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NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - 2009 Community Unity Event - January 2009

Roslyn Heights, NY - North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, Long Island's leading specialty children's mental health facility for more than half a century, will hold it's Community Unity Event benefitting the Guidance Center's Leeds Place - Serving Young People on Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 6:30 PM at Westbury Manor. The event celebrates the Guidance Center's unique school-based collaboratives and honors outstanding community leaders. This year's honorees are prominent Nassau County educators Gloria Dingwall, Principal, Park Avenue School, Westbury; Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal, Weber Middle School, Port Washington; and Brenda Triplett, Assistant Principal, Smith Street School, Uniondale.
The 2009 event is co-chaired by: Dr. Robert Hylton, A-1 Universal Care and Pedro A. Quintanilla, Hispanic Committee, St. Brigid.
The event benefits the Guidance Center's adolescent services center called The Leeds Place. This multi-service clinic specializes in helping youth and their families with mental health and substance abuse problems. This licensed clinic provides clinical treatment services as well as preventive programs and services to children, adolescents, and their families. Serving clients from across the county, The Leeds Place also offers community education, outreach, and workshops and activities which are held on site as well as in schools, the workplace, and civic venues.

For more information on the Community Unity Event or the programs and services of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center contact Amy Gordon, Director of Development, at: (516) 626-1971 Ext. 320.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - Grant of $12,500 from the Levitt Foundation - April 2009

Roslyn Heights, NY, -- North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, Long Island's leading specialty children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received a second year grant of $12,500 from the Levitt Foundation to help support the Guidance Center's Wilderness Program.
The Wilderness Program provides a unique opportunity for a group of adolescents to participate in wilderness activities and group meetings which act as a gateway to mastery of social skills, enhancement of self esteem and group communication, and individual maturity and growth. This weekend program schedules over full and half-day wilderness activities throughout the year.
The wilderness setting provides group members with countless challenges that they can successfully meet. The goal of the program is for the members to recognize their successes and growth, internalize those gains, and learn how to access these memories and feelings when they face challenges in their everyday lives, whether the challenges be physical, emotional, or social.
The special Levitt Foundation grant will enable the Wilderness Program to maintain it vigorous schedule of year-round weekend hikes and to continue to implement activities that improve or protect the environment. The group participates in beach clean-up days and works with park rangers clearing and re-routing trails in some of or county and state parks. Environmentalists, naturalists, and nutritionists join the group to share their knowledge and expertise about Long Island's natural resources and wildlife. Group members prepare photographic exhibits of their community service projects to be presented at their schools and for local civic groups.
Funded by the Nassau County Department of Mental Health along with special grants from foundations, corporations, and families, the Wilderness Program is an adjunct program for adolescents who are already receiving mental health treatment services. Adolescents are referred to the program by therapists, schools, case managers, intensive support programs, probation, and others.

For more information about the programs and services available at the Guidance Center contact Amy Gordon, Director of Development, at (516) 626-1971 Ext. 320.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - Generous $10,000 grant from Newday Charities - April 2009

Roslyn Heights, NY - North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, Long Island's leading specialty children's mental health facility for more than half a century, has received a generous $10,000 grant from Newday Charities to benefit the Guidance Center's Advantage After School program for adolescents at risk. This innovative program provides an array of activities for selected students at the Westbury High School during the after-school hours. This preventive program provides homework assistance, recreational activities, mentoring, and group discussion towards a more positive path in life. The program has proved tremendously effective in helping teens find constructive and productive ways to spend their after-school hours as well as to plan for their future. Based in the Guidance Center's Leeds Place - Serving Young People, the Advantage After School Program serves as a model for proactive prevention service.

For information about this program, contact Nellie Taylor-Walthrust at (516) 997-2926 Ext. 229.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - Hosts 2009 Achievement Luncheon - April 2009

Long Island, April 23, 2009 - North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center , the pre-eminent not-for-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, honored Janine Dion, Director of Sales and Marketing at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, and Founder and President of Pet Peeves, Inc., and the Long Island Women's Agenda at its 2009 Achievement Luncheon. Over 200 individuals attended the event that took place at the Glen Head Country Club and was emceed by Carolyn Gusoff, broadcast journalist.

Executive Director Andrew Malekoff spoke about the new NYS plan called Transforming New York's Mental Health System. This plan is a blueprint for the destruction of children's community-based outpatient mental health services in Nassau County and discriminates against the middle class, lower middle class and working poor children and families.

Malekoff encouraged all attendees to sign a petition to support the restoration and enhancement of local assistance funding for specialty outpatient children's

Photo (left to right): Jo-Ellen Hazan, President NSC&FGC; Regina Barros, Assistant Director NSC&FGC; Ann Dorman Adler, Luncheon Co-Chair; Jan Barbieri, Long Island Women's Agenda; Ellen Labita, Long Island Women's Agenda; Janine Dion, Pet Peeves; Janice Ashley, Luncheon Co-Chair; Amy Cantor, Luncheon Co-Chair; Andrew Malekoff, Executive Director NSC&FGC

For additional information about NSC&FGC, visit the website www.northshorechildguidance.org or phone (516) 626-1971.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - Hosts Intergenerational Roundtable on Immigration and Youth - May 2009

"I didn't know I could talk so well," said Ibrahim (alias) a 13-year-old middle school student after being praised by others during a roundtable on immigration and youth held at North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center in Roslyn Heights, New York on May 22, 2009. Ibrahim had just gotten finished explaining how frustrating it is to be taunted by peers who call him a terrorist.

The idea for the roundtable came after a group of concerned citizens who shared a deep concern about the impact of immigration on children and youth joined together to form a "study group on youth and immigration" in 2007 under the auspices of North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center. The more recent murder of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcello Lucero in Suffolk County, Long Island in November 2008 further galvanized the group. He was allegedly killed after being stabbed by one member of a group of teenage boys who targeted Lucero for his ethnicity and immigrant status.

