2010 “Teen Youth Spirit” Award Goes to Sam Riese

philanthropy_logos_474Every year, the Children’s Medical Fund of New York honors a young person with the “Teen Youth Spirit” award. This year’s recipient was Sam Riese. He was honored for donating a portion of his Bar Mitzvah money to the children’s hospital.

The Children’s Medical Fund, with president Corey Ribotsky, is an organization which works to improve the quality of child care as well as hospital experiences for both the children and their families.

CMF Check Presentation from Golf & Tennis Charity Classic

The CMF Annual Golf & Tennis Charity Classic was, once again, a great success.  Proceeds from the event went to the Pediatric Orthopedic Department at Cohen Children’s Medical Center.  This picture shows a number of people presenting Dr. Klein with the check from the charity event.  In this picture are Men’s Division President Neil Schorr, Managing Director Gina Segreti, Gold Honoree Arthur A. Klein, MD, and CMF Chairman David Blumenfeld.

Certainly, all of these people and many others, including CMF President Corey Ribotsky, helped to make the Gold & Tennis Charity Classic such a success.

Working Together at the Children’s Medical Fund of New York

child med fundThe Children’s Medical Fund of New York has it as their mission to raise money for the Schneider Children’s Hospital in New York. With President Corey Ribotsky and Chairman David Blumenfeld, they are the largest contributor to this nationally top-ranked hospital.

CMF has a Physicians’ Advisory Council which includes experts in all areas of pediatric care. They advise the board and staff about where to allocate resources and how to best meet the needs of the children for whom they care.

CMF staff members work to make sure that children have access to the best available pediatric care there is. CMF officers and trustees are community leaders with a vast array of expertise and experiences. Their work each year is matched by a financial commitment to help CMF to reach its goals.

The Children’s Medical Fund of New York & Corey Ribotsky

The Children’s Medical Fund of New York is constantly growing and creating new, amazing programs.  With their President, Corey Ribotsky, their goal is to build the best children’s medical facility ever seen.  This volunteer-driven, nonprofit organization, the Children’s Medical Fund of New York, is the largest supporter of the Schneider Children’s Hospital.
They have pioneered an incredibly rich and varied program called the Child Life Program. The objective of this program is to help families to better cope with the scary and overwhelming experience of staying in the hospital.  They have trained Child Life Specialists who minimized stress for inpatients and outpatients.

Such programming includes the Clown Care Unit, the Pet Therapy Program, the Heather on Earth Music Therapy program, and many others.