Project Renewal 2006
Project Renewal Dear Friends, In 2006, Project Renewal continued leading the effort to end homelessness in New York City, helping chronically homeless New Yorkers achieve health, homes, and jobs. On the housing front, we initiated development of two new residential buildings in the Bronx. The first, on Washington Avenue, will provide housing for 100 men and women – half of them living with mental illness and half in recovery for substance abuse disorders. We plan to break ground on this project in spring 2007. We also recently acquired a lot on Villa Avenue, where we plan to build a new residence with a mix of studio and family-sized apartments, to accommodate women who have graduated from our New Providence Shelter and are reunited with their children.
Providing homeless New Yorkers with everything they need to move from the streets to health, homes and jobs.
This year, the city’s Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene and Homeless Services paid tribute to our healthcare programs by selecting our Kenton Hall facility for a press conference to release a landmark study of health problems faced by homeless New Yorkers. Among its findings, the study revealed that homeless adults have a rate of tuberculosis 11 times greater than the general public. Leading the effort to stem TB, in early 2007 we will launch the ScanVan, a mobile clinic that will provide chest x-rays to screen for TB. The pioneering ScanVan will also provide mammograms for homeless and poor New Yorkers. Our Next Step Employment Program had its most successful year ever, placing more than 300 people in jobs. Next Step also launched our newest social-purpose enterprise, a digital printing business we call IMPRINTS, which trains and employs clients in a fully competitive venture that produces annual reports, newsletters, invitations, and more. Some important honors and awards encouraged us in our work this year. First, the Supportive Housing Network of New York selected our In Homes Now program as the “Outstanding Residence of the Year.” In Homes Now places adults in their own apartment with comprehensive services to
address their healthcare, recovery, and employment needs. Also, Barbara Hughes, Director of our Culinary Arts Training Program, received a “Pacesetter Award” from City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who called Barbara “my personal hero and inspiration.” And Marian Javits made a leadership gift to expand our work with the mentally-ill homeless – in honor of which we renamed our Tinton Residence the LeonaBlanche house, after Mrs. Javits’s sister. Our accomplishments this year were made possible by strong partnerships with the public sector and by the generosity of individual, foundation, and corporate supporters. We, and the thousands of New Yorkers we serve, thank you for sharing our commitment to ending homelessness in our city.
Edward I. Geffner
Mary Lynn Putney
President & CEO
Board Chair
Our Mission What we believe Project Renewal believes that home is a fundamental human right. As long as men and women in New York City become homeless because of mental illness or substance abuse, Project Renewal will be there to help. What we do Project Renewal’s mission is to end homelessness in New York City by providing homeless people all of the services they need to get off the street and attain health, homes, and jobs. How we do it Since our founding in 1967, Project Renewal has been a pioneer and leader in developing new and cost-effective approaches to ending homelessness. We focus our efforts on the neediest of the city’s homeless – men and women who struggle with addiction and mental illness – the so-called “chronically homeless.” Project Renewal is the only organization in New York and one of very few in the nation that provides everything homeless people need to move from the streets to independent living in the community – all under one organizational roof. Our comprehensive progression of services begins on the street where our mobile psychiatric and medical outreach teams – each of which was among the first of its kind – reach out to homeless people where they are struggling to survive. Once connected, we then help them move into residential programs through which our clients recover their health and learn to manage their mental illness or achieve sobriety. From there, we help them prepare for, find, and keep jobs, providing both a means of support and renewed self-esteem. Permanent housing is the last element in this progression, completing our clients’ return to a self-sufficient life in the community.
Accomplishments What your support has helped us accomplish … In 2006, through our more than 40 programs and 600 employees, a third of whom are former clients, we worked with 15,000 homeless New Yorkers.
Outreach and Healthcare • We provided medical and/or dental
services to more than 6,400 homeless New Yorkers through five primary care clinics and our dental clinic, delivering quality healthcare regardless of ability to pay.
• Our
newest mobile health clinic, StreetSmart, has been on the street for a year now, reaching homeless youth, ages 15-25, with healthcare services designed specifically for the needs of this age group. Like our other health clinics, we find that the offer of health care in a safe and nonjudgmental setting can engage patients in taking the next steps towards recovery.
