CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR CROWN CENTER
Building Community
SUMMER 22
We are overwhelmed by the outpouring of support. Crown’s cause to build affordable housing and community spaces has resonated with people far and wide. Our gratitude goes to the many individuals and foundations such as those featured on these pages. They have responded to the call to action that is so beautifully stated in Psalms Ch. 71 “Do not cast me away at the time of old age: when my strength fails, do not forsake me.” Perhaps you knew someone who lived here in years past, or someone who will need us to be here in the future. Maybe your neighbor receives kosher Meals on Wheels from Crown. You may share our commitment to helping the vulnerable. Whatever your connection, we seek your participation in our community building endeavor. Please join us by making a donation to Crown Center’s capital campaign.
Making the Choice to Support Crown Center As seen in the St. Louis Jewish Light, written by Bill Motchan:
Crown Center is well on its way to a major renovation, thanks in large part to a $1 million donation from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. The Baltimore-based Weinberg Foundation primarily funds initiatives in five priority communities. None of those are in Missouri, but Crown Center offered a setting that fit other criteria, said Jon Hornstein, the foundation’s program director. “The foundation considers capital projects from around the United States that align with its priority of aging in community,” Hornstein said. “National projects typically focus on “THE FACT THAT the creation of new units of affordable CROWN CENTER WILL housing or the implementation of best PROVIDE PROGRAMS practices models. This project includes AND SERVICES TO THE both elements. We commend Nikki WHOLE COMMUNITY... Goldstein and her team for their MADE THIS A VERY extraordinary leadership and vision COMPELLING PROJECT.” for this new center.” JON HORNSTEIN,
Another important factor in awarding WEINBERG FOUNDATION the grant to Crown Center was its PROGRAM DIRECTOR dual role as a community resource and affordable independent living option whole community, not just those living in the building, for older adults on a fixed income, he said. “The fact that made this a very compelling project,” Hornstein said. Crown Center will provide programs and services to the “The foundation also gives strong priority to affordable housing projects that include comprehensive case management and supportive services. Crown Center’s services, from social workers who speak Russian and Mandarin to delivery of fresh and healthy meals, certainly meet this standard.”
Sally Altman President of Crown Center Board of Directors
Nikki Goldstein Crown Center Executive Director
Nikki Goldstein, Crown Center’s executive director explains, “Our mission is to provide high-quality housing and supportive services to older adults, regardless of their financial situation. These changes mean we can continue to play that role in the community for the next 50 years.”
Crown Center’s mission is to provide high-quality housing and supportive services to older adults.
Crown Center Board of Directors Sally Altman President Nikki Goldstein Executive Director
Amy Bender-Levy Scott Bernstein Dan Cohen Todd Goldenhersh Sheldon Harber
Alvah Levine Sylvia Nissenboim Nancy Novack Estelle Rochman Mark Rubin
Darryl Sagel Jill Schupp Erin Schuver Barbara Schwartz Michelle Schwerin
Ann Spector David Steinbach Clifford Tager Jody Waldman Cindy Wallach
Council of Life Members Les Borowsky Jeffrey Cohen Keith Cohen
Ted Flom Betsy Garland Randall Green Petie Karsh Joe Marchbein
Jeffrey Rosenblum Steven Rosenblum Richard Tallin Miriam Wilhelm