Eleanor Roosevelt Center Girls’ Leadership Workshop participants join Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (right of center, in purple) and Ambassador Elizabeth Bagley (in green) during their visit to Val-Kill on July 31
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts founder and pioneer of cable television, Alan Gerry, and his wife, Sandra, hosted the center’s Annual Recognition Reception on July 3. The event, which featured the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, pays tribute to Bethel Woods’ donors and supporters
Merrill Lynch representative Edie Haughney (left) and attorneys Steven Tarshis and Gerald Jacobowitz sign in for the “Preservation, Planning, and Philanthropy” seminar hosted by the Community Foundation and Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County on June 30
Gene Policinski, vice president and executive director of the First Amendment Center, addresses attendees as keynote speaker of the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce’s 599th Contact Breakfast. The event took place on Aug. 18 at the Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel and Conference Center
The 3/50 Project encourages consumers to support their local economy by spending $50 at three small businesses each month. Project founder Cinda Baxter (center) joins Kim Gabriello of Ulster Savings Bank and Greg Winchell of Walden Savings Bank during her presentation at SUNY New Paltz in August
Professional Women of Putnam President Jamie Imperati (left) stands with Donna McGregor, President/CEO of Putnam Hospital Center and guest speaker at the organization’s July 27 meeting
The Mothers Club of Putnam Hospital Center — a nonprofit group that supports Putnam Hospital’s Birthing Center — hosted its third annual Summer Social on July 30 at Putnam National Golf Course. Club members raised $6,000 for necessary enhancements to the Center’s waiting room
Members of the St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital Littman Cancer Team prepare for the Lap 4 Life Foundation’s annual run, held at Chadwick Lake Park in Newburgh, to benefit the hospital’s Desmoid tumor and intestinal transplant research. From left: Sue Martino; SLCH President/CEO Allan Atzrott; Dr. Ken Rauschenbach; Sue Sullivan; and Joan Cusack-McGuirk
On Aug. 6, 22 local high school and college students successfully completed a nursing apprenticeship at White Plains Hospital. The graduates hope to apply their experiences from the intensive, seven-week course to their future work in nursing