PARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDREN CELEBRATES 101 YEARS BY HONORING NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR JOEL KLEIN

AT ITS ANNUAL SPRING GALA AT THE PIERRE

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NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR JOEL KLEIN TO BE HONORED

PARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDREN WILL CELEBRATE 101 YEARS AT ITS ANNUAL GALA CELEBRATION ON MONDAY, APRIL 6, BEGINNING AT 6:00 P.M. AT THE PIERRE HOTEL. 

JOEL I. KLEIN, NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR, WILL BE HONORED WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDREN LEADERSHIP AWARD AND BETH COMSTOCK, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER AT GE, WILL BE HONORED WITH THE ANN VANDERBILT AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT.

THE ANN VANDERBILT AWARD IS NAMED AFTER THE FOUNDER AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF BIG SISTERS, INC., WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1908 AND IS NOW KNOWN AS PARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDREN (WWW.PARTNERSHIPWITHCHILDRENNYC.ORG).

PARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDREN, INC., A 501(C)(3) NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, CELEBRATES ITS UNIQUE SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAM, OPEN HEART – OPEN MIND, WHICH REACHES OVER 12,000 STUDENTS EACH YEAR WHOSE LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES PUT THEM AT RISK FOR ACADEMIC FAILURE.  THE ORGANIZATION’S TEAMS OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS ARE INTEGRATED SEAMLESSLY INTO SCHOOL COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE EARLY INTERVENTION, PREVENTIVE SERVICES AND COUNSELING TO THOSE CHILDREN WHO NEED IT MOST.    ITS MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN THE EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL AND COGNITIVE SKILLS OF AT-RISK CHILDREN IN 24 SCHOOLS IN ALL OF THE BOROUGHS OF NEW YOKR SO THAT THEY CAN SUCCEED IN SCHOOL, IN SOCIETY AND IN THEIR LIVES. 

                        TIME:                        6:00 SILENT AUCTION

                                                            7:30 DINNER/LIVE AUCTION

                        DATE:                        MONDAY, APRIL 6

                        LOCATION:              THE PIERRE

                        CONTACT:                CLAUDIA STEPKE, 646.296.7351