Events

Throughout the year, Selfhelp hosts fundraising events and other community activities. We welcome your participation.

Recent Events

Sunset Celebration for Project Legacy – August 31, 2009
On August 31st, a group of supporters and new friends gathered to celebrate Selfhelp Community Services and our Project Legacy campaign and to honor the Holocaust Survivors in our midst, so many of whom rely on Selfhelp for support programs, compassion and community. Today, Selfhelp proudly cares for more Holocaust survivors than any other organization in North America, unwavering in our commitment to be "the last surviving relative" to all victims of Nazi persecution.

Project Legacy Launch – December 10, 2008
The general public is often surprised to hear that Selfhelp Community Services is serving more victims of Nazi persecution than ever before. 63 years after WWII ended there are over 40,000 Holocaust survivors living in the New York, many in dire need of help. All of them are elderly and more than half live in poverty, making it difficult if not impossible to make ends meet. Of great concern is the fact that the majority live alone, without family support. Selfhelp currently serves over 5,600 victims of Nazi persecution, a number that has grown over the past several years as survivors age, care-giving spouses pass on, and increased frailty takes its toll. Selfhelp’s founders pledged that we would continue to serve as the “last surviving relative” to this constituency, and we anticipate that our services will still be needed through the 2020s.

In order to keep our promise, we need to enlarge our base of support and through the Project Legacy Task Force Initiative we are doing just that. Chaired by Selfhelp Board Member, Dennis Baum, and past Board Member, Karin Shewer Krugman, we are reaching out to those who we believe will support this critical endeavor. The Charter Committee’s mission is to reach out to old friends and new, relatives and associates, to educate them about Selfhelp’s work and the continuing need to support the victims of Nazi persecution we serve. An event launching Project Legacy was held at New York City’s Harmonie Club on December 10th.

AIDS Walk 2008
AIDS Walk New York is our community’s single most powerful response to the AIDS pandemic. This 10 kilometer walk-a-thon took place on Sunday, May 20th, in Manhattan’s scenic Central Park and will benefit GMHC (Gay Men’s Health Crisis) and other tri-state AIDS service organizations. As an organization who provides certified home care services to individuals with, or families affected by HIV/AIDS we at Selfhelp Community Services, Inc. have decided to fight back against the epidemic by walking in this year’s AIDS Walk New York.

CAST Technology Day - Overcoming Organizational Technophobia
On March 19-21st, AAHSA’s held the Future of Aging Services Conference in Washington DC. More than 700 members participated in the Center for Aging Services Technologies’ (CAST) first technology day. Participants heard from researchers, corporate executives, thought leaders and other providers about technologies potential to transform aging. One of those presenters was Selfhelp’s own Leo Asen Assistant Vice President, Client Centered Technology who presented on Overcoming Organizational Technophobia.