Ginott Cohn
Philanthropic Fund
Brad Coleman
Brenda Lewis Cooper
Christine and Joel Cooperman
Counsel Abstract
Harriet and Steven Croman
D and P Contractors
Gerard Daniel
Rick Davidson
Elisabeth de Picciotto
Deco Towers
DeCotiis, FitzPatrick & Cole, LLP
Beata and Robert Dessau
Henry T. Dessauer
Lois Deutsch
Development Details LLC
Alisa R. Doctoroff
Double K Electric Corp.
Drywall Concepts Builders, Inc.
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP
Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg Family
Partner - $5,000 and Over
Pacesetter - $1,000 and Over
Founder - $25,000 and Over
Anonymous
The David Berg Foundation
Citi
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Dr. Alexander Aizman
American Racing & Entertainment
Cindy and Leo M. Asen
Cannon Heyman & Weiss
Kimberly and Matthew A. Cantor *
Anonymous (4)
A&A GCC
ACC Construction Corporation
Sandy Adelsberg
Foundation
EmblemHealth Services, LLC
EpsteinBeckerGreen
Anna Erlich
Susan Erlich
Charles D. Farber Memorial Foundation,
Inc.
Helene and Ziel Feldman
The Feuerring Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Fisher
Nancy Fisher and Marc S. Kirschner
Rudolph and Hilda U. Forchheimer
Foundation
Jacqueline Fowler
Eugen Friedlaender Foundation
Friedman LLP
Genova Burns Giantomasi & Webster
Joan E. Gerstler
Giovanetti - Shulman Associates
Scott Goldenberg
Paul and Laurie Korngold
Elihu Kover and Teresa Moogan
Jeane and Merrill Kraines
Susan and Martin Kravet
Ellyn Kravitz
Ziva and Itzhak Kronzon
The Kupferberg Foundation
Yaffa and Gustaw Landau
Jackie Lekisch Lantz
Laurie and David Lederman
Leo Baeck Institute
Lettire Construction Corp.
Carol and Jerry Levin
Ruth and David Levine
Linda Lipitz-Mayer and Ronald Mayer
Lini Lipton
Ruth and Leonard Litwin
David J. Loo
Edward & Hannah Low Philanthropic Fund
LRCM Consulting, LLC
Michael Petillo
Marianne J. Phiebig
Presscott Associates, Ltd.
Jennifer and Barry Price
Principal Group
Raskin & Makofsky
Reznick Group, P.C.
Carole and Ronald Ries *
Andrea C. Roberts
David Roberts
Rockabill Advisors LLC
Ayelet and Aaron Rosen
Martin Rosen
Jim Rosenberg
Liane and Fred Rosenberg
Cheryl and David Sabath
Wayne Safro
Emily and Peter Samton
Sandpiper Fund
Walter and Charlotte Schoeman
Howard and Diana Wendy
Erika and Ken Witover
Naomi Wolfensohn and Jascha D. Preuss
MJ Wyatt
Yagoda Associates
Kent and Cynthia Yalowitz
Charles Yassky
Daniel and Susan Zinn
Barbara and Harvey Schulweis
Professor William and Bernice Schwartz
Seed the Dream Foundation
Bella Sekons and Charles Blaichman
Thomas Selman
The Senator Foundation
Milton Sender
Elizabeth and Robert Sheehan
Rita ° and Frank Shewer
Hazel and Robert Siegel
Law Office of Stephen J. Silverberg, P.C.
Deborah and Scott Smith
Barbara R. Sobernheim
SOSH Architects
South Ferry Capital Management, L.P.
Lilian Stern and David Sicular
The Margot Sundheimer Foundation
Sy Syms Foundation
TD Charitable Foundation
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Matt Traina
Alice Ullmann
United Way of New York City
V.I.P. Structures, Inc.
Diane and Stanley Vickers
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Joan and Sol Wachtler
Nina and James Warfield
Alan and Svetlana Wasserman
Stanley and Ellen Wasserman
Barbara Weisen and Richard Rosenberg
Neil Weissman
Asian American Federation of
New York, Inc.
Aliza Avital-Caplan
John and Staci Barber
Barclays
Edward L. Barlow and Frances Hill Barlow
Martin Baskin and Jacquie Kennedy
Edith Bayme
Benchmark Tile Agency, LLC
Ann and Joel Berson
Best Development Group LLC
Abraham Biller
Eleanor and George Bollag
Phoebe Boyer and Todd Snyder
Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging and
Longevity
Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald
Nancy Burner & Associates, P.C.
C & K Properties LLC
Cammack LaRhette Consulting
Tyler Chan
Cindy and Nat Charatan
Diana Clemente
Congregation Habonim
Mary Q. Connelly
Cuddy & Feder LLP
Doreen and Neil Davidowitz
Ronald De Vito
Rose Dobrof, Ph.D.
Phyllis E. Dubrow, Esq.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Eberstadt
Florence and Michael Edelstein
Friend - $500 and Over
Anonymous (6)
The Law Offices of Ross M. Abelow
Acumark, Inc.
Alighieri Care Management
Allied Health Services
Nancy Aranow
Arnold & Porter LLP
Jeffrey Asher
Robert W. Ashton
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 wider New York
community. We are exceptionally grateful for initiatives that have enabled us to
leverage UJA support, such as inclusion in the New York Times Neediest Campaign,
advocacy work with government agencies, and introductions to individuals and
foundations. We take this opportunity to publicly thank UJA-Federation of New York
for their ongoing support and commitment to Selfhelp Community Services.
Goldfarb Abrandt Salzman & Kutzin, LLP
Anna and Moritz Goldfeier
Goldman Sachs Community TeamWorks
Herman C. Goldsmith
Katherine and Clifford H. Goldsmith
Lucille and Richard Goldsmith
Joanie Lekisch Goldstein
Paula and Jerry Gottesman
Grabie & Grabie
The Grunebaum Family Fund *
Kenneth Haas
Alan Halperin
Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP
Betty and Rodger Hess
Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP
Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP
Elizabeth Horton and James Silbert
Carol and Serge Hoyda
Chan Lee Hsieh
Heinz Hutzler
Independence Care System
Irish American Diamond Dealers
Association
Shea and Gary Jacob
Michael Kaplan
Gary and Diane Katz
Caroline Keane
Andrea Klepetar-Fallek
Maya and Dori Konig *
John S. Koppel
Reynold S. Koppel
Edith and Ben Korman
Luminescence Foundation
Kelly and Russell Lusak
Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Ralph Marash *
Marcum LLP
James Marden
Jaime Marks
Carol and Arthur Maslow
Robert and Edith Maslow Foundation
Harriet L. Mayer
Mary J. Mayer *
Mazur Carp & Rubin
David Merrick Arts Foundation
Metzger-Price Fund
Mitofsky, Shapiro, Neville & Hazen, LLP
Monomy Fund
Morris K. Mitrani, P.C.
Mobile Health Management Services, Inc.
Morgan Stanley
Marion and Peter Mosheim
Helen Nash
Judi and Alfred Netter
Jillian and Lawrence Neubauer
Karen Nichols and John Souto
NYSARC, Inc.
Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig &
Wolosky LLP
Carol Ostrow
Frances Pantaleo and Robert Freedman
David Pauker
Arnold S. Penner
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Jill Edwards
Henry and Celia Eisenberg Fund
Rita Eng
Ellice Fatoullah, Esq.
Ronald Fatoullah & Associates
Gabriel Feldman, MD, MPH, MBA
Dorothea H. Fingerhood Fund
The Shirley and William Fleischer Family
Foundation, Inc.
Donald Fleishaker
Frank & Marcotullio Design Associates,
Inc.
Karen Freedman and Roger Weisberg
Joseph Friedland
Joanne and Edward Froelich
Susan and Alan Fuirst
Rose Gagliardi
GCM Association - NY Chapter
Marilyn and Allan Glick
Richard Goldhair / WB Mason
Arthur Kokot
Edward and Diane Korman
Denise and Allan Kozin
Krass, Snow & Schmutter, P.C.