The study group created a survey that was completed by 614 Nassau County teenagers, from a range of communities, who are immigrants and children of immigrants. Students from Westbury, Herricks, Hempstead, Glen Cove, Oyster Bay, Rockville Centre and Long Beach participated. The purpose of the study was to give voice to some of their needs and concerns. One of the implications of the study is that a segment of the children of immigrant families may be at risk for emotional problems and could benefit from preventive mental health screening and counseling. Identifying natural settings that can offer this level of support, such as schools, as well as referral sources for more serious emotional disturbances is essential.

The Intergenerational Roundtable offered an opportunity to deepen our understanding of young people whose emotional lives are subject to the realities of what it feels like to be invisible and voiceless. Dr. Orly Calderon from Long Island University, C.W. Post Department of Social Work presented the research results. Legislator David Mejias gave an inspirational talk on his experience growing up as a child of immigrant parents from Ecuador and Cuba and how with persistence and determination, hardships can be overcome and dreams realized. Everyone was moved by his stirring message.

According to the Guidance Center executive director Andrew Malekoff, "The survey and roundtable offered an opportunity to bring voice to these young people. Now it is our responsibility to listen, interact and respond."

For a full report of the study write to: executiveoffice@northshorechildgudiance.org.

Pictured in photo from left to right:

Andrew Malekoff, Jean Marie Posner, Regina Barros, Matilde Broder, Nathaly Rubio-Torio, Researcher, Dr. Orly Calderon, Roseline Felix, Adalcy Quintin, Jo-Ellen Hazan, Nassau County Legislator David Mejias

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - Support groups for children whose parent(s) had or have breast cancer - May 2009

Roslyn, NY - North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, Long Island's pre-eminent not-for-profit children's specialty mental agency, has received grants from the Manhasset Women's Coalition Against Breast Cancer and Glen Cove C.A.R.E.S. to initiate a pilot program of
support groups for children whose parent(s) had or have breast cancer.

The program will start with two groups, one for pre-adolescents and another for adolescents. Initial outreach will be done in the communities of Manhasset and Glen Cove. Bruce Kaufstein, Director of Clinical Services at NSC&FGC, will oversee the program.
The Manhasset Women's Coalition Against Breast Cancer (MWCABC) is an all-volunteer, non-profit charitable organization founded in 1997 to unite the women of Manhasset, Long Island in the fight against breast cancer. MWCABC's mission is to fund innovative research, increase awareness through education and provide support services to those with breast cancer and related diseases. Its Outreach Program, which receives funding from the Long Island 2 Day Walk to Fight Breast Cancer, focuses on helping women who are coping with breast cancer; whether newly diagnosed, being tested, undergoing treatment, or experiencing a recurrence, by offering each woman referred to them information and emotional support, as well as relief from some of the day-to-day stresses and pressures of taking care of a family, including herself. The Outreach Program also offers community services, such as information programs and days of renewal and hope for cancer survivors.
Glen Cove C.A.R.E.S. is a local, volunteer, not-for-profit community organization dedicated to educating people about early detection and prevention of cancer and to providing support for people whose lives have been affected by cancer. Founded by Terry Petikas in 1996, Glen Cove C.A.R.E.S. sponsors educational seminars and support groups, pays for testing to screen potential bone marrow donors, provides coupons for groceries and transportation for patients undergoing treatment, donates funds for cancer research, and awards scholarships annually to two Glen Cove High School seniors.

For more information about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call
516 626-1971, ext. 320 or visit our website: www.northshorechildguidance.org

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - Received a grant of $10,000 from the Manhasset Community Fund's Greentree Foundation "Good Neighbor" Fund - June 2009

This grant will be used to support the Center's Substance Abuse Prevention & Treatment Program that is designed to help adolescents impacted by substance abuse and psychiatric disorders by strengthening family and community factors that will mitigate against risk

To decrease substance abuse
To provide drug and alcohol education to children and their families
To heightened awareness about the impact of drug and alcohol addiction
To change patterns of relating that impact addiction
To strengthen positive relationships between the youth and their families
To improve developmental functioning

In July 2003, the Greentree Foundation, founded by the late Mrs. John Hay Whitney of Manhasset, established the "Greentree Good Neighbor Fund" at the Manhasset Community Fund. This fund is allocated by the Manhasset Community Fund to local organizations addressing priority needs in the Town of North Hempstead.

To learn more about the Substance Abuse Prevention & Treatment Program, please contact the Leeds Place at 516 997-2926. For information about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call 516 626-1971 or visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - Received a grant of $10,000 from the Manhasset Community Fund's Greentree Foundation "Good Neighbor" Fund - June 2009

To decrease substance abuse
To provide drug and alcohol education to children and their families
To heightened awareness about the impact of drug and alcohol addiction
To change patterns of relating that impact addiction
To strengthen positive relationships between the youth and their families
To improve developmental functioning

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - Received a grant of $25,000 from the Bank of America to fund prevention services targeting at-youth risk. - June 2009

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received a grant of $25,000 from the Bank of America to fund prevention services targeting at-youth risk. These services, operated out of the Guidance Center's Westbury location, The Leeds Place - Serving Young People, include the Advantage After-School Program, the Good Beginnings for Babies Program, and the Hispanic Family Life Program.

The Advantage After-School Program is a collaborative between the Westbury High School and the Guidance Center. The program provides a safe, supportive, drug-free environment with caring adult supervision during the hours when youth are most at risk for negative behavior.

The Good Beginnings for Babies Program is a comprehensive community-based program that provides an array of crucial services to pregnant and parenting teens. Throughout its twelve year history, GBB has assisted hundreds of young mothers and provided outreach to many more adolescents through community and school-based programs.