Treatment We provided mental health and/or addiction treatment to more than 2,000 homeless individuals through 14 specialized programs.
Employment • We provided job-training and educa-
tion services to 653 adult clients.
• We placed 316 formerly homeless in-
dividuals in full-time jobs. • Our newly-reorganized Imprints business
provides high quality digital printing services and job training for our clients – a double bottom line.
Housing • We
placed 460 homeless men and women in permanent supportive housing, including our four residences in Manhattan, Harlem, and the Bronx.
• We received the Outstanding Residence
of the Year Award from Supportive Housing Network of New York for our pioneering In Homes Now program placing chronically homeless adults in their own apartments with the medical, counseling, and employment services they need to complete their recovery.
• We completed development work on our
newest residence which will be home to 55 formerly homeless mentally-ill adults and another 50 adults working on their recovery through a combined work and treatment program. We plan to break ground in March, 2007.
• We purchased a property on Villa Avenue
in the Bronx that we will develop into a residence for a mix of single adults and adults with children, a first for us in meeting the needs of our clients who are now reunited with their children.
In their words
Project Renewal building St. Nicholas House. I had been clean for quite a while. They interviewed me to live there and picked me. I was ecstatic! At New Providence I learned that it is important to have. When you want something, and you keep doing drugs and it keeps being taken away, you’re not going to get anywhere. So I decided this was my chance to build myself up and get strong enough to be on my own. I came to St. Nicholas on August 8, 2004 – a date I’ll never forget! The first thing I thought was, wow, they gave us sheets. That was a big thing. Just being here gave me a foundation so I didn’t have to struggle anymore and I could say, this is important to me: I’ve got my own place, I have my own key. This really teaches you. If I want to come in, I can. If I want to go to a movie, or to the store, it’s up to me. It’s a big deal. Some people don’t see it that way, but it is.
Debbie Williams I was born in Florida and lived there until 2004. It seemed like I was always staying in shelters, and going from here to there. Or, I would move in with somebody new and it wouldn’t work out, and I’d end up in the shelter again. I had a child. He was taken away and after that it seemed like everything started to fall apart. I was using drugs and I was a heavy drinker. I got so tired of doing crack and selling everything that I had. Every time I would get something, I would lose what I had. It was rough not having anything; it was rough being on my own. In certain shelters, you would hear people getting hurt or even killed. If there were no beds, you would have to wait until the next one opened because someone decided not to come back. So I’d sleep outside in the grass and hear all these things going on. Finally I decided to come to New York to start over. At the first shelter in the Bronx, the other women weren’t too nice so I would stay out until it was time to come back and then try to go to sleep, but it was hard. You could never rest. Then I went to Project Renewal’s New Providence Shelter. I started passing the different levels of goals they set until I got to the point of having my own room. Then I heard about
I love being here. I feel safe. I feel content. When I come in, I feel okay. When I walk in the door I say, yes, that’s my apartment! I’ve been here for two years and it’s just a feeling that you can’t explain. You just can’t explain it: you have your own place, you’re not moving; you have roots somewhere. There’s a computer downstairs; if I need it I can use it. If I need help with something, the staff will help me. Whatever it is, they’ll find a way to get me the help that I need. Now I’m taking my GED and after that I want to be a nurse. I’ve always like helping people and now I am going to be able to do it.
