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THE NEWSLETTER OF GOD’S LOVE WE DELIVER NUTRITION: OUR SIGNATURE DIFFERENCE GODSLOVEWEDELIVER.ORG WINTER 2017 A Message From Karen Pearl he holiday season is always a special an integral part of the healthcare system, and time at God’s Love We Deliver. Our these results could move us closer to that volunteers, once again, eagerly jumped reality. Tin to help prepare and deliver a record 4,400 I thank everyone who participated in special meals at Thanksgiving and 4,600 our volunteer and fundraising activities in Winter Feast meals in December, making the 2016. Your compassion and generosity are holidays much more joyful for our clients, inspiring, and have made it possible for their children and their senior caregivers. I us to achieve great success. was delighted to see so many familiar faces Here are but a few examples. At the helping in the kitchen and delivering holiday Golden Heart Awards in October, emcee meals throughout City and into joined a star-studded New Jersey and Nassau and Westchester line-up of entertainers, celebrity chefs and Counties. The many warm thank you notes models, along with our Board, Trustees, Celebrating the Cookbook with Board members Jon Gilman & Scott Bruckner and messages of gratitude from clients and Leadership Council, genLOVE members their families demonstrate the tremendous and friends to honor three people who have impact our volunteers and supporters made supported God’s Love in numerous ways: true labor of love from our beloved Board in clients’ lives this season. Thank you all so and entrepreneur , member Jon Gilman and dedicated volunteer much. the wonderfully talented restauranteur Danny Christopher Idone, is beautiful and full of Our state-of-the-art building makes it Meyer, and our beloved volunteer, Tat Leung, delicious recipes and engaging stories of easier to feed more people at the holidays who has amassed an astonishing 27,000 hours how food binds us together as family and and throughout the year. The in our kitchen. We are grateful to Michael friends. It proved to be a popular holiday gift Building is our nerve center, where we cook Kors for his partnership in this beautiful and that has also brought well-deserved national and home-deliver more individually tailored key event. recognition for our work. meals to more people than ever before. I At our Race to Deliver on November Again in 2016, God’s Love received am happy to note that our community’s 20, over 6,000 runners and walkers supported another four-star rating from Charity investment in this wonderful resource is our daily effort to get our meals cooked Navigator, the highest possible rating from producing an enormous benefit to thousands and delivered. It was a pleasure to cheer on this independent nonprofit evaluator. It is of New Yorkers who are living with HIV/ so many volunteers and supporters, and to wonderful to have God’s Love recognized for AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer’s, heart disease and introduce God’s Love to many more New the excellent stewardship of our organization other life-altering illnesses. Yorkers. and resources. Their recognition helps As we look to the new year, I am Other partners showed remarkable demonstrate our commitment to careful and delighted to announce that we are embarking dedication to our community as well strategic use of community resources to help on a research study with NYU Langone’s through extraordinary acts of generosity and those in greatest need. Perlmutter Cancer Center. The goal of this volunteerism. For example, the real estate Last year, God’s Love cooked and home- study is to assess the impact of food and agents of Douglas Elliman raised more than delivered more than 1.6 million meals for nutrition services on people living with $200,000 through their Ride to Reinvent, a individuals and families deeply affected by late-stage cancers, in the hopes that their 100-mile cycling fundraiser from New York severe and/or chronic illnesses. So many of lives and treatments will be improved with City to Atlantic City. you contribute your time and resources to good nutrition. Along with our food and This year, we published the God’s Love make this work possible. Thank you so much. nutrition colleagues across the country, we We Deliver Cookbook: Nourishing Stories and have advocated for our services to become Recipes from Notable Friends. This project, a

IN THIS ISSUE 3 4 8 11 CLIENT PROFILE Delivering Love to Agnes teaching, she’d enjoy visits with her family made things so much easier.” and trips to the movies. Agnes looks forward to the knock In March of 2011, the routine Agnes on her door from our drivers on Tuesdays had created for herself for the last 30 years and Thursdays, and often calls her son in came to a halt. Agnes developed a severe Virginia to report which delicious and Our Client: Agnes neurological condition, which paralyzed her healthy meal she’s having for dinner that right side and changed everything in her night. She appreciates speaking to our ur client Agnes is a 95-year-old world. She could no longer drive nor create Registered Dietitian Nutritionists who great-great-great grandmother art. In fact, for the first three months, Agnes counsel her on best nutrition practices. She living in Queens. Born in Harlem could not even walk. says, “I know I’m getting a wholesome OHospital, Agnes has lived in With no use of her right side and meal when I get a meal from God’s Love. her entire life, working first at the shipyards difficulty standing and walking, Agnes I can feel how much better the food is and then for years at New York Telephone could no longer shop or cook for herself. making me. The food is so good.” Company. After her retirement in 1980, When she left the hospital, her doctor So much has changed for Agnes in Agnes kept busy doing what she truly loves suggested she try God’s Love We Deliver, recent years due to her condition and – teaching art classes at senior centers. so she could get nutritious, delicious meals recovery. Meals from God’s Love have Agnes made her first foray into the arts delivered right to her door and not have to brought back a sense of normalcy to her by attending art school. There, she learned worry about where her next meal would life. She feels so much appreciation for crochet, macramé, ceramics, and any come from. every volunteer and supporter who helps other art she could make with her hands. Agnes remembers her first meal from make her meals possible. Teaching art to seniors was her passion, God’s Love like it was yesterday. She tells “It is a blessing to have God’s Love and she taught at centers in Queens and us, “When I got that first meal, I was just We Deliver . I can taste the love the Bronx, driving between boroughs each shocked! When I tasted that food, it was so and care in every bite, thanks to all of the day to share her expertise. When she wasn’t delicious, and so good for me. And it has volunteers. I feel so cared for.” PAGE 2

NEWS Giving Thanks and Giving Back he holiday season can be a meals, which included delicious filled with holiday treats like cheese difficult time for so many homemade roast turkey with gravy and crackers, tea, and hot chocolate New Yorkers and their families and cornbread stuffing, Brussels for our clients. These holiday baskets whoT are affected by severe illness. sprouts, carrots, pearl onions, sweet were graciously donated by The That’s why, each Thanksgiving, potatoes, cranberry relish, and apple Krumholz Foundation, US Foods, the God’s Love community comes crisp. And we welcomed more than Aramark, Workman Publishing, together to cook and deliver a special 1,200 volunteers on Thanksgiving Carol Alexander and by the Binn holiday meal for our clients and their morning to help deliver this tasty Family Foundation in loving children, and senior caregivers. If and nutritious meal. memory of Penny Binn Binstock. requested, we also deliver extra meals But that’s not all. Our Thank you so much to every for guests so that no client has to Thanksgiving meals are delivered volunteer, staff member and God’s spend the holiday alone. in beautiful bags decorated by local Love supporter who gave their time This Thanksgiving was our students as part of our Holiday Bag this Thanksgiving. With the help of second in the new Michael Kors Decorating Program. In addition, hundreds, we are able to cook and Building, and our biggest yet. the weekend before Thanksgiving, deliver meals and holiday cheer to The Kitchen team cooked a almost 100 dedicated volunteers clients, without charge, without fail, record 4,400 special Thanksgiving helped assemble special gift baskets and most importantly, with love.

Text godslovenyc to 22828 to join our email list. Data and message rates may apply. Please call 212.294.8141 with any CONNECT WITH US! questions or concerns. godslovewedeliver godslovenyc godslovenyc godslovewedeliver godslovewedeliver godslovenyc HOW WE DELIVER Checking In With Our Delivery Team very weekday, our houses of worship, adult delivery drivers, day care, and offices van assistants and throughout our service Eother delivery volunteers area. Then, volunteers knock on hundreds of arrive at lunchtime to doors in the greater deliver those meals to New York City area to our clients. Many of our deliver nutritious meals NMDCs have been in Volunteers who deliver meals, and deliver love to our sick neighbors in action for years, even need. With our fleet of decades. From Greenwich to help make meal up to 60 stops to clients’ make sure each client has 22 refrigerated vans, we House since 1988 to deliveries to our clients. homes, while managing a healthy meal. could not do what we do Acorn School, our newest As we deliver to all five city traffic, bicyclists, Everyone involved without the incredible NMDC, since February boroughs, Nassau and street closures, and more. in the delivery process, dedication of our delivery 2016, we are so grateful Westchester Counties At every stop, with the from walking volunteers team. Their efforts help to every group for their and parts of New Jersey, help of volunteer van and van assistants to our us get the right meal to hard work. Our NMDCs we are always looking assistants, our drivers drivers, represent God’s the right client in a food represent an enormous for help throughout the have to find a legal Love at each client’s door. safe manner. assist from volunteers metropolitan area. It parking space, locate the For many clients, these Hundreds of our who have made such is a great way to work correct meals individually will be the only people meal deliveries are made a difference in their directly with our delivery prepared for each client they will see on a given possible because of our neighborhoods for our staff and meet our clients. from the back of the van, day. So while we deliver Neighborhood Meal clients and their families Of course, we and deliver them right delicious meals, we also Distribution Centers affected by severe illness. would not have the reach to our clients’ doors – deliver love, compassion (NMDCs), managed by Van assisting is and impact that we do sometimes by walking up and friendship. Thank you the amazing Pat Costello another integral role without our drivers. Just sixteen flights of stairs! so much to our volunteers for more than 25 years. within our delivery team. imagine driving through Our van drivers are true and drivers for making

Our drivers drop off meals Volunteers pair up with NYC traffic for eight champions for our clients, sure all our meals get 3 PAGE at community centers, one of our staff drivers hours each day, making going the extra mile to delivered, with love.

