Larchmont Residents Honored By UJA For Community Contributions

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UJA-Federation of New York’s Larchmont-Mamaroneck community recently honored Joy and Steven Zelin of Larchmont at its annual community event. The evening also celebrated the community’s work on behalf of the organization, which supports nearly 100 health, human-service, educational, and community agencies. More than 150 guests attended the gathering, which took place at Larchmont Temple on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. 
 
Active and committed leaders in UJA-Federation in Westchester, Joy serves as Larchmont-Mamaroneck Women’s Philanthropy divisional chair and served as area chair for three years. Steven is active in UJA-Federation, AJC, and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
 
Joy is a longtime volunteer in the Mamaroneck School system, most recently at Mamaroneck High School, where she volunteers in the College Information Center. Steven volunteers for the community little leagues, coaching soccer, basketball, baseball, and softball. He is senior managing director in the Restructuring & Reorganization Group at Blackstone.
 
“I look around this room and I feel so blessed that we are raising our children in this community,” said Joy. “With our donations, UJA-Federation helps 4.5 million people around the world, including those in our own backyard.”
 



About UJA-Federation of New York
For more than 95 years, UJA-Federation has been a central force for communal planning and philanthropy in the New York Jewish community. Through UJA-Federation, almost 60,000 donors pool their resources to help people in need, inspire a passion for Jewish life and learning, and strengthen Jewish communities around the world — to address the issues that matter to us most as Jews and as New Yorkers. Working with nearly 100 network beneficiary agencies, synagogues, and other Jewish organizations, our reach spans from New York to Israel to more than 70 other countries around the world, touching 4.5 million people each year. Because we do the most good when we do it together. For more information, please visit our website at www.ujafedny.org.