Gary Howard I grew up in Virginia in a family of 12. I left home when I was 18 or 19 and got an Associate’s Degree in Psychology. I also started drinking and using marijuana at that time. I came to New York because I was curious. Two years later, I got into crack cocaine. I became homeless. I couldn’t hold down a job. When I did get an apartment I had to let it go due to my addiction. Then, in the late 80s I went into treatment. I stayed a year, but wasn’t talking about really what was going on, or my triggers. Back then I don’t even think I knew what my triggers were. While in treatment
I saved a lot of money, but right after I got out, my next-toyoungest brother died. After his funeral I went on a binge. I spent my life savings, over $12,000, in two days. I was like that for a number of years. Different things happened: I was hit by a car; I injured my eye, but nothing stopped me from using. I joined another treatment program for a year but I still thought, I’m okay, nobody can tell me anything. Because I was brought up in the church, I was a little self-righteous. I saw people going to NA [Narcotics Anonymous] meetings but told myself they weren’t for me. But I could never understand why I’d go to church, and before getting home, find myself in the crack den in my suit. I just wasn’t open for change. During this time I was also diagnosed with a mental illness – schizophrenia. I thank god for Harvey Brown, the recovery aide that got me into Project Renewal’s program at Third Street where I stayed for almost a year. He also helped me get housing in Brooklyn where I am now. Slowly it got so I had no desire to even want to use drugs anymore. During my recovery at Project Renewal I enrolled in the Job Links program. They helped me find a job doing security. Then my job coach at Project Renewal, Edwin Ramirez, got me hooked up with their Safe Haven program where I became a case aide. I’ve been with Project Renewal for five years. During this time, I had one relapse. I stopped taking my meds and went through withdrawal. But I got help and I kept working as a case aide part-time. I realized that I can have an illness; I don’t have to let it have me. Now I make my meetings, and I take my meds. I have been back for over a year now and I feel like I’m doing an excellent job. My goal, which is coming to pass, is going back to school to get my CASAC [Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor.] Then I’d like to continue at Safe Haven as a MICA [Mentally Ill Chemical Abusers] counselor. On March 23rd I’ll have nine years of recovery. Yes, nine years! I’m not saying I don’t make meetings or need to talk. I’m not saying I’m well. But the compulsion has lifted. I went through stages of relapse after relapse, but I made it. That’s why I can relate to the clients. My job is very rewarding because I’m able to give back what was so freely given to me. I never thought I’d be doing this. It’s my wildest dream.
Anita Snype I’m 48 years old. I’m a mother of eight, and have seven grandchildren. Basically I did a lot of running in my life. I was always interested in the fast life. I ran the streets and I did a lot of clubbing. I got messed up in drugs; I guess I was curious. I didn’t go to school, but I was always curious. When I got involved in substance use, mainly it was crack. I smoked and I also sold it. At that time my family had custody of my children. I was just hard headed and stubborn. I didn’t think I had a problem with anything. My brother was a counselor and he used to take me over and over again to detox, but I went for all the wrong reasons. I went for everybody else and not for me. In the back of my head I knew once I came back out of detox I’d be going straight home to start drinking or doing whatever I was doing. And that’s what I did. It got so that I had to go to different detox places because I got tired of them seeing my face. I always knew what I had to do while I was there. I learned a lot about recovery, but still didn’t think I had a problem. I kept getting arrested selling drugs. I lost my apartment plenty of times, but I had keys to my family’s apartment. Believe it or not, I didn’t know that I was really homeless because I didn’t have my own apartment. But you couldn’t tell me I was homeless. It took me awhile to really sit back and get humble, to accept all this and get honest with myself, but I did, I surrendered. I entered a 6-month residential program. And I started to like cooking there.
When I graduated, I was referred to Project Renewal’s Culinary Arts Training Program. This was a great experience. My classmates and I studied together, we quizzed each other before graduation; we worked hard. I loved my classmates and Chef Anthony and Edna and Cheryl and the counselors. We worked as a team.There are a lot of people in recovery here which keeps me aware of where I am and how I could be back out there in a heartbeat. Ron Johnson and Barbara Hughes were great. I listened to everything they taught me. They taught me about interviewing and about how to get a job. They set me up with interviews and everything. And now I work at Project Renewal’s Comfort Foods. My family laughs at me because before I couldn’t boil a pot of water! Today my sister is still shocked that I have a food-handling license. Today, I’m just grateful. I just celebrated three years of sobriety. My kids are in my life. I’m living with my fiancée. I am truly grateful to Project Renewal for giving me these skills and for hiring me. The people in here are wonderful. I’m happy because they just had another graduation in the culinary class – I remember when I was a student – and when the students came upstairs, I treated them just as I was treated when I came up those stairs. This February I will have been here two years, working at the same place: it’s great. And that’s all I have to say. I’m just living life to the best of my ability.