Michael Krypel
Robert J. Kurre & Associates, P.C.
Lamson & Cutner, P.C.
Carol and Michael Laub
Terry and Jack Lebewohl
Ron Levinsohn
Gloria and Laurence Lieberman
Littman Krooks LLP
Eileen Lippman
Living Independently Group, Inc.
Law Office of Michael G. Long and Law
Office of Emily Ann Klotz
George B. Lusk
Marion Lust-Cohen
Bruce Mandel
Donna and Helmut Meyerbach
Susan Shmalo
Silverstein Properties, Inc.
Stacey and Roger Silverstein
Linda and Gilbert Snyder
Peter Solomon
The Law Firm of Ronald A. Spirn, P.C.
Jeffrey Stark
Richard A. Stieglitz Jr.
Gloria and Fred Strauss
Peter J. Strauss
Strong Foundation of New York
Alan and Jackie Stuart
Leslie and Mounir Tawfik
Rocco Testani
Clinton Tractor
Tri-Valley Beverage, Inc.
Marlene and Marshall Turner
United HealthCare Services, Inc.
Fredda and Bruce Vladeck
Henry Voremberg
Law Offices of Deborah S. Ball
Michelle and Scott Barishaw
Terri Barrett
David and Miriam Baskin
Andrew Bata
Frederic Baumgarten
Patricia Bave-Planell
Helene and Robert Becher
Judith L. Benkov
Renate Berger
Rivka and Stuart Berger
Louise and Andrew Bergman
Judith and Martin Berman
Anita Bernstein
Frances and Herbert Bernstein
Ofra Biener
Becky Bigio
The Law Office of John M. Bigler
Stephen Blauner
Erika Bloomfield
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
Selfhelp and the Claims Conference share a collaborative history dating back nearly
three decades. The Claims Conference has played the essential role in enabling
Selfhelp to grow its services to meet the increasing needs of victims of Nazi 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 to live with dignity. On behalf of those
we serve, we are ever grateful for such critical funding, which helps provide this
aging and fragile population with the care they so rightfully deserve.
Frank K. Gottschalk
Sharon and Peter Green
Greenfield Stein & Senior, LLP
Ruth Greer
Shirley and David Grill
Grimaldi & Yeung
Pamela and Jeffrey Gurock
Laura and Leo Guthart
Racheline Habousha
Dr. Alden N. Haffner
The John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc.
Hearthside Care Coordinators
Eva and Terry Herndon
Gerry Hodes
Ira and Joy Holm
Hynes & Chu, LLP
Stephen N. Ifshin
Amy Berko Iles
Imperial Commercial Cleaning, Inc.
Andrea and Robert Ingram
Sandra and Carl Jaffee
Roe Jasen
Karen and Walter Joelson
Johnston Paper
Helene and Harvey Kaminski
Michael Kane
Sheri and Gregg Kanter
Kassoff, Robert & Lerner LLP
Amy and Neil Katz
Stanley Katz
Richard Kaye and Susan Strickler
Daniela and Steven Klein
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Heather Moore and Martin Shnay
Niclas Nagler
Clemens Nathan
Nancy and Daniel Neff
Martin Newman
Lawrence G. Nusbaum Jr., Esq.
Jane Orans
Amy Oshinsky
Debra and Richard Parkoff
Robert Pellegrino
Perfect Connection of NJ Inc.
Martin Petroff
Gillis and Leonard Plaine
Bettina and Kenneth Plevan
Paul J. Powers, Jr. and Tina A. Davis
Elizabeth and Kirk Radke
Emily and Alan Reagan
Red Stone Equity Partners
Margaret H. Reiff
Daniel Reingold
Susan and Bill Repko
Ridgewood Savings Bank
Gedaliah Riesenberg
Melissa and James Rinzler
Robin and Steven Rotter
Arlene W. Saxonhouse
Lisa Sbrana
Robert Scheibe
Elizabeth Scheines and Ronald Elton
Alisa and Elliot Scher
Fanny Seinuk
Blanche and Romie Shapiro
Wadowski Family
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Anne and Mark Wasserman
Mira B. Weiss Esq.
David Werner
Westchester Elder Care Consultants, LLC
Wolfensohn Family Foundation
Richard Wolloch
Steven Yavers
Julia and Michael Zeuner
Supporter - $100 and Over
Anonymous (23)
Aaron Valuation Inc.
Karen Jacoby Aarts and Jeffrey Aarts
Alexander Abraham Foundation
Beth Polner Abrahams, Esq.
Anne Herzberg Adler and Stephen Adler
Hanna L. Adler
Iris Albstein
Stanley A. Alt and Susan Alt
Alzheimer’s Association - NYC Chapter
American Federation for Aging Research
Leslie and Danny Arnedos
Marilyn Aron
Law Office of Peter Aronson LLC
Lois Wagh Aronstein
Atria Kew Gardens
Hildegard Bachert
[Lore‡] and Leo Baer
Barbara and Patrick Bagley
Jane and Stanley Blum
Nancy Blumenthal
Susan and Robert Blumenthal
Mrs. Marilyn Bogart
Milton Bogart
Art and Arlene Boshnack
Patricia Bowie
Shirley Brand
Lili Brandon
Charles Brass
Charles Braun
Patricia Braus and Edwin Lopez
Dr. I. Emery Breitner and Edith Breitner
Cantor and Mrs. Joshua Breitzer
Ginny Breslauer
Alan Brodherson
Bronx Jewish Community Council
Carol and Gerald Brosnan
Shaun Butler and Ray Harris
Jolie Ann Calella CFP
Jean Callahan
Cardozo Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Carter Burden Center for the Aging
Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services
Center for Independence of the Disabled, NY
Chavurat Tikvah
Toby Chiu
Jan Ciechowski
Teresa R. Civello
Joyce and Fred Claar
Coalition of Institutionalized Aged and
Disabled (CIAD)
Kate Coburn
Daniel Cohen
Judith and Martin Cohen
Libby Cohen
Lisa Cohen
Marion Pagel Cohen and Arthur Cohen
Marsha Cohen
Zoe and Ron Cohen
James Collins
Community Service Society of New York
Susan L. Comninos
Concepts of Independence
Mark Conrad
Debbie Cooper and David Handwerker
Country Side Plumbing & Heating, Inc.
Lorraine Coyle, Esq.
Crestwood Memorial Chapel
Gerald Daniel
Annette Danto
Marlies K. Danziger
Doris and David Finkel
Lee Finkle
Daniel G. Fish LLC
Janie and Robert Fisher
Miriam and Ira Flatow
Mitzi Fleischer
Gretchen Flint
Fordham-Tremont CMHC
Kay and Steve Frank
Lauren Becker Frankel
Leo Frankel
Freddie Mac Foundation
Henry Freedman
Julia Freedson
Richard H. Freeman
Johanna Friedenstein
Jo Anne and Jack Friedenthal
Karen Friedman
Lisa K. Friedman, Esq.
Lucy and William Friedman
Kenneth Greenstein
Lisa Gregorian
Tzipporah and Jack Gruber
Allan Guggenheim
Rosemarie Gumpel
Jean and David Gumpert
Ruth Gutmann
Paula and Neal Guttenberg
Miriam Gutwein
Roberta and Isadore Gutwein
Rita and Gerhard Haas
Gerry and Leopold Hahn
Pearl and Nathan Halegua
Mark Hamburgh
Barbara and Raymond Hamel
Hartmann Doherty Rosa Berman
Bulbulia, LLC
Bronwen and Warren Haskel
Helen Hausmann
Andrée Hayum
Ariel and Gary Kenajian
Marilee Keys and Bruce Lindsey
Kimmel Housing Development
Organization
Barbara Kislak
Peter L. Klausner
Klear-View Appliance
Caroline and Arnold Kleiner
KND Management Co. Inc.
