Hope’s Door 2013 AnnuAl GAlAFriday, May 3, 2013

Tappan Hill MansionHors d’oeuvres, CoCkTails and silenT auCTion – 6:30 pm dinner and danCing – 7:30 To 11:00 pm

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dr. alyssa dweCk is a partner and OB/GYN at Mount Kisco Medical Group and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Dweck is the co-author of V is for Vagina, serves on the Health Advisory Board at Family Circle Magazine, and has been featured in Cosmopolitan Magazine and Shape Magazine.

Joel seligMan, President and CEO of Northern Westchester Hospital, has dedicated his career to healthcare, formerly at The Mount Sinai Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center before taking leadership of NWH in 2001.

Dr. Alyssa Dweck and Joel Seligman are Hope’s Door Advisory Board members.Honorary Co-Chair alyssa dweck, Md Honorary Co-Chair Joel seligman

Nancy Simpkins, Caroline Shepherd, Karen Burchetta

April Foley, Laurie Sturz, Ingrid Connolly Ali Flynn and CarlLa Horton

To join the gala committee, learn about sponsorships, donate a silent auction item or service, or secure tickets, please contact Jennifer Ryan Safsel.

JryansaFsel@Hopesdoorny.org 914.747.0828 x 1005

Ursula LaMotte and Ken Marsolais

Top Left to Right: Barbara Stewart-Schloat, Ingrid Connolly, Nancy Simpkins, Sue Bauman, Jane Silverman, Laurie Sturz. Bottom Left to Right: Jennifer Ryan Safsel, Susan Stillman, Karen Burchetta, April Foley, CarlLa Horton, Caroline Shepherd, Ali Flynn, Ursula LaMotte, Ken Marsolais, Dina Gammer

Join honorary co-chairs Dr. Alyssa Dweck and Joel Seligman for a fabulous evening of fine dining and dancing to the rocking rhythms of Joe D’Elia and the All Star Band.

M e e t t H e G A l A C o M M i t t e e

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Every teen and everyone who cares about teens needs to know that Hope’s Door is here to help victims of dating abuse, which affects one in five

girls before high school graduation. Those aren’t statistics from some national survey or under-privileged area; those are the numbers right here in Westchester County. But don’t think that the violence is limited to girls. Two Westchester families have lost children recently to dating abuse. One was a 17-year old girl, Elizabeth Butler of North Salem High School who was killed in 2005, but the other was Justin Woodward of Hendrick Hudson High School who was murdered in 2008.

The Hope’s Door answer to dating abuse is the Love Shouldn’t Hurt pro-gram, which includes Students Terminating Abusive Relationships (STAR), a peer leadership component. Our goals are to break the silence about dating abuse, empower young people with the knowledge to distinguish between abuse and healthy relationships, and educate young people with the strategies to help themselves or a peer.

We have empowered more than 97,000 young people with potentially life-saving information about abuse, including 10,130 teens just last year. Moreover, the number of teens reporting that they would tell a parent about abuse grew from 25% to 41%; the number who would tell no one fell from 26% to 16%; and the number who would tell a friend grew from 66% to 84%.

We achieved these outcomes because of widespread support. The West-chester Community Foundation gave us an unprecedented three years of support. Then came the Avon Foundation, Cappelli Foundation, CitiBank, County of Westchester, Eileen Fisher, Elizabeth G. Butler Angel’s Fund, HSBC, Junior League of Northern Westchester, MBIA Foundation, Ron-ald McDonald House Charities, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Target, TJX Foundation, United Way, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, and hundreds of private donors.

The most heart-breaking words I have heard as Executive Director were uttered by Elizabeth Butler’s mother, Patty Butler, when she said “Anyone who ever said that time heals all wounds never had a child murdered.” If you have any reason to believe that your teen is either the victim of abuse or the perpetrator of abuse, please call the Hope’s Door hotline at 888-438-8700 before it’s too late.

