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TEN YEARS OF THE PARTNERS FOR HEALTH FOUNDATION
Pictured: Chris Petermann, Chair, Board of Trustees, Partners for Health Foundation; Mike Bruno, Human Needs Food Pantry;
Pam Scott, Executive Director, Partners for Health Foundation; Rich McMahon, Councilor-at-Large; Ann Lippel, Senior Citizens Advisory
Council; William Hurlock, 1st Ward Councilor; Latifah Jannah, Sister to Sister, who accepted on behalf of Adele Katz; Mayor Robert
Jackson; Robin Schlager, 2nd Ward Councilwoman; Anne Mernin, Toni’s Kitchen; Carolyn Lack, Aging in Montclair; Katie York, Lifelong
Montclair; Robert J. Russo, Councilor-at-Large; Buddy Evans, YMCA of Montclair. Not pictured: Wally Weikert, Family Service League
BLOOMFIELD
COLLEGE’S
150TH BIRTHDAY
This winter’s Bloomfield College
Sesquicentennial Gala netted over
$650,000 in proceeds to be used
for student scholarships, making
the black-tie celebration the largest
fundraising event in its history.
Former Secretary of Homeland
Security Jeh C. Johnson (Hon. ’12)
and Bill Whitaker of 60 Minutes
and CBS News, both gala honorees,
received Presidential Medals
of Excellence from Bloomfield
College president Richard A. Levao.
Governor Phil Murphy and First
Lady Tammy Murphy were the
evening’s honorary chairs.
Pictured: Dr. Elizabeth G.
Christopherson, Trustee Rosemary
Iversen and Chairman William H.
Turner
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GRABOWSKY/PARTNERS
Partners for Health Foundation celebrated the organization’s ten-year anniversary by awarding $100,000 to local individuals and
organizations who make a significant contribution to the Montclair community. Recipients included the KinderSmile Foundation of
Bloomfield, Connections at Home of Verona and Adele Katz of Sister to Sister, the mentoring non-profit group.