2021 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT
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NEAL GERBER EISENBERG
OPERATION SURF Operation Surf is a California-based nonprofit that offers surfing programs as a form of therapy to injured military and veterans. Operation Surf’s week-long curriculum-based programs bring wounded active duty and veteran soldiers together for an impactful week of surfing and Thomas J. Campbell, Jr. healing. These programs inspire injured military and veterans to seek wellness in all aspects of their lives while providing the necessary resources, tools and peer-to-peer support to continue this mindset indefinitely. Partner Thomas J. Campbell, Jr. counseled Operation Surf in its ongoing effort to increase the number of veterans served, including expansion to serve veterans beyond the United States.
CREW HAVEN Partners John A. Biek and Eric N. Mann and Associate Eric M. McLimore obtained federal and state income tax and sales tax exemptions for pro bono client Crew Haven Corporation, a new nonprofit organized to support a community rowing program for economically disadvantaged children in New Haven, Connecticut. Crew Haven’s founders recognized that, while New Haven had long been the site of historic Yale crew programs, many children of color and socioeconomically underprivileged backgrounds in New Haven and other American urban areas have never considered participating in rowing because of their lack of access to rowing facilities and coaching. To address this lost opportunity, Crew Haven is providing financial, mentoring and logistical support for a youth competitive and recreational rowing program at the Canal Dock Boathouse in downtown New Haven.
John A. Biek
Eric N. Mann
Eric M. McLimore
“If they are dreaming of the waves tomorrow, they won’t take their life today.” – Operation Surf
PRO BONO
The Crew Haven Youth Rowing Program provides organized sport as well as leadership development, teambuilding activities, civic engagement, academic enrichment and academic support. Crew Haven provides these supplemental holistic activities and resources for free to all New Haven public and charter school students, and it helps to support young studentathletes’ communal, educational, familial and personal development.
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