FroM tHe exeCutive DireCtor

BoArD oF DireCtors Eric I. Wrubel, Esq., Board President

Martha Kohn, Board Vice President

Carey Vames, Board Secretary

Wendy M. Gardner, Board Treasurer

Emily Bond

Jean Marie Connolly

Elizabeth Cronin, Esq. Debra Kousouros, Esq. Ken Marsolais Caroline Murphy

ADvisory BoArDSheryl Dale, Chair

Asst. Director, Mohawk Day Camp

Renée Brown, CEO, C.W. Brown

Alyssa Dweck, MD, MK Medical Group

Nick Gregory, Meteorologist, FOX5

Rick Krim, EVP, VH1

Cynthia Rubino, COO, Berkeley College

Joel Seligman, President & CEO, Northern Westchester Hospital

Irina Zhabinskaya, MD, Med. Dir., Ped., Northern Westchester Hospital

exeCutive DireCtor CarlLa Horton, MPA

newsletter stAFF CarlLa Horton, Executive Director

Jennifer Ryan Safsel, Director of Development & Community Relations

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JenniFer ryAn sAFsel Joins Hope’s Door

Hope’s Door welcomes Jennifer Ryan Safsel as our new Director of

Development and Community Relations. A graduate of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, Safsel began her career on Capitol Hill as a staff assistant

for U.S. Senator John Kerry and later served as the Hudson Valley coordinator for his presidential campaign. Safsel also worked on Capitol Hill for two national organizations: The National Association of Counties and the American Nurses Association. “We’re excited to have Jennifer join Hope’s Door,” said CarlLa Horton, Executive Director. “Jennifer’s considerable talents will help the Hope’s Door board, staff, and volunteers advance our mission as we work together to achieve our goals.”

Debra Kousouros graduated magna cum laude from California Western School of Law, after which she served as an Assistant District Attorney in Westchester County. She now works with her husband at the Law Offices of James Kousouros.

Ken Marsolais has dedicated his life to the arts and to help-ing those in need. He served as the Executive Director of the Northern Westchester Center for the Arts and was the vision-ary producer of such notable Broadway plays as Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf and You Can’t Take It With You.

TD Charitable Foundation Hope’s Door has received $7,500 from the TD Charitable Foundation to support our new site, Hope’s Door Ossining. In announcing the award, Edward Blaskey, Suburban New York Market President stated, “We believe that organiza-tions such as Hope’s Door play a significant role in sustain-ing vibrant and thriving communities.”

Ronald McDonald House CharitiesHope’s Door has received $4,250 from the Ronald McDonald House Charities to support the Love Shouldn’t Hurt teen dating abuse awareness and prevention program.

Saint Faith’s House FoundationWe gratefully acknowledge the St. Faith’s House Foundation for their most recent grant award and for their support for our children’s services program during the past 15 years.

one Billion Rising – Hudson River Rising

Hope’s Door gratefully acknowledges One Billion Rising— Hudson River Rising for raising awareness about violence against women and girls and for their support of Hope’s Door. For information about One Billion Rising:

https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/HudsonRiverRising/

Debra Kousouros, Esq. Ken Marsolais

Jane Dubin, Judith Hawking, Cindy Dreher, and Elyssa Feldman Most

Jennifer Ryan Safsel

How you CAn Help

welCoMe new BoArD MeMBers

Hope’s Door relies on support from volunteers and contributors. We need your help. Please make a secure donation at www.HopesDoorNY.org. Make your donation work as hard as you do by asking your company/employer about their matching gift program. To volunteer, contact Kathleen McCoy at KMcCoy@HopesDoorNY.org or call 914.747.0828.

Kelly was fourteen years old when she fell in love. Her boyfriend was very possessive and manipulative, but Kelly thought those were signs of his love. Over the next 12 months, the possessiveness and manipulation escalated into severe sexual and physical abuse. She hid the bite marks and the bruises along with the pain in her heart. One day the heartache became so bad that Kelly asked him to hit her. As she told us: “For one second I didn’t feel the ache in my heart, just the sting on my face.” A few months later, Kelly found the courage to break up with him. She later heard about Hope’s Door and joined our STAR group. She felt that she had to help spread awareness and hopefully save another girl from the pain she had endured. Kelly told us that the STAR program “helped me create a new group of friends, open new doors, and find closure. I can honestly say that I am stronger and wiser than the day I entered the storm.”

Women’s Hall of Fame Luncheon • Friday, March 8, 2013 Rye Town Hilton • 11 AM • $100

Join our table at the Women’s Hall of Fame luncheon as we present our first Shining STAR scholarship to a teen activist in our STAR program.

Contact: CARLLA HORTON, chorton@HopesDoorNY.org or call 914.747.0828 x 1002 by February 20th.

Are you being abused? Call us. Love ShouLdn’t hurt hotLine

888.438.8700.

www.Hopesdoorny.org 914.747.0828

PO Box 203 39 Washington Avenue Pleasantville, NY 10570

Hope’s Door seeks to end domestic violence and to empower victims to achieve safety, independence, and healing from the trauma of abuse.

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STAR Staffers Dianne DeFilippis and Gina Curcuru at National Night out

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