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AMIT SCHEDULES 80TH ANNIVERSARY SCHOLARSHIP FUND DINNER
New York, October 21, 2005...... AMIT’s 80th Anniversary Scholarship Fund Dinner has been scheduled for Sunday evening, November 20, 2005, at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York City. Hundreds of members, friends and supporters of AMIT from throughout the tri-state area are expected to attend. All proceeds will benefit AMIT’s network of 60 schools and programs serving more than 16,000 children in Israel.
Suzanne and Stuart Weilgus of Monsey, New York, will be honored with the AMIT Guardians of the Children Award. The New Leadership Award will be presented to Peggy and Philip Danishefsky of New York City. Marvin Leff, executive director of AMIT who is retiring after almost 30 years at the helm of the organization, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Leff is a resident of Far Rockaway, New York.
The AMIT 80th Anniversary Scholarship Dinner is being chaired by Debbie and Samuel Moed of Englewood, New Jersey. Mrs. Moed chairs AMIT’s New Generation Board of Directors.
Brenda and Albert Kalter are chairing the 2005 Tribute Journal. Mrs. Kalter is an AMIT national vice president and the Kalters are residents of Woodmere, New York.
For further information and reservations, please call AMIT at 212-477-4720, ext. 137.
AMIT enables Israel's youth to realize their potential and strengthens Israeli society by educating and nurturing children from diverse backgrounds within a framework of academic excellence, religious values and Zionist ideals.
AMIT educates and cares for Israel’s youth, including the most vulnerable. More than three quarters of AMIT students cope with educational, psychological, economic and/or social risk factors. AMIT approaches each child as an individual, maximizing his or her potential, and enabling our students to become vital, productive members of Israeli society. The AMIT schools promote religious tolerance, service to the state and the recognition that every child is blessed with unique talents and abilities. Founded in 1925, AMIT operates more than 60 schools, youth villages, surrogate family residences and other programs, constituting Israel’s only government-recognized network of religious Jewish education incorporating academic and technological studies.
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Media Contact:
Barbara Goldberg
Director of Communications
212-477-4720, ext. 127
barbarag@amitchildren.org
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