ADVOCACY UPDATE Research: Food is Medicine

e are thrilled to begin our stage 4 lung and gastrointestinal cancers randomized controlled cancer will receive the standard of care, and 90 study with NYU Langone’s patients with those diagnoses will receive PerlmutterW Cancer Center. According to Dr. standard of care and God’s Love meals Director of Nutrition Services, Lisa Zullig, Omar Ishaq, Chief Resident in Radiation delivered right to their homes. Each meal with a God’s Love meal Oncology at NYU and the creator of our will be tailored by our Registered Dietitian study, many cancer patients suffer from Nutritionists to meet the client’s specific Research shows that cancer treatment complications during treatment because medical diagnosis, and every patient will complications and deaths can be prevented of the increased risk of malnourishment, have access to unlimited medical nutrition by utilizing food and nutrition services. due to loss of appetite. This results in therapy. Health results and quality of life We hope that this study will emphasize the longer hospital stays and increased cost of will be measured at periodic intervals. need for the integration of those services in treatment. It is our hope that the results mirror cancer treatment and hope you will support In our study, 90 eligible patients with what we already know: food is medicine. us in this journey.

@bkurtzner @PatrickMcMullan @laurelalumnae joined Omg it's the @godslovenyc with #NYU volunteers to cookbook launch in #NYC chop 150# parsnips, and with @simondoonan Blaine peel/chop 200# carrots Trump, Ann Keating and in 2.5 hrs @godslovenyc David Ludwigson today. #sarahlymanday NEWS Cookbook Launch n September 28 we officially launched the first- ever God’s Love We Deliver Cookbook: Nourishing Stories and Recipes from Notable Friends, 100% of the proceedsO of which go directly to support our mission, with a celebration at God’s Love. Joining the festivities were cookbook contributors Jonathan Adler, Michael Anthony, Couric, Simon Doonan, Philip Galanes, Amanda Freitag, Mike Lupica, Kyle MacLachlan, Zarela Martinez, Jon Gilman & David Kelly Ripa & Neil Patrick Harris discussing Seamus Mullen, Chuck Piekarski, Blaine Trump, Burtka at Bloomingdales the Cookbook on LIVE with Kelly and Katie Workman who signed books and spoke to the assembled crowd. Guests also enjoyed delicious cookbook-inspired hors d’oeuvres by Canard Inc. and sampled yummy desserts from cookbook recipes, such as Grandma Bea’s Pineapple Upside-Down Cake from Michael Kors, Carrot Cake from Blaine Trump and Rosanne Cash’s Coconut Cake. Neil Patrick Harris and Kelly Ripa gave a shout out to the cookbook on LIVE with Kelly. Amanda Chuck Piekarski, Steve Simon Freitag discussed the Cookbook on 1010 Wins with Simon Doonan, Blaine Trump, Anne Keating & David Ludwigson & Blaine Trump Sharon Barnes, and Jon Gilman had a wonderful interview about the book in the Sag Harbor Express. David Burtka, Suvir Saran and Katie Workman held cooking demonstrations at the Bloomingdale’s flagship store. Cookbook contributor Sandra Lee spent time with us in our kitchen decorating birthday cakes with staff and Chuck the Baker!

PAGE 4 Amanda Freitag, Seamus Mullen and Mike Anthony all hosted

special cookbook events throughout the fall at God’s Love. Lidia Kate Suhr cooks Bastianich held an intimate cooking class at Eataly to support Seamus Mullen Kyle MacLachlan, Mike Anthony & Mark Bittman’s & Mike Anthony Katie Workman the book. Kyle MacLachlan was interviewed by Michael & Scott Bruckner recipe Turkell for Heritage Radio Network’s The Food Seen and we’ve been thrilled to see the Cookbook make many holiday gift guides! Our Cookbook made Food & Wine’s list of The Best Cookbooks of 2016, MarthaStewart.com’s list of The 15 Best Cookbooks of 2016 and To w n & C o u n t r y’s 25 Holiday Hostess Gift Ideas. The Cookbook was featured in ’s “Food Burner” section, and in “Social Q’s” as a gift recommendation with Philip Galanes. Seamus Mullen made his Karen Pearl, Amanda Chef Suvir Saran Jon Gilman Freitag & Sharon Barnes & Joel Corona at Melanie Dunea & recipe from the Cookbook live on Fox & Friends. & of 1010 WINS Bloomingdales Jee Won Park We are deeply indebted to our amazing Board member Jon Gilman who worked tirelessly for more than three years to bring this project to fruition. And to our late friend and volunteer Christopher Idone, who inspired the work. Special thanks also go out to volunteers LaMont Craig, who has assisted on the project for more than two years; Jee Won Park, our public relations guru; and Adrian Kahan for her marketing expertise. Thank you to the creative editors, contributors, and all of the funders who underwrote the book. And to everyone Scott Bruckner, Jon Nathanson, Terrence Meck, Kyle MacLachlan Philip who has purchased a book – thank you, and bon appétit! Karen Pearl & Richard Feldman & Patrick Schultz Galanes

@chefamandaf Signing copies of @RubiconMD #godslovewedeliver cookbook Thank you to @godslovenyc with these @godslovenyc for amazing chefs and friends! showing us that Grab a copy and contribute to #foodismedicine a great cause! @seamusmullen today! @chefmikeanthony CORPORATIONS & FOUNDATIONS Backers Help Our Breast Cancer Program ctober was Breast Cancer October 15 and 16 with support at Awareness Month, and God’s cheering stations as well as providing Love took the opportunity lunch for all event participants on toO spread the word about our services Sunday. Karen Pearl, President & CEO for individuals and families affected of God’s Love, joined Avon leaders on by breast cancer, while recognizing all stage at the finish line to accept their the great partners who help make our amazing renewed support for this Breast Cancer Program possible. important program. Our Breast Cancer Program Komen Greater NYC is another Avon CEO Sheri McCoy with Nancy Kong, Patrick Schultz, delivers nutritious meals for households vital partner in our Breast Cancer Karen Pearl & Alethea Hannemann affected by breast cancer. People living Program. We joined Komen at with breast cancer are often too weak their 2016 Race for the Cure in to shop or cook for themselves or Central Park on September 10. We their families. God’s Love delivers loved seeing so many runners and meals that are individually tailored to representatives from leading breast meet the nutritional needs of patients cancer programs all around New York undergoing treatment, helping them to City. regain their strength and independence. Other important partners of our

For families, we provide child-friendly Breast Cancer Program include the Volunteers preparing Avon lunches dinners, as well as breakfast kits to help New York Community Trust, the kids start the day right. We also serve Meyer Levy Charitable Foundation, senior caregivers, for those households and the Yahoo Employee Foundation. where caregivers are struggling to meet These and other friends and partners their own needs while caring for a sick help God’s Love do our part to end loved one. breast cancer.We are honored to be a The Avon Foundation for part of this movement led by so many

Women is a longstanding supporter of amazing people and organizations. 5 PAGE this program, and we joined Avon 39 Thank you for your vision, your at The Walk to End Breast Cancer on inspiration and your support. Volunteers at the Cheering Station at the Walk

WE REMEMBER World AIDS Day ·A·C AIDS Fund once again joined God’s Love to honor World AIDS Day by volunteering in our kitchen for the first two weeks of December. God’s Love was founded in M1985 as a response to the HIV/AIDS crisis, and people living with the disease continue to represent our largest client group, comprising 20% of our total client population. M·A·C AIDS Fund has been a supporter of God’s Love since 1993, and helps to provide more than 280,000 meals for over 1,100 clients living with HIV/AIDS annually. In addition, support from the M·A·C AIDS Fund has helped us lead advocacy capacity building efforts for HIV/AIDS nutrition programs

God’s Love President & CEO Karen Pearl, Director of Nutrition Services Lisa Zullig, Director of Program nationwide. We are honored to partner with M·A·C AIDS Fund on Services Dorella Walters, Policy and Grants Coordinator Danielle Christenson, Director of Policy & World AIDS Day, and every day, to provide life-sustaining meals to Planning Alissa Wassung with Director for the HIV Planning Council of New York, Jan Carl Park individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS.

