[Fredslist] Gotham's Summer of Giving

[JADLER115 at aol.com]

As the campaign for Gotham's Summer of Giving draws  close, I am reminded 
of the thrill of winning half of your generous donations  for my charity the 
Friends of PS 169.  With your help we sent 49 severely  emotionally 
disturbed and learning disabled and autistic children who  attend PS 169 to summer 
camp for three weeks each.   
With the help of Geraldine Newman, Raj Goel and Marc  Halpert, we started a 
web site called _www.thefriendsofps169.com_ 
(http://www.thefriendsofps169.com) .  We  would welcome any donation you might want to make to our cause.  
It costs  us $2400 per child per three week session....so little drops in 
the bucket or a  major hurricane really helps us achieve our goal of exceeding 
last years number  of kids going.  
The women who is in charge of the camp program, Ellen  Lieberman, has 
gathered some wonderful letters and stories of some of the  children who attended 
camp last summer.  I thought you might like to read a  couple of them. 
A 14 year old boy, G------, went to camp for 5  summers. His mother is in 
jail and he lives with his Grandmother. He told me  that he doesn't want to 
do drugs the way his Mother did and says he tries to be  like his counselors 
in camp. In his last 2 summers at camp, he became a "teen  leader" to the 
younger children. This job is only given to those campers that  show 
leadership skill and enjoy working with younger children. This has been an  extremely 
successful program at camp, as many troubled children enjoy helping  
younger ones. Gustavo is definitely one of our "poster" children: he has gone on  
to the High School for Aeronautics and seems to be on a successful  path. 
A Bran--- was one of our homeless students who  were living in shelters 
during the camp season. Our organization usually has  enough funds to send 
students to just 1 of the 3 available 3 week sessions. When  our group visited 
camp that season, Brandon ran over to us and literally begged to  go to the 
next session. It didn't take long for us to decide that yes, it would  surely 
be better for him to stay at camp for another 3 weeks, instead of  
returning to the shelter. His mother was so grateful for this extra session as  she 
was able to find housing with family by the time he came home. 
These children benefit more than I can tell you by their  experiences.  So 
when that envelope comes around at your Group  meeting....be generous.  
Whomever wins this year will really appreciate  it.   Every cent goes to a good 
cause.  Thank you for last  year... 
Janet
Janet Adler  Real Estate, Ltd.
212 427 3809
917 834 2246
_www.janetadlerrealty.com_ (http://www.janetadlerrealty.com/) 
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