We asked some of our subjects featured in New York Family in the past year to share a cause they support.
“Connecting Our Paths Eternally helps parents, siblings, and other family members deal with the premature loss of a child or sibling. C.O.P.E. offers ongoing emotional and therapeutic support… It’s a cause that means a lot to [us], as [Kristen] lost [her] brother Michael in junior high school.”
–Kristen and Marc Glosserman, owners, Hill Country Barbecue Market
copefoundation.org
“The New York Women’s Foundation provides grants to organizations working with women and girls on issues of education, empowerment, economic security, anti-violence, and the rights of girls and women…their support makes a difference, and seeing that is something I love investing in.” –Fatima Shama, president of strategic development & external affairs at Maimonides Medical Center
nywf.org
“I grew up in New York City, and Central Park was always my favorite place to go to. Now I take my boys there! Central Park is truly for everyone and it’s really important to our family to support an organization dedicated to preserving one of this city’s treasures.”
–Suzanne Johnson, board member of Central Park Conservancy Women’s Committee
centralparknyc.org
“Earlier this year, one of my son’s classmates passed away of a sudden and still undetermined ailment. His family has decided to try to honor his spirit by installing an adaptive zip line at the integrated preschool he was days away from graduating from [through Will’s Friends In Flight]. I can’t think of a cause closer to my family’s hearts.”
–Greg Pembroke, blogger and author, Reasons My Kid is Crying
willzip.com
“In the past two years, the Turn 2 Foundation and I have developed a wonderful relationship with the Three Doctors Foundation. It is an organization with a mission that aligns perfectly with that of the Turn 2 Foundation: To foster leadership, academic excellence, positive behavior, and social change among young people.”
–Sharlee Jeter, president, Turn 2 Foundation
threedoctorsfoundation.org
“Baby Buggy gets much-needed products and services to families that need them. Knowing how hard it is to be a parent, I can’t imagine what it must be like to layer on not being able to afford diapers, a breast pump for mothers…needing to work with no maternity leave, shelter, and so much more.”
–Rosie Pope, founder, Rosie Pope Maternity
babybuggy.org
“HealthCorps is a non-profit our family started in 2003 to teach healthy eating, exercise, and stress-modification habits to middle- and high-schoolers…it invests in the future health of our country, and it harnesses the power of youth to spread invaluable health knowledge to their families and friends.”
–Daphne Oz, co-host, “The Chew”
healthcorps.org
“My family supports Episcopal Social Services, a data-driven, results-proven organization that addresses the risk factors that perpetuate poverty through programs that impact families from birth to adulthood. The are the people that are helping New Yorkers that need it most.”
—Matt Schneider,co-founder of the NYC Dads Group and City Dads Group
essnyc.org
“My husband’s family set up the Todd Ouida Children’s Foundation in honor of his brother Todd, who lost his life on 9/11. Derived from Todd’s own struggle with school anxiety, [part of] the charity’s mission is to ‘financially support psychological services and other mental health initiatives for children of families in need.’”
–Heather Ouida, co-founder, Mommybites.com
mybuddytodd.org
“Around a year ago we started supporting the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi, Kenya, with our Garments for Good program. They provide a sanctuary and nursery for baby elephants and rhinos who have been orphaned. They have keepers that live with the babies 24/7 that become like parents to them.”
–Jenny Cooper, head of design, crewcuts at J.Crew
sheldrickwildlifetrust.org
“RISE magazine is a publication where parents, youth, and others impacted by the foster care system tell their own stories—about struggle, triumph, and needed reform… I frequently use these stories in training new staff, and they are used nationwide by many in child welfare who are trying to appreciate the struggles that the families that we try and support face every day.”
–Michele Cortese, deputy director at the Center for Family Representation
risemagazine.org
“The Blue Card, which assists over 2,000 needy Holocaust survivors annually, is an organization that is very important to me… Our new favorite tradition is to make a monetary donation to The Blue Card on the very last night of Hanukkah.”
–Shoshanna Gruss, designer, Shoshanna
bluecardfund.org