Anne Kochman
Alex Kolowski
Charlotte Koppe
Michael Kowal
Elli and Israel Krakowski
Jack Krakowsky
Helga and Bernard Kramarsky
Jane and Howard Kramer
Carol and Sanford Krieger
Shekar Krishnan
Naomi and Paul Kronish
Laura Davis
Linda Yohay Denning
Deutsch Charitable Foundation
Rebekah Diller
Judith Dobrof
Erica Doctorow
Donna B. Dougherty and Lee R. Samowitz
Lawrence Drath and Audrey Sieger
Doris M. and Leo Dreyfuss
Janice and Lincoln Dring
Rebecca R. Eddy
Rhona and Frank Ehrlich
Hanna Eichwald
Keren Eisenberg and Larry Zelnick
Frederic Eisman
Elder Care Alternatives, LLC
Elder Law Associates
Elder Law on Wheels
Eldercare New York
Renate Elias
Sima Ellenbogen
EPIC Group, Inc.
Joan and Henry Erle
Karen and David Everett
Joan Fabio
Michael J. Falco
Family Management Corporation
Fan Eldercare, Inc.
Esther Feigenbaum
Feldman & Pechersky
Hertha and Thomas Field
Dorothy and Kenneth Finger
Masha Friedman, ACSW, LCSW-R
Marian Froehlich
Mary and Benjamin Furey
Judith Garson and Steven Rappaport
Sally and Ernest Gelb
Norma Ramos Gersh
John and Lile Gibbons
Carlotta Giglio
Judy and David Gilberg
Carl Ginsberg
Eva and Peter E. Glaser
Glendale Maspeth United Methodist
Church
Norma Globerman
Renee and Neal Goff
Ruth Golbin
Helene Goldfarb
Elaine Goldklang
Eva and Robert Goldmann
Edith and Fred Goldsmith
Hope Goldstein
Law Office of Jeffrey Goldstein
Paul A. Golinski
Gail Gordon
Erica Gorin
Lois Gottesman
Ruth Graf
Marna Grantham-Chacon
Joan Shapiro Green
Mariann and Martin Greenberg
John Greener
Arlene and Martin Greenfield
Halina and Edward Herman
June and Ron Hersh
Janet and Mark Hershey
Irene Herskovitz
Nicole and John Hill
Law Offices of Lee A. Hoffman, Jr.
Lilo Hoffman
Rose Holm
Rhoda and Stuart Holzer
Home Care Association of New York State
Adeena Horowitz
Shari Hubner, Esq.
Cathy Hull & Neil Janovic Family Fund
Joseph Isabella
Law Offices of Arthur J. Israel
Johanna Foods, Inc.
Penelope E. Johnson
Barbara and Walter Kahn
Helene Kahn
Judith and Stephen Kamberg
Marci and Mark Kamberg
Jonathan M. Kamen
Alice K. Kantor
Richard Kaplowitz
Carole Karlsruher
The Law Offices of Penny B. Kassel, P.C.
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Marilyn Dobrof Katz
Betty and Arthur Kay
Keane & Beane, P.C.
Law Office of Nina Keilin
Margot and John Keller
Howard Krooks
Edith Kurzweil
Paul Labowitz
Carol Lamberg
Joshua Landau
Lotte Marshall Landes
Mr. and Mrs. John Lang
Silvia and Peter Last
Richard Leder
Lehman Newman Flynn Vollaro CPAs
Margot C. Lehman
The Legal Aid Society
Legal Services NYC - Brooklyn Branch
Marlies Levenger
Cecile and Heinz Levi Philanthropic Fund
Edward Levine
Irma Levy
Gerald F. Lewis
Nina and Daniel Libeskind
Michelle and Frank Lichtenberg
Buff Lindau and Huck Gutman
Deborah Lipton
Sue Lobel
Long Term Care Community Coalition
Trudy Lory
Ilsa Lowe
Janet Lowe
Jill and Kenneth Luba
Gus Lucas
Eva and Henry B. Lust Endowment Fund
Diane Lutwak
Mark Lutwak
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Robert Lutwak
Judith and Barry Lutzky
Ann Maass
Evelyn Machauf
Lisa and Laurence Mack
Reeva Mager
Anne and John Mahoney
Eva Mallis
Sheila and David Manischewitz
Marcello de Peralta, PLLC
William R. Marks, Esq.
Carolyn Martin and Mark Pedowitz
Shelley and Thomas Martin
Barbara Martinsons
Maspeth Lions Club
Michael McGarvey
McLaughlin & Stern LLP
Medicare Rights Center
The Meril Family Trust
Jim Merin
Leah Mason Oppenheimer and John
Oppenheimer
Ronald Oppenheimer
Marilyn G. Ordover
Michael Orgera
Elizabeth Orlin and John Ifcher
Ursula and Gerald Oscar
Owego Agway
Joann T. Palumbo
Francesco Pantaleo
Isabella Pantaleo
Papavero Funeral Home
Patrick Parish
Lore and George Parker
Michael Parks
Yana Pechersky
Susan Penry-Williams
Pfizer Foundation
Lorese Phillips
Susi and Joseph Podgurski
Margaret Rosskamm
Marcie G. Roth
Rosalind Rothman
Judd Rothstein
Seth Rubenstein
Julius Rudel
Rosemarie Ruggero, CMC, LSSW
Vincent J. Russo & Associates, P.C.
Ed and Jean Sadowsky
Charles Saftler
Sage Collective, Inc.
Salzman & Salzman, LLP
Leslie Salzman
Elissa Sampson
Vera and Peter Sander
Saul and Mary Sanders
Gregory and Randi Sandler
Robert and Annette Sandler
Lani and Roger Sanjek
Miriam Sarnoff
Sally and Joel Spivack
James Sprayregen
Tamara Stack
Arthur Stampleman
Stapper & Van Doren
Lore Stein
Gene Stern
Dr. Victor Sternberg
Oscar S. Straus III
Doris Ruhr Strauss
Lore Strauss
Clarence C. Strowbridge
Marianne and Charles Suss
Gloria and Mark Szrajer
Bella Sztul
Dean Jeanette Takamura
Karen and Jeffrey Tanenbaum
Donna Tansy
Alison and Michael Teicher
TenderTouch For All
Brenda and Norbert Mester
Florence A. Metzger
Virginia and Juan Meyer
Nancy Milburn
Ira K. Miller, Esq.
Michael Miller
Nancy D. Miller
Cynthia and Bruce Miltenberg
Robert Miner
Morningside Retirement and
Health Services
Mount Sinai Jewish Center of
Washington Heights
MyRussianDeal.com
Charles P. Nafman
Susan and Michael Nash
Nelson Management Group, Ltd.
