The Claire Friedlander Family Foundation is proud to continue to support the 7th Annual Long Island Imagine Awards held on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 6-9:30pm at the Crest Hollow Country Club, Woodbury, NY. Over 450 of the region’s top nonprofit executives, volunteers and corporate sponsors attended this gala event which was created to offer formal acknowledgement to some of Long Island’s most effective and innovative nonprofit organizations.
Over 170 nonprofit applications were
submitted to win $5,000 grants in each of five categories: Innovation,
Leadership Excellence, Rising Star, Social Impact and Arts and Culture. Of this
pool of worthy applicants, 20 were selected as finalists and one in each
category as well as a Fan Favorite was awarded the grant LIVE at the awards
ceremony. The winners are:
Cerini & Associates Social Impact Award
- Island Harvest Food Bank
The Claire Friedlander Family Foundation Arts & Culture Award
- Bay Street Theater
Certilman Balin Leadership Excellence Award
- Dr. Ellenmorris Tiegerman, Executive Director & CEO, Tiegerman
Empire National Bank Innovation Award
- Paws of War
Vanguard Insurance Agency Rising Star Award
- Helping Makes U Happy, Inc.
Nerds That Care Fan Favorite Award
- Helping Makes U Happy, Inc.
Applications for the April 28, 2020 gala will open early September 2019. For more information on the winners visit https://ceriniandassociates.com/long-island-imagine-awards/
(L-R) Paul Anthony Mongelluzo of Bay Street Theater receives the Claire Friedlander Family Foundation Arts & Culture Award from foundation President Peter J. Klein and Imagine Awards founder Ken Cerini, CPA, Cerini & Associates.