November 2008 and May 2009: SGF has been the beneficiary of the latest example of unequivocal altruism and generosity by young people and their coach and parents: The Storm King School Varsity Basketball Team donated $650 in November 2008 and then an additional $200 in May 20009 - the proceeds from their annual team shirt sale to SGF! These gifts are especially meaningful because Jay Garrels, the coach of this team, was one of Steve's counselors, and had a lot to do with the way Steve grew in confidence and generosity while at Winona. Thanks Jay, thanks team, and thanks team parents, who came out in force to purchase more shirts than ever before in Storm King School history!

June 2007: The Newton Mothers' Forum donated the proceeds of their June 2007 fundraising event to SGF, and presented us with a check for $3,817.50. We are enormously grateful to Janet Clay and to the entire Newton Mothers' Forum. Thank you!!

October 2006: SGF was awarded an unrestricted gift of over $7,000 from the students at Harvard Business School, Section I. The funds for this substantial donation were raised from the students' annual charity auction. We are so grateful and will use the funds well and wisely to enable even more children to attend camp in the years to come. Thank you to Noah Brodsky (one of Steve's outstanding counselors at Winona) and all of his student colleagues at HBS!

February 2006: The Longwood Symphony designated SGF as the charity that benefit from its February 2006 concert, and that we raised $10,000 from this event, all of which has helped launch the new SGF Healthy Kids Initiative!

SGF was awarded a grant from MyEmma.com, a communications and marketing company, that has enabled us to have the very well received new "look" for our NewsFlashes. MyEmma.com's generosity has saved us dozens, if not hundreds, of hours sending out email NewsFlashes, has streamlined our Subscribe functions, and has made our communications look professional, while retaining Steve's and SGF's personalities. Thank you MyEmma!!

We are also thrilled to announce that we were awarded a 2005 Hesed Foundation grant to upgrade and integrate our database, information and communication capabilities. We are grateful for this necessary funding! Stand by for even more improvements in our website and communications! Many generous individual donors have made tax-deductible contributions to SGF's growing endowment. We are grateful for every donation we receive, large and small, because they all come from the heart. We pledge to invest and disburse the funds we receive with the highest integrity.

Some people make gifts in honor of a special person or special occasion, for example a birthday, bar or bat mitvah, anniversary, graduation, or for a holiday. Others have directed memorial contributions to SGF to honor the memory of a loved one who has passed on. The first such set of memorial gifts was made in loving memory of Irene Lee. Click on Irene's name to read about this loving woman and the family and friends who care so much about her and about our world and its children. More recently, the family of William S. Marsh, Sr. designated the SGF as the recipient of gifts in loving memory of his passing.

During the 2007-2009 calendar years, gifts have been received in honor of, in prayer for, or in memory of the following individuals (donor names are in parentheses):

Gifts in honor or recognition:

Jo-Louise Allen (Beth and David Israel, '08)
Allen and Bert Alpert (Elaine's twin brothers) in honor of their 60th birthdays on Sept. 22, 2007 (Elaine Alpert and Bill Marsh, '07)
Elaine Alpert, in honor of her receiving the Massachusetts Medical Society Henry Ingersoll Bowditch Award for Excellence in Public Health (Jo-Anne Wyndham, Bill Greenberg and family, '07)
Elaine Alpert and Bill Marsh, in honor of their second anniversary (Marylene and Keith - thanks! '07 )
Ben Alpert and Yael Benstock, in honor of their marriage on February 17, 2008 (Elaine Alpert and Bill Marsh)
Lillian Alpert (Elaine's mom), in joyous celebration of her 90th birthday (Dec. 17. 2007!!) (Florence Rothstein, Charlene and Joe Trenk, '07)
In honor of Joan Bachenheimer and Steve Fleishman's anniversary (Eva and Jonathan Horowitz, '09)
In honor of Sophie Banks' 2nd birthday and Juna's impending arrival (Emily Rothman and Greg Banks, '08)
Alan Sherr and Laura Bjorklund in honor of their amazing hospitality and generosity (Elaine Alpert and Bill Marsh, '07)
Mimi Borkan, in honor of becoming a bat mitzvah on October 27, 2007 (Elaine Alpert and Bill Marsh, '07)
Richard Bowen, in honor of his 60^th birthday and in appreciation for his business professionalism and personal benevolence (Evelyn Amrhein '07)
Amy Seeherman and Les Brody, in honor of their upcoming marriage on October 14, 2007 (Elaine Alpert and Bill Marsh, '07)
In celebration of Gerta Chason's 100th birthday! (Jeff and Judy Wisnia '08)
In honor of Leonora Chertoff's birthday (Lillian Alpert, Clara Geller, Joe and Charlene Trenk, and Molly Wilensky, '09)
In celebration of the marriage of Nader Darehshori and Vicki Gibson (Evelyn Amrhein '07)
In honor of Vin Di Bona's 'Hollywood Walk of Fame' award (Jeff and Judy Wisnia '07)
Eileen Fairley, in honor of her high school graduation (Jo-Anne Wyndham, Bill Greenberg and family, '07)
Tim Fairley, in honor of his college graduation (Jo-Anne Wyndham, Bill Greenberg and family, '07)
Jason Greenberg, in honor of his high school graduation (Jo-Anne Wyndham, Bill Greenberg and family, '07)
Sami Greenberg, in honor of her completing her freshman year at SUNY Purchase (Jo-Anne Wyndham, Bill Greenberg and family, '07)
Andy Greenspan, in honor of his graduation (Jo-Anne Wyndham, Bill Greenberg and family, '07)
Skylar Grossman, in honor of his graduation (Jo-Anne Wyndham, Bill Greenberg and family, '07)
Allison Haber, in honor of her bat mitzvah (Ellen Kubo and Allen Kirschenbaum, '07)
In honor of Martin M. Higgins (Kathleen Berube, '08)
In honor of Bob Hogan's 60th birthday! (Jeff and Judy Wisnia '07)
In honor the marriage of Meghan Lamphere and Jeffrey Horan on Sept. 8, 2007 (Elaine Alpert, Bill Marsh, Sarah and Dan Glidden '07)
In honor of Danielle Jakob (Steven Jakob '08)
Susan Jones and Howard Levine, on the occasion of their wedding on April 26, 2009 (The Wyndham and Greenberg family, '09)
Laurena MacDougall Lyons, in honor of her compassion, friendship and support (Evelyn Amrhein '08)
Seth Mermelstein, in honor of his graduation (Jo-Anne Wyndham, Bill Greenberg and family, '07)
In honor of Daniel O'Connor for his first communion (Elaine Alpert and Bill Marsh, '08)
In honor of Liam O'Connor for his first communion (Elaine Alpert and Bill Marsh, '08)
In honor of Kristen Porfido's receiving her bachelor's degree from UMass (Jeff and Judy Wisnia '07)
Micah Sherr and Lisa (whose last name we don't know yet) in honor of their upcoming marriage (Elaine Alpert and Bill Marsh, '07)
In celebration of the birth of Asher Sigel! (Jeff and Judy Wisnia '09)
In celebration of the marriage of Jason and Jeanine Tholander (Jeff and Judy Wisnia '09)
In honor of Sam Walke's 10th birthday (in lieu of presents at Sam's request) (over a dozen families, '07)
In honor of Ben Wisnia's college graduation (Jeff and Judy Wisnia '08)
Zachary Wong, in honor of his birth! (Elaine Alpert and Bill Marsh, '08)
In honor of Jonathan Yablon, on his becoming a bar mitzvah (Jeff and Judy Wisnia '09)

Gifts in memory:

Samuel Abramson (Bill Greenberg, '09)
Zarmen Alemian (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '07)
George F. (Gidge) Amrhein (Evelyn and Nick Amrhein '08)
Agi Alpert (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '07)
Christopher Alex (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '08)
Gerta Bagriansky, age 100 (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '08)
Elana Bell, age 19 (Elaine Alpert and Bill Marsh, '06)
Elaine C. Block (Jo-Anne Wyndham, Bill Greenberg and family, '08)
Estelle Buckley (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '09)
Norman Burnell, age 91 (Lillian Alpert, '07)
Dana Carpender's dad (Jeff and Judy Wisnia '07)
Chickenhawk (Amanda Mahaffey '08)
Alan Cohen (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '08)
Rose Cohen (Elaine Alpert and Bill Marsh, '07)
William Creary (Lillian Alpert, '09)
Daniel Jacob Hornstein Dwyer, age 25 (Jo-Anne Wyndham, '09)
Dr. Hyman M. Frutkin (Bella Frutkin, '08, '09)
Morrison Gardner (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '08)
Steve Glidden, in loving memory on the 8th anniversary of the tragedy (Lillian Alpert, Myrna and Paul Fruitt, Ellen Stettner and Ron Kane, Elaine Alpert and Bill Marsh, '09)
Steve Glidden, in loving memory on the 6th anniversary of the tragedy (Allen and Susan Alpert; The Sharpe-Bellush family; Jim Collins and Mary McNaughton Collins; Nellie Gargarita; Gil, Joy and Emmy Raviv; Alan Sherr and Laura Bjorklund; Cantor Ellen Stettner, and many others, '07)
Steve Glidden in memory on what should have been his 19th birthday (Susan Korrick and Thomas Hecht, and also Grandma Lilly, '07)
Steve, Kayla, Greg and Melissa (Kathy and Barry Goldstein, Ruby and Jerry Davis, the Sharpe-Bellush family, and many others, '05, 06 and '07)
Ralph Goldman, cousin of Jo-Anne Wyndham (Jo-Anne Wyndham, Bill Greenberg and family, '07)
Christopher Hentchel, age 18 (Jeff and Judy Wisnia '08)
Meryl Herman (Elaine Alpert and Bill Marsh, '08)
Martin M. Higgins (Kathleen Berube, '09)
Matile Kagan (Marcy Kagan, '07, '09)
Sid Kaplan (Lillian Alpert, '07)
Albert Lemelin (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '08)
Aunt Mae Levine, age 86 (Elaine Alpert and Bill Marsh, '07)
Mae Levine (Lillian Alpert - Mae's sister, Leonora Chertoff, Rose Levine, Charlotte Saft, Molly Wilensky, Florence Rothstein, '07)
June Locastro (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '09)
Grandpa Eugene Lutack (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '07)
Joseph Patrick Lynch (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '08)
Zane and George Malandruccolo, twin angels, at birth (Evelyn and Nick Amrhein '08)
Catherine Murphy McCormick and John R. McCormick (Susan McCormick Hadley, '09)
Paul Miller (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '06)
Grandma Barbara Nash (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '07)
Frank Nelson, father of Rochelle Mikels (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '07)
Ralph Potter (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '08)
Adrian J. Provencher (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '08)
Angelina Ricciardone (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '08)
Ruth Rosen (Lillian Alpert, '08; Elaine Alpert, '08)
Minna Rosenblatt (Lillian Alpert, '08; Leonora Chertoff, '08)
Samantha Rose Rotman, age 9 (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '08)
Joe Sagal (Lillian Alpert, Charlotte Saft, Molly Wilensky, '08)
Constance Samolous (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '08)
Fred Schaty (Bill Greenberg and family, '08)
Rosaria Simas (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '07)
Dorothy Stettner (Charlotte Saft, Molly Wilensky, '08)
Hymie Stoller (Jo-Anne Wyndham and family, '08)
Beth Tarr (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '08)
Jeanne M. Thiel (Jeff and Judy Wisnia '08)Z
Rose Trigaboff (Lillian Alpert '09)
Joel Uchenick, SGF Trustee (Rob Anthony, Elaine Alpert and Bill Marsh, '07)
Cornelius Wingle ( (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '09)
Marian Wisnia (Jeff and Judy Wisnia, '08)
Sylvia Wyndham (Elaine Alpert and Bill Marsh, Kathy and Robert Bernstein, Mary Callahan, Gillian Capuccio, Susan Jones and Howard Levine, Debbie Kadaner, Carol and Kenneth Krems, Amy Schneider and Edward Sciore, Michael White, the Wyndham and Greenberg family, '09)

Please click here to see gifts made during the 2001-2006 calendar years.

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