Irene Nightingale Nettler
Hannah and Frank Neubauer
New Pronto Transportation
New York Elder Care Consultants LLC
Betty Nichols
Blanca Nickels
Dorit and Herman Noether
Matthew J. Nolfo
Rebecca Novick
Lindsay O’Reilly
Oakland Jewish Center
Nora OBrien-Suric, PhD
Andrew L. Odell
Martha Olson
Jane Oppenheim
Mrs. Barbara F. Poll
Beth Pollack
Sam Pollack
Michael Pomeranc
Nancy and Charles Posternak
William Prady
Peter Price
Proskauer Rose LLP
Gail and Steven Prystowsky
Queens County Savings Bank
R2 Architects, LLC
Ann Rafeld
Estelle Rapoport
Olga Raskin
Bonnie Reiffel
Hope Reiner
Meaghan Repko *
Michelle Repko
Carol and George Retsch-Bogart
Jeanne and Eugene Rice
Seymour Richman
Marilyn Riedler
Roberta Rinzler
Christine Rogers
C. Frederick Rogge, III
Hannah Rose
Arlene and Robert Rosenberg
Nancy Rosenbloom and Trilby de Jung
Edmund Rosenblum and Family
Meryl and Peter Rosenthal
Rebecca Rosenzweig
Diane Roskies
Ms. Rosa Scheck
Rosalyn Tauber Scheidlinger
Sophie Schorr-Reiner
Robert Schulman
Marilyn and Myron Schuster
Ghita Schwarz
Rena L. Schwarz
Renata Manasse Schwebel
Thomas Sciacca, Esq. and
Dr. Jeremy S. Elkins
SCORE
Selfhelp Benjamin Rosenthal Prince Street
Senior Center
Senior Umbrella Network of Brooklyn
(SUN-B)
Ann Seregi
Jeremy Sewell
Judy and Mark Shernicoff
Abram Shnay
Perry A. Shulman
Lilian Sicular
Silberman School of Social Work Hunter College
Meir Silberstein
Denise Soffel
Renee Solomon
Trudy Sommer ‡
Fern and Adrian Sondheimer
Marion B. Sondheimer-Couturier
Vivian and Werner Sonn
Sontag Advisory
Joanne B. Spellane
Eugene Timerman
Helene and Joseph Tischler
Elliot and Rachel Tobin
Walter Tritell
Elaine Tross
Amy M. Trotter
Turley, Redmond, Rosasco & Rosasco, LLP
Law Office of Elaine A. Turley
Alexander Turney
Masamichi Udagawa
Ursula and Werner Ulrich
Judith Uman
United Federation of Teachers
Urban Eldercare, LLC
V. Paulius & Associates
Lily Vaamonde
Richard and Sheila Veron
Julia Volpin
Jim Voneiff
Ruth Wachspress
Frank Wagner
Leo Wagner
Wagner-Braunsberg Philanthropic Fund
Lilly Wajnberg
Adrian Walter-Ginzburg
Stacey and Jeffrey Weber
Marie-Helene Weill
Jerry Wein
Melissa Weinbaum
John L. and Sue Ann Weinberg Foundation
Sharon Weiner
Barbara Weinstein and Louis Bernstein
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Evelyn Weinstein
Michael and Jill Weinstein
Muriel Weisel
Lynne Weiss
Nicki Weiss
Carol Weissbrod
Jack Weissman
Eva S. Wertheimer
Jill and Dan Wiener
Thomas Wilkinson
Bruce and Anne Williams
Marilyn Williams
Nathan Wolfson
Nancy Woods and Anthony Vagnoni
Linda Yaccarino
Anne Yarow
Ari Zak
Jane Zalkin
Jane and Richard Zenker
Cathy and Mark Zoradi
Henry Dessauer
Rose Dobrof
Erica Drake
Scott Drassinower *
Stanislau Oscar Eisner
Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program
Ilse Feldheim
Julie Fleischmann
Karen Friedman
Robert Freedman
Dorothy Fyfe’s Mother
Bea Goldberg
David Goldfarb
Gina Goldman
Pearl Gottesman
Lily Grab
Phyllis Studner Grant
Ellen Grossman
Samuel Gruber
Jeffrey Gural
Gray Ethan Nierenberg
Simon Podolsky
Barbara Poll
Sam Pollack
Thomas and Isabel Roche
Shelley Rood
Magdalena Sanchez
Jackson Michael Allen Schrag
Raymond V.J. Schrag *
Lilian Sicular
Ellen Gerda Spatz
Kathy Strochlic
Peter J. Strauss
Steven G. Tepper *
Lola and Moses Wagner
Curt Ward
Hans and Olga Warmbrunn
Jack B. Weinstein
Magda Wind
Max Witek
John H. Elton
William Evans
Evelyn Frank
Albert Frankel
Florence Giglio
Susan and Otto Goldschmidtt
Rosalie Gottesman
Zoltan Gottesman
Lily Grab
Leo Grauer
Marilyn Greenberg
Carola Greenspan
Rita Guttsman
Edith Hausknecht
Marianne and Sylvan Hayum
Elsie Heineman
Renée N. Herman
Kurt M. Honberg
Simone Horowitz
Ruth Johnson
Evelyn J. Wolff
Pauline Woods
Nell and Victor A. Wyler * ◊
Zinn Family
Mala Kamm
Alice Kantor
Lillie Kaplan
Louise Klein
Hannelore Koppel and Richard U. Koppel
Harriet Kornstein
Sala Krakowsky
Jivina Krasa
Marguerite Lambert
Irenke Lantos
Alan Latinsky
Ilse Leipzig
Esther Lutwak
Fela Machauf
Marie Mallot
Alexander Markel
Regina Martin
Richard L. Mayer
Thekla Meyerbach
K. Fred Netter
Gideon Nettler
Harry Nierenberg
Grace S. Nierenberg
Lore Newburg’s Mother
Elsbeth Oppenheimer
Anne-Lise Pagel
Joseph Parisano
Elly Plaut
Boris Revich
Alice and Paul Roche
Joseph Rodgers
Arthur and Frieda Roos
Project Legacy Committee
As evidenced by its name, an essential part of the mission of Project Legacy
is to “pass the torch” to the second and third generations. A brainchild of CoChairs Dennis Baum and Karin Shewer Krugman, the Committee is comprised
mainly of those who, because of their family background or personal interest,
share a passion to help Holocaust survivors in need. We gratefully acknowledge
the efforts of our committee members, each of whom are deeply committed to
ensuring that survivors live with the dignity they rightfully deserve. For information about joining the committee, please email projectlegacy@selfhelp.net.
David Zornitsky
Anne and David Zygelman
Selfhelp would also like to acknowledge
the generosity of donors whose gifts of
$99 or less are too numerous to list.
Caring for Generations Tribute Fund
In Honor Of:
The following individuals were recognized
by friends and family as they celebrated
special occasions:
Daniel Abramowitz
Paula Arboleda
Leo Asen
Ilse Attar
Batya Bar
Ilse Baum
Peretz Berk
Ezra Berkowitz
Ernest L. Bial * ◊
Ofra Biener
Ellen Blum
Valerie Bogart
Hilda Bondi
Matthew Cantor *
Debrah Lee Charatan ◊ and Steven I. Holm
Lewis Cohen
Marsha Cohen
Oliver Cunningham
William Daroff
Nadine Habousha and Edward B. Cohen *
Max Heine
Fanya Gottesfeld Heller
Benjamin Henry Herman
Thomas Herzfeld
Hans Hirsch
Bella Holm
Aubrey Jacobs
Peter H. Jakes *
Saul Kagan
Hedy and Henry Kamm
Alice Kantor
Stuart C. Kaplan ◊
Lilo Kaufman
Paul Keller
Dori Konig *
Paul Konigsberg *
Doreen Kushel
Katherine La Forte
Peter Lauber
Robert Lebowitz
Carol and Jerry Levin
Nadine N. Levy *
Edith Lowe
William Mandell
Connor Matro
Irma Mayer
Peter Mayer
Reggie and Peter Mayer
Ronald Mayer
Robert Nelson
Ella Newman
Caring for Generations Tribute Fund
In Memory Of:
Contributions to Selfhelp were
made in memory of the following loved
ones this year:
George Adler
Sarah Appel
Paulette and Simon Arbib
Mary Arnedos
Adam Ash
Lisa Ash
Lucy Bacharach
Janice Ball
Elizabeth Bata
Gladys Berger
Eva and Max Berkowitz
Stewart Berlin
Rafael Brand
Genia Kaufman Brunwasser
Dora Charatan
Herbert Cohen
Frederick Coleman
Margaret Corless
Ruth Dimow
Celia Eisenberg
Mark Ellen
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David Rothbaum
Samuel Ruchames
Francis Rudikoff
Gerda Sacks
Kaete and Erich Scheibe
Judith F. Scheibe
Abraham Schmigelski
Mindel and Paula Schwarz
Jean Secher
Martin Senzer
Philip Sepe
Sylvia Shatanof
Hilde Siegel
Dorothy Simand
Eva Singer
David and Honey Sondheimer
Joan C. and Eric S. Sondheimer
Leon R. Stark
Helene C. Stern
Norbert Stern
CUNY School of Law Main Street Legal Services
Dechert LLP
Ronald Fatoullah & Associates
Ian Feldman, Esq.
Rudy Ferrara, Paralegal
Steven D. Fleischer, Esq.
Karen Foxman, Esq.