The Hispanic Family Life Program is a partnership between the Guidance Center, the Westbury School District, and the Nassau County Youth Board. The Program provides newly immigrated Westbury/New Cassel students and their families with assistance, support and concrete skills to help them adjust to their new way of life. Two primary components are the school based group (Help Each Other) and in-school workshops that are offered at both the Westbury High School and the Westbury Middle School in both English and Spanish.

For information on these programs, please contact The Leeds Place at 516 997-2926.

To learn more about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call 516 626-1971 or visit our website: www.northshorechildguidance.org

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - The Leeds Place of North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center worked closely with the Town of North Hempstead to host the 26th Annual National Night Out: America's Night Out Against Crime - August 2009

The Leeds Place of North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center worked closely with the Town of North Hempstead to host the 26th Annual National Night Out: America's Night Out Against Crime - a night of fun and festivities for the entire community.

The event was held on Tuesday, August 4, 2009, at the Martin-Bunky Reid Park in Westbury, New York. The theme for National Night Out 2009 (and 2010) in the New Cassel/Westbury community was "Progressive Partners: Crime Prevention and Mental Health."

National Night Out was founded by the National Association of Town Watch. The goals of National Night Out are to (1) heighten crime and drug prevention awareness; (2) generate support for anti-crime activities; (3) strengthen neighborhood spirit & police-community collaborations; and (4) to send out the message that neighborhoods are fighting crime.

The night included a parade, information booths, entertainment, sport games, recreation and refreshments. Three hundred students received identification badges from the Third Precinct and over 550 people participated. Information booths provided resources for community safety, health care service providers, health screenings, after-school and parenting programs, reentry services, educational services, community revitalization, environmental health and much more.

The primary national sponsor for the event was Target. The evening was underwritten by North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center and supported in part by Drs. Irene and Robert Hylton and Rosemarie and Mitchell Klipper.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - Received a grant of $250,000 grant from the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York - September 2009

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center Receives Grants from New York State

*North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received a grant of $250,000 grant from the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York for capital enhancements and infrastructure upgrades. State Senator Craig Johnson, along with the support of State Assemblyman Chuck Lavine, was instrumental in securing this funding.

The Guidance Center has also received a multi-year grant of $75,000 per year from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services to implement an Advantage After-School Program for the Westbury Middle School.

This new program will be modeled after the Advantage After-School Program, a ten-year collaboration between the Westbury High School and the Guidance Center. The Advantage Program provides a safe, supportive, drug-free environment with caring adult supervision during the hours when youth are most at risk for negative behavior.

For additional information, please call 516 626-1971 or visit our website: www.northshorechildguidance.org.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - Received a grant of $5,000 from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received a grant of $5,000 from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. The grant will help support the Guidance Center's Advantage After-School Program. State Assemblyman Chuck Lavine was instrumental in procuring this funding.

For information about the Advantage After-School Program, please contact The Leeds Place at 516 997-2926. To learn more about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call 516 626-1971 or visit our website: www.northshorechildguidance.org

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - Received official written notification of a grant of $147,000 from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received official written notification of a grant of $147,000 from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This funding will be used to support the Guidance Center's early childhood / maternal depression services. Congressman Peter King was instrumental in the awarding of the grant.

The early childhood/maternal depression services are housed at the Marks Family Right from the Start 0-3+ Center located in Manhasset. Right from the Start will be celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2010.

For information about these services, please contact Sandra Wolkoff, 516 484-3174, ext. 222.
To learn more about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call 516 626-1971 or visit the website: www.northshorechildguidance.org

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - Will honor Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi at the 2009 Snow Ball on December 12.

Roslyn Heights, NY - North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, Long Island's leading specialty children's mental health agency, will honor Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi at the 2009 Snow Ball on December 12. The event co-chairs are Andrea and Michael Leeds and Arlene and Richard Sirlin.
The Snow Ball will be held at the Crest Hollow Country Club. Guests will be entertained by the Sounds of Swing and Sinatra. The evening will include dinner and dancing, raffles and auctions.
For complete event information, visit www.snowball09.org or call North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center (516) 626-1971 Ext. 310.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - Received a grant of $75,000, renewable for up to three years, from the Town of North Hempstead on January 6, 2010.

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received a grant of $75,000, renewable for up to three years, from the Town of North Hempstead for youth violence and delinquency prevention services in the community of Westbury/New Cassel.

The goals of this program are to prevent drug and alcohol abuse, juvenile delinquency, crime and school violence; enhance academic achievement; and to
develop skills and interests and aspirations for higher education as a means to
improving quality of life,

The Guidance Center has been providing mental health services and drug and alcohol treatment and prevention services in this community since the 1980's. The Westbury clinic, the Leeds Place - Serving Young People, is located at 999 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury.

For additional information about programs and services at the Leeds Place, please call 516 997-2926 or visit our website: www.northshorechildguidance.org.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - Received a grant of $15,000 from Newsday Charities, a fund of the McCormick Foundation.

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received a grant of $15,000 from Newsday Charities, a fund of the McCormick Foundation, for general operating support for its Westbury clinic, The Leeds Place - Serving Young People.

The Leeds Place provides mental health and chemical dependency services as well as prevention services. The majority of clients are youth and families representing the multi-cultural low income communities of New Cassel/Westbury, Uniondale and Hempstead.

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center Guidance Center is dedicated to strengthening the emotional well-being of children and families, and leads the way in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, training, parent education, and advocacy.

In addition to providing thousands of client contacts per year through our core services, the Guidance Center offers training for parents, caregivers, student interns and professionals and advocates in public and governmental forums for improved mental health services for children.

To learn more about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call
516 626-1971 or visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - Will host its annual Achievement Luncheon on April 22 at the Royalton at Roslyn Country Club.