Darryl Terry I grew up in Brooklyn in a very good family. I did well in school, and was in the Marine Corps for 10 years. I started using drugs early but never felt I had a problem; drug use never interfered. After the military I came back to New York in 1984, and that’s when my addiction really took off. I still was unaware I had a problem because I had good jobs. Although I lost them, it never seemed to be a direct result of my using. This went on for a long time. Then in 1996 I got my first major arrest. I entered a treatment program with no real intentions to stop using. After graduating, I got a job counseling. I was good at giving good advice but would never take it. I didn’t attend meetings; I thought I could take on the whole world. I started using again; I got tired of it; I went into a program again; I went into detox, and I went to rehab; I came back out – over and over again. During this time I lost my mother and my sister. Then when my father passed I just gave up on everything. I went on a tirade to self-destruct and when it didn’t happen, I got up and said, “I am done with this, I want help.” That was 17 months and two days ago. Intake counselor, Victor Sancho, came and did a presentation about a Project Renewal program called Renewal House and that’s where I went. Renewal House’s methods of treatment were kind of unorthodox and at first I was very resistant. It’s like a TC [therapeutic community], but modified. They address the true nature of whatever it is you’re going through and I wasn’t ready for that. I started feeling the loss of my mother, sister, and father, and I had no trust. I was full of anger. My counselor, Mr. Wendell Parks, told me, “You’re only hurting yourself. I’m not trying to hurt you, I’m just trying to bring out what you need to address so you can meet it and move on.” And that’s what it was. At Renewal House you’re given a lot of freedom. You go to meetings; you have to work. Work is an important part of the program. I worked at the Times Square Alliance (the BID). Immediately I started receiving accolades from my supervisors. I continued to work hard and graduated early from the program. Two weeks after I was hired at the BID, I was promoted to assistant supervisor and I’ve been on that path ever since.
I no longer take things for granted. I like how people see me now. When I say good morning I get a smile and a good morning back. Sometimes in Times Square I have to step over people, and so every day I’m reminded of what it could have been and what it can be. Every night I sit in my living room and I thank god. I look around and say, this is mine and I’m keeping this. And I go by Renewal House to talk to the new guys to let them know I’m a graduate and that they can do it too.
thing because they do not reflect me, they don’t know me. I don’t give up. But of course, constructive criticism from my boss, I take literally! That’s part of my job. I can see myself moving up in this job and having options open to me in the future.
Lisa Caruncho (Andrew’s mother)
Andrew Giordano I graduated from high school in 1999 and went to Katherine Gibbs College. After a while, I decided that computers weren’t for me. After that I didn’t know where to start or what to do. I had obstacles socially. Then I was recommended for Project Renewal’s Culinary Arts Training Program. I loved it. I had a great feeling of accomplishment learning knife techniques and how to work in a kitchen. The staff was so helpful. They helped me with my confidence and self-esteem. They helped me get job interviews. Now I work full-time at Aramark and I love my job and they like me there. And Project Renewal helped me with all of that. Project Renewal really builds you up. I have learned about responsibilities: I am paying off my student loan and I have my first credit card. And I have learned that you can’t give up. I never listen to the opinions of others who say I can’t do some-
When he was younger, Andrew was found to have a learning disability with speech and language; really, he had a lot of problems socially. He was the kind of kid who wouldn’t really talk or come out of his room. So we went to VESID (Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities) and they helped him get the skills to go into the workforce, but it wasn’t enough. He needed more. Then he was referred to Project Renewal. Wow. They are just great people, really nice, they stayed behind Andrew and they even stayed behind me to keep Andrew motivated and positive. It was really amazing. Within just six months there was a big difference. He really opened up. He doesn’t have those social obstacles anymore. He is out there every day traveling, and truthfully Project Renewal got him doing all that traveling, taking buses and trains all over the city, going to interviews. Without Project Renewal he’d still be sitting home behind the computer - that’s all he had. But that’s not good for your life; that’s not interacting with people. Project Renewal helped him to get out there in the world with everyone else, working, being an adult. I know now that he can take care of himself. Even if he didn’t get a job or anything material from his experience at Project Renewal, it was just great watching him graduate and move on to the next level, knowing he’s just like everybody else and he can make it. He gets up everyday at 5:30 AM and goes to work. He’s always working overtime. This would have been impossible before. The people at Project Renewal who helped us, we are going to remember forever. They really did change Andrew’s life. We’d like to share a letter that Andrew got from his supervisor at work: “When Andrew first came on the scene I knew there was potential. His time with Project Renewal gave him the tools to take pride in his work, develop a career, and become what he is now; a valued contributor... He now asserts himself proudly, won’t take unnecessary jabs, and can tell a joke as good as anyone.”