Rebecca Auster Freedman, Esq.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Donna Furey, Esq.
Goldfarb Abrandt Salzman & Kutzin LLP
Michael Krugman
Kurzman Karelsen & Frank, LLP
Yan Lian Kuang-Maoga, Esq.
Teresa Marrero, Esq.
Ronald C. Mayer, Esq.
Glenn Moss, Esq.
Kathleen Parisi
Thomas Pellegrino, Esq.
Samuel Goldstein
Grand Avenue Wine
Grand Florist
Hairitage Unisex
Hatsuhana Restaurant
Lisa Horten
Andrea and Robert Ingram
Joey’s Pizza
John Kochis Designs
Stuart ◊ and Rosemary Kaplan
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Kiwanis Club of Maspeth
Linda Kornitzer
Karin Shewer Krugman ◊
Carol and Jerry Levin
Nadine * and Peter Levy
Liberty Helicopter Tours
Loyal Order of Moose, Ridgewood
Chapter
Luna Piena Ristorante
William Sternberg
Ronald Strasfeld
Margot Sundheimer
Jacob Suss
Eleanor and Harvey Tepper
Peter Uhl
Irene Vogel
Haskiel Wadowski
Elizabeth Weinberger
Georg Weinberger
Evelyn Weinstein
Jack C. Werner
Eva Wyler
Frances Yohay
Murray Zeisel
Philip L. Pockriss, Esq.
Professor Joseph Rosenberg, Esq.
Raymond V.J. Schrag, Esq. *
Jeffrey Schwartz, Esq.
Peter Scibilia
Steven G. Tepper, Esq. *
Urban Justice Center
Westside Law Project
Pauline Yeung, Esq.
M&G Pizzeria
Mars Deli
Maspeth Key Food
Museum Editions, LTD
National Amusements
New Pronto Transportation, Inc.
Karen Nichols and John Souto
Nikitas Place
Orion Trading
Panera Bread
Queens Christian Alliance Church
Joan Rivers
Thomas H. Roche
Rockabill Advisors
Dana Golding and Richard Scharf ◊
Rao’s
Raymond V.J. * and Jean Schrag
Ridgewood Savings Bank
Joshua S. Rubenstein, Esq.
Salesforce.com
Sean Og’s/Woodside Cafe
St. Sebastian’s Parish Center
Staples
Starbuck’s Harvest Food Program
Starside Pharmacy
Stop & Shop
The Dr. Oz Show
Touchstone Health
Trader Joe’s
Terrace Diner
Utopia Bagels
Pro Bono Services
Grateful appreciation to our friends who
have given so generously of their time and
talent:
Arnold & Porter LLP
Peretz Berk, Esq.
Ernest L. Bial, Esq. * ◊
Rick Boccia
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
CAMBA Legal Services
Ann Margaret Carozza, Esq.
Bryan Cave LLP
Tae Ethan Choi, Esq.
Dewey & LeBoeuf
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In-Kind Donations
We thank the following for their generosity:
Dennis Baum *
Big Six Bagels
Debrah Lee Charatan ◊
Clearview Festivals
The Cuckoo’s Nest
Creation Unisex
Daisy’s Restaurant
Dale Pharmacy
Dan’s Supreme Key Food
Dr. Rose Dobrof
Donovan’s Restaurant
Doherty Enterprises, Inc.
Dunkin Donuts
Christine Fahey
Robert M. Freedman, Esq.
Sam Giarrusso
Herman C. Goldsmith
Gordon Goldstein
Vibez Studio
Walgreens Pharmacy
Windstream
Woodside Pizzeria and Restaurant
Estates
We acknowledge with deep appreciation
the friends who remembered Selfhelp
through their legacies and bequests:
Estate of Ruth B. Colin
Estate of Sam Friedlander
Estate of Maria Geduldig
Estate of Rosa R. Kobak
Estate of Eric S. Sondheimer
Estate of Paula Rosenstein Stoessel
To make a donation to Selfhelp, or
to receive additional information
about the Caring for Generations Tribute
Fund, Estate Planning, or Matching Gifts
Programs, please contact Selfhelp’s Development Department at 212-971-7764, or
visit our website at www.selfhelp.net
Community Partners
AARP
AARP Bill Payer Program
Action Reconciliation Service for Peace
Adelphi University School of Social Work
Columbia University School of Social Work
Furman Center
Community Food Resource Center
Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
Community Service Society (CSS) -
General Electric /Living Independently
Center for Benefits & Services
Community Service Society (CSS) Community Health Advocates
God’s Love We Deliver
Goldman Sachs Community TeamWorks
Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES)
Adult Protective Services Advisory Council
CenterLight Healthcare
Alzheimer’s Association of New York City
Congregation Habonim
American Cancer Society
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun
GuildNet
American Diabetes Association
Congregation Rodeph Sholom
Guggenheim Museum
American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
Cornell University Community Outreach Program
Hamilton-Madison House
Amerigroup
Council of Senior Centers and Services of New York City
HANAC Transportation Program
Anibic Vocational Program
CUNY School of Law - Main Street Legal Services
Health First
Applebees, Fresh Meadows
Dakim BrainFitness, Inc.
Health Guard Pharmacy
Archcare
Dancing Dreams
Health Plus
Arthritis Foundation
Disability Advocates, Inc.
HeartShare
Atria Riverdale
DOROT, Inc.
Hillcrest Jewish Center
Austrian Consulate General
Downtown Hospital-Kress Vision Program
Hillside Hospital
Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps
Dr. William O. Benenson Rehabilitation Pavilion
Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County
Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern
New Jersey
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.
Beth Abraham Family of Health Services
Dry Harbor Nursing Home
Home Care Association of New York State
Big Six Towers Play ‘n’ Learn Nursery School
Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of
Home Care Council of New York City
Blue Card
Bensonhurst
Hospice of New York
B’nai B’rith Project HOPE
East Side Council on the Aging
Housing First
Bronx House
East-West School of International Studies
HSBC Bank
Bronx Inter-Agency Council on the Aging
Easter Seals Senior Employment Program
Hunter College - Jewish Studies Department
Bronx Jewish Community Council
Elderplan
Hunter College - School of Social Work
Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging of Hunter College/
Elders Share the Arts
Independence Care Systems (ICS)
Elmhurst Hospital
It’s Never 2 Late
Brooklyn Borough-Wide Interagency Council on Aging
Elmhurst/Jackson Heights Senior Center
James N. Jarvie Commonweal Service
CAPE
EmblemHealth
Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (JASA)
Cardozo Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Empire Justice Center
Jewish Association for Services for the Aged - Adult
Caring Hospice Services of New York
Employee Assistance Program
Catholic Charities - Friendly Visitor Program
Enterprise Community Partners
Center for Disability Rights (CDR)
F∙E∙G∙S Health and Human Services System
Center for Hearing & Communication
Flatbush Jewish Center
Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services
Center for Independence of the Disabled/New York
Florence F. Smith Senior Center Meals on Wheels Program
Jewish Community Center in Manhattan
Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts
Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island
Center for Jewish History
Flushing Hospital Medical Center
Jewish Community Relations Council
Center for Medicare Advocacy
Flushing House
Jewish Home LifeCare
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Flushing Jewish Community Council
John F. Kennedy Jr. School
Central Queens YM-YWHA
Flushing Library
The Jewish Museum
Chinese American Planning Council
Flushing Meadows Corona Park Aquatic Center/Al Oerter
The Jewish Theological Seminary, Center for Pastoral
Sadin Institute on Law & Public Policy
(CIDNY)
Citi
Recreation Center
Protective Services
Jewish Association for Services for the Aged - Queens
Legal Services for the Elderly
Education
City Bar Justice Center
Flushing Savings Bank
Jokercise
Citymeals-on-Wheels
Flushing Town Hall
JPAC
Coalition of Institutionalized Aged and Disabled (CIAD)
FoodBank
Katsky Korins, LLP
Coalition for a District Alternative (CODA)
Fordham University Graduate School of Social Work
Korean American Senior Citizen Services (KASCS)
Columbia University School of Occupational Therapy
Forest Hills Jewish Center
Korean Community Services of New York
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LaGuardia Community College
LawHELP.org/NY
LeadingAge
LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technology
National Association of Professional Geriatric Care
Managers - New York City Chapter
National Association of Social Workers (NASW) - New York
City Chapter
New York City Police Department
104th Police Precinct
109th Police Precinct
112th Police Precinct
LeadingAge New York
National Center for Law and Economic Justice, Inc.