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, will host its annual Achievement Luncheon on April 22 at the Royalton at Roslyn Country Club.

This year's luncheon will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Guidance Center's Marks Family Right from the Start 0-3+ Center. Honorees include Nancy A. Marks, Members of the Right from the Start Advisory Council of 2000, and State Bank. In addition, State Bank is the Reception Sponsor for the event.

The Achievement Luncheon celebrates individuals and organizations for their accomplishments either personally or professionally. Past honorees include Mary Tyler Moore, Gene Wilder, Roz Abrams, George Vecsey and Linda Fairstein.

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center Guidance Center is dedicated to strengthening the emotional well-being of children and families, and leads the way in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, training, parent education, and advocacy.

For information about Achievement 2010 or to purchase tickets, please call 516 626-1971, ext. 310.

To learn more about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call
516 626-1971 or visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - Receives Funding from the Fay J. Lindner Foundation.

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received two substantial grants from the Fay J. Lindner Foundation.

The first grant is for $250,000 over two years to support the Guidance Center's Triage, Emergency and High Risk Services. The second is a five year grant of $125,000 for capital improvements to the Center's headquarters in Roslyn Heights.

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center Guidance Center is dedicated to strengthening the emotional well-being of children and families, and leads the way in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, training, parent education, and advocacy.

In addition to providing thousands of client contacts per year through our core services, the Guidance Center offers training for parents, caregivers, student interns and professionals and advocatesin public and governmental forums for improved mental health services for children.

To learn more about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call
516 626-1971 or visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - received a grant of $10,000 from the New York Community Bank Foundation

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received a grant of $10,000 from the New York Community Bank Foundation for general operating support.

The Guidance Center is dedicated to strengthening the emotional well-being of children and families, and leads the way in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, training, parent education, and advocacy.

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center helps families to raise healthy children and work with kids (ages 0-24) who are troubled, in trouble, or causing trouble and parents who need help in these stressful times. Difficulties range from depression and anxiety, developmental delays and school failure, and substance abuse to family crises stemming from illness, death, trauma, and divorce.

The Roslyn Savings Foundation was organized in 1997, exclusively for charitable purposes. As of January of 2010, the foundation has changed its name to the New York Community Bank Foundation. New York Community Bank Foundation is still committed to providing grants designed to further community development, expand home ownership opportunities and provide access to affordable housing in the local community served by the Family of NY Community Banks. In addition, the Foundation supports local community organizations, such as those in the health, education as well as arts and culture categories, which contribute to the quality of life.

To learn more about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call 516 626-1971 or visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - received a grant of $10,000 from the Manhasset Community Fund's Greentree Foundation "Good Neighbor" Fund

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received a grant of $10,000 from the Manhasset Community Fund's Greentree Foundation "Good Neighbor" Fund.

This grant will be used to optimize the Guidance Center's emergency and crisis response to children, youth and their families in Nassau County through our Triage, Emergency, and High Risk Mental Health Services. As the only specialty community-based children's outpatient mental health agency on Long Island, the Guidance Center responds rapidly, within 24 to 48 hours, to crisis situations. The goals are to: strengthen, stabilize and support children, youths and their families that are experiencing emotional crises in an environment of diminishing resources.

For information about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call 516 626-1971 or visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - We Care Fund of the Nassau County Bar Association

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received a grant of $500 from the We Care Fund of the Nassau County Bar Association. The grant will help support the Guidance Center's Advantage After-School Program.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - Guidance Center Hosts Annual Golf Classic

On July 12, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, hosted the annual Jonathan Krevat Memorial Golf Classic at Engineers Country Club. The event, chaired by Paul Vitale, Board Member, and Jack Bransfield, raised over $55,000 for the Guidance Center.

A former client of the agency gave a moving keynote speech. He offered a personal account about coming to the Guidance Center as an 11 year old after the death of his dad. He was on the wrong path - initiating confrontations, fighting, cutting school. He went on to say that if not for the Guidance Center, he would not have become the man that he is today - a solid family man and productive citizen. He thanked everyone in attendance, long-time and newer supporters, for all that they do to help families like his, during their time of greatest need.

Finalists in the Putting Contest (left to right): Amy Goldberger, Jeff Harnett, Mike Perle, Curt Stegemann

To learn more about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call 516 626-1971 or visit our website: www.northshorechildguidance.org

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - was the lead agency for the 27th Annual National Night Out: America's Night Out Against Crime, sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW).

WESTBURY, NY: North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center was the lead agency for the 27th Annual National Night Out: America's Night Out Against Crime, sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW). The event was held at the Martin (Bunky) Reid Park, in New Cassel, NY, on Tuesday, August 3, 2010.
National Night Out is in part supported by the U.S. Office of Justice Programs, and is designed to: (1) Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness; (2) Generate Support for, and participation in local anti crime initiatives; (3) Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and (4) Send the message that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

National Night Out is the culmination and 'celebration' of the collective work by local residents and organizations for the community. To open the evening, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jon Kaiman introduced Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy to join him in his welcome address to the community.

The night's festivities included St. Brigid's Dancers, a performance by Betty's Day Care, and Long Island's own, most recent Black Entertainment Television (BET) - Music Matters candidates, (rap artists) Nice & Ill. In addition to music by Westbury High School Graduate, D.J. L.J. (Lawrence Nicholson), soloists, and lots of prizes, the Incorporated Village of Westbury Recreation Center featured its Annual Female Basketball Tournament. Motivational Speaker Rodney Caines, addressed the "Value of Education & Community Involvement" as a means to countering crime and violence among youth. Rodney is a Westbury Resident, Westbury School Board VP and Community Development Agency Board Member.

