Westchester Volunteers Find a Good Cause for a Night Out

UJA-Federation of New York’s Westchester volunteers recently gathered at Afya Foundation’s headquarters in Yonkers to sort and package medical supplies for areas in Florida, the Carolinas, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean devastated by recent storms. A UJA-Federation grantee, the foundation is a medical supply recovery organization.

Since Hurricane Maria, UJA has proudly partnered with the Afya Foundation and the Greater New York Hospital Association to arrange over 29 flights to hard–hit areas to deliver desperately needed supplies. At the event, Afya Founder and Executive Director Danielle Butin spoke about her organization’s response in the aftermath of the storms and the devastation that remains.

Captions (all left to right)

Photo 1: (back row) Mark Segal, Joy Zelin, Darren Levine, Patty Wolff
(front row) Heather Segal, Shari Levine, Jill Miller, Donald Miller, and Cindy Golub, UJA Westchester Regional Chair, all of Larchmont/Mamaroneck

Photo 2: Steve Girsky, Wayne Goldstein and Steve Zelin, all of Larchmont/Mamaroneck, help sort and pack supplies for Afya Foundation at the UJA Westchester opening event.

Photo 3: Danielle Butin, Executive Director, Afya Foundation, Elissa Strauss, UJA event committee member, Help Heal the World, and David Strauss of Irvington

Photo 4: Lisa Medin, Mark Medin, Executive Vice President, UJA-Federation of New York, both of New Rochelle, Danielle Butin, Executive Director, Afya Foundation, and Laura Kleinhandler of Rye Brook.

Photo 5:Rabbi Jonathan Jaffe, Temple Israel of Northern Westchester and Tracy Stein of Chappaqua, help sort and pack supplies for Afya Foundation at the UJA Westchester opening event.

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For more than 100 years, UJA-Federation has brought New Yorkers together to solve some of the most pressing problems facing our community. Through UJA-Federation, more than 50,000 donors impact the issues that matter most to them, pooling their resources to care for Jews everywhere and New Yorkers of all backgrounds, respond to crises close to home and far away, and shape our Jewish future. Working with a network of hundreds of nonprofits, UJA-Federation extends its reach from New York to Israel to nearly 70 other countries around the world, touching 4.5 million people each year. For more information on how to donate or volunteer, please visit our website at www.ujafedny.org.