Join us for Live and Silent Auctions, cocktails and buffet, plus much, much more! All proceeds benefit our programs and services, for health, homes and jobs for homeless New Yorkers!
Silent Auction includes jewelry, restaurants, theater, luxury accessories, sports tickets, and more!
Sponsorship benefits include event tickets and distinguished program listing.
Purchase tickets on-line now.
Young Professionals Dance at Union Square Ballroom on November 16.
The Junior Board and other young professionals gathered for a great party at Union Square Ballroom on Friday, November 16. Over 200 guests danced the night away all for a great cause. For more information on the Junior Board contact Robin Lee.
17th Annual Gala Benefit & Auction Raises $825,000 to help end homelessness
Thanks to the generosity of over 300 guests, the leadership of our co-chairs, Russ Berman and Anita Friedman and the commitment from our volunteers, Project Renewal's 17th Annual Gala Benefit and Auction at the Waldorf=Astoria broke all previous fundraising records.
Sotheby's Executive Vice President and auctioneer Hugh Hildesley led our live auction and former client Darryl Terry shared his inspirational story to help us raise over $825,000 to help end homelessness.
Project Renewal unveils new Detox Center
On May 30, 2007, in partnership with the New York State Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse, the New York City Department of Homeless Services and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Project Renewal celebrated the opening of the Detox Center at our 3rd Street Men's Shelter.
The Detox is New York City's first non-hospital, medical detoxification clinic dedicated to serving homeless people. It will provide homeless substance abusers the services they need to get well and begin their recovery including: medical care, substance abuse counseling and referral to aftercare treatment. Not only is the Detox Center an alternative to inpatient detoxification services at public hospitals, it is cost effective and a new way to avoid Medicaid expenses.
Ed Geffner, Project Renewal's President & CEO, Commissioner Robert V. Hess, Commissioner Karen M. Carpenter-Palumbo, Stephanie Cowles, Associate Director of Project Renewal and Josh Rubin from the Department of Health & Mental Hygiene helped officially cut the ribbon to our ceremony.
Junior Board kicks off the summer in style
On Thursday, May 17, over 100 young professionals came out to Pier I for open bar and barbeque buffet to celebrate the beginning of the summer and raise awareness for Project Renewal programs. Yankees and Mets tickets were raffled off and everyone enjoyed the evening and laid back atmosphere with their friends & colleagues.
Thank you for everyone who attended--over $1,100 was raised!
If you would like more information about the Junior Board, please contact Kristin Fehrenbach
BT Americas Hosts 4th Annual Charity Gala Raising $135,000!
Cipriani Wall Street dazzled in winter splendor as 330 guests gathered for dinner, dancing, and auctions to support the partnership between BT and Project Renewal: Connecting for a Better World. BT provides networked IT services to businesses around the world, and they own and operate the 2nd largest IP network in the U.S.
Guests were inspired by Project Renewal graduate Darryl Terry who recently completed our recovery and work program at Renewal House. Darryl admitted that bad decisions in his life kept him trapped in a cycle of drug addiction and rehab until he came to Project Renewal. “They address the true nature of whatever it is you’re going through…Here I re-learned to live again…At Renewal House you’re given a lot of freedom. You go to meetings; you have to work. Work is an important part of the program. I worked at the Times Square Alliance (the BID). Darryl has ambition, hope for his future, and a willingness to share his story with others. “I like how people see me now.”
This is the 4th year that BT, under the leadership of Chuck Pol, President of BT Americas, has named Project Renewal the beneficiary of the annual Charity Gala, and we are grateful for this support.
In
Homes Now awarded Outstanding Residence of the Year!
The Supportive Housing
Network of New York has recognized Project Renewal’s In
Homes Now program, an innovative ‘housing first’ model
for chronically homeless adults who continue to battle substance
abuse. In Homes Now will be honored at the Network's
annual awards gala, Building Communities, Changing
Lives, on November 15.
AGTA
Spectrum Awards Party raises over $10,000 for Project Renewal
Over 300 guests filled
the Ramscale Penthouse on Tuesday, October 24 to raise funds
for Project Renewal and celebrate the winners of the American
Gem Trade Association's Spectrum
Awards.. Many thanks go to Co-Chairs Serena Nikkhah,
Chessy Wilson, and Anna Valeo for a fabulous party! Project
Renewal thanks the American Gem Trade Association, the sole
underwriter of this benefit.