The evening's honorees were: Michael Carpenter, Music Teacher/Band Director, Westbury HS; St. Brigid's Outreach Services Unit; and New York State Assemblyman Charles D. Lavine.

The New Cassel/Westbury National Night Out was coordinated by The New Cassel Westbury Community-Wide Partnership and Interagency Council. The partnership is led by North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center, and works cooperatively with the Town of North Hempstead, the Third Precinct of Nassau County and includes residents, federal, state, county, town and village officials, and consists of over thirty-five (35) human service, civic, community, value/faith-based organizations and local schools.
Target Stores is the National Sponsor of National Night Out. Additional supporters for the New Cassel Westbury National Night Out were Aarow Produce, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Associated Groceries, B.J.'s of Westbury, Career Institute of Health & Technology, C-Town Supermarket, Deer Park Recycling, Dunkin Donuts, Harvest Diner, Jamaica Ash & Rubbish Removal, Parkside Pharmacy, Pat's Farm, Pepsi Cola Bottling Company of NY, Restaurant Depot, 7-11 of Jericho, State Bank, Stop & Shop Supermarket, Triumph Structures, Winter Brothers.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received a grant of $25,000 from the Long Island Haitian Fund Collaborative.

The earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010 has had a devastating financial, social and emotional impact on the Haitian residents that live in New Cassel/Westbury. Many family members have been trying to cope with the deaths of loved ones. As the leading specialty children's and family mental health agency on Long Island, North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center, is uniquely qualified to address the mental health issues - the confusion, fear, anxiety, grief and anger - of the newly arriving and more settled Haitian immigrants, who have been impacted by the earthquake.

This grant will be used to support the work of the Guidance Center in dealing with the mental health needs of Haitian students and families in the Westbury community.

The Long Island Haitian Fund Collaborative is comprised of the Long Island Community Foundation, the Long Island Unitarian Universalist Fund and the New York State Health Foundation. This partnership was created to help provide mental health counseling for those directly and indirectly affected by the earthquake, and to help Haitians displaced by the earthquake to obtain Temporary Protected Status in the U.S.

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center Guidance Center is dedicated to strengthening the emotional well-being of children and families. We help families to raise healthy children and works with children (ages 0-24) who are troubled, in trouble, or causing trouble and parents who need help in these stressful times. Difficulties range from depression and anxiety, developmental delays and school failure, and substance abuse to family crises stemming from illness, death, trauma, and divorce.

For information about our work in the Westbury community, please contact Dr. Nellie Taylor-Walthrust at 516 997-2926. To learn more about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call 516 626-1971 or visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org.

Back Row:
David M. Okorn, Executive Director, Long Island Community Foundation
Lisa Popovitch, Chairperson, Long Island Unitarian Universalist Fund at the Long Island Community Foundation
Andrew Malekoff, Executive Director/CEO, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center

Front Row:
Nellie Taylor-Walthrust, Director of Outreach Services, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center
Amy Lee, Program Assistant, New York State Health Foundation

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S - has embarked on two significant children's mental health research projects in collaboration with Columbia University.

North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center has embarked on two significant children's mental health research projects in collaboration with Columbia University.

The first project, referred to as CHARMS (Columbia Health and Adverse Reactions to Medication), utilizes a computerized interview to detect possible adverse events experienced by teenagers who take psychiatric medication. Research on medication is typically designed to test whether medication helps with or reduce symptoms for a particular disorder. There is more emphasis on: "Is he or she getting better?" than on: "Are there any side-effects?"

The methodology for reporting drug safety has lagged far behind that for assessing what works. This is the case in all areas of medicine. The goal of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of the CHARMS, a newly developed, self administered, computerized screening instrument (with audio) for possible side effects experienced by children and adolescents who take psychotropic medications. This project was funded by a grant form the National Institute of Mental Health. North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center participated in CHARMS field trials. Dr. Prudence Fisher, principal investigator from Columbia University, is analyzing the results to measure the reliability of the test. Dr. Fisher is also principal investigator on the second project.

The second research project is Refining Child and Adolescent Diagnoses and Assessment Criteria. The American Psychiatric Association will release a new and revised version of their diagnostic manual (DSM-5) in 2013. The goal of the revision is to take account of the plethora of research that has been done over the past twenty years and make the manual useful for both clinicians (therapists, counselors) and researchers. Prior to the release of the new diagnostic manual, it is important to test the changes in empirically-sound field trials in the settings in which it will be used. Four large field trials focusing on youth will be carried out to examine the proposed changes. North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center will participate as one of two sites for New York youth. This research will be funded under a contract from the American Psychiatric Association to the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene.

It is the vision of both research projects to enhance best practices in children's mental health. By improving measures of medication side effects and accuracy in diagnosing children with mental health disorders, young people will be assured improvements in the help that they need when struggling with mental illness.

Photo Caption:

Dr. Prudence W. Fisher, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University
Andrew Malekoff, Executive Director, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center
Zvi Shapiro, Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene

APA Announces Start of Field Trials for DSM-5. Sites to Test Proposed Diagnostic Criteria in Real-World Clinical Settings

For Information Contact: For Immediate Release:
Eve Herold, 703-907-8640 Oct. 5, 2010
press@psych.org Release No. 10-65
Jaime Valora, 703-907-8562
jvalora@psych.org

APA Announces Start of Field Trials for DSM-5
Sites to Test Proposed Diagnostic Criteria in Real-World Clinical Settings

ARLINGTON, Va. (Oct. 5, 2010) - The American Psychiatric Association today announced the start of field trials to test proposed diagnostic criteria for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Field trials will help assess the practical use of proposed DSM-5 criteria in real-world clinical settings.

The field trials follow a public comment period in which more than 8,000 written comments on the draft diagnostic criteria were submitted to the DSM-5 website by clinicians, researchers and family and patient advocates. Submitted comments were reviewed by DSM-5 Work Groups and resulted in further refinement of the criteria.

