“Make Mothers Matter” Fashion Show & Charity Auction Rocks!
Lauren Rose Albert Foundation NEWSLETTER — DECEMBER 2009
The “Make Mothers Matter” Fashion Show and Charity Auction raised nearly $35,000 to help support LRAF programs. On Friday, November 6, more than 200 guests rocked Tavistock Country Club. Highlights of the evening included the presentation of the Lauren Rose Legacy of Love, Laughter & Light Award, a raffle of 47 gorgeous gift baskets, a silent auction and a grand prize raffle. Guests enjoyed delicious Hors d’Oeuvres along with a dinner and dessert buffet, music by Kenny i and a fun-filled musical fashion show by Journey Productions. The event paid tribute to the LRAF Women’s Scholarship recipients, honoring them for their strength, courage and determination to succeed despite difficult challenges. Since 2004, the LRAF has awarded nearly 300 scholarships to deserving women who are furthering their educations to achieve a better life for themselves and their families.
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The LRAF Newsletter is introducing a new feature — “Meet Our Mothers!” In each issue we will profile one or more of the mothers who are benefiting from the Foundation’s services. These women continue to amaze us as they challenge adversity through their hard work, dedication and strength of character.
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Meet Our Mothers!
Anna Currently employed as a secretary in the ER of Kennedy Hospital, Anna is working toward the day when she will be able to join her colleagues as a Nurse in the very same ER. She’s enrolled in the clinical portion of her training and expects to receive her RN from Camden County College in May. She finds the ER “more interesting than any fiction I could make up,” and enjoys the constant challenges of the work. As a single mother of three daughters, ages 12, 10, and 7, she hopes to demonstrate by example the rewards of hard work and education. And she looks forward to the day when she has the time to volunteer for LRAF. “I think the Foundation is amazing and I want to become more involved,” she said. She’s truly grateful for the support. “The books are ridiculously expensive and the scholarship really helps.”
Lauren Rose Albert Foundation President Susan Rose (far left) presents the Lauren Rose Legacy of Love, Laughter & Light Award to 2009 recipient Steve McBride. Also pictured are prior recipients Clare Carmody (2008) and Lisa Moriarty 2009).
Earlier this year Cherry Hill Township honored LRAF President Susan Rose with a Proclamation commending Rose and her work with the Foundation and declaring Susan Rose Day in Cherry Hill Township. Cherry Hill Council President Steven Polansky presented the award to Rose while Mothers Matter committee members Anne Cutler, Claire Carmody, Louisa Coffin-Tilsner and Joanne McPoyle (left to right) watched.
Helping Mothers in Need . . . Succeed!
Mothers Matter to Celebrate Ten Seasons of Brightening Mother’s Day for Thousands of Women For Mother’s Day 2001, a small group of volunteers collected enough women’s personal care items to fill 265 gift baskets which they distributed to three day care centers and two women’s shelters for the holiday. Since then hundreds of schools, businesses and organizations have donated enough items to fill more than 13,000 gift baskets assembled by an ever increasing team of dedicated and hardworking Mothers Matter volunteers. One of the highlights of the upcoming 10th season is the expansion of our Mothers Matter program to Long Island, NY. This new effort will be coordinated by Renie and Mitch Freedman, long-time friends of the Rose Family and Laura and Ricardo Basamante, members of the STAR Touring Riding Chapter 278 in Suffolk County, NY. The regional Dollar Tree stores will assist with in-store Mothers Matter collection drives.
Mothers Matter on the Move Mothers Matter Core Committee members Susan Rose, Joanne McPoyle, Stacey Jennings, Kathy McKenna recently met with Renie and Mitch Freedman, Laura and Ricardo Basamante and Frank Pascrell to kick-off the program’s first satellite location in Long Island, NY. Pictured (left to right) are Mitch Freedman, Renie Freedman, Terry McPoyle. Frank Pascrell. Joanne McPoyle, Susan Rose, Laura Basamante, Ricardo Basamante, Kathy McKenna, Bob McKenna, Stacey Jennings and Frank Jennings.
