White Plains CitizeNetReporter - The Sharing Community to Honor Temple Israel of White Plains

Anonymous writes "The Sharing Community, Inc.’s 8th Annual “COMPASSION IN ACTION” Awards Breakfast

When: Saturday, May 8, 2004
10 A.M. – 12:15 P.M.

Where: The historic Philipsburgh Performing Arts Center Ballroom
2 – 8 Hudson Street, Getty Square, Yonkers, New York

On Saturday, May 8, 2004, THE SHARING COMMUNITY, INC. will host its 8th Annual ‘Compassion In Action’ Awards Breakfast, honoring two individuals and three area congregations whose sustained efforts over the years have made a difference in the lives of our sisters and brothers.

This year’s honorees are:

~ Mr. Jim Bostic, Executive Director, Nepperhan Community Center

~ Mr. Joseph Cleary, ASCW, President/CEO, The Renaissance Project

~ St. Eugene’s Roman Catholic Church, Yonkers, N.Y.

~ Temple Beth Shalom, Hastings, NY

~ Temple Israel, White Plains, NY

Tickets to the event are $50.00 (a table of ten, $500). Sponsors (who contribute $2,500 or more) and Benefactors (who contribute $1,500) are acknowledged in the breakfast program.

Breakfast chair, Jack Brennan, said, “Our annual awards breakfast gives us an opportunity to come together as a community to acknowledge the tireless efforts of those who labor ‘in the trenches’ day-in and day-out, making a difference in our community. It gives us a chance to raise up those who, by their words and deeds, are examples of compassion – in action.”
THE SHARING COMMUNITY, INC. is a church-sponsored but separately incorporated non-sectarian, minority-controlled community-based organization. For twenty-one years THE SHARING COMMUNITY has provided intervention, advocacy, and assistance to those who are homeless, hungry, ill or need supportive services to maintain their independence. Founded in 1983 by two local congregations – St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church and St. John’s Episcopal Church, Getty Square – THE SHARING COMMUNITY’S primary focus has been southwest Yonkers, the most distressed quadrant in Westchester County. While it started as a small, temporary, overnight shelter in donated space, with volunteer staff and in-kind contributions, THE SHARING COMMUNITY today offers a broad continuum of professional services (over 19 programs) which range from street outreach, emergency shelter and food programs, employment training, substance abuse counseling, a full spectrum of HIV/AIDS services (from counseling and testing to nutrition and support groups), street and community outreach, health care and mental health treatment as well as transitional and permanent housing. Staff members in all Sharing Community programs are bi-lingual and bi-cultural.

All of the proceeds from the breakfast benefit THE SHARING COMMUNITY’S food, shelter and housing programs and HIV/AIDS services. Something unique that THE SHARING COMMUNITY does is to designate every dollar of contributed support for the purchase of food or supplies. All administrative and overhead costs come from other sources. So, when you contribute a dollar to The Sharing Community, it buys an entire dollar’s worth of food!

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