2nd
Annual Boat Cruise Event for
Young
Professionals
Thank you to everyone
who turned out to support Project Renewal! The evening went
really well and over 130 people attended. It was a beautiful
night to network, mingle with friends and support a great
organization. Click
here to see pictures and to meet some of our Junior
Advisory Board members. To learn how to become more involved
with our Junior Advisory Board, please contact Kristin
Fehrenbach
Tinton
Residence renamed LeonaBlanche house in memory of Leona
Blanche Borris
“I only wish a
place like this had existed when my sister was alive, “
said Mrs. Marian B. Javits beginning an emotional rededication
ceremony June 29 th renaming the Tinton Residence LeonaBlanche
house in memory of her mentally ill older sister. The ceremony
was held in the House garden for forty close friends of
the Javits family and was presided over by Carla Javits,
President of the Corporation for Supportive Housing and
daughter of Marian and the late Senator Jacob Javits. Mayor
Michael Bloomberg and Senator Charles Schumer sent letters
of congratulations noting the generosity of the Javits family
and Project Renewal's leadership in creating supportive
housing for mentally ill New Yorkers.
unseen
america: photos and stories by workers has
book party at Guggenheim Museum May 1st
unseenamerica,
a collection of photos and stories by the country's 'unseen'
peoples -- including migrant workers, day laborers, and
homeless people --is being published by Regan Books/Harper
Collins next month with a book party at the Guggenheim Museum
May 1st. The book features three works by Holland House
tenants, including the photo pictured right. The book,
unseenamerica, brings together the best work of
a multi-year arts project of the same name sponsored by
Bread and Roses, the cultural arm of 1199/SEIU. Tenants
from the Holland House learned how to shoot and process
photos that evoked their worlds during a workshop in 2002.
City
Council Speaker Chris Quinn
Gives
Pacesetter Award to Project Renewal's Barbara Hughes
Each year, as part of Women’s History Month, New York City
Council members each pick one woman s/he thinks made an enormous
contribution to the City; this year, the newly elected Council
Speaker Christine Quinn bestowed this honor on our own Barbara
Hughes. Calling her “my personal hero and inspiration,” and
“a tireless activist who continues to lead the community in
its most difficult and important battles,” Ms. Quinn’s remarks
kicked off the Pacesetter Award ceremony March 20 th in the
Rotunda of City Hall. The awards are the Council’s most distinguishing
event honoring women for their great accomplishments in their
fields and have been held since 1998. Approximately 350 guests
attended this year’s awards, which were made all the more
special by the fact that Ms. Quinn is the first female in
the City’s history to hold the position of Council Speaker.
Project
Renewal hosts press conference announcing the results of
the Health of Homeless Adults in New York City
study
The Departments
of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and Homeless Services
(DHS) collaborated on a study that quantified the health
problems faced by homeless New Yorkers and chose to release
the study findings at a press conference held in Project
Renewal’s Kenton Hall. While results of the study – which
found that homeless New Yorkers have twice the mortality
rate and twice the rate of infection from HIV/AIDS as other
New Yorkers – were not in themselves, surprising, the extensiveness
of the study and that the two City agencies proposed to
use the data to attack these issues, was.
Project Renewal’s
CEO Ed Geffner welcomed the commissioners; former client
Dave Sharkey spoke movingly of turning his life around with
the help of Project Renewal -- first the MedVan for medical
care, then Third Street to get clean and sober, then our
other programs to get housing and a job. “It’s a miracle
that I’m standing in front of you today: a miracle that
wouldn’t have happened without Project Renewal.” View coverage
on NY1.
To read the report
click here.
Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation and Corporation for Supportive Housing
feature Project Renewal's In Homes Now client Craig
Farrow
Seeking to put a face on homelessness and its solution --
supportive housing -- the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation worked with the Corporation
for Supportive Housing to find a client who'd overcome
enormous odds to reconnect to society. They chose Project
Renewal client Craig Farrow, a participant in our In Homes
Now program which provides immediate housing and comprehensive
in-home services to 40 New Yorkers still struggling with
addiction. Click here
for the interactive video.
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