In memory of Ina Schechter:
David, we are deeply sorry for the loss of your sister, Ina. Please accept our sincere condolences.
-Hebrew Public 

In memory of Ina Schechter.
-Susan & Jack Bender

David, Stephanie & family, wishing you strength during this difficult time. You are in my prayers.
-Jackie Reiter 

In memory of Ina Schechter.
-Victor & Kim Avis

​In loving memory of Ina Schechter.
-Sylvia & Howard Cohen

In memory of Gary Brener:
Sandy & family, may the entire family be comforted amoung the mourners of Zion & Jerusalem.
-Jackie, Bari, Gabriel & Jared Reiter

In honor of Joseph Harris:
For being an amazing friend to our family and a wonderful human to the world, we thank you!
Happy 90th Birthday, Joe!
-Suzanne, Dave, and our entire family

Happy Birthday to one of the most honorable men we know and love!
-Victor and Kim Avis

Happy birthday to Joe Harris!
-Marlene & Irwin Bash

In memory of Nancy Cohen:
In memory of Nancy Cohen, a very special lady who was truly devoted to the JCC.
-Morris Liebman

Nancy was a very special person for not only her family but for the entire community. It was an honor to know her. We extend our heart felt sympathy to her family.
-Eileen & Randy Lee 

In memory of Edith Wechsler:
In memory of Edith Wechsler.
​-Susan & Jack Bender

In memory of Philip Tralongo:
My deepest condolences to Jeannie, Anthony, and Mary for the loss of your wonderful Dad. Love you all. 
-Lori Beauchamp

Several local children have been giving back to help kids facing illness in their own community by creating fundraisers that benefit the Lucille & Jay Chazanoff Sunrise Day Camp-Staten Island. Sunrise Day Camp, which is operated by the Joan & Alan Bernikow JCC of Staten Island, is a free summer camp for children with cancer and their siblings.
 
Read about the fundraisers below:

• 8-year-old Maddie created “Maddie’s Sweet Treats” and held bake sales throughout the summer in her Rossville community, which raised $381 for Sunrise. She and her family recently presented the donation to the JCC.
• Students and staff at P.S. 35 helped organize a fundraiser in honor of one of their students, who has cancer and attends Sunrise. His classmates rallied around him and raised $400 by selling packs of crayons.
• Sophia, a 4th grader, made and sold rainbow loom bracelets in honor of Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month, which raised $550 for Sunrise.
• The Saint Bart's Buffalos 10u football team in East Brunswick, NJ hosted a special fundraiser in honor of a Sunrise camper, whose brother plays for the team. The players wore gold laces throughout Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and donated $150 to Sunrise to give kids with cancer an amazing summer.

“We are so proud to see these kids giving back to children with cancer and their siblings,” noted JCC CEO Orit Lender. “The pandemic has shown us all a fraction of the loneliness and isolation these children experience due to their illness, reminding us how important Sunrise is to campers and their families. It’s so heartwarming to see other kids resonating with the mission of Sunrise and helping us give summer back to our campers.”
 
Recognizing the extraordinary financial demands that a child’s chronic illness can have on a family, Sunrise Day Camp is provided completely free of charge to campers’ families. Sunrise Day Camp-Staten Island proudly serves children with cancer and their siblings from Staten Island, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and nearby New Jersey on a non-sectarian basis.
 
Sunrise Day Camp, which resumed in-person camping this summer, brings back the joys of childhood to children with cancer. The Lucille & Jay Chazanoff Sunrise Day Camp-Staten Island is a proud member of the Sunrise Association, whose mission is to bring back the joys of childhood to children with cancer and their siblings worldwide.
 
For more information on Sunrise Day Camp, click here.