Evaluation measures
For the diagnostic criteria that are being evaluated, the results of the field trials will address:

Feasibility: are the proposed criteria easy for clinicians to understand and to use?
Clinical Utility: do the proposed criteria do a good job in describing patients' psychiatric problems and help clinicians make decisions about treatment plans?
Reliability: are the same conclusions reached consistently when the criteria are used by different clinicians?
Validity: how accurately do the diagnostic criteria reflect the mental disorders they are designed to describe?

In addition, the field trials will help assess severity measures and cross-cutting dimensional measures. Severity measures are questionnaires and other tools intended to help clinicians evaluate how severe the symptoms of an individual are on a rating scale. Cross-cutting dimensional measures are tools for assessing symptoms that occur across a wide range of diagnoses, such as anxiety or sleep problems. Field trials will help determine whether these proposed tools provide useful information for clinicians and their patients, and whether they capture changes in symptoms over time to evaluate progress in treatment.

Two rigorous study designs
Since the DSM is used in many care settings, two standardized and methodologically rigorous study designs were developed by the DSM-5 Research Group to gather data from a wide range of clinicians and settings.

"It is important that the proposed diagnostic criteria are subjected to rigorous and empirically sound field trials before DSM-5 is published in 2013," said David Kupfer, M.D., chair of the DSM-5 Task Force. "The two field trial designs will allow us to better understand how the proposed revisions affect clinicians' practices and, most importantly, patient care."

One study design was developed for use in academic or other large clinical settings, and will be employed at 11 sites, chosen from among 65 centers that responded to APA's call for proposals. Another study design was developed for use by individual practitioners and smaller clinical practices. These field trials will be conducted in diverse care settings by 3,900 mental health professionals: 1,400 psychiatrists selected from a randomly selected sample, as well as an additional 2,500 volunteer clinicians, including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and advanced practice psychiatric-mental health nurses. Participating clinicians must meet eligibility criteria and complete a web-based training seminar.

Clinicians in the field trials will evaluate new and existing patients at different stages of treatment using the proposed DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and measures. All patients considered for participation in the field trial will receive information about the trial and must give their consent. None of the patients will have their identities revealed in the results of the studies.

In the field trials conducted in the academic and large medical centers, patient evaluations will begin with an initial baseline assessment by a clinician. A different clinician will conduct a second assessment 4 hours to 2 weeks later, to help determine reliability of the diagnostic criteria. This assessment will be repeated in a follow-up visit (4 to 12 weeks after the second evaluation) to test whether the severity and cross-cutting measures are sensitive to changes in treatment progression.

Academic and Large Medical Centers
The 11 large academic medical settings participating in field trials are:

Pediatric Sites

Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Mass.
Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute, Child Psychiatry Division, in collaboration with colleagues at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Westchester Division, and the North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center, Roslyn Heights, New York
Stanford University, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, Calif.
The Children's Hospital, Aurora, Colo.

Adult Sites

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto
Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center
DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Menninger Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio

More information on the participating academic large medical centers and the specific disorders being tested in field trials is available on www.dsm5.org.

Disseminating the Field Trial Findings

The DSM-5 Field Trials team will disseminate the results of these initial field trials through presentations at scientific meetings, with professional and consumer groups and in articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and DSM-5 source books.

After completion of the first phase of field trials and another period of public comment via the DSM5.org web site, work group members will make any necessary revisions to their draft criteria. This will be followed by a second phase of field trials for further examination of selected criteria, scheduled to take place in 2011 and 2012.

"The process for developing DSM-5 continues to be deliberative, thoughtful and inclusive," said Darrel Regier, M.D., M.P.H., vice-chair of the DSM-5 Task Force, and APA research director. "Large-scale field trials are the next critical phase in this important process and will give us the information we need to ensure the diagnostic criteria are both useful and accurate in real-world clinical settings."

The American Psychiatric Association is a national medical specialty society whose physician members specialize in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and research of mental illnesses, including substance use disorders. Visit the APA at www.psych.org and www.healthyminds.org.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER receives Grant to Support Project HOPE.

Daniel Komansky presented a $7,500 contribution to North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center, on behalf of his fellow Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation board members, the Hon. Jack Mackston and David Grossman. The funding will support the Guidance Center's Project HOPE (Haitian Outreach, Prevention and Education) that addresses the needs of children, youth and their families that were impacted by the earthquake in Haiti.

For information, please contact the Development Office at 516 626-1971, ext. 320.

Photo: Left to right: Andrew Malekoff, Executive Director, North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center, Daniel Komansky, President, The Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER raises $230,000 at Gala.

Over 220 supporters gathered for North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center's 2010 Snow Ball held on December 3 at the Crest Hollow Country Club. The event raised $230,000 to help fund the services of the Guidance Center.

The event honored the Fay J. Lindner Foundation; Robert M. Goldberg, President and Norman a. Schefer, Treasurer/Director. The Fay J. Lindner Foundation has been funding various programs at the Guidance Center for almost thirty years.

A special tribute was made to Jo-Ellen Hazan, President of the Board of Directors, for her outstanding leadership.

The parents of a young client of the agency spoke about how much the Guidance Center staff has helped their daughter and their family through difficult times.

To learn more about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call
516 626-1971 or visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org.

Photo Caption: Regina Barros, Assistant Executive Director, NSC&FGC
Sandra Wolkoff, Director of Training & Consultation NSC&FGC
Robert M. Goldberg, President, The Fay J. Lindner Foundation
Norman A. Schefer, Treasurer/Director, The Fay J. Lindner Foundation
Jo-Ellen Hazan, President, NSC&FGC
Andrew Malekoff, Executive Director, NSC&FGC

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER hosts Community Unity Event.