Our Financials
Programs Providing everything homeless people need to move from the streets to health, homes and jobs.
Statement of Activities Year ended June 30, 2006
Outreach Times Square Engagement Project Shelter Outreach and Assessment Program Mobile Psychiatric Team MedVan: mobile medical outreach StreetSmart: healthcare on wheels for youth
Healthcare Five Licensed Medical Clinics MedVan: mobile medical clinic Dental Clinic StreetSmart: mobile medical clinic for youth
Substance Abuse Treatment Chemical Abuse Crisis Center Outpatient Clinic
Residential Mental Health Treatment Clinton Residence LeonaBlanche house Safe Haven Times Square Respite Center Parole Support and Treatment Program New Providence Fort Washington
Residential Addiction Treatment Renewal House Renewal Farm Kenton Hall New Providence Third Street Center
Employment Next Step: Education Job Placement Money Management Financial Counseling Retention and Mentoring
Housing Holland House Clinton Residence Lease on Life St. Nicholas House LeonaBlanche house In Homes Now
Social Purpose Ventures Comfort Foods Shamrock Construction Renewal Farm Renewal Landscaping IMPRINTS
Public support and revenue Contributions Special events Grants and third-party revenue Management fee income Rental income Miscellaneous income Interest and dividend income Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments
Total public support and revenue
$1,090,732 855,326 33,527,782 25,550 1,503,483 743,703 45,241 17,747
$37,809,564
Expenses Program services Management and general Fundraising
33,240,628 3,990,434 775,364
Total expenses
$38,006,426
Change in net assets
($196,862) 985,947 789,085
Net assets, beginning of year Net assets, end of year
2006 Rental Income
4%
Other
Programs 87%
2%
Contributed Income
5%
Grants and Third party Revenue 89%
Financial information is derived from our audited financial statements.
Administration
13%
Our Contributors We are pleased to acknowledge donors of $500 and above who provided generous support for our programs, July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006.
$100,000 and above Marian B. Javits The Kresge Foundation Robin Hood Foundation The Starr Foundation
Thank you to our Supporters
$50,000 - $99,999 BT Americas, Inc. Deutsche Bank Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Schutz Engel Trust $30,000 - $49,999 Alan Belzer & Susan Martin Mary J. Hutchins Foundation Mizuho USA Foundation Deanna M. Mulligan Fred and Nancy Poses Mary Lynn and Frederick Putney
The New York Times Company Foundation North Fork Bank Bill and Kathy Reiland Aaron Sosnick Sandra & Samuel M. Wasserman M.B. & Edna Zale Foundation $10,000 - $19,999 Bradley Abelow & Carolyn Murray Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades James P. Allman The Barker Welfare Foundation The Theodore H. Barth Foundation Colleen Cavanaugh Laura Chang & Arnie Chavkin Epstein Philanthropies
$20,000 - $29,999
Mary Beth Farrell The David Kimmel Foundation
Aetna Foundation, Inc. Cashin Family Fund
Joseph P. Mack Mental Insight Foundation
Citigroup Foundation The Frances L. & Edwin L. Cummings Memorial Fund
Shelly and Neil Mitchell Foundation Morgan Stanley Foundation
Warren and Mitzi Eisenberg Susan and Leonard Feinstein Foundation Michael Field & Jeffrey Arnstein The Lambert Family
Nan and Ed Perell Perelman Family Foundation Carl S. Rosoff Lillian and Jonathan Stern
J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation
