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Member News Fox Run at Orchard Park Takes Action to Support the Humanitarian Effort in Ukraine: Fox Run at Orchard Park will host a fundraising event on Thurs., June 2, 2022 to generate donations and awareness in support of the ongoing humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.
May 26, 2022

Member News The New Jewish Home Celebrates 8 Remarkable New Yorkers Over Age 80 (and 1 Over 90): The New Jewish Home's seventh annual Eight Over Eighty Gala, celebrating eight remarkable New Yorkers over age 80 (and one over 90) who continue to embody vitality, achievement, and civic activism well into their 80s and beyond, will be held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom on Wed., June 1, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. This year's honorees are New York Yankee legend and National Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Torre; Grammy-winning singer, actress, and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Darlene Love; civil rights activist and past NAACP president Hazel Dukes; six-time Tony Award and Olivier Award-winning producer and founder of B Square + 4 Productions Barbara Freitag; real estate mogul, civic leader, and philanthropist William Mack; former New York City Public Advocate and current executive director of Citizens Union Betsy Gotbaum; real estate investor and philanthropist Harvey Schulweis; businessman, philanthropist, and community leader Philip Altheim; and philanthropist and longtime board member of The New Jewish Home Margot Freedman.
May 25, 2022

Member News DAISY Award at Wartburg: On Wed., May 11^th, Wartburg hosted its Salute to Nurses Reception in celebration of Nursing Week. Carmen Graham, LPN, a nurse in Wartburg's Skilled Nursing division, was surprised with the organization's first-ever international DAISY Award.
May 24, 2022

Member News $115M senior living complex opens in Suffolk County: Fountaingate Gardens, a 10-acre, 435,600-square-foot senior living facility for residents age 62 and older, has opened in Commack.
May 24, 2022

Member News Peconic Landing, in partnership with Stony Brook Medicine, opens expanded Center for Well-Being: Peconic Landing hosted a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for its expanded Center for Well-Being on May 18^th, providing tours of the new space for those in attendance.
May 23, 2022

Member News Jim Staudt Honored for Service to United Hebrew: The Westchester Jewish Council has recognized United Hebrew of New Rochelle board member Jim Staudt with the Julian Y. Bernstein Distinguished Service Award.
May 11, 2022

Member News UHF Honors Parker Jewish Institute’s Chief Medical Officer Igor Israel, MD, as a Quality Improvement Champion: Igor Israel, MD, chief medical officer at Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation, was honored by United Hospital Fund as a Quality Improvement Champion on May 9^th.
May 10, 2022

Member News Gurwin Jewish accepting entries for annual photo contest: Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is accepting submissions for its 29^th annual photo contest through June 15, 2022.
May 10, 2022

Member News Peconic Landing Raises More Than $23K for Greenport Fire Department: Peconic Landing's 16^th Annual John May Mile and 5K raised more than $23,000 for the Greenport Fire Department on May 7^th.
May 10, 2022

Member News National Nurses Week: The top health care facilities in the Capital Region: Shaker Place Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Van Rensselaer Manor, and Shaker Pointe at Carondelet have been voted among the Capital Region’s top senior living facilities in the Albany Times Union’s 2022 Best of the Capital Region poll.
May 9, 2022