49th Annual Dinner On looking back at TAG’s 49th Annual Dinner, the astounding number of people attending—close to nine hundred packed into the Banquet Hall at the Sands in Atlantic Beach—is testimony to the unswerving support and allegiance TAG families feel for the school. Not only did it represent the present parent body; a large number of mothers attending were TAG alumnae themselves. The kind of relationship that TAG’s extended family of parents and supporters has with the school bespeaks a deeply rooted history, brimming with Torah true values, and an appreciation for the role TAG has played in the building of Far Rockaway and the Five Towns. The Dinner Chairmen—Moshe Feuer, Evan Genack, and David Greenbaum—rolled out a red carpet to the community that was impossible to resist, as seen in the record breaking crowd that came out last January to the Sands. The Chairmen’s efforts, combined with the hard work of TAG’s dynamic Executive Director, Dr. Shmuel Reisbaum, and Director of Development, Rabbi Baruch Lovett, yielded historic results, setting a new standard to which all TAG Dinners must now aspire. The funds raised during the dinner campaign are being directed to the operating expenses of the school, and TAG’s scholarship fund. The financial success of the Dinner campaign, and the parent support implicitly stated in the tremendous amount contributed, reflect just how fully TAG’s parent body is staunchly behind the school. “I received such chizuk seeing the spectacular turnout at the dinner,” observes Rabbi Lovett. “So many of our friends contributed to the financial success of this dinner. Many of our nedivim also participated in a very generous way to
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our building campaign. I take that as an overwhelming vote of confidence in the chinuch that our school provides.” Each honoree was also the parent of a TAG student. The Guests of Honor, Mr. and Mrs. Tzvi and Shifri Perl, were lauded for their participation on TAG’s Board of Directors, and their enthusiastic interest in the school. Of special note was the presence of Mr. Perl’s grandmother, Mrs. Rita Kolter, bli ayin hora, and the great, great-grandchildren who have come from her life of sacrifice and struggle. Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Lonnie Schick received the Rabbi Moshe Weitman, zt”l, Award, citing their long association with TAG beginning with Lonnie Selig Schick, who graduated TAG High School in 1987. Both Michael, a successful caterer, and Lonnie, a dedicated social worker for the Jewish Board of Family Services, expressed deep admiration for Rav Moshe Weitman, explaining, “When a leader has a vision, it trickles down to everyone involved in the school, to this day.”
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