115th Police Precinct
The Legal Aid Society
National Council on Aging
New York City Schools
Legal Services NYC
National Housing Conference
PS 24
Leir Retreat Center, Inc.
National Leased Housing Association
PS 255 at 168
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
National Low Income Housing Coalition
PS 228
Leo Baeck Institute
National Health Law Program
IS 73
Lexington Hearing and Speech Center
National Senior Citizens Law Center
IS 237
Life Alert
New Pronto Transportation, Inc.
Bayside High School
Lifenet - Mental Health Referral Services
New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation
New York Eye Care
Lighthouse International
Services, Inc. (NYAPRS)
New York Foundation for Senior Citizens
Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation
New York Association on Independent Living
New York Hospital Queens
Long Island Jewish Hospital
New York Cares
New York Housing Conference
Long Island University Occupational Therapy Program
New York City Bar Association - Committee on Legal
New York Immigration Coalition
Long Island University School of Social Work
Long Term Care Community Coalition
Problems of Aging and Committee on Disabilities
New York City Council
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI)
New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)
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 to learn more, visit www.selfhelp.net/selfhelp-nextgen or email jvolpin@selfhelp.net.
Lower East Side Inter-Agency Council on Aging
New York City Department for the Aging
New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Maimonides Medical Center - Department of Psychiatry
New York City Department for the Aging - Grandparent
New York State Adult Day Services Association, Inc.
Manatt LLP
Manhattan Borough-Wide Inter-Agency Council on Aging
Martin Luther King, Jr. Daycare
Margaret Tietz Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Maspeth Kiwanis Builder’s Club
Maspeth Lion’s Club
Maspeth Federal Savings
Support Program
New York City Department for the Aging - Health
Promotion
New York City Department of Education Occupational
Training Center
New York City Department of Employment - Youth
Employment Program
New York State Association for Financing Affordable
Housing
New York State Bar Association - Elder Law Section
New York State Comptroller’s Office
New York State Consumer Coalition on Part D
New York State Department of Health
New York State Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Program
Medicaid Matters New York
New York City Department of Finance - SCHE Unit
Medicare Rights Center
New York City Department of Health
New York State Home Care Association
Medicare Savings Program Coalition (MSP)
New York City Department of Housing Preservation and
New York State Homes and Community Renewal
Mental Health Association of NYC
Mercy College - Department of Occupational Therapy
Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty
Metropolitan Jewish Health Care System
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Foundation
Metropolitan Museum of Art - Community Workplace
Program
Metropolitan Transit Authority - Access-A-Ride
Development - SCRIE Unit
New York City Department of Information Technology and
Telecommunications
New York City Department of Transportation - Safety
Education Department
New York City Department of Youth & Community
(EPIC)
New York State Housing Finance Agency
New York State Office for the Aging
New York Statewide Senior Action Council
New York University - School of Nursing
New York University - Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of
Social Work
Development - The Cornerstone Initiative Child Center
New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage
of New York
North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System
Metropolitan Transit Authority - Mobile Van Service
New York City Fire Department
NYSARC, Inc.
MFY Legal Services
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
Older Adults Technology Services (OATS)
Microsoft Corporation
New York City Human Resources Administration
Orion Resource Group
Montefiore Medical Center - Department of Geriatric
New York City Human Resources Administration - Adult
Our World Neighborhood Charter School
Psychiatry
Protective Services Administration
Oxford Health Plans
Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens
New York City Housing Authority - Office for the Aging
Park Gardens Nursing Home and Rehabilitation
Museum of Jewish Heritage
New York City Housing Development Corporation
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation
Museum of Modern Art
New York City Immigration Coalition
People Care Inc.
Nan Shan Senior Center
New York City HRA MICSA Medicaid Advisory Committee
PHI International
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
New York City Office of Management and Budget
Pierro Law Group LLC
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PIMCO
Transitional Services of New York
Philips Lifeline
UJA-Federation of New York
Practicing Law Institute
UJA-Federation of New York - Caring Commission Task
Private Organizations Providing Financial Assistance to the
Elderly (POPFAE)
Force
UJA-Federation of New York - Long Island Connections
Queens Botanical Garden
UJA-Federation of New York - Nazi Victim Task Force
Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility
United Hospital Fund NORC Initiative
Queens Chapter of Holocaust Survivors
United Spinal Association
Queens Christian Alliance Church
United States Department of Housing and Urban
Queens College
Development
Queens Community House
Urban Justice Center
Queens Interagency Council on the Aging
VISIONS
Queens Jewish Community Council
VNS Choice
Queens Legal Services
VNS - Chinatown Community Center Homecare Program
Queens Library
VNS - Friendly Visitor Program
Queens Library-Long Island City Branch
VNS - Home Delivered Meals Program in Long Island City
Queens Museum of Art
Vera Institute of Justice Guardianship Project
Queens Symphony Orchestra
Victoria Pharmacy
Queens Theatre in the Park
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Regal Heights Adult Day Health Care
Walgreens Pharmacy
Retired Senior Volunteer Program of the Community
Washington Heights - Inwood Council on Aging
Services Society (RSVP)
WEP Goodwill Industry of Greater NY and Northern NJ
Ridgewood Savings Bank
Western New York Law Center
Rite Aid Pharmacy
West Side Inter-Agency Council on Aging
Vincent J. Russo & Associates, P.C.
Women in Housing and Finance
Sage Eldercare
Woodside Senior Assistance Program
Saint Mary’s Healthcare System for Children
YAI
Samuel Field/Bay Terrace YM & YWHA - Community
Yeshiva of Central Queens
Advisory Program for the Elderly
Yeshiva of Flatbush
SeniorBridge
Yeshiva University - Wurzweiler School of Social Work
Senior Health Partners
York College
Senior Umbrella Network of Brooklyn
Sephardic Nursing Home
Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual &
Transgender Elders (SAGE)
Services Now for Adult Persons (SNAP)
Seyfarth Shaw, LLP
Shield Institute
St. Frances Preparatory High School, Queens
Starbuck’s Harvest Food Program
Rabbi Steinig
Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)
Sunnyside Citywide Homecare Services, Inc.
Sunnyside Community Services
Temple Emanu-El
The Rubin Museum
Timebank NYC
Touchstone Health
Touro College
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Selfhelp Community Services, Inc.
Balance Sheet For the year ended June 30
2012
2011
Cash
$144,879
$1,944,477
Investments
9,642,357
12,863,772
11,458,229
10,243,929
Due from Related Party
336,985
1,721,505
Contributions Receivable & other current assets
532,803
869,818
22,115,253
27,643,501
4,067,464
3,004,647
13,393,600
11,998,938
583,444
501,551
4,383,744
-
$44,543,505
$43,148,637
$1,813,141
$2,064,616
Accrued Salaries and Benefits
3,688,324
3,635,585
Due to Third Parties and Other Payables
1,946,845
1,425,266
-
119,615
2,275,000
-
Total Current Liabilities
9,723,310
7,245,082
Due to Guardianship Clients
13,393,600
11,998,938
577,952
272,294
23,694,862
19,516,314
18,031,936
20,020,044
2,816,707
3,612,279
20,848,643
23,632,323
$44,543,505
$43,148,637
Assets
Current Assets
Accounts Receivable
Total Current Assets
Fixed Assets
Assets held for Guardianship Clients
Other Non-current assets
Due from Related Party
Total Assets
Liabilities and Net Assets
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
Due to Related Party
Loans Payable
Deferred Rent Payable
Total Liabilities
Net Assets
Unrestricted Net Assets
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets
Total Net Assets
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
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A copy of our audited financial statement for Fiscal Year 2012 has been filed with the
Secretary of State and may be obtained from the Department of State, 41 State Street,
Albany, New York 12231, or directly from Selfhelp. Selfhelp Community Services, Inc. is
dedicated to the practice of equal employment opportunity in every aspect of its operations and complies with all Federal, State, and City government regulations.