On March 23, 2011, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading not-for-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, will host the fourth biennial Community Unity Event in support of The Leeds Place - Serving Young People.

The purpose of the evening is to:
" Promote a spirit of community throughout Nassau County
" Encourage solidarity among all those who care about the well-being of our children, families and communities
" Increase awareness of services at the Leeds Place, for vulnerable children and youths from Westbury, New Cassel and surrounding communities

This year's honorees are: Father Ralph Sommer, St. Brigid's Parish in Westbury; Dr. Marjorie Toran, Assistant Superintendent, Special Education and Special Services for the Westbury School District and the Long Island Haitian Fund Collaborative composed of the Long Island Community Foundation, the Long Island Unitarian Universalist Fund and the New York State Health Foundation.

For information about Community Unity or to learn more about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org or call the development department at 516 626-1971, ext. 310.

Photo Caption: Front row, left to right: Carol Bright, Event co-chair Dr. Irene Betty Hylton, Dr. Nellie Taylor-Walthrust, Event co-chair Rosemarie Klipper, Ada Lopez
Back row, left to right: Marian Williams, Margo Messina, Marjory Giordani, Grace Bryant, Michele Cacioppo

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER Receives $15,000 Grant from The O'Sullivan Children
Foundation, Inc..

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received a grant of $15,000 from The O'Sullivan Children Foundation, Inc.

The grant will support high end clinical and community services aimed at children and teens with serious emotional disturbances and their families: Children's Care Coordination Team (CCCT) - provides home-based clinical services for troubled children and teens; Coordinated Children's Services Initiative (CCSI) - coordinates services among multiple systems to prevent children from falling through the cracks; Family Advocate Program - offers support services to the families of these youths.

To learn more about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call
516 626-1971 or visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER Receives Grant from the United Way of Long Island

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received a grant of $8,500 from the United Way of Long Island. This grant will be used to support the many programs and services that the Guidance Center provides to children, families and communities across Long Island.

For information about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call 516 626-1971 or visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org.

Photo Caption: Ginny Glasser, Board Member, NSC&FGC; Georgette Beal, Senior Vice President, United Way of Long Island

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER Business Advisory Council Hosts Career Fair
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North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center's Business Advisory Council Hosts Career Fair

On March 18, 2011, forty students from the Guidance Center's Advantage After-School Program at the Westbury High School attended a career fair hosted by the Center's Business Advisory Council.

The students met with representatives from a number of fields including law, retail, nursing, banking, and emergency services who provided valuable insight into their careers.

The Business Advisory Council is chaired by Janice Ashley of Signature Bank and Deborah Kendric of State Bank and works to increase visibility for the Guidance Center and its vast array of programs for children, youth and families.

The Advantage After-School Program, in existence for over ten years, is a prevention program targets at-risk youth and provides tutoring, mentoring, workforce development and educational workshops.

For more information, please visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org or call the development department at 516 626-1971, ext. 310.

Photo caption - Veterinarian Diane Levitan speaking with students during the Career Fair

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER Celebrates Community Unity

Over 180 guests attended the Community Unity Event on March 23 in support of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center's Westbury clinic, The Leeds Place - Serving Young People.

They came to honor two outstanding community leaders: Father Ralph Sommer, St. Brigid's Parish in Westbury; Dr. Marjorie Toran, Assistant Superintendent, Special Education and Special Services for the Westbury School District; and to show their appreciation to the Long Island Haitian Fund Collaborative composed of the Long Island Community Foundation represented by Vanessa Greene, the Long Island Unitarian Universalist Fund represented by Lisa Popovitch and the New York State Health Foundation represented by Amy Lee.

The event was emceed by Peri Apollo of KJOY's Long Island Morning Show with Steve and Peri.

The evening's program and festivities served to:
" Promote a spirit of community throughout Nassau County
" Encourage solidarity among all those who care about the well-being of our children, families and communities
" Increase awareness of services at the Leeds Place, for vulnerable children and youths from Westbury, New Cassel and surrounding communities

For information about The Leeds Place - Serving Young People or to learn more about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org or call the development department at 516 626-1971, ext. 310.

Photo caption:

Dr. Nellie Taylor-Walthrust, Regina Barros-Rivera, Jo-Ellen Hazan, Mel Harris, Dr. Marjorie Toran, Vanessa Greene, Amy Lee, Father Ralph Sommer, Lisa Popovitch, Councilwoman Viviana L. Russell, Dr. Betty Hylton, Rosemarie Klipper, Peri Appollo, Andrew Malekoff

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER Celebrated 2011 Achievement Luncheon at The Royalton at Roslyn Country Club on May 4.

On May 4, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, hosted the 2011 Achievement Luncheon at The Royalton at Roslyn Country Club. Over 180 guests attended raising $35,000.

The Luncheon honored the Honorable Kathleen M. Rice, the Junior League of Long Island and South Oaks Hospital. Peri Appollo of the KJOY Long Island Morning Show served as the emcee.

This year's event co-chairs were Board Members Janice Ashley, Amy Cantor and Ann Dorman Adler.

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center helps families to raise healthy children and work with kids (ages 0-24) who are troubled, in trouble, or causing trouble and parents who need help in these stressful times. Difficulties range from depression and anxiety, developmental delays and school failure, and substance abuse to family crises stemming from illness, death, trauma, and divorce.

To learn more about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call
516 626-1971 or visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org.

Photo caption:
Back row: Amy Cantor, Janice Ashley, Ann Dorman Adler
Front row: Andrew Malekoff, Kelly Morgano (Junior League), Lisa Bisagni (Junior League), Dr. Robert Detor (South Oaks Hospital), Honorable Kathleen M. Rice, Jo-Ellen Hazan

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER received a grant of $7,500 from the Bethpage Federal Credit Union.