@aretskyspatroon @katehudson We were so honored to host @gzchef, Special night at The @cheflomonaco, @pearloysterbarnyc, Golden Heart Awards for and #TomValenti for our #GodsLoveWeDeliver #20thanniversary party benefiting @michaelkors A lot of love @godslovenyc! Thank you for joining in that room last night us, chefs! @the_real_iman NUTRITION Nutrition FEATURED RECIPE BBQ CHICKEN LEG WITH Education PASTA & VEGETABLES Update (SERVES 6; Serving Size: 1 chicken leg, ¼ cup BBQ sauce, 1 cup pasta, 1 cup carrots) M By Lisa Zullig, MS, RDN, CSG, CDN R O F 1985 EST. n addition to providing individual nutrition counseling to our clients and their caregivers every six months, Ktchen GOD’S LOVE WE DELIVER Iour team of Registered Dietitian R O U Nutritionists (RDNs) also delivers nutrition education to our clients, staff, volunteers and the community. In order to meet the needs of such varied audiences, we offer different opportunities, including in-person workshops, cooking demonstrations and teleconferences. Teleconferencing meets the needs of those not physically able to attend an on-site workshop but who are able to join a call from their home. Presented in both English and Spanish, some recent well-received

PAGE 6 topics included Diabetes and HIV, INGREDIENTS: PREPARATION: Probiotics and the Gut, Eating on a 1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Budget, and Mindful Eating. • 6 six oz. chicken legs with skin, raw (about 2.5 lbs total) 2. For BBQ sauce: in a medium, non- Our RDNs work with partners reactive saucepan, sauté (using olive or in the community to bring nutrition FOR THE BBQ SAUCE: canola oil) chopped onions, red peppers education to groups throughout the and garlic until soft. Add all remaining • 1 Tbsp. canola or olive oil city. In the last fiscal year, we gave 45 ingredients together, stirring well. Bring • 1 ¼ cup onions, raw, chopped the mixture to a boil over medium-high nutrition presentations at partnering • 1 ½ cup red bell pepper, raw, chopped sites where we worked with seniors, • 3 garlic cloves, raw heat. Then reduce the heat to low and people living with HIV, and those • ½ cup ketchup simmer until the sauce darkens and affected by cancer and other chronic • 2 ½ Tbsp. honey becomes the desired thickness, usually 10 illnesses. • 5 tsp. brown sugar to 15 minutes. Remove promptly from the • 1 tsp. sesame oil heat. The Nutrition team also hosts in- • 1 tsp. cilantro, fresh 3. For Chicken: place chicken legs house events at our SoHo facility. Our • 5 tsp. ginger, peeled, fresh on sheet pan and roast until internal space includes a teaching kitchen for • 1 ½ tsp. lemon juice temperature reaches 165 degrees F., cooking demonstrations, and nutrition • 2 tsp. tomato paste, low sodium about 20 to 25 minutes. and health workshops. Recently, we 4. Cook pasta according to package worked with a new partner, Moving FOR PASTA: directions, omitting salt and fat. Add For Life, to present a special workshop • 3 cups gemelli pasta, uncooked green peas during final 2 minutes of for people recovering from cancer, • ½ cup green peas, frozen cooking. Drain and rinse pasta mixture featuring a talk on the importance of • 1 lemon, fresh (needed for zest) under cold water. Drain well. exercise, and a DanceExercise® class. • 1 Tbsp. thyme, fresh 5. In large bowl, add pasta mixture, Led by a Moving For Life-trained thyme, and lemon zest. Toss gently to FOR VEGETABLES: combine and set aside. instructor and using a gentle, holistic • 6 cups raw carrots, yellow and orange (about 6. Blanch carrots in boiling water until approach, the class was enjoyed by staff, fork-tender. Drain well. In large bowl, add clients and community members, and 17 medium-sized carrots), cut on bias into discs desired amount of olive oil just to coat. concluded with a reception hosted by • 2 Tbsp. olive oil, extra virgin Season to taste with salt and pepper. our nutrition staff. • Salt 7. Plate chicken and drizzle BBQ sauce Please visit glwd.org/nutritionservices • Pepper on top. Add pasta and carrot sides. Serve for a list of upcoming community immediately. events. EVENT RECAP NYC Marathon od’s Love was proud to be an Official Charity Partner for the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday, GNovember 6. Every year our Marathon team raises thousands of dollars for the programs and services of God’s Love. Special thanks to our teammates, Leadership Council Member Dan Wright, T.J. Luty, Shane Hogan, Peter Gee, Nicholas Pramik, Nathan Pramik, and Blake Snyder for fundraising and running all those miles for meals!

PARTNERSHIPS Dr. Praeger’s Serves Up Good od’s Love We Deliver is proud to partner with Dr. Praeger’s, a company known for delicious food and doing goodG in the community. For the last three years, Dr. Praeger’s has been serving up good in our kitchen with their delicious veggie burger. 7 PAGE When we told them that their kale burger was too high in sodium for us to serve to our clients, Dr. Praeger’s went back to the drawing board (or should we say mixing bowl!) and devised a low-sodium kale burger that meets the nutrition needs of our clients and is still Dr. Praeger’s-delicious. Not only has Dr. Praeger’s given back in the kitchen, but they have also given back throughout our community. Their staff members volunteer in our kitchen and, for the Riders going the distance for God’s Love past three years, Dr. Praeger’s has sponsored our contingent in the NYC Heritage of Pride EVENT RECAP March. We’re so proud to be aligned with such a philanthropic company that does such direct Ride to Reinvent good for our clients and our community. n October 23, a team of cyclists from Douglas Elliman once again completed the Ride to Reinvent in support of God’s Love We Deliver. Ride to Reinvent is the brainchild of Max Dobens, Douglas EllimanO Senior Regional Executive Manager of Sales, Brooklyn. Two groups of bike riders participated in either a 35-mile “Sprint” ride or a 100-mile “Century” ride to Douglas Elliman’s annual sales meeting at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City. Dottie Herman, CEO of Douglas Elliman, and Howard Lorber, the Chairman of the company, generously donated to the effort, and the 5th Annual Ride to Reinvent raised an amazing $200,000 for God’s Love. We are extremely grateful to all those that donated or participated and we’re already looking forward to next year’s ride. Dr. Praeger’s kitchen volunteers Kate Hudson, Michael Kors & Anna Wintour Karen Pearl, Scott Bruckner & Blaine Trump &

EVENT RECAP Golden Heart Awards even hundred guests attended the Tenth Annual Golden Heart Awards David Lauren, Lauren Lauren & Michael Kors Gaby & Mark Lehrer with Candy Bonder on Monday, October 17, raising Smore than $2 million in support of our life-sustaining program. The sold-out gala, which was held at Spring Studios in

PAGE 8 , featured actor Neil Patrick Harris as emcee who welcomed guests. He then introduced Karen Pearl, President & CEO of God’s Love, who took to the stage to present longtime volunteer Wing “Tat” Tat Leung with the Golden Heart Award for Outstanding Volunteerism. Chuck Blaine Trump, Iman, Richard LeFrak, Kelly Ripkin, Karen LeFrak, “the Baker” Piekarski, head baker at God’s Michael Kors & Kate Hudson Robert Altman, Hillary Geary Ross & Steve Simon Love, joined Tat on stage and spoke about their 20-year working history. Following Chuck’s inspiring remarks about Tat’s years of volunteerism and friendship, Jamie Niven led a rousing live auction. After dinner, actress Priyanka Chopra introduced Michael Kors, influential designer and God’s Love Board Member, who then presented supermodel and philanthropist Karlie Kloss with the Michael Kors Award for Outstanding Community Service. Ivan LaMont Craig, Neil Patrick Harris, David Burtka & David Ludwigson Raegan Sealy, Karen Pearl & Jennifer Diamond Bart, President of IMG Models, accepted on behalf of Karlie, who was unable to join us but appeared via video from Japan. To conclude the program, Chef Marcus Samuelsson presented iconic restaurateur Danny Meyer with the Golden Heart Award for Lifetime Achievement. Danny’s far- reaching anti-hunger efforts have done so much to support the needs of his local New York neighbors. We offer a huge thank you to all who

attended the dinner – for their support, and Amol Shah, Michelle Young, their generous golden hearts! Marina Mijatovic & Jens Audenaert Karen Naber, Karen Pearl & Faris Naber Aerin Lauder Greg & Katy Williamson Alexandra Idol & Chrissy Idol Cynthia Erivo & Cush Jumbo , Wing Tat Leung, , and Soo Joo Park

