RDC's Annual Philanthropy Day & Awards Breakfast Nov. 7

The Rockland Development Council (RDC), the professional
trade association of 55 Rockland County nonprofits, will hold its
14th Annual Philanthropy Day & Awards Breakfast on Thursday,
Nov. 7th, at the Crowne Plaza in Suffern.  Registration and
breakfast opens at 8:30 a.m. and the program will begin at 9 a.m.



The breakfast keynote speaker is Liz Scott, Co-Executive Director,
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
emerged from the front yard lemonade stand of cancer patient
Alexandra “Alex” Scott (1996 - 2004) and Liz's daughter. In 2000,
4-year-old Alex announced that she wanted to hold a lemonade stand
to raise money to help find a cure for all children with cancer.
Since Alex held that first stand, the Foundation bearing her name
has evolved into a national fundraising movement, complete with
thousands of supporters across the country carrying on her legacy of
hope. To date, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a registered
501(c)3 charity, has raised more than $60 million toward fulfilling
Alex’s dream of finding a cure, funding over 300 pediatric cancer
research projects nationally. For more information on Alex’s
Lemonade Stand Foundation, visit AlexsLemonade.org.



The event will culminate with the presentation of the Rockland
Development Council's 2013 Awards for Outstanding Philanthropist  -
 S. Lisa Hayes, president and founder of Creative Financial
Planning, Inc.; Not-for-Profit Fundraising Professional  - Stacey
Kirschenbaum, ‎executive director, Foundations Charity Health
systems at Bon Secours Health System; Corporate Leadership -  Better
Homes and Gardens/Rand Realty Rand Family; Outstanding Youth-
 Ashley May, Aliyah and Angel Schwartz, and Outstanding Volunteer -
Roberta Leitner.

 

Tickets are $25 for Rockland Development Council members and their
guests; $30 for non-members.  Tables of ten are $250.  For tickets
and more information contact RDC member Courtney Boniface at rsvp@caneboniface.com. 
For additional information please contact Judy Perrin at
845.398.4045.



The 2013 RDC Philanthropy Day & Awards Breakfast is made
possible by Diamond Sponsor -- Active International; Gold Sponsors
-- Cane & Boniface, PC, Dominican College, High Tower/Strata
Wealth Management, Orange & Rockland Utilities and The
Historical Society of Rockland County; and Silver Sponsors --
Association for the Visually Impaired, Inc., Berard & Donahue
CPA's PC, Center for Safety & Change, Inc., Child Care Resources
of Rockland, Inc., Eastern Planning, Inc.,  GoldKap Consulting
Group, Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation, Head Start of Rockland,
Inc., Jawonio, JCC Rockland, KeyBank, Meals on Wheels Programs &
Services of Rockland, Inc., OpenGate Marketing Communications,
Rockland County YMCA, Rockland Independent Living Center, St. Thomas
Aquinas College, United Hospice of Rockland, Inc. and United Way of
Rockland County, Inc.