May 21, 2020
Dear Friends,
Last month, we made the decision to cancel our 28th Annual Dinner & Auction because of the restrictions in place as a result of COVID-19. Many reached out to ask, “How can I help at this time?” To this end, we established the Friends Academy Community Assistance Fund to offer support to our families during this challenging period. Living and working in the greater New York City area, we have witnessed some of the worst during this pandemic – and we have celebrated with some of the very best. From our front-line first responders and medical staff, to essential employees throughout our neighborhoods, to our faculty and staff here at Friends Academy, who have pulled together, worked together, and stayed together to keep our community together. Tonight is a night to lift them all up. Thank you to all who have supported our first-ever Virtual Benefit! Ahead of us, we have some incredible vocal and musical performances by our students, faculty, and alumni who are contributing their talents to help us raise much-needed financial support. Tonight is about supporting our Friends Academy family – and at this unprecedented time – nothing is more important than keeping this family together. I’d like to express our gratitude to our 2020 Auction Chairs, Andrea Cilmi, Dawn Kallman, and Liz Kakar and their incredible committee of volunteers, whose support helped us to pivot to this virtual event. And a very special thank you to the Del Vecchio and Mott Families for their sponsorships, as well as all earlier Auction donations, which have now been generously directed to our Community Assistance Fund. I hope this time next year we will be able to celebrate together in person but until then I am thankful for the creative ways technology has kept us connected. Although we are not physically together, I feel the connection and bond of the Friends Academy community more than ever before. We are deeply grateful for your partnership and support, and together, we will indeed continue to thrive.
With gratitude,
Andrea
O U R S I N C E R E S T G R AT I T U D E T O
Debra and Claudio Del Vecchio FOR THEIR 16 YEARS OF
LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO THE F R I E N D S ACA D E M Y C O M M U N I T Y. Over nearly two decades, Debra and Claudio have dedicated thousands of hours in service to Friends and generously made our school their philanthropic priority. Our current President of the Board of Trustees for the past five years, Debra has served as a Trustee since 2010, chaired our Auction twice, instituted the incredibly successful Friends Academy Scholarship Fund, steered numerous committees, including that of our expansive Lower School renovation and Playground, Campus Beautification and finally, generously supported our current Community Assistance Fund. Her belief in our Quaker mission is unwavering, her professionalism unmatched, and personally, she is a dear friend and mentor to many. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
Thank You Debra for championing the Friends Academy community with your 16 years of dedication and service. Your strong leadership has been integral to the important advances we have made during your five years as Board of Trustees President and will ensure our Quaker school and mission inspire generations of students to come. W I T H LO N G - L A S T I N G A P P R E C I AT I O N , T H E 2 0 1 9 - 2 0 F R I E N D S ACA D E M Y B OA R D O F T R U S T E E S Frank Ingrassia, Vice President Isobel Coleman, Treasurer Andy Menzin ’81, Secretary David Gelfand Elizabeth Ingrassia Greg Jaske ‘04
Jeannine Lostritto Jed Morey ‘90 Joe Podbela
David Seeler ‘59 Raj Singh Craig White ‘61
T H A N K YO U ,
Elizabeth Ingrassia for your service to the Friends Academy Community as a member of the Board of Trustees for the last 15 years. Your dedication and commitment to our school and Quaker mission will ensure a Friends Academy education has a lasting impact on our students for years to come.
Thank you to our Auction Chairs and the Committee for their support in transitioning to a Virtual Benefit.