Mothers Matter . . . In the Pink On Saturday, November 7th, the LRAF Mothers Matter Committee partnered with the Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey at a workshop held at Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mt. Holly to complete requirements for their “In the Pink” breast cancer awareness badge. Twenty-seven Girl Scouts participated in the program which included talks by Dr. Michelle Fantazzio about healthy lifestyles to prevent breast cancer and mammography technician. Kim Ballinger. The scouts also worked with Mothers Matter committee members Louisa Tilsner, Claire Carmody and Susan Nesselrode to assemble 144 Mothers Matter gift bags; each gift bag contained 12 pink personal care items in keeping with the program theme. These gift bags, plus an additional 106 prepared after the event, were brought to Our Lady of Lourdes Rehabilitation program for delivery to client’s homes during the holiday season. Please check our website — www.laurenslegacy.org or our Facebook page for Mothers Matter 10th season celebration information and to volunteer to help collect items or to assist at Mothers Matter headquarters.
The Lauren Rose Albert Foundation is pleased to acknowledge the generosity of our Fashion Show sponsors and donors Presenting Sponsor Cooper Hospital
Patrons The Dunn Family Amy Rose-Rivas, Esq. The Streep Family Goodyear Tire Company
Diamond The Albert Family Rothman Institute First Montgomery Group Platinum allRisk Gold Beneficial Bank Pepe & Peggy Piperno Inland Marine Adjusters, LTD
Business Card Advertisers The Bank Jeff’s Down to Earth Palumbo’s Car Care Center Joseph B. Pino, D.M.D. Samaritan Hospice
Mary DiSabato checks out the basket selection.
Silver Archer & Greiner Burlington County College Comcast Peter Kahn, CPA Professional Recovery Services PSE &G Triple-T Tools Valero Bronze Rachel & Jonathan Albert Applied Engineering & Technology 4th District Legislators Senator Fred Madden Assemblyman Paul Moriarty Main Line BMW The Carmody Family The Cedar Firm J. Gregg Damone Diener Brick Company Donald A. Devlin & Associates Dr. Sara Fonseca JustClaims Kadar Orthodontics The McBride Family NuStar Dr. Bernard A. Rawlins Anthony & Robyn Zippilli
Musician Kenny i performs a special musical request for Mike & Chris McBride.
Melissa Waer greets guests. Fashion Show committee member Rita Shusted welcomes guests.
It’s the “giving” time of year! As you shop for holiday gifts and plan your year-end donations, we hope you will add the Lauren Rose Albert Foundation to your list! Your gift will benefit mothers in need in South Jersey who are working hard to achieve a better and brighter future for their families.
Donors ABC Discount Appliances Aenigma Jewelry & Accessories Dr. & Mrs. N. Balotin Anne Barker The Blum Family Patricia Claghorne Virginia K. Clerkin Joyce Desiderio Maureen & Jim Donnelly Sarah Dowling John Evans, Esq. Nancy Forsyth Georgie Girl Good Shepherd School Karen Henry Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Honickman Laila & Don Isaacson Melinda Lamb Marilyn Lemberskie Lou Maurala Nick Naum Jerome Raphael Dr. & Mrs. Richard Rothman Susan Smith Marcia Spatola Mr. & Mrs. Shanin Specter Dr. Bruce Lloyd Talus Memorial Fund Dr. Raymond Yannuzzi Joan Yesner
Lauren Rose Albert Foundation 106 Kenwood Drive Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
Please mail your contribution payable to: Lauren Rose Albert Foundation 106 Kenwood Drive, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034, or you can go online to www.laurenslegacy.org and make a gift using PayPal. Happy Holidays!
E-Mail: mothersmatter@gmail.com • Tel: 856.428.7673 • Fax: 856.368.0800 Website: www.laurenslegacy.org