Making a Difference

Building LHAS Emergency Care Packages

Proceeds of the 2008 LHAS Gala in the amount of $125,000 given to the UPMC department of orthopedic surgery for concussion research.

Back L to R: Barbara Adelson, Dr. Freddie Fu

Front L to R: Dee Dee Troutman, Lisa Gaydos, Laura Kronk

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2009-2010

Family House - $1,500
Jewish Assistance Fund - $2,000
Jewish Family & Children's Service - $10,000
Magee-Womens Foundation - $1,500
Riverview Towers - $5,000
Variety the Children’s Charity - $10,000
Total Activities, Allocations and Programs - $30,000

2008-2009

Riverview Towers - $3,500
University of Pittsburgh Institute to Enhance Palliative Care
Center for Bioethics and Health Law - $8,000
Family House - $7,500
UPMC-Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
Matilda Theiss Child Development Center - $13,000
Xeroderma Pigmentosum Family Support Services
Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry
Hillman Cancer Center - $5,000
Magee-Womens Foundation - $7,500
Squirrel Hill Health Center - $5,500
Total Activities, Allocations and Programs - $50,000

2007 - 2008

Allegheny Valley School - $5,000
Jewish Community Center - $8,500
Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Pittsburgh, Inc - $5,000
Jewish Residential Services, Inc. - $4,500
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute - $10,000
Variety the Children’s Charity - $15,000
Total Activities, Allocations and Programs - $48,400

2006 - 2007

Allegheny Valley School - $15,000
Elder Express Van for Seniors - $8,500
Squirrel Hill Health Center - $12,000
Jewish Family and Children’s Services of Pittsburgh - $5,000
Girls on the Run Program at Magee - $7,000
Miscellaneous Social Services for Indigent - $30,298
Renovations/Capital Improvements - $128,000
Shadyside Hospital Foundation - $1,000
UPMC Children’s Ball - $3,000
UPMC Comprehensive Palliative Care Services - $5,000
UPMC Scholarships: Nursing and Volunteens - $11,500
Total Activities, Allocations and Programs - $226,298

2005-2006

Aleph Institute - $4,000
Hillel Jewish University Center - $5,000
LHAS Breakfast Club - $22,000
Elder Express Van for Seniors - $9,000
Caregiver’s Registry at JF & CS - $15,000
Domestic Violence Program - $2,500
Kosher SuperPantry - $5,000
UPMC Medical Ethics Lecture - $5,000
Miscellaneous Projects - $10,592
Miscellaneous Social Services for Indigent - $62,323
Riverview Towers Congregate Housing for Seniors - $22,000
UPMC Medical Staff Lecture: Dr. Abraham Twerski - $1,500
UPMC Cancer Centers: Ovarian Cancer Symposium - $7,500
UPMC Smart Unit - $225,000
UPMC Scholarships: Nursing and Volunteens - $18,800
Total Activities, Allocations and Programs - $415,215

2004 - 2005

Aleph Institute - $1,500
Arthritis Symposium - $2,000
Forward Housing Corporation - $3,000
LHAS Breakfast Club - $22,000
Jewish Family and Children’s Services of Pittsburgh - $20,000
Domestic Violence Program - $2,500
Kosher SuperPantry - $5,000
Justice Works Mitzvah Corporation - $2,000
UPMC Medical Ethics Lecture - $4,500
Miscellaneous Projects - $2,758
Pittsburgh Conference – Serv-A-Camp - $100
Race for the Cure - $1,000
Riverview Towers Congregate Housing for Seniors- $20,000
Riverview Towers Building B Renovations - $808,232
Miscellaneous Social Services for Indigent - $59,755
UPMC Children’s Ball - $1,500
UPMC Comprehensive Palliative Care Services - $10,000
UPMC Volunteen Scholarships - $10,000
Total Activities, Allocations and Programs - $975,845

2003 - 2004

Aleph Institute - $3,000
Arthritis Symposium - $5,000
LHAS Arbor at Weinberg Village - $30,000
LHAS Breakfast Club - $22,000
Elder Express Van for Seniors - $34,500
Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Pittsburgh - $15,000
Working Hearts: LHAS Lunch and Learn Series - $25,000
Jewish University Center - $2,000
Justice Works Mitzvah Corporation - $10,000
Lupus Foundation - $200
NA’AMAT USA - $360
Pittsburgh Conference – Serv-A-Camp - $100
Race for the Cure - $3,000
Riverview Towers Communal Kitchen Renovations - $50,000
Riverview Towers Congregate Housing Service Program - $13,000
Rodef Shalom Sisterhood - $2,500
Senior Health Care Insurance Information Program - $500
Sivitz Jewish Hospice - $16,000
Miscellaneous Social Services for Indigent - $63,769
Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute - $100,000
UPMC Cancer Centers: Ovarian Cancer Symposium - $100,000
UPMC Comprehensive Palliative Care Services - $5,000
UPMC Children’s Ball - $3,000
UPMC Volunteen Scholarships - $10,000
Total Activities, Allocation and Programs - $517,929

2002 - 2003

Aleph Institute - $3,000
Arthritis Symposium - $2,500
Atrial Arrhythmia Center Community Education Program - $1,500
Family House - $500
Follow-Me-Home - $7,247
Forward Housing Corporation - $3,000
Hadassah - $1,500
Hillel Academy - $100
LHAS Arbor at Weinberg Village - $530,000
Jewish Education Institute - $7,500
LHAS Breakfast Club - $22,000
Domestic Violence Program - $5,000
Working Hearts (2002 Gala) - $85,795
Working Hearts: LHAS Lunch and Learn Series - $25,000
Kosher Super Pantry - $5,000
Lupus Foundation - $500
Magee Hospital NICU - $20,000
Medical Ethics Day - $4,500
Mollies’ Meals - $7,200
NA’AMAT USA - $360
Pittsburgh Conference – Serv-A-Camp - $100
A Positive Image - $13,262
Race for the Cure - $1,500
Riverview Towers Congregate Housing Services Program - $10,000
Senior Health Insurance Information Program - $770
Sivitz Jewish Hospice - $15,000
Miscellaneous Social Services for Indigent - $32,505
Sponsorship - $5,000
Trudy Karp Shalom Network Scholarship - $333
United Jewish Federation – Hilla Bagalil - $500
University of Pittsburgh - $2,500
UPMC Comprehensive Palliative Care Service - $2,500
UPMC Healthy Lifestyles - $10,000
UPMC Volunteen Scholarships - $10,000
Total Activities, Allocations and Programs - $841,172

2001 - 2002

American Red Cross - $500
Arthritis Symposium - $2,500
Family House - $8,090
Follow-Me-Home - $5,313
Israel Emergency Appeal at UJF - $5,000
JCC – LHAS Breakfast Club - $22,500
JF and CS – Domestic Violence - $10,000
Kosher Super Pantry - $10,000
Medical Ethics Day - $4,500
Mitzvah Projects - $3,600
Race for the Cure - $1,500
Riverview Towers Congregate Housing Services Program - $7,500
Senior Health Insurance Information Program - $4,835
Sivitz Jewish Hospice - $15,000
Miscellaneous Social Services for Indigent - $46,415
Sponsorship - $5,054
Trudy Karp Shalom Network Scholarship - $1,519
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School - $1,000
UPMC Comprehensive Palliative Care Service - $3,000
UPMC Continuing Education - $1,000
UPMC Volunteen Scholarships - $9,500

Total Activities, Allocations and Programs - $168,326