THE BLUE CARD IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN GERMANY IN 1934 TO HELP PEOPLE AFFECTED BY NAZI RESTRICTIONS, AND THEN REESTABLISHED IN 1939 IN THE UNITED STATES.
THEIR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN TIRELESS AND CONSISTENT
DURING AND AFTER WWII TO CONTINUE TO HELP REFUGEES OF NAZI PERSECUTION.
WITHOUT ANY RECOGNITION, THE BLUE CARD
HELPED VICTIMS OF THE WAR AND CONTINUES TODAY
IN A VERY KIND AND GENEROUS WAY TO AID HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS LIVING AT OR BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL.
IT HAS BEHIND IT SMART, KIND, KNOWLEDGEABLE AND HONEST INDIVIDUALS
WHO WORK TIRELESSLY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE
FOR VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST.
FOR DECADES, THE BLUE CARD HAS HAD THE RECOGNITION OF HIGH-LEVEL LEADERS AND
HIGH RANKING INDIVIDUALS AROUND THE GLOBE.
IT SERVES OVER 2,500 HOUSEHOLDS IN WHICH 77% ARE WOMAN, AND
78% HAVE DIFFICULTY TO PERFORMING DAILY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DRESSING, WASHING, AND COOKING.
THE AGE RANGE OF THE SURVIVORS THE BLUE CARD AIDS IS FROM 73 TO 107 YEARS OLD, AND AN ESTIMATED
67% CANNOT LEAVE THEIR HOMES WITHOUT ASSISTANCE.
THE BLUE CARD IS BASED IN NEW YORK, HOWEVER, IT SERVES HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS IN NEED
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THOSE VICTIMS CAME TO THIS COUNTRY BASICALLY WITH NOTHING AND
THEIR STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE WAS TOO HARD ON THEM. BUT THANKS TO THE
BLUE CARD ORGANIZATION THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE/ARE ABLE TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY, HAVING THEIR NEEDS COVERED.
ON APRIL 8TH THE BLUE CARD HAD ITS ANNUAL GALA TO RAISE FUNDS TO CONTINUE
THE GREAT WORK HELPING SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST. THE GALA
WAS THE PERFECT EVENT TO HONOR THOSE WHOSE SUPPORT AND DEDICATION TOWARDS
THE BLUE CARD, HAS BEEN REMARKABLE AND SUBSTANTIAL.
ANDY COHEN,
EMMY AWARD-WINNING, TV HOST PRODUCER AND AUTHOR,
WAS THE HOST FOR THE EVENING.
THE EVENING HAD PERFORMANCES BY THE MACCABEATS AND THE CAST OF “FIDDLER ON THE ROOF IN YIDDISH.”
JOE BIDEN, 47TH VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND DR. MARION BERGMAN AND STANLEY BERGMAN, CEO OF HENRY SCHEIN, INC. AND CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE HENRY SCHEIN CARES FOUNDATION, DAVID MILIBAND, NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR ELDERCARE WAS AMONG THE HONOREES.
DURING THIS YEAR'S GALA, THE RICHARD C. HOLBROOKE AWARD FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE WAS PRESENTED BY AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST KATI MARTON TO DAVID MILIBAND, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE AND THE FORMER UK FOREIGN SECRETARY. THE MAX L. HEINE HUMANITARIAN AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO THE NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR ELDERCARE AND WAS ACCEPTED BY PRESIDENT MICHAEL F. TIETZ. ADDITIONAL HONOREES INCLUDED PAST PARTICIPANTS IN THE BLUE CARD’S BNEI MITZVAH PROJECT, A PROGRAM WHERE BAR AND BAT MITZVAH STUDENTS ENGAGE WITH AND PERFORM ACTS OF SERVICE FOR SURVIVORS. THE ORGANIZATION WAS ALSO HONORED TO BE JOINED BY SPECIAL GUEST ELISHA WIESEL, THE SON OF ELIE AND MARION WIESEL.
THE BLUE CARD’S 2015 ANNUAL BENEFIT GALA HONORED NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR THE LATE ELIE WIESEL, AND WAS PRESENTED BY ACADEMY AWARD WINNER MICHAEL DOUGLAS AND AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST KATI MARTON. IN OTHER YEARS, PAST EVENT ATTENDEES AND HONOREES HAVE INCLUDED MIA FARROW AND RONAN FARROW, AMBASSADOR EMERITUS THOMAS PICKERING, PHILANTHROPISTS ZACH LONSTEIN AND SHOSHANNA LONSTEIN, SENATOR CHARLES SCHUMER, FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ED KOCH, MUSICIAN REGINA SPEKTOR, JOURNALIST JONATHAN ALTER AND ACTORS CYNTHIA NIXON, JASON BIGGS, TONY SHALHOUB, DAVID HYDE PIERCE AND DANNY AIELLO.
