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Committee of Foundation Members Created
he Andrew K. Dwyer Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of the Committee of Foundation Members. This committee will be dedicated to expanding and furthering the mission of the Foundation through their work with the Board. The committee will help with the planning and supervision of Doggday and other events, fundraising as well as identifying and managing potential charitable grants.
Save the Date! Friday, Sept. 28 The date for Doggday ‘07 has been set and is scheduled to take place on Friday, September 28, 2007, again at the Bedford Golf & Tennis Club. As we have done in the past, there will be golf and tennis tournaments, followed by a cookout and entertainment….. not to mention the wonderful prize-filled auction. So, mark your calendars for this great day -- we expect nothing less than another special event that evokes a bit of Andrew’s spirit.
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The Committee of Foundation Members Co Chairs: Lisa McKenna & Sam Jackson Anthony Bellino Ben Cameron Cushing Donelan Chris Einhorn Blue Eaves John Flinn Sam Goodhue Andrew Hughes Margaret Jackson
Andrew Levy Emily Parsons Ethan Rice Brandon Rogers Katharine Sachs Beth Schmidt Erika Shumate Chris Swon
Doggday 2006 Although we were fearful of a cold and windy day in mid-October, the weather was delightful and the Bedford countryside resplendent in its finest fall foliage. A capacity crowd of golfers teed off in 60 degree weather while the tennis players basked in the October sun. After a prize ceremony and dinner, we held our second annual auction which once again proved extremely successful. Many thanks to auctioneer extraordinaire Dede Brooks for her help, and contributers Dorothy Cavanaugh, and the Donelan, Einhorn, Hyland, Rice and Sachs families among others for their wonderful contributions! This year we missed the incomparable Ben Cameron but thanks to John Hyland we had a wonderful band and the party really kept rolling. With over 250 in attendance and over $185,000 raised, Doggday ‘06 was more than a worthy successor to our prior events. The Dwyer family would like to express their deepest appreciation to everyone who attended and contributed.
Andrew K Dwyer Foundation
Charity Updates
disappointed that they had not made the trip to New Haven with their schoolmates, so Cindy told them that she would think of a special trip for them to take, but they told her that they wanted Waterside School Students Learn How to Swim to learn how to swim. Mrs. Dwyer and the Foundation for Cindy happily obliged, responding their support. Andrew would have that every child should know how to been extremely proud to provide swim. Over the last two years, each these children with otherwise class of the Waterside School received swimming instruction once per week for six weeks at both the Boys and Girls Club and the YMCA of Greenwich, CT. Every student at Waterside School is now a competent swimmer. Prior to this program, however, roughly 90% of the children could not swim. Because of your kind donations to the Andrew K. Dwyer Foundation, the charitable grants made to the Waterside School have been able to pay improbable opportunities. With for both the children’s your continued support, we hope s w i m m i n g l e s s o n s to continue providing children Other Foundation gifts included gifts to: and transportation to the with these types of experiences and East Harlem School at Exodus House pools The children en improve the lives of underprivileged Bronx Preparatory Charter School thusiastically continue youth. Calvin Hill Daycare to participate in the First Tee program and have been Make-a-Wish Foundation of Hudson Valley Sloan Kettering Pediatric Prom very grateful towards
Since the inception of the Andrew K. Dwyer Foundation, we dentified The Waterside School as a place that fully embodies our intentions to provide opportunities otherwise not afforded disadvantaged students. Waterside is a K to 5 independent day school for low income children of above average academic ability located in Stamford, Connecticut. Founded in 2001, the school prepares children to succeed in the classroom and become contributing members of society. Three Years ago, Cindy Dwyer, a Waterside tutor and mentor, was speaking to her second grade class about possible field trips they would like to take. Previously she had taken another grade up to New Haven where the children were taught to skate by the Yale Women’s and Men’s Hockey team and then given a tour of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. The second graders were