Statement of Activities For the year ended June 30
Revenues, GRANTS & Contributions
2012
2011
$30,582,204
$29,816,931
Government Revenue
8,775,617
8,774,052
Contributions and Program Grants
9,062,027 *
Program Service Revenues
2,909,879
2,995,638
Developer Fees and Investment Activity
1,504,528
2,402,126
52,834,255
54,200,718
Homecare Services
27,508,133
26,430,152
Community and Other Programs
10,300,224
10,574,300
Philanthropic Programs
8,363,360
8,123,149
Management and General
6,725,510
6,640,866
918,203
853,001
53,815,430
52,621,468
Depreciation/Amortization
(981,211)
(987,554)
NYC Contracts Recoupment
(821,294)
-
Change in net assets
(2,783,680)
591,696
Net assets - beginning of year
23,632,323
23,040,627
$20,848,643
$23,632,323
Homecare Revenue
Total revenues, grants and contributions
10,211,971 *
Expenses
Fund Raising
Total expenses
Non-Operating Activity
Net assets - end of year
* These amounts do not include approximately $1,094,507 in 2012 and $1,613,308 in 2011 of contributions and related income
received by Selfhelp Community Services Foundation which will benefit Selfhelp’s family of services.
Selfhelp and its family of services provide a wide range of independent living and fund raising activities. Total Assets
and Total Revenue for Selfhelp and its family of services for their most recent fiscal years are summarized below:
Selfhelp Community Services, Inc.
Selfhelp Community Services Foundation, Inc.
Affordable Housing Corporations
Certified Home Health Agency
Total Assets
Total Revenues
$44,543,505
$52,834,255
5,626,602
1,094,507
142,625,000
11,383,042
2,035,269
6,400,038
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Selfhelp Community Services
Foundation, Inc
.
Balance Sheet For the year ended June 30
2012
2011
Cash
$574,331
$40,821
Investments
4,283,377
3,780,693
768,894
992,952
-
119,615
$5,626,602
$4,934,081
Accrued Expenses
$5,708
$7,500
Due to Related Party
38,478
-
44,186
7,500
225,527
282,702
5,356,889
$4,643,879
5,582,416
4,926,581
$5,626,602
$4,934,081
Assets
Current Assets
Contributions Receivable
Due from Related Party
Total Assets
Liabilities and Net Assets
Current Liabilities
Total Current Liabilities
Net Assets
Unrestricted Net Assets
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets
Total Net Assets
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
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A copy of our audited financial statement for Fiscal Year 2012 has been filed with the
Secretary of State and may be obtained from the Department of State, 41 State Street,
Albany, New York 12231, or directly from Selfhelp. Selfhelp Community Services Foundation, Inc. is dedicated to the practice of equal employment opportunity in every aspect
of its operations and complies with all Federal, State, and City government regulations.
Statement of Activities For the year ended June 30
2012
2011
$401,202
$448,917
Special Event Revenue
744,332
835,860
Investment Activity
(51,027)
328,531
1,094,507
1,613,308
Direct Cost of Events
190,948
164,443
Program Services
189,000
95,000
Fund Raising
41,682
10,960
Management and General
17,042
18,654
438,672
289,057
655,835
1,324,251
4,926,581
3,602,330
$5,582,416
$4,926,581
Revenues, Gains, and Other Support
Contributions, Legacies & Bequests
Total Revenues, Gains and Other Support
Expenses
Total expenses
Change in net assets
Net assets - beginning of year
Net assets - end of year
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Officers, Directors, and
Management Staff
Selfhelp Community Services
Board of Directors
2012 – 2013
Selfhelp Community Services
Foundation Board
(SCS Foundation)
2012 – 2013
Management Staff
Officers
Morris Breitstein
Chief Financial Officer
Stuart C. Kaplan
Chief Executive Officer
Officers
President
Raymond V.J. Schrag
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
Directors
David Barone
Dennis Baum
Ernest L. Bial
Ellen Blum
Matthew A. Cantor
Robert Carmona
Edward B. Cohen
Scott Drassinower
Shelley Einhorn
Ernest M. Grunebaum
Jeffrey S. Jacob
Peter H. Jakes
Dori Konig
Paul J. Konigsberg
Nadine N. Levy
Ralph Marash
Mary Mayer
Joshua Mermelstein
Peter Model
Meaghan Repko
Ronald F. Ries
Margrit W. Rustow
Raymond V. J. Schrag
Sheryl Silverstein, DMD
Peter L. Simmons
Brian R. Steinwurtzel
Steven G. Tepper
Victor A. Wyler
Chairman
Dennis Baum
Vice Chair
Debrah Lee Charatan
Secretary
Peter Model
Leo Asen
Chief Innovation Officer
Russell Lusak
Senior Vice President
Advisory Board
Kevin T. Byrne, Esq.
Vice President, Human Resources
and Labor Relations
Michael F. Price
Sandra Priest Rose
Lois Deutsch
Vice President, Development
Trustees
Elihu Kover, LMSW
Vice President,
Nazi Victim Services Program
Michael A. Bamberger
Dennis Baum
Ernest L. Bial
Bert E. Brodsky
Debrah Lee Charatan
Paul Davidson
Shelley Einhorn
Jeffrey S. Jacob
Stuart C. Kaplan
Karin Shewer Krugman
Ilse Melamid
Peter Model
Stanley J. Reifer
Richard Scharf
Victor A. Wyler
Jeffrey Zorek
Selfhelp Honorary Life Member
Vivian Torres, RN
Vice President, Community Health
Evelyn J. Wolff
Vice President,
Real Estate Development
Rose Aniano, LMSW
Senior Programs Director,
Northridge/Brulene/Southridge NORC
Koku Badasu
Director, LHCSA and
City Home Care Programs
Valerie J. Bogart, Esq.
Director, Evelyn Frank Legal
Resources Program
Erin Brennan, MPS, Q.D.C.P.
Senior Programs Director,
SHARP/Clearview Senior Center
Eli Brett, MSW
Program Director, Project Pilot
Alexis Carter, LMSW, CCM, GCM
Director, Senior Source
Ellen Ceriale
Director,
LHCSA, Quality and Compliance
Scott Code
Program Director,
Client Centered Technology
David Dring
Executive Director,
Selfhelp Innovations
Samuel Goldstein
Director, Government Relations
Linda Pekunka
Administrator, Executive Services
Natasha Gooden-Williams, RN
Director, LHCSA-LI and Training Dept.
Phyllis Wahrmann, RN
Administrator, Certified Home Health
Agency (CHHA)
Madeline Jacobs
Director, Quality Management &
Research
Adeena Horowitz, LMSW
Administrative Director,
Nazi Victim Services Program
Elizabeth Lynn
Director, Grants Management
Rita Shewer
Beth Zeidel, LMSW
Administrative Director,
Nazi Victim Services Program
Patricia L. Kaufman, NCG
Managing Director,
Senior Communities
Dorothy Kern
Managing Director, Real Estate
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Neil Actable
Director, Information Technology
Mohini Mishra
Program Director, Housing
Arlene Shumer
Director, Patient Services
Certified Home Health Agency
(CHHA)
David Silva, Esq.
Assistant Director,
Evelyn Frank Legal Resources
Program
Tova Klein, LMSW
Managing Director,
Senior Communities and
Nazi Victim Services Program
Hanan Simhon, LMSW
Programs Director, Queens North
Case Management Program
Priscilla Maysonet
Managing Director, Senior Communities
Julia Volpin
Director, Special Events
Overview of Programs
AND Services
Nazi Victim Services
The largest program of its kind in North America,
Selfhelp offers comprehensive case management
services, financial assistance, guardianship, financial
management, claims assistance, and home care
services to Holocaust survivors.