Amanda Freitag David Ludwigson & Sandra Lee Sandor Toledo, Katy & Greg Williamson, Joyce & John Varvatos, and David Terveen & Marcus Samuelsson Bill Ribbecke & Mike Anthony PAGE 9 PAGE

Paul Wilmot & Rod Winterrowd Joe Kirk & Karen Pearl Audrey Meyer, Danny Meyer & Kate Hudson

Linda Fairstein & Mike Meagher Priyanka Chopra Lisa Pomerantz & Alana Zimmer Tamara Tunie & Jon Gilman

Kate Hudson, Chuck Piekarski, Wing Tat Leung, Michael Kors & Iman Terrence Meck, Pete Benassi & Sarina Sanandaji Karen Pearl & Mark Brashear SAVE THE DATE Love Rocks NYC! lease join us on March 9 at the historic Beacon Theatre for the first annual Love Rocks NYC! concert benefiting God’s Love.P Celebrating songs of peace, love and hope, the concert, presented by Greg Williamson and John Varvatos, features an incredible roster of Grammy Award-winning artists. Tickets are now available for purchase on Ticketmaster! For more information, visit loverocksnyc.com.

EVENT RECAP #GiveUpGiveBack with genLOVE PAGE 10

Lilly Chu, Stephen Covello, Nikole Firman & Erich Bechtel

n November 3, more than 300 people attended HARVEST, an annual fall cocktail party sponsored by our young professionals group, generationLOVE Monica Lumpkin, Chrissy Idol, Elizabeth Fredrickson & Alexandra Idol (genLOVE).O At the event we launched the new #GiveUpGiveBack initiative, where supporters of God’s Love join our monthly giving program and find something they can “give up to give back” to support our mission. Our thanks to Chef Amanda Freitag and mixologist Robert Crosson for creating the evening’s specialty drinks! All guests were invited on personal tours of the rooftop garden and kitchen by host committee members. Guests also took photos in front of the special #GiveUpGiveBack photo booth. God’s Love would like to thank our phenomenal host Ashley Taylor, Elizabeth Trenkle & Douglas Kurdziel Karen Pearl, Amanda Freitag & Robert Crosson committee members Jens Audenaert, Carlo Cisco, Josh Cohen, Charlie Diamond, Bryan Frank, Trent Huffman, Alexandra Idol, Christina Idol, Douglas Kurdziel, Jonathan Lau, Anjuli Nanda and Jake Rath. Raffle prizes were generously donated by Fancy.com, Delta Air Lines and White Rabbit Red Rabbit. Cocktails were inspired by Rawpothecary. The #GiveUpGiveBack campaign was designed by CarlByrd&Co. Catering was provided by Canard, Inc. God’s Love would like to extend a special thank you to our new partners Delta Air Lines who generously sponsored HARVEST. For information about joining genLOVE, contact Kim Hepola, Athar Khan, Stephen Covello Stephen Covello at 212.294.8144 or [email protected]. & Tricia Rumola from Delta Josh Cohen & Jens Audenaert SAVE THE DATE Authors In Kind he 14th Annual Authors In Kind will be held at the Metropolitan Club on April 4, 2017. Authors In Kind features a book signing reception with Tnoted writers, followed by a fun and informative luncheon during which the authors speak about their recent work. This year, we are delighted to welcome author and event emcee Linda Fairstein, Daphne Oz, author of The Happy Cook; David , author of How to Survive a Plague; and Jacqueline Woodson, author of Another Brooklyn. For tickets and tables please call 212.294.8162, email [email protected], or visit glwd. org/authorsinkind.

EVENT RECAP Race to Deliver

n Sunday, November 11 PAGE 20, God’s Love held its 23rd Annual Race Team Macquarie toO Deliver in Central Park. The Park was filled with more than 6,000 enthusiastic runners, including 300 children who joined in the Kids’ Races. The Race to Deliver, a 4-mile run/ walk followed by multiple distance Kid’s Races, is one of the largest annual fundraisers for God’s Love We Deliver. The Race is a symbol of our daily race to ensure that no person ever has to face the unthinkable combination of illness and hunger. Many wonderful individuals and organizations supported this year’s Race. We would like to thank all who joined us, especially Macquarie Group, M·A·C AIDS Fund, The Love Team, Gramercy Tavern, Global Brands Group, and Friends Seminary.

Team Gramercy Tavern THE GOLDEN HEART SOCIETY The Golden Heart Society is comprised of special individuals, corporations and foundations who made generous gifts of $1,000 or more (excludes gifts to expansion campaign). Members of the Golden Heart Society provide critical program support helping to ensure that no person faces the dual crises of hunger and severe illness.

ANNUAL LISTINGS ARE AS OF DECEMBER 29, 2016.

VISIONARY ($100,000+) Mr. Craig Newmark The Achelis Foundation The I. Grace Company Vogue American Express Foundation Ms. Melissa Rivers AERIN LLC idX Corporation Ms. Virginia Weiss Avon Foundation for Women Mrs. Lily Safra Anne Levy Fund of the Dallas Foundation The Rona Jaffe Foundation Neil and Virginia Weiss Foundation in Memory of Steven Weiss Bloomingdale's Simone Accessories Collection Ltd. Aon Foundation The JPB Foundation Mr. Vicente Wolf BNY Mellon Foundation Mr. Howard Stern and Ms. Beth A. Ostrosky Architectural Digest JPMorgan Chase & Co. Mr. Peter Wunsch The Calamus Foundation, Inc. Mr. David A. Terveen Mr. Jens Audenaert and Mr. Amol Shah Ms. Jean Karotkin The Y.C. Ho/Helen & Michael Chiang Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert Citrone Mr. Sheridan A. Wright and Mr. Perry Wolfman Automatic Data Processing Inc. Herman Kay Company, Inc. Mr. Steven A. Cohen and Mrs. Alexandra M. Cohen AXA Foundation Mr. Stephen Kennard PATRON ($5,000+) Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, Inc. BENEFACTOR ($25,000+) Mr. Paul Beirne Mr. Joseph F. Kirk and Mrs. Laureen E. Kirk Mr. Rufus Collins Ms. Lily M. Aldridge Ms. Candice Bergen Mr. 464 Broadway Associates, LLC Estate of Joel J. Cooper Ms. Carol G. Alexander Bergen Foundation Klingenstein, Fields & Co., LLC AHBA, Inc. Mr. Jonah S. Disend and Mr. David A. Altmejd Mr. Robert A. Altman and Ms. Lynda Carter Ms. Stephanie H. Bernheim The Krumholz Foundation Alpern Family Foundation, Inc. Estate of James J. Flood Mr. Michael Anthony and Ms. Mindy Dubin The Bernheim Foundation, Inc. Mr. Mark H. Lanspa Altman/Kazickas Foundation Fossil Group, Inc. Aretsky’s Patroon Ms. Halle Berry Mr. Don Lebowitz American Luxury PTE LTD Mr. Jon H. Gilman and Mr. Brad Learmonth Mr. Mario Batali Ms. Sarah D. Billinghurst Solomon and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Leister Architectural Flooring Resource Inc. Mr. Howard Solomon Mr. Michael D. Kors and Mr. Lance L. Le Pere Benevity Community Impact Fund Ms. Roberta H. Levine Assured Signs LLC Mr. Jason Binn Michael Kors, Inc. Mr. Mark S. Brashear and Mr. James A. Shreve Luxottica Mr. and Mrs. Dugald Euan Baird Binn Family Foundation The Kors Le Pere Foundation Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Inc. Mr. Joseph Gerald Madigan and David Baldacci Enterprises Ellen & Ronald Block Family Foundation Mr. Richard J. Pipia, Jr. M·A·C AIDS Fund Mr. Scott A. Bruckner Dr. Lawrence Balter and Ms. Karen M. Adams Ms. Emily Blunt Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC M·A·C Cosmetics CAA-GBG Global Brand Management Group Mr. Ivan M. Bart Mr. Jonathan H. Bond and Mrs. Rebecca Bond Mr. Jonathan Newhouse Macy's Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund Mr. Erich R. Bechtel and Ms. Lilly Chu Borrego Foundation Newman's Own Foundation Mr. Michael J. Meagher and Mr. Daniel Romualdez Conde Nast Publications Mr. Richard Bindler BTIG, LLC Henry Nias Foundation, Inc. Estate of Warren Means Mrs. Jennifer Diamond Stanley and Joyce Black Family Foundation C2C Outdoor Nordstrom, Inc. Mr. Terrence A. Meck and Mr. Breton Alberti The Diamond Family Foundation Ms. Jill Black Zalben Mr. Andrew A. Campbell Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Mr. Allan M. Dicastro and Mr. Mark Bradford Mr. Alberto Blanquel and Mr. Robert J. McLain

