{"id":611360,"date":"2022-05-05T16:27:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T20:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/?p=611360"},"modified":"2022-05-05T16:27:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T20:27:21","slug":"help-us-fill-the-community-chest-at-the-community-chests-gala-on-june-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/611360\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Help Us Fill The Community Chest’ at The Community Chest’s Gala on June 9"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Young People’s Chorus @ Thurnauer<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(<\/b>Eastern Bergen County, New Jersey; May 5, 2022) –The Community Chest of Eastern Bergen County holds its annual spring gala, Help Us Fill The Community Chest, on June 9, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. at Montammy Golf Club, located at 7 Montammy Drive in Alpine, New Jersey.\u00a0 Producer and director Harry Martin, an Emmy Award-winning TV journalist and an anchor of newscasts at three leading television stations in New York City, joins The Chest as emcee.<\/p>\n

With the motto ‘Neighbors Helping Neighbors’, the organization’s mission is to lead initiatives and support nonprofits that make communities stronger and benefit people in eastern Bergen County, New Jersey.\u00a0 The 89th anniversary gala’s net proceeds will be used to fund projects meeting these 2022 priority areas: food insecurity; health and mental health services; educational support programs focusing on social, emotional and developmental learning loss; programming to enhance college preparation; supportive services for special populations such as senior citizens and people with disabilities; and ancillary services to enhance the quality of life for all populations, including preserving the environment, supporting the arts, and promoting social justice.<\/p>\n

The annual gathering brings together friends and supporters to fulfill The Chest’s mission started by its founders nearly 90 years ago.\u00a0 They carry on the legacy to fill a chest with individuals and businesses’ generous contributions and to empty its contents by awarding grant funds to support worthy projects led by vetted area nonprofits.\u00a0 The Community Chest undertakes this mission with increased benevolence to help people in need.<\/p>\n

Honorees<\/u>
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\nThis year, The Chest recognizes these three leaders for their extensive involvement and contributions to the community:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Valley Bank.\u00a0 Corporate Philanthropy Award.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Amie Aburustum.\u00a0 Outstanding Trustee Award.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Jing Li.\u00a0 Student Community Service Award.<\/p>\n

Program<\/u><\/p>\n

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Harry Martin, Emcee<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The gala committee comprised of Chair Jami Toolen, Hilary Baris, Andrew Kovar, Marcie Mann, Sandy Pinto, Melanie Simon, Amy Sokal, Franci Steinberg, Barbara Strauss, and April Uram promises an evening of philanthropic fun with cocktails, dinner, and a benefit auction.\u00a0 A range of products will be available to bid upon in the benefit auction with noted auctioneer Katherine Cooperman officiating.\u00a0 The program also features a magical musical performance by the Young People’s Chorus @ Thurnauer.<\/p>\n

The cost per ticket is $185 per person, $250 per patron, and $1,500 for a table of 10.\u00a0 Register online,\u00a0www.tinyurl.com\/ccgala2022<\/a>, or send a check made out to The Community Chest, located at 122 South Van Brunt Street, Englewood, New Jersey 07631.<\/p>\n

Sponsorship levels are also available for individuals and businesses to help fill the chest.\u00a0 Each offers various marketing opportunities and the recognition of this philanthropic involvement by The Community Chest’s large number of supporters.\u00a0 To date, sponsors for the event are: Barbara Strauss and Thomas Manolio, BMW of Tenafly, Decotech, Jaguar Land Rover Englewood, William and Patricia Johnston, The Kamson Corporation, Richard and Shawn Kennedy, Lakeland Bank, Ed and Ellen Skowronski, April and Alex Uram, Valley Bank, Visions Federal Credit Union, Shelly and Justin Wimpfheimer, Barry and Melanie Zingler.<\/p>\n

Advertising is also available in The Chest’s gala journal.\u00a0 For more information about becoming a sponsor or to place an ad in the journal, visit the event’s website,\u00a0www.tinyurl.com\/ccgala2022<\/a>, or call the office at 201-568-7474.<\/p>\n

About The Community Ches<\/u>t<\/u><\/p>\n

Founded in 1933, The Community Chest, a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization headquartered in Englewood, New Jersey, has supported local not-for-profit agencies for 89 years.\u00a0 The Chest leads initiatives and supports nonprofits that make our communities stronger and benefit people in need in eastern Bergen County.\u00a0 Each year, The Chest raises funds and allocates them to agencies demonstrating the capacity to provide services to local citizens.\u00a0 The organization also provides coordinating and planning services in its communities, serving as a bridge between agencies and organizations and investing in the stability and quality of the service network.<\/p>\n

The Community Chest’s Board of Managers is comprised of community leaders dedicated to improving the lives of neighbors in need.\u00a0 People interested in being considered for board membership may contact Executive Director Dr. Shelly Wimpfheimer at (201) 568-7474.<\/p>\n

For further information about The Chest, visit\u00a0www.thecommunitychestebc.org\/<\/a>\u00a0or contact (201) 568-7474.\u00a0 Stay updated about the organization\u2019s activities on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.<\/p>\n

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(Eastern Bergen County, New Jersey; May 5, 2022) –The Community Chest of Eastern Bergen County holds its annual spring gala, Help Us Fill The Community Chest, on June 9, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. at Montammy Golf Club, located at 7 Montammy Drive in Alpine, New Jersey.\u00a0 Producer and director Harry Martin, an Emmy Award-winning TV journalist and an anchor of newscasts at three leading television stations in New York City, joins The Chest as emcee. With the motto ‘Neighbors Helping Neighbors’, the organization’s mission is to lead initiatives and support…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47748],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-611360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}