AUCTION COMMITTEE COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Andrea Cilmi
Liz Kakar
Dawn Federico Kallman ’84
COMMITTEE
Jennifer Adoni
Katherine Gelfand
Julie Riviezzo
Rita White Afzelius ’80
Natalia Porcelli Good ’93
Jennifer Ross
Nathaniel Amritt
Maria Kahane
Aimee Roti
Andrew Bates
Julie Kalimian
Bettina Clermont Saad
Carole Ingrassia Bates ’01
Phaedra Kazanas
Amy Schamroth
Maureen Bergmann
Debra Krypell
Michelle Statfeld
Michele Cagner
Patricia Lespinasse
Katrina Steel
Sandra Liu Chen
Roseann Martin
Lisa Sutherland
Stacey Daal
Carolyn Mott
Linda Tsiolis
Debra Del Vecchio
Yuisa Montanez
Suzanne Player Vuono
Catherine Dorego
Amy Morgan
Ling Wang
Franciska Berg Doshi
Alexis Pagano
Elizabeth Ong Witthuhn ’01
Rebekah El-Gamal
Joanne Panagopoulos
Zimu Zheng
Isabelle Gardner
Golnoosh Rak
Rachel Zuckerbrot
Krystal Forde
Gina Raso
Thank you to our Auction Sponsors for their support of the Community Assistance Fund. AUCTION SPONSORS DIN NE R Debra and Claudio Del Vecchio, Carolyn and Bradford Mott P REMIUM Glenwood Luxury Apartments P LATIN UM Franciska and Nishat Doshi ’98 Elizabeth and Frank Ingrassia Irene and Peter Pappas GO LD Caryn and Michael Beyer Davis Family Ema Yao and Dave Ding Katherine and David Gelfand Marc T. Hudak Fiona and Karl Lin Jeannine and Glenn Lostritto ’84 Penny Zagalis and James Pappas SILVER Capital One Bank Sandra Liu and Timothy Chen Andrea and Anthony Cilmi Natalia Porcelli Good ’93 and Adam Good ’93 Liz and Sumeer Kakar Dawn Federico Kallman ’84 and Robert Kallman Holly and David Katz Heather and Dan Knopf Natalie and Brendan O’Brien
SILVE R CONT INU E D Julie and Charles Riviezzo Denise and James Serafino Ling and Jerry Wang BRONZE Lakshmi and Vairam Alagappan Jewel Andrews-Amritt and Nathaniel Amritt Austin & Co. Anne and Russell Byers Michele and Evan Cagner ’91 Yundan Zhao and Jie Cao Dana Brett and DeWayne Chin Ruth Fortunoff Cooper ’84 and Brian Cooper Jie Zhou and Nicholas Huang Rebecca and Christopher Lawton Flatters Sabrina and Jahn Levin Luann and Timothy Myers Posillico Materials Helen and Michael Qiu Aimee and Steve Roti Bettina and Andre Saad Lisa and Thomas Sutherland Dequan Wang and Heng Tang Sarah and Robert Trust Ameeta Ahuja and Biren Walia Jennifer Ryan Woods ’99 and Michael Woods Ning Shu and Zongyi Yang Shirley Wu and Qunyi Zhu
Thank you to our Supporters Friends Academy Families, Faculty, Alumni and Friends THE COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE FUND Many have reached out to ask, “How can I help during this time?” To this end, we have established the Friends Academy Community Assistance Fund to offer support to our community during this challenging period. Our most important priority is to keep our community, our Friends Academy family, together, and continue to set the highest standards for learning and living – to remain who we are now and into the months and years ahead. To do so, we will need the support of those who can give more than ever – our families, alumni, and friends. We hope you will consider making a gift to the Friends Academy Community Assistance Fund today. Every gift, no matter the size, makes an immediate impact on our community during this unprecedented time and we hope that this year you will take every opportunity to help us meet this need. Thank you to those families who have generously supported the fund!
Lisa Langer Asnis and Stanley Asnis
Andrea and Arnold Miller
Monika and Anil Bhatia
Serenella De Candia and Pierpaolo Monti
Jonathan Bloom ‘80
Zoraida and James Pagett
Annabelle and Javont Boose Javier Centeno Elaine and Perry Clark ‘64 Coreen Damm
Lisa Paulo ‘83 Jeanette and Adam Prestandrea Lu Ann and Alan Quackenbush
Elvire Daniels
Catherine Reed
Susan Stein Danoff ‘60 and Marty Danoff
Tiffany and Frank Saulter
Anna and Christopher DeNatale ‘96
Amy and Matthew Schamroth
Odile and Edward Dey ‘54
Katherine and William Schlicht
Adina and Michael Eigen James Evans ‘68 Elyse and Adam Ferencz Stephen Fisher ‘53
Daniel Searby Kaitlyn Seigneuray Michelle and Brian Statfeld ‘84
Katherine and David Gelfand
Jean Esval Stillwell ‘56 and Dan Stillwell
Rachel and Jason Green
Becky and Carl Ullrich ‘45
Jen and Chris Halliday
Melissa Quan-Soon-Victor and Jeffrey Victor
Mandie and Dan Haughney
Kelly Reid Walsh ‘95 and Michael Walsh
Claudia and Martin Jacobson Gloria and Eric Koster ‘65 Brie Shapiro Kraska ‘93 and Todd Kraska ‘92 Amy and Robert Lawrence ‘85
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Sara and Robert Weinstein
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Melissa and Wesley Wright
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Thank you to all FA Faculty and Staff for everything you do! Stay safe and we look forward to seeing you soon. LOV E
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I want to extend my sincerest gratitude to the administration, faculty and staff for their efforts in putting together an online version of Friends Academy that is still giving my children, Gabriella (5th grade) and Matthew (3rd grade) an opportunity to advance and grow in their academic studies. While they miss their classmates dearly, we take solace in knowing that we will all be together again someday soon. Until then, let’s all stay healthy and agree to meet on the other side of this. Sending everyone thoughts of peace and comfort. Marc Hudak
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