PAGE 12 Ms. and Mr. Martin von Haselberg Canard Inc. Ms. Karen Pearl The New York Community Trust The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Justin Boisseau Ms. Jane Chung Estate of Melvin Polisher The Palette Fund Ms. Linda A. Fairstein and Mr. Michael B. Goldberg Mr. Frank Borsas and Mr. Michael Coffndaffer Church of St. Luke in the Fields Estate of Ingeborg T. Price RJKB Family Charitable Foundation Estate of Morris Glaser Mr. Scott R. Brakebill CJS Industries, Inc. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund Global Brands Group Estate of Alene Erlanger Bricken CKEW Foundation Proskauer Rose LLP The Seaport Group, LLC Gramercy Tavern Mr. Robert M. Browne David and Romy Cohen Public Health Solutions Mr. John R. Stephens and Ms. Chrissy Teigen Guggenheim Capital, LLC The BWF Foundation Inc. Mr. David E.R. Dangoor Redwood Interior PTE LTD Ms. Blaine Trump and Mr. Steven C. Simon Ms. Dorothy Herman C3 Architecture + Design, PC DIFFA Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Reeder, III Wells Fargo Mr. David Hockney Capital One Discovery Communications Incorporated Mr. Bill Ribbecke and Ms. Kristi Ribbecke Mrs. Katy Y. Williamson and Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation, Inc. Mr. James G. Caradine DK Display Corp Rockefeller & Co. Mr. Gregory S. Williamson Laurie Kayden Foundation The Castele Family Foundation Gaylord Donnelley Charitable Trust Mr. Alan J. Rogers Mr. Richard Yulman Ms. Kelly Klein Ms. Philippa Newman Chapuis Strachan & Vivian Donnelley Foundation May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. Christopher Lacovara and Mr. Sam Green Mr. Lloyd W. Cheu and Dr. Douglas N. Mintz Dr. Praeger's Sensible Foods Mr. and Mrs. Eric C. Rudin FOUNDER ($50,000+) Mark R. Lehrer, Esq. and Mrs. Gaby Ferman Lehrer Mr. David Ciancio Mr. Thomas F. Dunn and Mrs. Susan K. Dunn Mr. John Sapanaro Alcoa Foundation Mr. Howard M. Lorber Mr. Andrew Ciarniello Mr. Jon P. Ehlen and Mr. Louis J. Hernandez Mr. Francesco Scattone Arconic Foundation Lorber Charitable Fund Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP Mr. and Mrs. Dean Facatselis Mr. Evan D. Schwartz and Mr. Robert K. Fitterman Bloomberg Ms. Diana Lyne and Mr. Ken Aretsky Ms. Kathleen A. Connelly Facebook, Inc. Mr. Frank Selvaggi Mr. MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger The Corcoran Group Mr. Gary B. and Ms. Svitlana Flom The Sharma Foundation CBS Corporation Mr. Brian J. McCarthy and Mr. Daniel Sager Ms. Mary Ann Czarcinski Mr. Timothy Fortune Ms. Lisa E. Sherman and Ms. Julie Lichtstein Delta Air Lines Inc. Mr. Terence S. Meehan The DAS Group of Companies Ms. Mr. Ted W. Snowdon and Mr. Leon G. Violante Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Mr. Leslie Moonves and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Francois de Menil Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Frankel Mr. Michael Soh Mr. Jeff Gates and Mr. R. Michael Moran Morgan Stanley Foundation Mr. Jack deLashmet Frankel Family Charitable Found. of the Soundbeach Partners Corp. The Gates Family Philanthropic Fund Ms. Karen L. Naber and Mr. Faris Naber Jewish Communal Fund Ms. Beth Rudin DeWoody Sparks Custom Retail, LLC Mrs. Eileen Gilman Mr. Richard J. and Mrs. Jane Novick Jill and Jayne Franklin Charitable Trust Mr. Charles Diamond and Ms. Anjuli Nanda Mr. David Stark and Mr. Miguel A. Pinto Bob & Eileen Gilman Family Foundation Mr. Jeffrey A. Pfeife and Mr. David Granville Gap Inc. Ms. Emily Diamond Stelle Lomont Rouhani Architects, PLLC The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation The Polo Foundation Gay Men's Health Crisis Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Mr. Jeffrey Evan Taback and Greater New York City Affliate of Susan G. Komen Ms. Margaret Russell Gensler Ms. Inanna H. Donnelley Mr. Michael I. Eberstadt and Ms. Nina Beattie Mr. Lester Gribetz Mr. Michael A. Sennott Estate of Bruce S. Gerstenfeld Tarshis Family Foundation The Eberstadt Kuffner Fund, Inc. Mr. Neil Patrick Harris and Mr. David Burtka Mr. Louis Guy Sollecito Mrs. Betty H. Gilman Tasting Table Empire BlueCross BlueShield HealthPlus Himan Brown Charitable Trust Mr. Jonathan M. and Mrs. Lizzie Tisch Aaron and Betty Gilman Family Foundation Fund Ms. Felicia Taylor Ms. Rachel Rutherford Englund Housewares Charity Foundation Estate of Jose M. Valdes Mr. and Mrs. Peter Strom Goldstein The Mary Hilem Taylor Foundation Ernst & Young LLP Mr. and Mrs. John Idol Mr. Henry van Ameringen Ms. Desiree E. Gruber and Mr. Kyle MacLachlan Ms. Laurie M. Tisch Ms. Natasha Esch and Mr. Matthew Coffn Idol Family Foundation Viacom Ms. and Mr. Adam Shulman Joy Tomchin Charitable Fund Mr. Dow Famulak Mr. and Mrs. Richard LeFrak The Wasily Family Foundation, Inc. Head Family Charitable Foundation Truist Mr. Jose Pepe Fanjul Lenox Corporation Mr. Harvey Weinstein Mr. Jim Hoffman and Mr. Doron Sabag Two One Two Design Howard and Barbara Farkas Foundation Macquarie Group Foundation Yahoo Employee Foundation Home Box Offce, Inc. UBS Global Cynthia and Herbert Fields Anne & Joseph McCann Ms. Kate Hudson Universal Television, LLC Fleetwood Industries, Inc. Mr. Bruce S. Nelson ADVOCATE ($10,000+) Mr. James D. Huniford Mr. Dax and Mrs. Rielly Vlassis Florida Crystals Corporation Ms. Gillian Spreckels Fuller PBHP Robert & Ellen Bach Foundation Haynes & Boone, LLP The Page & Otto Marx, Jr. Foundation Gallagher's Steak House Mr. Christopher D. Phillips and Mr. Paris R. Baldacci and Mr. Andrew S. Dolkart Mr. and Mrs. J. Roy Helland Mr. John L. Panarace Mr. Brian Napolitano General Growth Properties, Inc. Bank Leumi USA Mrs. Carolina Herrera and Mr. Reinaldo Herrera Party Rental, LTD Mrs. Pauline Pitt Gloria and Robert Gery The Bank of New York Mellon Ms. Loretta Hickman Mr. Manuel A. Perez The William H. Pitt Foundation, Inc. Gilead Sciences, Inc. Mr. Edward W. Barnes Ms. Mary Higgins Clark Ms. Patricia A. Poglinco and Mr. Geoffrey E. Stein Planit Construction Inc. Mr. David Ginzberg Mr. Thomas W. Barritt Mr. Richard Bryan Hodos Mr. Christopher S. Poore and Mr. Eyal Dagan Mr. Dean J. Poll Robert I. Goldman Foundation Mr. Dennis Basso and Mr. Michael A. Cominotto Mr. Edmund D. Hollander Mr. Gary Portuesi and Mr. Salvatore Rizzo Prizeo US, LLC Ms. Barbara Goodstein Mr. Wesley Begley Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hutchins Mr. Jonathan Pressment QVC, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Goodstein Mr. Raymond T. Benack In Style Magazine Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Reinisch R/GA Media Group, Inc. City Networking Foundation John N. Blackman Sr. Foundation Integro USA Inc. Mr. Keith Richards and Mrs. Patricia Hansen Mr. Jonathan L. Raiola Greenwich Honda Mark and Deborah Blackman Charitable Trust International Business Machines Corp. Ronsco (del), Inc. Mr. Steven Andrew Rank Mr. Howard L. Grier and Mr. Anton Dudley Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Blackman Ms. Kimberly A. Isaly and Mr. Jason Isaly Ms. Cynthia Rowley Real Estate Lenders Association Mr. Seth Grosshandler and Ms. Laurie E. Bloomfeld and Mr. Jay Bloomfeld Island Architectural Woodwork, Inc. Runnymeade Foundation Mr. Kim B. Wainwright Roberts + Langer Ms. Donna M. Bowers Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. Jacobs Jeffry Schneider - Ascendant Capital GS Tower Member LLC Mr. Neal Rosenberg Mrs. Carol A. Britton Ms. Patricia A. Janicek Ms. Mindy Schneider and Dr. Michael Lesser H.M. Witt & Co. Mr. Wilbur Ross and Mrs. Hilary Geary Ross Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Bruckheimer Ms. Amanda Jankelovics Estate of Barbara M. Segré Haworth, Inc. Daryl & Steven Roth Foundation Mr. Philippe Brugere-Trelat and Mr. Robert P. Jepsen and Mr. Dean T. Lewallen Mr. Michael D. Silber Mr. Mitchell Draizin Ms. Patricia Heaton and Mr. David Hunt Mr. Larry Saper and Ms. Carol Saper KA Charitable Gift Fund Mr. Matthew Simmons and Mr. Reginald Barnes Mr. Roger W. Bunn Heaton-Hunt Family Foundation Mrs. Janet Kane Scapin Ms. Kate Kacani Mr. Harry Slatkin and Mrs. Laura Slatkin Ms. Renee Cafaro Ms. Drue Heinz Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schaps Mr. Barry Kaplan Ms. Megan P. Smith Mr. Peter B. Carzasty Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Hooker Schaps Family Foundation Ms. Donna Karan Ms. Shannon D. Snead Ms. Sarah L. Challinor Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hsieh Mr. Jeffrey W. Schneider and Mr. Jeffery Povero Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Kempner Solid Corporate Assets LLC Mr. Timothy Y. Chow I. Halper Paper & Supplies, Inc. Ms. Barbara Schoenberg Ms. Sueanne Kim Mr. Paul Spivack Mr. Paul D. Clark Icon Design LLC Ms. Lisa Scottoline Mrs. Marlise C. Konort Ms. Patricia Suh Coach, Inc. Mr. Robert Imbrenda Ms. Jane L. Shea and Mr. Patrick W. Shea Ms. Kristin Kovner Mr. and Mrs. John K. Sweeney Cornell University The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. Ms. Laura Shelby Jeffrey M. Krauss, Esq. Mr. Randall Swisher Ms. Valerie Coster and Ms. Karen Simon JA Carpentry Inc. Mr. Rick Shenberger Mr. Benjamin V. Lambert Ms. Lynda Sylvester Mrs. Julie Schoenberg Jacobs Simon Premium Outlets Mr. Joseph Landy and Mrs. Mary P. Landy Sylvester & Co. Retail, Inc. Mr. Billy & Mrs. Janice Crystal JustGive Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Sloan Landy Family Foundation Mr. Robin Lord Taylor and Mr. Ben Cushman and Mr. George Tuttle Mr. Richard Hamilton DiBella Mr. Shahab Samuel Karmely Mitchell and Sandra Sockett Paul Latham Design LLC Custom Media Environments Marc and Sharon Teitelbaum Ms. Rachel Kaufman Ms. Lesley O. Sondey and Mr. Brian M. Sondey Ms. Joanne Lavin DAL Electrical Corporation The Milton Tenenbaum Charitable Foundation Ms. Jurate Kazickas Mr. Joseph P. Stafniak Leaders of Design Council DaVita Total Renal Care, Inc. Ms. Debra Thompson Mr. Daniel S. Kennedy Abbey K. Starr Charitable Trust Mr. Michael W. Levine Mr. and Mrs. Roberto De Guardiola Tillotson Design Associates Mr. Matthew LaFargue Ms. Lynn M. Stekas and Mr. John P. Daley Ms. Marley Lewis Ms. Florence L. de Lavalette Ms. Nancy Tomasovich Mr. Andrew J. Langer Ms. Beatrice Stern Mrs. Dorothy Lichtenstein Dentons US LLP Ms. Tamara R. Tunie The Lillian & Ira N. Langsan Foundation Ms. Hollis Stern Mr. Peter B. Lichtenthal and Dr. Perry S. Eisman Mr. John DeRemigis United Air Conditioning Corp. II The Lanmar Fund Stone Source Loeb Partners Corporation Randy and Robert Deutsch Mr. Jeffrey A. Valenson 13 PAGE Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Lauder Swimwear Anywhere, Inc. Mr. Mark Longo Dodger Properties LLC The Honorable Cyrus R. Vance and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Lauder Ms. Tawana Tibbs Mr. Alan Lubliner and Mr. Arthur Nascimento The Dorsey & Whitney Foundation Mrs. Peggy Vance Mr. Daniel H. Law Estate of Jerry A. Tishman Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Ludwig Estate of Adele S. Dresner The Wallace Fox Foundation Mr. Glenn Ligon Valley Stream Foreign Cars, Inc. Mr. David C. Ludwigson and Mr. LaMont W. Craig Dresner Family Charitable Foundation Mr. Bruce Weber and Ms. Nan Bush The Gerald & Sandra Lippes Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John Varvatos John and Linda MacDonald Foundation Mr. Alan D. Dunkelberger Ms. Nancy L. Wender and Mr. Steven J. Rand Ms. Blake Lively Venable Foundation Mr. Mickey MacIntyre Nora and Harold Elish Ms. Leslie Wolfowitz Barbra Zuck Locker, Ph.D. The Vidda Foundation Mr. John J. Mackerey and Mr. Donald M. Filicetti Mr. Jeffrey Ellsworth Mr. James Wood Mr. Evan Lowenstein Mr. Michael Vollman Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP EMDYKYCOL Inc. Workwell Partners MacDonald-Peterson Foundation Vollman Family Foundation Ms. Jennifer Manocherian Ms. Gizella Engel Mr. Kenneth A. Wright Mr. and Mrs. Alex Martins Mr. Roy Waldron Mr. Marcel Marchner Mr. Daniel Ennis Ms. Barbara Mounsey Zeins Mr. Ryan McNally and Mr. Paul Bowden The Wall Street Journal Grace R. and Alan D. Marcus Foundation Mr. Roberto Fata ZIIZ Inc. The Meyer Levy Charitable Foundation The Leo S. Walsh Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Charles Masson Ms. Kathryn Fee and Ms. Kimberly Eads Mr. Jason C. Miller Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP MBLM Productions, LLC Mr. Richard E. Feldman and FRIEND ($1,000+) Dr. Diana M. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Barry F. Weissler Mr. Richard V. McCune Mr. Jonathan Nathanson Ms. Shereen A. Abdel-Meguid Henry Morrison and Helene Morrison Mr. David Westin Mr. and Mrs. Mark Meadow Mr. Gerardo M. Figueroa Ms. Iman Abdulmajid Mr. Andrew L. Morse Mr. Lance C. Williams and Mr. Grant Kretchik Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. Mr. Richard A. Fink Mr. Stephen P. Abeles and N. Pologeorgis Furs, Inc. Mr. Paul George Wilmot Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Fischer Ms. Rainey Miller and Ms. Susan Marchand Mr. Raymond C. Attanasio, Jr. National Glass & Metal Co., Inc Mr. Gunnar Wilmot Ms. Ann Fisher Ms. Tani Mills Mr. Christopher J. Adames The Neiman Marcus Group Inc. Mr. Rod Winterrowd Fosdick Fund of The New York Community Trust Mr. Richard and Mrs. Marcia Mishaan Ms. Ms. Cindy Ellen Nelson Mr. Lawrence Witdorchic Mr. James D. Fox Ms. Jean Mitchell and Mr. Frederick Cannon Mr. Ahmed Ahmed The C.E. Nelson Charitable Fund Mr. Stephen J. Yalof Fraydun Foundation Inc. ML Search Partners Mr. Matthew R. Ailey Network Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Zilberman Full Picture, LLC Modo Yoga NYC LLC Ms. Theresa M. Alexander New York Media LLC Mr. David Gentile Mr. David L. Moore Mr. Robert L. Amdur New York Road Runners SUPPORTER ($2,500+) The Global Village Charitable Trust Mr. Mark Moskowitz Ms. Nurit Amdur Ms. Esther Newberg 100 Women Who Care NYC Mr. Jose Ramon Gomez New York City Gives American Liver Foundation Mr. Mario Nievera Accenture LLP Mr. Keith Stephen Gorda New York Life Foundation Ms. Elaine A. Anderson Mr. Charles J. O'Byrne Acura of Bedford Hills Mr. Noël H. Gordon Ms. Beverly Nida Mr. Greg Anderson Mrs. Maureen O'Leary Mr. and Mrs. Andrew S. Adelson Ms. Sallie T. Gouverneur Mr. James Graham Niven The Anderson Fund Foundation William C. and Joyce C. O'Neil Charitable Trust Adelson Family Foundation GPB Capital Holdings, LLC Mr. George Nunno Ms. Marianne Andreach Mr. Sean O'Pry Ms. Rachel Ahrenhold Laura and Frank Greenwald NYSSCPAs Ms. Wallis Annenberg Ms. Juliet Ovadia AllianceBernstein L.P. Mr. S. Russell Groves Mr. Edward O'Halloran Mr. Roger Anscher Pacifc Northern Inc. Mr. Kenneth Alpert Louise Grunwald Ms. Lisa Orberg Stuart S. Applebaum Giving Foundation Ms. Elizabeth Papadopoulos Antiquarium, Ltd. Ms. Denise M. Guerra Mr. Paul J. O'Sullivan Mr. Alexander Apsis The Paul and Margo Charitable Fund Autodesk, Inc. Mr. Robert C. Happy, Jr. Anne Ottolenghi Trust Mr. Zainal Arifn Capalino+Company Mr. Martin Dresner and Mr. Mark Davis The Honorable Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph W. Giuliani Madhavi Vemireddy, M.D. The Richard E. Capri Foundation Mr. Rohan Duggal Mr. Thomas A. Gladwell Mr. and Mrs. John R. Jakobson Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Carey Mr. Stephen A. Earle Ms. Nicola P. Glass Mr. Richard Jantz Mr. Mark Carrasquillo The Charles Edlin Family Charitable Trust Mr. Adam B. Glassman Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Jenkins Mr. Arthur L. Carter and Linda Carter, Ph.D. Ms. Katherine M. Edwards and Ms. Ms. Jean Brown Johnson Mr. Reinhold Heller Mr. Maury Cartine Mr. John Gnerre Timothy Johnson, M.D. Mr. Brian Edwards Ms. Kathleen W. Casey Ms. Michele S. Godfrey Ms. Lacey Johnson Daniel J. and Edith A. Ehrlich Family Foundation Ms. Paula A. Castiglione Ms. Lesley E. Goldberg Mr. Warren Jones Mr. Daniel J. Ehrlich Castle Family Foundation Suzanne and John Golden Mr. Terry Jordan Ms. Nina Ehrlich-Foley Mr. and Mrs. Micky Arison Ms. Jessica Casucci Mr. Michael D. Golden JTC Painting and Decorating Corp. Mr. Thomas Eich Mr. Robert H. Arnow Estate of Miriam Chaikin Goldfarb & Fleece LLP Mr. Patrick Judge Mr. David and Mrs. Stephanie Eisenberg Mr. Nicholas Athanail Mr. Henry Chalfant Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Goldman Ms. Jessica Juliano Mr. Thomas L. Eisenberg Ms. Christine B. Austria Mr. Lawrence Neil Chanen and Ms. Kathleen M. Goldpaugh Mr. Gary Kabol Dr. John Eryn Burkhalter Barbara Eisold, Ph.D. Aviva Spring Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Goldschmidt Ms. Adrian Kahan Leibowitz Ms. Chanda Chapin Mr. Brian Eley Mr. Peter J. Awn Mr. Richard Goldstein Ms. Maira Kalman Charitybuzz Entrée Health LLC Ms. Vanessa Axente Ms. Erica Gonzalez Mr. John Harold Kander and Chasin/Gilden Family Fund Ms. Cynthia Erivo Mr. Lawrence Alpert AZA Design Google Dr. Harvey J. Chasser Mr. Bernd Erpenbeck Mr. Chris Kann Mr. Nesim Bahar Gordon Family Charitable Foundation Checker Glass Corp. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver N. Esman Mr. W. M. Kanyuck Ms. Jamie Bahar Ms. Christina Gould Ms. Carla Cinganelli Fabric Traditions Bernee V. Kapili, M.D. Mr. Thomas R. Baird Marc Gourevitch and Sabrina Cherry Ms. Karen Cinorre Ms. Spring Fairbank Ms. Marjorie Kaplan Mr. Jon Robin Baitz Ms. Sharon H. Gralish Mr. Robert S. Coburn and Mr. Averitt Buttry The Fanwood Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Karlitz Ms. Anna Jain Bakst Ms. Susan Granda Mr. Jonathan J. Cohen Mr. William H. Farmer Ms. Norma Grant Ms. Judith F. Kaufer and Ms. Grace V. Barber Mr. Ralph M. Von Hollweg Ms. Nancy T. Cohen Ms. Joyce Fefferman Mr. Paul D. Barnett Mr. Robert M. Grass Ms. Valeria J. Cohen Ms. Anne L. Keating Mr. Arthur Fefferman Ms. Marcy Ashley Gray Mr. Daniel Barney Ms. Maggie Keats Ms. Catherine A. Collins and Mr. William E. Collins Fein Foundation Ms. Eleanor Barrett Mr. Bruce Greenberg Ms. Linda Keithan-Fein Mr. and Mrs. Edmond A. Collins Mr. William S. Fielding Mr. John P. Bartlett Mr. Howard Greenberg Mr. John J. Kelley Ms. Beth Comstock Mr. Ron Fierstein Ms. Marcia J. Bass and Ms. Florence J. Giordano Ms. Roberta Greenberg Mr. Steven Kelley Mr. Robert Conley Fifth Generation Inc. Ms. Barbara Baum Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gund Mrs. Ann Kelman Mr. Albert B. Connor Mr. David Fink and Mr. Simon V. Kinsella The Howard Bayne Fund Ms. Rachel Z. Haber and Mr. Ari Mentzel Mr. Christopher P. Kennedy Mr. Ian Connor Ms. Sarah Fiszel Mr. Eric Bean Ms. Alexis B. Hafken Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Kern Ms. Catherine Cook Mr. Terry Fitzpatrick Mrs. Marjory Becker-Lewin and Mr. John J. Lewin Horace and Amy Hagedorn Fund Ms. Linda Marie Khettry Ms. Carol L. Cooper John J. Flemm Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Begley Joseph L. Halbach, M.D. Ms. Judy Kinberg Corymore Foundation Flik Hospitality Group PAGE 14 Mr. Gregory Ralph Belcamino Hall Family Foundation Ms. Nancy L. Corzine Mr. Barry W. Kissane Belvedere Guest House For Men Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fluhr Mr. Russell S. Halley Council of Protocol Executives, Ltd. Mr. Christian Kleinbub Ms. Robin F. Beningson and Ms. Bridget Foley Mr. Irwin Halper Ms. Lucille Cousins Ms. Liliana M. Kleyman Mr. Salvatore Yannotti Arthur Foresta and Alina Alvarez Mr. John Hamilton Mr. Joseph Covelli and Mr. William Lucia Mr. Jim Konetsky Mr. Michael D. Bennett and Mr. Juan Battle Ms. Jeannie Forrest Ms. Dena Hammerstein Ms. Cynthia J. Cox Mr. Todd Koppel and Mrs. Marsha Koppel Mr. Max W. Berger Ms. Carol L. Forte Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hanrahan Crain Communications, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Krass Ms. Dayle Berke Mr. James A. Fox Mr. Matthew Carey Harris Ms. Elizabeth Crespo Ms. Rae Morgan Krelitz Mr. Mitchell Berkey Mr. Ron Fox Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Hartstein Mr. and Mrs. Kevin R. Cunningham Ms. Diane Kruger Ms. Patricia Berkule Mr. Bryan Frank Mr. Walter Hawkins Daffy's Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. LaGravenese Mr. Michael Berotti Ms. Kathy Franklin Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Evan Hecker Ms. Pamela J. Damsky Ms. Padma Lakshmi Ms. Kathy Fein Bierman Mr. Stuart Freedman Mr. Joseph P. Henchey The Ronald & Joan David Foundation, Inc. Mr. Thomas R. Lalla, Jr. Dr. David Biro and Ms. Daniella Vitale Mr. Peter C. Freeman Ms. Elizabeth A. Herbert and Mr. David Demnitz Ms. Bette J. Davis Mr. Frank Lam Dr. Dorothea Blom Ms. Amanda Freitag Mr. Jay Herman De Gustibus, LLC Mr. Eric C. Landgraf Mr. A.J. Bocchino and Ms. Phoebe Washburn Barbara & Buddy Freitag Family Fund Mr. Paul J. Herman Mr. Craig M. de Thomas Mr. James Larkin Ms. Candy Bonder Ms. Barbara H. Freitag Ms. Erika Hermanns Mr. and Mrs. Barry Dean Ms. Pamela E. Lasner Mr. James Russell Booth Mr. David A. Fricke Mr. Almiro Ms. Lynn DeGregorio Mr. Leonard Latchman Ms. Phyllis Borak Mr. Jonathan Friedland Mr. Douglas L. Herold Mr. Brian Scott Deleu and Mr. Claudio Villa Ms. Alene Latimer Mr. Stacey Bradie Friends Seminary The F.B. Heron Foundation Helen and Philip Delman Foundation Mr. David Lauren and Ms. Lauren Ms. Edna L. Breecker Mr. and Mrs. Richard Frinier Mr. Mark Herr Mr. Neil M. Delman Mr. Richard J. 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Geier, Jr. and Ms. Julie Weindling Mr. and Mrs. Craig M. Horowitz Ms. Laura M. Lentini Ms. Barbara Murphy Bryant Mr. William M. DiMichele Ms. Laurie Gelbart and Mr. Larry Lefkowitz Dr. Bruce C. Horten and Mr. Aaron S. Lieber Ms. Alice Leopold Mr. Edison Buchanan Disney VoluntEARS Community Fund Mr. Noah Gelbart Mr. Marc Horwitz and Ms. Rachel Horwitz Mr. Richard H. Lerner Mr. Clifton P. Bullard DLMC Foundation Dr. Richard J. Gerrig, Ph.D. and Ms. Margaret A. Howlett Mr. and Mrs. Matthew B. Burris Ms. Raven Dolling Mr. Timothy Peterson Ms. Emily S. Hughes Mr. Charles W. Leslie Burruano Dolan LLP Mr. Donald F. Donovan and Ms. Jennifer Lake Gerson Family Foundation Ms. Martha S. Hunt Lessing Family Charitable Fund Mr. Carl Byrd and Mr. Christopher Boudewyns Ms. Jaclyn Dooner Mr. William Getreuer Hunter College Levi Strauss Foundation C.A.L. Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Dooner, Jr. Mr. Timothy V. Gibson Ms. Terry Iacuzzo Mr. Alan G. Levin and Mr. C. 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Eric Leventhal March 9, 2017 1.6 million+ 111, 635 Gerald Madigan Beacon Theatre meals cooked total volunteer hours Terrence Meck and home-delivered Laura Michalchyshyn loverocksnyc.com Jeffrey Pfeifle * Melissa Rivers Authors In Kind Margaret Russell Patricia Suh April 4, 2017 2016 Ryan Tarpley Metropolitan Club, Manhattan David Terveen ACCOMPLISHMENTS Tamara Tunie glwd.org/authorsinkind Katy Williamson *In Memoriam Cooked and home-delivered 6,200 meals each Midsummer Night Drinks weekday Board of Trustees June 2017 Michael Sennott, CHAIR Location TBD Paul Beirne Rolled out new, environmentally friendly Jonathan Bond glwd.org/midsummernightdrinks packaging for our home-delivered meals Rebecca Bond Carol Britton Richard E. Feldman, Esq. For tickets, sponsorship or more Jon Gilman Received an “Outstanding Project” distinction Adrian Kahan information for any of these events, Jeffrey M. Krauss by New York State's Balancing Incentive Program Barbra Locker, Ph.D. please contact [email protected] Michael Meagher or call 212.294.8162. R. Michael Moran Launched the God's Love We Deliver Richard Novick Lisa Pomerantz Cookbook packed with family recipes and Jonathan Raiola personal anecdotes from 75 notable friends Bill Ribbecke Alan Rogers Lisa E. Sherman Sylvia R. Vogelman Led a Congressional Briefing in Washington, Claudia Wagner D.C. with the Food Is Medicine Coalition to raise Paul Wilmot awareness of nutrition’s crucial role in reducing Rod Winterrowd health care costs and improving health outcomes Vicente Wolf Leadership Council Matthew R. Ailey Hosted the 6th annual Advocacy Capacity Alberto E. Apodaca Building Project National Symposium Nicholas Athanail at the Michael Kors Building in SoHo to build Jens Audenaert grassroots support for food and nutrition Elina Baygildina services in communities across the country Joseph Dolce Juliet Ovadia Philip Parrotta Scott Reinhardt Daniel Sager Earl D. Silas, Jr. David Stark THE MISSION OF GOD’S LOVE WE DELIVER is to improve the health and well-being of men, women and children Gregory S. Williamson Sheridan A. Wright living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other serious illnesses by alleviating hunger and malnutrition. We prepare and deliver nutritious, high quality meals to people who, because of their illness, are unable to provide or prepare meals Executive Staff for themselves. We also provide illness-specific nutrition education and counseling to our clients, families, care PRESIDENT & CEO Karen Pearl providers and other service organizations. All of our services are provided free of charge without regard to income. 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What is The Legacy Society?