$5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous Russell S. Berman & Anita Friedman Evelyn Berry Blair Brickman Daniel Brodsky James S. Davidson The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Richard and Carol Feinstein Financial Planning Association Andrew Goldberg Marian S. Heiskell JKW Foundation John & Elaine Kanas Foundation Anthony S. Kendall Mackenzie Cutler Inc. John T. Magliocco Gerald E. Morris Henry B. Pennell Chuck and Angella Pol Theodore C. Rogers Amy E. Russo Mary E. Ruth Signature Construction Group Inc. Robert F.X. and Laura Baudo Sillerman SLCE Architects, LLP Jim and Mimi Stevens Barbara and M. Steven C. Williams
$2,500-$4,999 Wade and Donna Bradley Andrew A. Brenner Cameron Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Russell L. Carson Frank Crystal & Company David Dechman & Michel Mercure Tim Dressler Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg Ronald and Deborah Eisenberg Anne and Fred Elser Ernst & Young, LLP Amy G. Feinstein Debra & Jeffrey Feinstein Foundation Doris and Arthur Field Gotham Air Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Carol Graham Andrew Housden
$1,000-$2,499 Peter and Andrea Abruzzese Barbara Annis Anson M. Beard, Jr. Frances Belzer-Reid & Robert Reid Sharen Benenson Broadview Networks The Brodsky Family Foundation Wai Ling Chan & Duncan Murdoch Andrew B. Cogan Debra, Jose & Jonathan Cruz Cushman & Wakefield Anthony P. Cutugno The Dammann Fund, Inc. Donald W. Davis Karen and Dan Davis Kevin Driscoll Tom and Ellie Ference
Clifford E. Hunt David L. Lee
Judith Fishlow & Mark H. Minter Martin Ford
Barbara and David Margolis Judith and David Maron
Peter and Brook Gaboriault Robert J. Gallivan
Dana D. McCarren Maggy McClelland Richard and Ronay Menschel Vivian and Edward Merrin Bette Midler Family Trust MMA Financial, LLC Park Madison Laboratories Inc. Jeannette and Jonathan Rosen The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Francois Sicart Marc and Lori Silverman Bezalel Solomon Thomas D. & Denise R. Stern Family Foundation US Trust Corporation Foundation Delores and Robert Viarengo Charitable Trust
Ron and Nancy Garret Seth M. Glickenhaus Scott P. Grader Irwin and Janet Tweed Gusman JR Havlan Amy L. Johnson Stuart D. Kaplan Marcella A. Katic Keefe Bruyette & Woods, Inc. Alon Kehati The Kibel Foundation, Inc. John F. Kidde Fund for Basic Human Needs Brian M. Kinkead Phoebe and Kevin Kline Alessandro and Ulrica Lanaro The Leonard & Evelyn Lauder Companies Susan and Arthur Leeds
Martin L. Leibowitz Shawn T. Martin Barbara R. Matas Elizabeth and Michael McKiever Thomas F. McWilliams
Warren N. Bimblick Christopher A. Brown M.D. Brown Co. Ida R. Cahana Thomas and Beth Castro
Robert Koltai Barbara and Richard S. Lane Lauren and Dick Langan Kenneth A. Liebman Lovell Safety Management Co.
Matthew B. Stern Brian J. Studwell Fenella Thornton Bernard J. Tool David Treitel
Robert R. Morgan New York University Community Fund
Neil D. Chrisman Ilan and Iris Cohen
Richard B. Lowe, III William & Patricia MacFarlane
Alice S. Turner United Way of New York City
Marjorie Culver Garrett R. D’Alessandro
Rosemary and Jon Masters Med World Pharmacy
Louis J. Verde Margo and Anthony Viscusi
Susan H. Daley George L. Davis
Dominick Minervini Steven and Pamela Mitchell
John E. Welsh, III Anthony Williams
Keven J. Davis Robert S. Davis
Lalka Morales John Nixon
Mr. & Mrs. Richard N. Winfield Joel S. Winnik
Michael and Karen DelPrete Dial Industries, Inc.
