JEWISH CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION’S GALA CELEBRATION OF HOPE TO BENEFIT CHILDREN OF ALL BACKGROUNDS

Honoring the important contributions of longtime JCCA Trustee Michael Katz Jewish Child Care Association’s Celebration of Hope: A Cocktail Reception to Benefit Children and Families will be held on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at the Pierre Hotel,

2 East 61st Street, New York City. The event supports the work of JCCA, one of the nation’s oldest child and family services agencies in the country. Senator Charles Schumer, Harry Belafonte, Jonathan Tisch are among the members of the Honorary Benefit Committee.

Mr. Katz is a Senior Partner at Sterling Equities, a family business that has interests in real estate and the New York Mets. He has been involved with JCCA for 25 years and has chaired and participated in many committees such as Investments, Budget, Audit and Strategic Planning.  He serves on numerous charitable boards and is a Board member of the New York Mets.

For 192 years Jewish Child Care Association has served vulnerable, at-risk children and families who have been neglected or abused, immigrant families and those building new lives.  These services include foster care, mental health and preventive services, residential treatment programs, services to recent immigrants, education and early childhood services, special needs programs and adoption. 

According to Richard Altman, CEO of JCCA,” We are pleased to honor Michael and his contributions to the growth of our organization.  This will be a special and memorable evening to support our mission that every child deserves to grow up hopeful."

Tickets prices start at $500. For more information or to buy tickets visit www.jccany.org or email hope@jccany.org

Jewish Child Care Association (JCCA) is a comprehensive child and family services agency. We work with those who need us most, including children who have been neglected or abused, immigrant Jewish families, and those building new lives. Most of our clients come to us because they struggle with poverty or family crises, and because they are working to create an independent future. JCCA helps more than 16,000 children and families every year and is consistently rated at the highest levels for the quality of our programs. In all our work, we are motivated by tikkun olam, the value within Jewish tradition that calls upon all of us to repair the world, and by our belief that every child deserves to grow up hopeful.

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