he Legacy Society of Planned gifts, including God’s Love a beneficiary in your participation will help God’s Love We Deliver bequests, create an your will, retirement plan, life motivate others to create comprises individuals extraordinary opportunity insurance, trusts, or other estate future gifts and add their whoT have chosen to express to provide the much-needed planning vehicles. names to the growing roster of their commitment to our resources that will enable Legacy Society members Legacy Society members. work by including God’s God’s Love We Deliver to help receive special recognition, as If you are already a member, Love We Deliver in their the seriously ill today and well well as invitations to donor thank you. If not, we thank estate plans. into the future. You can make events and programs. Plus, you for your consideration.

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very day, more and helping us continue to care meals for those too sick to difference now without more vulnerable New for our neighbors. To that end, shop or cook for themselves. affecting your current Yorkers reach out we hope you will consider Your planned gift is an income. Most importantly, Eto God’s Love We Deliver joining The Legacy Society investment in the long- you will have peace of mind looking for help. We provide by including God’s Love We term future of our beloved knowing that God’s Love all of them with life- Deliver in your estate plans. organization. will always be there for the sustaining – and life-affirming As a supporter of God’s Many Legacy Society gift most vulnerable among us, – services at no charge and Love We Deliver, you know options provide opportunities without charge, without fail, without a waiting list. that there will always be a for tax benefits and allow without pretense and, most You are instrumental in growing need for nutritious you to make a meaningful importantly, with love. Your Personal Legacy: Four Options for Getting Started