Senior Housing
Selfhelp’s seven affordable apartment buildings and
on-site social services offer seniors the opportunity
to lead independent lives in a warm and supportive
environment. Each unit has emergency response
systems, closed-circuit TV surveillance in lobby, easy
access to public transportation and is within walking
distance to Selfhelp senior centers. Residents have
access to social work, nursing, and home care services.
Naturally Occurring Retirement
Communities (NORCs)
Selfhelp NORC programs provide senior residents in
four large cooperative housing complexes with the
supportive services they need to continue living in
their own homes. Selfhelp’s on-site services include
case management, counseling, health screenings, and
social, recreational, and educational programs.
Senior Centers
Selfhelp’s five senior centers offer a wide variety of
life-enhancing programs such as computer classes,
concerts and lectures, wellness workshops, as well as
nutritious meals for seniors living in the surrounding
communities. Selfhelp’s newly expanded Benjamin
Rosenthal-Prince Street Innovative Senior Center
emphasizes health and wellness programming, and is a
key site for Selfhelp’s Virtual Senior Center.
Home Health Care
A leading provider of home health care in the New
York metropolitan area, Selfhelp offers five home
care options for the elderly, frail, families at-risk, and
individuals with HIV/AIDS.
SinglePoint Care Management, LLC
A care management company designed to coordinate
and manage the care and delivery of services to enrollees, in partnership with Managed Long Term Care Plans.
Senior Source
For adults seeking a single point of entry for all
health and other forms of care, Senior Source provides
access to a Care Manager 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week. A fee-for-service program, Senior Source
professionals help navigate the maze of entitlements,
find immediate care, monitor ongoing care, or prepare
for future care needs.
Community 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.
Legal Resources
Selfhelp’s Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program
provides legal assistance for Selfhelp clients. It
also offers professional training regarding Medicaid
and elder-law issues to Selfhelp staff and other
organizations.
Alzheimer’s Programs
The Selfhelp Alzheimer’s Resource Program (SHARP)
provides social adult day care, mental health assessment
and referral, as well as social activities for individuals
in the early to mid-stages of Alzheimer’s disease. The
program also offers support groups for caregivers.
Case Management
Selfhelp’s comprehensive Case Management
Programs perform evaluations to help seniors live
independently in their own homes. Counseling is
offered regarding entitlements and benefits that
may be available, such as financial assistance, home
delivered meals and chore services.
Selfhelp Innovations
Selfhelp has pioneered a number of technologies
aimed at enhancing the quality of later life. From
innovative congregate telehealth services to the
expanding Virtual Senior Center Program, Selfhelp
continually seeks new “high-tech, high-touch” models
to maintain wellness and to re-engage and energize
vulnerable, isolated older New Yorkers.
Contacts
Nazi Victim Services
Program
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg
Apartments
Bronx Program
45-35 Kissena Boulevard,
Flushing
718-239-3177
Amy Newman,
Program Director
Kensington
718-633-1300
Tova Klein, Managing Director
Manhattan Program
212-971-5475
Emily Levy, Program Director
137-39 45th Avenue, Flushing
Naturally Occurring
Retirement Communities
(NORCs)
For general information
about the NORCs listed below,
please call Rose Aniano, Senior
Programs Director,
718-396-5425
Big Six NORC Program
516-481-1865
Gina Goldman,
Program Coordinator
718-565-6569
59-55 47th Avenue, Woodside
Brooke Samuelson,
Program Director
Queens Program
Fresh Meadows Senior Program
718-268-1252
Karen DeOssie,
Program Director
718-454-6286
67-00 192nd Street,
Fresh Meadows
Stacy Shuchter-Gomez,
Program Coordinator
Nassau County Program
Washington Heights Program
212-781-7200
Roni Miller, Program Director
Financial Management Unit
212-971-5475
Ruth Rosado, Program Director
Northridge / Brulene /
Southridge NORC Program
718-396-5425
34-10 94th Street,
Jackson Heights
Rose Aniano,
Senior Programs Director
Housing
To inquire about our housing
applications, please call
718-886-1412. For information
about on-site social services for
our residents, please call Mohini
Mishra, Program Director of
Housing, 718-762-6803.
Queensview / North
Queensview NORC Program
718-278-4148
33-34 Crescent Street,
Long Island City
Donna DelCielo,
Program Director
Helen R. Scheuer House
Senior Centers
45-25 Kissena Boulevard,
Flushing
Austin Street Senior Center
Martin Lande House
137-47 45th Avenue, Flushing
Scheuer House of Bayside
718-520-8197
106-06 Queens Boulevard,
Forest Hills
Cheolwon Ryu,
Program Director
208-11 26th Avenue, Bayside
Scheuer House of Flushing
138-52 Elder Avenue, Flushing
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg
House
140-16 45th Avenue, Flushing
Senior Source
718-224-7888
208-11 26th Avenue, Bayside
Erin Brennan,
Senior Programs Director
800-935-3701
Alexis Carter, Director
Latimer Gardens Senior Center
Located at Selfhelp’s Clearview
Senior Center
208-11 26th Avenue, Bayside
Erin Brennan,
Senior Programs Director,
718-224-7888.
K-VII (to open early 2013)
Brooklyn Programs
Midwood
718-646-7500
Clearview Senior Center
Benjamin Rosenthal-Prince
Street Senior Center
718-886-5777
45-25 Kissena Boulevard,
Flushing
Jinsheng Qiu, Program Director
718-961-3660
34-30 137th Street, Flushing
Cheryl Gersh, Program Director
Maspeth Senior Center
718-429-3636
69-61 Grand Avenue, Maspeth
Maria Dixon, Program Director
Selfhelp Alzheimer’s Resource
Program (SHARP)
Case Management
Programs
Home Care
Selfhelp Safety Net Program
The central office for all Home
Care programs is located at
520 Eighth Avenue, New York.
718-633-1300
419 Church Avenue, Brooklyn
Tova Klein, Managing Director,
Senior Communities
Home Care Intake:
Queens North
Licensed Home Care Services
Agency (LHCSA)
212-971-7697
Certified Home Health Agency
(CHHA)
212-971-5471
General Information:
Homemaking Program
212-971-5480
718-321-8194
45-25 Kissena Boulevard,
Flushing
Hanan Simhon,
Program Director
Project Pilot
212-787-8106
136 West 91st Street,
New York
Eli Brett, Program Director
Housekeeping Program
212-971-7613
Licensed Home Care Services
Agency (LHCSA)
212-971-5490
Long Island Home Care
SinglePoint
Care Network, LLC
646-943-8822
1440 Broadway, New York
Joan Russo, Chief Executive Officer
516-505-2571
Selfhelp Innovations
Other Community
Programs for Seniors
These Community Programs
are located at 520 Eighth
Avenue, New York.
NYC Community Guardian
Program & Nassau County
Guardian Program
212-971-7776
Patricia L. Kaufman, Managing
Director, Senior Communities
Evelyn Frank Legal Resources
Program
212-971-7658
Valerie Bogart, Director
David Dring, Executive Director
212-971-7708
Scott Code, Program Director,
Client Centered Technology
718-559-4460
Neil Actable, Director,
Information Technology
212-971-7712
Home Health Aide
Training Program
212-971-7721
520 Eighth Avenue, New York
Natasha Gooden-Williams,
Director
This program directory contains
contact information for all of the
Selfhelp services that are available
to assist you and your family. To
detach the directory, tear along the
perforated edge and fold along the
indicated line.
Selfhelp Community Services, Inc.
520 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10018
866-735-1234
www.selfhelp.net
2012 - 2013
Program Directory
Throughout New York, older adults,
homebound individuals, and families
at risk, rely upon Selfhelp to meet
their needs for home health care,
Nazi victim services, affordable
senior housing, and social service
support.
Selfhelp Community Services, Inc.
520 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10018
866-735-1234
www.selfhelp.net