Hans Oriol Stephanie Perell & Mark Schwartz
Sandra B. Wroe Ira and Shirley Yohalem
Kyle L. Nickens Joseph McLaren Quinlan Dwight Rees John and Lori Reinsberg Brandon Rose Schiff Hardin Foundation Charles and Dina Simonian David K. Sims Stuart and Marcia Sindell Michael and Laura Sirkin Colin Spence Marta and Eneas Talbot
Digitas LLC Alan Epstein Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Fieldman Gerald J. Flannelly
Ellen J. Thomas Philip C. VanDusen
Martin Fleisher & Andrea Bierstein Richard and Linda Gelfond
June Weinstein Michael and Denise Welsh
David M. Gelman William J. Goebelbecker
Josh S. Weston Elaine Whittle Michael and Zena Wiener Julie Woods-Moss Marguerite T. Yates Rashmini Yogaratnam
Louis Goldring Henry Goldstein & Linda Broessel Donald J. Gordon Hedy Harman Donald and Kate Harris Hermione Foundation M. Sandy Herskowitz Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman Ross L. Jacobs Lianne Johnson & Douglas Boller Nancy S. Kacew Paul and Dayssi Kanavos Suri Kasirer Patricia and Dennis Keane Michael Kempner Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Kennedy
$500-$999 Francis and Marie Abel Ellen and Jack Alemany Daniel M. Allen Max G. Ansbacher Arbeiter Family Willard N. Archie Francis X. Astorino Larry A. Bagley R. Palmer Baker, Jr. BDO Seidman, LLP
Ruth and Sam Perelson David Petrovich Jose W. Pincay-Delgado Robert C. Quinlan John A. Ricciardi Richmond Plumbing & Heating Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP Bernard and Elaine Roberts Andrew and Melanie Schaffran Charles H. Schmitter Margery P. Schneider H. Schrier Co., Inc. Arthur I. Segel Eric and Randi Sellinger Service Directions, Inc. Jill and Howard Sharfstein Michael and Denise Sheehan Pauline and Milton Sherman James E. Sierk Slade Elevator Company Todd and Judy Slotkin Vidya Srinivas Sheila Stanford Walter and Kerri Steinmann Burton S. Stern
Special Events The 16th Annual Gala Benefit & Auction raised $700,000 in June 2006. We extend grateful thanks to our generous auction prize and in-kind donors: A Clean Well Lighted Place Adnan Abbasi Abigail Michaels Concierge Acanthus Chamber Opera Aleo Restaurant (Garden Dining) American Ballet Theatre Jim Anastasio Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spas Ark Restaurants Corp. Edward Arrendell, II Arrojo Studio The Art of Shaving Bao 111 Barbuto Restaurant Beacon Restaurant, Bar & Bakery Bed Bath & Beyond Alan Belzer BLT Restaurants Robert Bodian Bond St. Restaurant Boutross Imports, Inc. Arleen Bowman Boutique B.R. Guest Inc. Steve Breen Butterflies & Zebras buybuy Baby Café Gray CAMAJE Bistro & Lounge Candle 79 The Capital Grille Esteban Carrion Chef Central Chelsea Piers Sports & Entertainment Complex
China Grill Management Clary & Company Antiques, Ltd. Meg Cohen Designs Comfort Foods COUNTER.wine & martini bar. vegetarian bistro. Cowgirl & Bar K Craftbar Restaurant Cullen John Cusimano & Rachael Ray da Filippo da Umberto Restaurant Diageo North America Inc. Christian Dior Beauty Dyson The End of History Equinox Fitness Club Estiatorio Milos Faige Timeless Portraits Harold Ford
Lianne Johnson Designs Anthony S. Kendall Nancy Koltes at Home Lavagna Trattoria Italiana Le Chef Le Tableau Bistro Moderne LEO Design Les Pierre Antiques Loews Hotels // The Regency Lord & Taylor Lusardi’s Restaurant Joseph P. Mack Magnolia Bakery Mainland Restaurant Mamlouk Restaurant Manhattan Theatre Club Robert Mankoff Wynton Marsalis Mary Lou Knits
Peter W. Gaboriault, Esq. Chris Gbur
McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant Nina McLemore
GEISHA I.B. Goodman Co.
The Mermaid Inn Mille Fiori Flowers and Events
Carol Graham Janet Tweed Gusman
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovksy and Popeo LLC Movado Group, Inc.
HarperCollins Publishers Haru Restaurant Haspel Ed Helms C. Hugh Hildesley Hy-Lite Products Marc Jacobs Marian B. Javits Jodi’s Gym Gregory Johnson
MTV Networks Netherlands Board of Tourism New Outlook Pioneers NH Hoteles One Little West 12 Opera News Magazine Orsay Restaurant Palm Bay Imports Pearl Oyster Bar
Tim Perell The Place on West 10th Restaurant & Bar Primavera
Mark Scarbrough & Bruce Weinstein Mike Sheehan Shun Lee Palace
Richard Tucker Music Foundation Vacuum World Stores Village Apothecary
Project Renewal, Inc. Mary Lynn & Frederick Putney
Marc & Lori Silverman Paul Smith, Inc.