THEIR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN TIRELESS AND CONSISTENT
DURING AND AFTER WWII TO CONTINUE TO HELP REFUGEES OF NAZI PERSECUTION.
WITHOUT ANY RECOGNITION, THE BLUE CARD
HELPED VICTIMS OF THE WAR AND CONTINUES TODAY
IN A VERY KIND AND GENEROUS WAY TO AID HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS LIVING AT OR BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL.
IT HAS BEHIND IT SMART, KIND, KNOWLEDGEABLE AND HONEST INDIVIDUALS
WHO WORK TIRELESSLY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE
FOR VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST.
FOR DECADES, THE BLUE CARD HAS HAD THE RECOGNITION OF HIGH-LEVEL LEADERS AND
HIGH RANKING INDIVIDUALS AROUND THE GLOBE.
IT SERVES OVER 2,500 HOUSEHOLDS IN WHICH 77% ARE WOMAN, AND
78% HAVE DIFFICULTY TO PERFORMING DAILY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DRESSING, WASHING, AND COOKING.
THE AGE RANGE OF THE SURVIVORS THE BLUE CARD AIDS IS FROM 73 TO 107 YEARS OLD, AND AN ESTIMATED
67% CANNOT LEAVE THEIR HOMES WITHOUT ASSISTANCE.
THE BLUE CARD IS BASED IN NEW YORK, HOWEVER, IT SERVES HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS IN NEED
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THOSE VICTIMS CAME TO THIS COUNTRY BASICALLY WITH NOTHING AND
THEIR STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE WAS TOO HARD ON THEM. BUT THANKS TO THE
BLUE CARD ORGANIZATION THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE/ARE ABLE TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY, HAVING THEIR NEEDS COVERED.
ON APRIL 8TH THE BLUE CARD HAD ITS ANNUAL GALA TO RAISE FUNDS TO CONTINUE
THE GREAT WORK HELPING SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST. THE GALA
WAS THE PERFECT EVENT TO HONOR THOSE WHOSE SUPPORT AND DEDICATION TOWARDS
THE BLUE CARD, HAS BEEN REMARKABLE AND SUBSTANTIAL.
ANDY COHEN,
EMMY AWARD-WINNING, TV HOST PRODUCER AND AUTHOR,
WAS THE HOST FOR THE EVENING.
THE EVENING HAD PERFORMANCES BY THE MACCABEATS AND THE CAST OF “FIDDLER ON THE ROOF IN YIDDISH.”
JOE BIDEN, 47TH VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND DR. MARION BERGMAN AND STANLEY BERGMAN, CEO OF HENRY SCHEIN, INC. AND CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE HENRY SCHEIN CARES FOUNDATION, DAVID MILIBAND, NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR ELDERCARE WAS AMONG THE HONOREES.
DURING THIS YEAR'S GALA, THE RICHARD C. HOLBROOKE AWARD FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE WAS PRESENTED BY AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST KATI MARTON TO DAVID MILIBAND, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE AND THE FORMER UK FOREIGN SECRETARY. THE MAX L. HEINE HUMANITARIAN AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO THE NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR ELDERCARE AND WAS ACCEPTED BY PRESIDENT MICHAEL F. TIETZ. ADDITIONAL HONOREES INCLUDED PAST PARTICIPANTS IN THE BLUE CARD’S BNEI MITZVAH PROJECT, A PROGRAM WHERE BAR AND BAT MITZVAH STUDENTS ENGAGE WITH AND PERFORM ACTS OF SERVICE FOR SURVIVORS. THE ORGANIZATION WAS ALSO HONORED TO BE JOINED BY SPECIAL GUEST ELISHA WIESEL, THE SON OF ELIE AND MARION WIESEL.
THE BLUE CARD’S 2015 ANNUAL BENEFIT GALA HONORED NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR THE LATE ELIE WIESEL, AND WAS PRESENTED BY ACADEMY AWARD WINNER MICHAEL DOUGLAS AND AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST KATI MARTON. IN OTHER YEARS, PAST EVENT ATTENDEES AND HONOREES HAVE INCLUDED MIA FARROW AND RONAN FARROW, AMBASSADOR EMERITUS THOMAS PICKERING, PHILANTHROPISTS ZACH LONSTEIN AND SHOSHANNA LONSTEIN, SENATOR CHARLES SCHUMER, FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ED KOCH, MUSICIAN REGINA SPEKTOR, JOURNALIST JONATHAN ALTER AND ACTORS CYNTHIA NIXON, JASON BIGGS, TONY SHALHOUB, DAVID HYDE PIERCE AND DANNY AIELLO.
