Robert J. Ludwig Community Service Awards Gala

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Attend the Gala for $125/ticket.

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Saturday Night, December 7, 2019

at the Schenectady JCC

Dr. Stephen M. Berk

Community Service Award

Corporate Partnership Award

Social Justice Advocate Award

 Past Recipients

                            2011

                            Individual Community Service Award: Ernest Kahn

                            Corporate Partnership Award: The Golub Family, Price Chopper

                            and the Golub Foundation

                            Philanthropic Leadership Award: The Schenectady Foundation

                            2012

                            Individual Community Service Award: Neal & Andrea Packer

                            Corporate Partnership Award:Polar Beverages

                            Philanthropic Leadership Award: The United Jewish Federation

                            of Northeastern NY

                            2013

                            Individual Community Service Award: Marty & Sue Farber

                            Corporate Partnership Award: Freihofer Baking Company

                            Philanthropic Leadership Award: The Community Hospice

                            2014

                            Individual Community Service Award: Eli Taub & Nancy Bell

                            Corporate Partnership Award: MVP Health Care

                            Philanthropic Leadership Award: Niskayuna Central School District

                            2015

                            Community Service Award: Eric & Ellen Kerness

                            Corporate Partnership Award: Cool Insuring Agency, Inc.

                            Philanthropic Leadership Award: miSci

                            2016

                            Community Service Award: Michelle Ostrelich & Howard Schlossberg

                            Corporate Partnership Award: The Daily Gazette

                            Philanthropic Leadership Award: Living Resources

                            2017

                            Community Service Award: Sharon Cutler

                            Corporate Partnership Award: M&T Bank

                            Philanthropic Leadership Award: Ronald McDonald House Charities of the

                            Capital Region, Inc.

                            2018

                            Community Service Award: Sonia Rubenstein

                            Corporate Partnership Award: Eastern Heating and Cooling

                            Philanthropic Leadership Award: Capital Region Chamber

To receive an invitation to the Gala please email Andy Katz at andrewk@schenectadyjcc.org