Kurt Vonnegut Cary Wasserman
Tracy Reese William T. Reiland
Southampton Inn St. Regis—New York
Samuel M. Wasserman Sandra Wasserman
Renewal Farm Victoria Roberts
Starr Restaurant Organization Leona Storm
John E. Welsh, III What a Racquet!
Roundabout Theatre Company Ruzzetti & Gow
Suarez Handbags Tabla
Whim World of Golf
S & W Appliances & Electronics Sant Ambroeus
David Tanner Fenella Thornton
XM Satellite Radio The York Grill
Savoy Restaurant
Laura Tool, Arbonne International Skin Products
David Yurman Zuzka for Fabricology Inc.
Thank you to our volunteers: Auction 2006 Co-Chairs Sandra & Samuel M. Wasserman William T. Reiland Gala Committee Blair Brickman Melissa Cohen
Janet Tweed Gusman Anthony S. Kendall
Mary Lynn Putney Carl S. Rosoff
Thomas R. Evrard Michael Field
Joseph P. Mack Shelly & Neil Mitchell
Anna Valeo
Diahne Grosjean Fran Halper Kristin Kilbourne Lucy Kirk Jeffrey Kirshenbaum Andrew Lloyd-Williams Stasi Lubansky Leslie McDonald Kristen McGowan Paul Miller Ann Moore
Victoria Nastri Kyle Nickens Peter Rossow Zachary Sharpe Denise Sheehan Barbara Smith Anita Snype Peter Tantsits Matthew VanDamm
Volunteers: Ellyn Austin Douglas Boller Valerie Browne Tony Cockcroft Melissa Cohen Alex DelPrete Amanda Eisner Anne Ekstrom Thomas Evrard Ramona Flood Peggy Geiser
BT’s 3rd Annual Gala – Connecting for a Better World raised $100,000 for Project Renewal in October 2005. Our thanks to the Sponsors and Auction Contributors: Sponsors: Allstream AT&T Avaya Broadwing BT BT Infonet BT Radianz Celergy Cisco Christy MacDougall Mitchell Bodden Financial Times
Hogan & Hartson LLP HSBC iPass Latin American Nautilus Level3 Communications McAfee Morgan Franklin MRI Network Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Chuck Pol and family PR Newswire Proskauer Rose LLP Ruder Finn, Inc. S.Com Starcom Worldwide Streamdoor Symantec Corp. Synaptitude The Experiential Agency (XA)
John Allan’s Alan Belzer
Hilton Boston Back Bay Hotel Hilton Washington DC
Renewal Farm Mike and Veronica Richter
Blue Hill at Stone Barns Suzan Bresler, Corporate Incentive Solutions
Michael Hooper INSTONE Nutrition
Ritzy Canine Carriage House Rose Hall Resort & Country Club
Auction Contributors
Dr. Cindy Bressler, DVM BT Americas Alexandre Charriot Christie’s The Color Purple Comfort Foods Cullen Della Rovere Delta Airlines, Inc. Dodger Theatricals Alexander Gorlizki Gotham Dream Cars Great Jones Spa Thomas Hannah & Associates Limited Haute Diggity Dog
Lianne Johnson Designs Lennox Lewis Kim Lepine Salon Henry Leutwyler Links of London Tracy Loughlin Toni Magnane Mary Lou Knits Midnight Oil Company Beth & Carmin Minardi, Minardi Hair Salon Elizabeth Morgan Cary for Catrin Morgan New Jersey Nets La Palestra PGA Tour/Barclays Classic Mary Lynn & Frederick Putney
Art Shamsky sHeBuys Spire The Sports Club/LA Tamara Staples Steiner Sports Universal The Verve Music Group W Hotels of New York
Board of Trustees Alan Belzer, Board Chair outgoing Mary Lynn Putney, Board Chair elect Michael Field, Vice Chair Bradley Abelow Russell S. Berman, Esq. Colleen Cavanaugh James S. Davidson Anthony S. Kendall The Hon. Richard B. Lowe, III Joseph P. Mack Neil S. Mitchell Nan Perell Chuck Pol Jules M. Ranz, MD William T. Reiland Carl Rosoff Marc L. Silverman, Esq. Lillian H. Stern James W. Stevens Caverly Stringer Janet Tweed Samuel M. Wasserman M. Steven C. Williams
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