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Kolreena Reena officially opens the Reena Community Residence continued from page 1 Rabbi Chezi Zionce with Paula Sonshine, Event Co-Chair affixing mezuzah. (l to r) Ted Sokolsky, President, UJA Federation, Norman Beck, Reena resident, and Elizabeth Wolfe, Chair, UJA Federation. Robert lesser (left) presents plaque to Vaughan Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua (l to r) Irving Feldman, Co-Chair Capital Campaign Cabinet, Rabbi Chezi Zionce, Tobi Bekhor, Co-Chair Capital Campaign Cabinet, Michael Di Biase, Regional Councillor, Vaughan, Monte Kwinter MPP, York Centre and David Zimmer, MPP, Willowdale. 4 • Kolreena • December 2012 mezuzah to the entry of the building and recited a prayer before the program. Joan Glick Gold, Chair of the Reena Board of Directors welcomed and thanked the large audience for attending, introduced the program participants and the Co- Chairs of the event, Paula and Barry Sonshine. We wish to acknowledge, with deep appreciation, the greetings brought by The Honourable Lisa Raitt, MP, Minister of Labour, Reza Moridi, MPP for Richmond Hill, Bill Fisch, Chairman and CEO, the Regional Municipality of York, The Honourable Maurizio Bevilacqua, Mayor, City of Vaughan, Ted Sokolsky, President and CEO., UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, and Elizabeth Wolfe, Chair of the UJA Federation Board. An excited group of individuals supported by Reena played major roles throughout the event: Daninah Cummins, led the singing of O Canada, Norman Beck, Zachary Cohen, David Estrada, Robert Lesser, Velvel Tepperman, presented plaques to the speakers and VIP guests, and Danny Duscinsky led the audience in singing Hatikva at the end of the formal program. A plaque was presented to Reena’s CFO Sol Fleising: Reena Community Residence Grand Opening Ceremony September 14, 2012 Presented to Sol Fleising For his expertise, guidance and judicious monitoring of all financial matters pertaining to the planning, building and completion of the Reena Community Residence. Daninah Cummins singing O Canada, assisted by Ron Nichols. Bill Fisch, Chair, Regional Municipality of York receives plaque from Reena resident Zachary Cohen. David Estrada, presents a plaque to the Hon. Lisa Raitt, MP. Minister of Labour. (l to r) Reza Moridi, MPP, Richmond Hill and Reena resident Velvel Tepperman.
Kolreena Trillium Grant for the Maxwell and Ruth Leroy Holocaust Remembrance Garden by: Ellen Rajzman, Reena Community Residence Manager At the Official Opening of the Maxwell and Ruth Leroy Holocaust Remembrance Garden at the Reena Community Residence, Savi Singh, Chair of the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Simcoe-York Grant Review Team announced a Community Capital grant of $31,800 through the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Along with the announcement, Ms. Singh presented a plaque to Vaughan MPP Steven Del Duca and Thornhill MPP Peter Shurman. This grant was doubled with matching funds by the Reena Foundation. The Garden is located on Ilan Ramon Blvd., on the west side of the Reena Community Residence, and is open to all. The combined grant was used towards panels in the Garden and to furnish an Education Centre with tables and chairs, a laptop computer and digital projector, and a touch screen for self-guided learning. Visitors to the Maxwell and Ruth Leroy Holocaust (l to r) Edward Lewis, Candace Lewis, Sandy Keshen, Savi Singh, Steven Del Duca, MPP, Vaughan, and Peter Shurman, MPP, Thornhill. Bryan and Belinda Keshen and Rena and Mark Wolanski have endowed an Education Fund in honour of their beloved Great Aunt Miriam Peckman, one of the more than 200,000 persons with a developmental disability who were targeted and killed by the Nazi regime. Educational programs will be offered through the Maxwell and Ruth Leroy Holocaust Remembrance Garden at the Reena Community Residence. This Fund Remembrance Garden can view the striking panels highlighting the plight of over 200,000 people with disabilities who were targeted and murdered by the Nazi regime. The grant also provided benches in the Garden for people to sit and reflect. A curriculum has been developed by the Holocaust Education Committee, chaired by Fran Kieselstein. The course is being offered to Reena staff, and will be extended to other agencies and schools to expand the field of Holocaust studies. Volunteer docents with developmental disabilities will provide a tour of the Garden. The Maxwell and Ruth Leroy Holocaust Remembrance Garden promotes community by emphasizing the capacity of individuals to live together and is strengthened whenever an individual comes to the Garden, takes a class in the Education Centre, or interacts with someone who is different. Education Fund at the Maxwell and Ruth Leroy Holocaust Remembrance Garden will ensure that others can learn about the dangers of devaluing and marginalizing people, while promoting diversity and acceptance for all. Reena is committed to educating the general community that people with developmental disablities have the rights of full and inclusive citizenship. Kolreena • December 2012 • 5
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