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Brooklyn Bureau Celebrates its 139th Anniversary
The Brooklyn Bureau celebrated its 139th year of service to New York City on June 28, 2005 at Bridgewaters, adjacent to the South Street Seaport in Lower Manhattan.
Brooklyn Bureau Board Chairman Wallace P. Parker, Jr. and Executive Director Donna A. Santarsiero accept Excellence in Public Service Award, presented by Richard A. Cook, Chairman of the 100 Year Association of New York.
Through the dedicated effort of our Co-Chairs (Art Certosimo, Robert F. Gartland and Wallace P. Parker, Jr.) and our event committee (including members our Board of Directors and our Executive Director, Donna Santarsiero), the 139th Anniversary Celebration raised more than $235,000 to benefit children, youth, families and adults with disabilities. We are deeply grateful to the individual, corporate and foundation donors whose generosity made our evening a success.
We adopted a July 4th theme to celebrate our nation's 229th birthday, as well as the Brooklyn Bureau's 139th anniversary. Nearly 250 persons-longstanding supporters and new friends-attended. To all of them, as well as the many donors who could not join us for the evening, we are deeply grateful.
Brooklyn Bureau Executive Director Donna A. Santarsiero, Allen B. Clark, Senior Vice President, JPMorgan Chase, and Robert F. Gartland, Brooklyn Bureau Board Member and Event Co-Chair
Humilde Rodriguez and Yolanda Stephen, Senior Site Supervisor at the Brooklyn Bureau's Day Habilitation Program helped to create the beautiful table centerpieces for our Anniversary Event.
Event planning was a total agency effort. To carry out our July 4th theme, volunteer clients from our Day Habilitation program, which serves people with developmental disabilities, created beautiful tabletop decorations. All our guests enjoyed the decorations, and many took them home. More than 20 Brooklyn Bureau staff members generously worked as volunteers on our first ever Silent Auction, which was another feature of the event. To our clients and staff, all of whom were so effective, we convey our most sincere appreciation.
Donna A. Santarsiero, Brooklyn Bureau Executive Director, Wallace P. Parker, Jr., Brooklyn Bureau Chairman with Susan Kahan Rifkin, Brooklyn Bureau Board Member
Brooklyn Bureau Board Member Jerrold H. Mulder and Leslie Mulder
Our anniversary dinner is the Brooklyn Bureau's primary fund raising event, the proceeds from which support programs and services that benefit more than 15,000 persons each year. Income from the this year's event will help sustain the Brooklyn Bureau's vital services, which include child welfare, education, family preservation mental health, housing and support, and vocational training and job placement to persons with disabilities. Some of the dollars raised will help to satisfy the deficit in our 9/11 Relief program, which closed in October 2004. In its three years of operation, the Brooklyn Bureau 9/11 Relief program served 5,000 individuals and their family members, totaling almost 12,500 persons.
Brooklyn Bureau Treasurer, Kenneth Corwen (center) with Gerry McGinley and Richard Yemm, Credit Suisse First Boston
Brooklyn Bureau Board Member and Event Co-Chair Art Certosimo
In his welcoming remarks, Co-Chair Art Certosimo invited attendees to see for themselves what a difference the Brooklyn Bureau makes to people in need. "I encourage you to make a visit. You will be inspired by what you see," he said. "You will feel the commitment of our dedicated staff and volunteers, and the motivation and achievements of the children, families and disabled adults whom we serve."
Brooklyn Bureau Members of the Corporation Jane O'Keefe and Robert F. Menegaz, M.D.
Brooklyn Bureau Board Secretary Sally Brody with Executive Director Donna A. Santarsiero and Mel Hertzberg
As part of the event, the Brooklyn Bureau held its first ever Silent Auction. Guests placed bids on more than seventy donated prizes, including an autographed Derek Jeter baseball, a new Kymco motor scooter, tickets to several New York Yankees and Mets games, a case of Veuve Clicquot champagne, two golf outings, an opportunity to accompany journalist and food critic Arthur Schwartz on a future restaurant review, and many more.
Guests placed their bids on more than 70 Silent Auction items
Zeinab Chahine, Executive Deputy Commissioner, New York City Administration for Children's Services
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, and his wife, Jamie, graciously served as Honorary Chairs. Zeinab Chahine, Executive Deputy Commissioner, New York City Administration for Children's Services, represented Mayor Michael Bloomberg and conveyed the Mayor's greetings. Richard A. Cook, Chairman of the 100 Year Association of New York presented the Brooklyn Bureau with an Excellence in Public Service Award.
Donna A. Santarsiero, Brooklyn Bureau Executive Director with Pamela Antoine Weekes, Junior League of Brooklyn, Arlette Ferguson-Mathis, Junior League of Brooklyn and Clare Longo, Brooklyn Bureau Director of Family and Children's Services
Norma H. Martin, Brooklyn Bureau Assistant Executive Director with Richard J. Conti, Brooklyn Bureau Board Member, Clare Longo, Brooklyn Bureau Director of Family and Children's Services
Kelley, Drye & Warren, led by partners Eugene d'Ablemont, William C. Heck and James Hays
Barry Newmark, Brooklyn Bureau Director of Human Resources, with William P. O'Brien, M.C. O'Brien, Inc.
Brooklyn Bureau Executive Director Donna Santarsiero, "Cakeman" Raven Dennis III and guest, with Leslie Klein, Brooklyn Bureau, Director, Adult Rehabilitation Services and Robert F. Menegaz, M.D. Brooklyn Bureau Member of the Corporation
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