1 BEQUESTS 2 RETIREMENT ASSETS 3 LIFE INSURANCE 4 TRUSTS By including God’s Such as a 401(k), 403(b), Donating your life insurance Charitable remainder trusts Love We Deliver in IRA, or pension fund policy to God’s Love We offer supporters a way to your will, you can offer By making a gift of Deliver may allow you to claim provide for themselves and support without giving retirement assets, you an immediate income tax their loved ones while they up crucial assets you may save your estate the deduction for the current value are alive and also support may need now. significant burden of paying of the policy, and you may also God’s Love We Deliver. both estate and income taxes be able to deduct your future on those assets. premium payments.

For more information about joining the Legacy Society, contact Stephen Covello at 212.294.8144 or [email protected]

“The best legacy you can leave is one that keeps on giving. The Legacy Society keeps your memory alive. And for me it’s important that the support I give Vicente Wolf, Interior Designer and Legacy Society Member God’s Love We Deliver carries on.”

How We Became a minister who recognized her. He asked possible to expand the mission to provide God’s Love We Deliver what she was doing, she told him, and he nutritionally customized meals for those at replied, “you’re not just delivering food… home suffering from cancer, Alzheimer’s, n 1985, a hospice volunteer named Ganga you’re delivering God’s love.” And Ganga said, MS, and other debilitating diseases. Stone paid a visit to an AIDS patient. It “That’s the name.” Knowing the strain on those patients who changed her life. She found the patient, With Jane Best, an organization was had children and caregivers in the same IRichard Sayles, was too ill to cook for founded. Then came a second epiphany. The household who also needed to eat, our himself. Ganga’s compassion took hold, a severity of the patients’ situations demanded mission further expanded to provide meals meal was prepared and delivered on the next something more than simply delivering food. to them as well. visit, and an epiphany was born: something as It required preparing nutritionally-tailored Today, with the help of more than basic as delivering a meal could bring dignity meals that would support an individual’s 10,000 volunteers, God’s Love cooks and recognition to a desperate situation. specific medical treatment. And so began and delivers more than 1.5 million meals She continued bringing him meals. And the nutritional research that led to the meals annually. No one who is ill and hungry then one day she was in the neighborhood, being customized to a patient’s condition. has ever been turned away. a meal in hand, when she was stopped by Within a few short years, it was

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