Lewis Katz, Marcy Dalsey to be Honored in Haddonfield

The Community Foundation of South Jersey (CFSJ) will honor the memory, generosity and impact of two of South Jersey’s most generous philanthropists, Lewis Katz and Marcy Dalsey, at the 2015 Legacy of Giving Awards on Monday, Oct. 26, at Tavistock Country Club, 100 Tavistock Lane in Haddonfield, 6:30 p.m.

The program begins at 7:15 p.m., with the presentation of awards.

Students from Camden’s Charter School Network - Katz Dalsey Academy will perform a tribute song in their memories around 7:30 p.m.

A portion of the event proceeds will be donated to the school.

Both Katz and Dalsey were natives of Camden.

Katz was the founder and director of the Katz Foundation, which supported a wide variety of charitable, educational and medical causes.

His business accomplishments and philanthropy benefitted two boys and girls clubs in Camden, the Jewish Community Center in Cherry Hill, and Temple and Columbia universities, among other organizations.

In 2011, he and Dalsey co-founded the newly-renamed Katz Dalsey Academy Charter School, part of Camden’s Charter School Network, which now serves children from Camden’s Parkside and Cramer Hill communities.

Dalsey worked with Katz family organizations in various capacities since 2007, including as executive director of the Drew A. Katz Foundation.

Dalsey was raised in Pennsauken. Her 35-year passion and commitment to serving others could only be trumped by her love for her four children, Chelsea, Robert, Grace and John Dalsey.

Early in her career, she worked with organizations like Food Bank of South Jersey, Volunteers of America Delaware Valley, Cooper Hospital, Covenant House, The Michael Bolton Foundation, The Chris Evert Foundation and the Boys & Girls Club of Camden County.

Both Katz and Dalsey died in a plane crash in 2014.

Each year, the Community Foundation honors individuals and families who generously devote time and money to causes they care about as part of the Legacy of Giving Event.

Previous Legacy of Giving Awardees include Joseph Holman & The Holman Family (Holman Automotive), The Healey Family (Viking Yachts, Healey Education Foundation and the Healey International Relief Fund), and Robert Kugler (Attorney at Archer & Greiner, donor and chair of Symphony in C and longtime supporter of the National American Heart Association.)

About Community Foundation of South Jersey: CFSJ maximizes the impact of generosity by helping charitable-minded people make prudent decisions about the money they donate. CFSJ serves the eight-county South Jersey region, from Ocean to Cape May Counties, managing donor-advised funds for individuals, families, businesses and communities. Currently, CFSJ manages the assets of more than $17 million in donor-advised funds. In partnership with our fund-holders, we have issued $7 million in nonprofit grants and scholarships. Learn more at communityfoundationsj.org.

For more information, contact Alice Andrews at 856-528-3385 or aandrews@communityfoundationsj.org, or Kyle Ruffin at 609-980-6651 or kyle@kruffin.com.

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