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received a grant of $7,500 from the Bethpage Federal Credit Union, a community financial institution founded on the premise of people helping people. The grant will help support the Guidance Center's Advantage After-School Program.

The Advantage After-School Program is a collaboration between the Westbury Middle School and the Guidance Center. The program provides a safe, supportive, drug-free environment with caring adult supervision during the hours when youth are most at risk for negative behavior.

Photo Caption: Ada Lopez, Westbury Branch Manager; Robert Suarez, Assistant VP, Bethpage Federal Credit Union; Andrew Malekoff, Executive Director NSC&FGC; Daisy Indelicato, District Manager

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER in partnership with Project Rebirth, hosted a pre-release screening of the critically acclaimed feature-length film, Rebirth.

On Friday evening, June 10, North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center, in partnership with Project Rebirth, hosted a pre-release screening of the critically acclaimed feature-length film, Rebirth, at the Helene Fortunoff Theater at Hofstra University. 150 people, including individuals who were directly impacted by 9/11, attended. This was the first time that the film was shown on Long Island.

Following the screening there was an audience discussion led by Andrew Malekoff, Executive Director/CEO of North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center, and a panel of trauma experts all of whom worked as 9/11 responders.

According to Malekoff in his welcoming remarks, "Rebirth honors those who were lost on 9/11 and those who were left behind. Although the film is about loss and healing, it is also about hope and resilience in the face of unimaginable adversity."

Rebirth was created by a group of Hollywood filmmakers and followed the lives of five people - a survivor who was in one of the towers and was badly-burned, a teenaged boy who lost his mother, a young woman who lost her fiancé, a firefighter who lost all of his friends and a construction worker who lost his brother. The film also captured the rebuilding of the World Trade Center. This is accomplished through the use of 12 time-lapse cameras recording 24/7 at the WTC site.

The filmmakers are planning to use the film to develop educational and training resources for responders to major disasters. Malekoff said that, "The Guidance Center has been pleased to be a part of this process with the folks from Project Rebirth."

Rebirth will open in theaters to nationwide audience in August and can be seen on Showtime on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. For more information about the film contact: www.projectrebirth.com.
To learn more about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please visit www.northshorechildguidance.org or call 516 626-1971, ext. 320.

Photo Caption - left to right:
Warren Kennedy, Event Screening Planner, Project Rebirth; Caitlin Olson, Executive Director, Project Rebirth, Brian J. Rafferty, Board Chairman, Project Rebirth; Andrew Malekoff, Executive Director/CEO, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center; Paige Panzner-Kozek, Director of Outreach, Project Rebirth

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER received Grant from the Junior League of Long Island.

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received a grant of $1,500 from the Junior League of Long Island. This grant will support the Guidance Center's Project HOPE (Haitian Outreach, Prevention and Education).

The earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010 had a devastating financial, social and emotional impact on the Haitian residents living in New Cassel/Westbury. Many family members have been trying to cope with the deaths of loved ones. As the leading specialty children's and family mental health agency on Long Island, North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center, is uniquely qualified to address the mental health issues - the confusion, fear, anxiety, grief and anger - of the newly arriving and more settled Haitian immigrants, who have been impacted by the earthquake. This grant will be used to support the work of the Guidance Center in dealing with the mental health needs of Haitian students and families in the Westbury community.

The Junior League of Long Island is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Established in 1951, the Junior League of Long Island has over 300 members in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Headquartered in the Village of Roslyn, the Junior League of Long Island is affiliated with the Association of Junior Leagues International, an organization of 293 Leagues throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and England. The Junior League of Long Island is designated as a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization.

For information about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call 516 626-1971 or visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org.

Photo Caption: Georgia Gier, President, Junior League of Long Island; Andrew Malekoff, Executive Director, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER honored John T. Adams at its annual Jonathan Krevat Memorial Golf Classic.

On July 11, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, honored John T. Adams at its annual Jonathan Krevat Memorial Golf Classic.

The outing, hosted at Engineers Country Club in Roslyn Harbor raised $240,000 and was the Guidance Center's most successful golf event ever. The golf event committee was chaired by Jack Bransfield, Roslyn Savings Bank and Paul Vitale, NSC&FGC Board Member and Toy Industry Association, Inc.

Mr. Adams is the First Senior Vice President and Senior Mortgage Lending Officer at New York Community Bank. With assets of $41.0 billion at March 31, 2011, New York Community Bancorp, Inc. is the 22nd largest bank holding company in the nation and a leading producer of multi-family loans in New York City, with an emphasis on apartment buildings that feature below-market rents.

The Company operates two bank subsidiaries-New York Community Bank, a thrift, with 242 locations in Metro New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Florida, and Arizona; and New York Commercial Bank, with 34 branches in New York City, Westchester County, and Long Island, including 17 branches that operate under the name Atlantic Bank.

Reflecting growth through a series of earnings-accretive acquisitions, the Community Bank now operates through seven divisions: four in New York (Queens County Savings Bank in Queens, Roslyn Savings Bank on Long Island, Richmond County Savings Bank on Staten Island, and Roosevelt Savings Bank in Brooklyn); one in New Jersey (Garden State Community Bank); one in Ohio (Ohio Savings Bank); and one in Florida and Arizona (AmTrust Bank).

Golf Event sponsors included: Rita and Frank Castagna; Meridian Capital Group, LLC; New York Community Bank Foundation; Extell Development Co.; The Riese Organization; Croman Real Estate, Inc.; Maureen and John Ferrari; Paramount Group, Inc.; Cullen & Dykman, LLP; Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo, Cohn & Terrana; Loeb & Loeb; Magnum Management; Residential Management; RXR Realty; Tryax Realty and Sackman Enterprises.

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, with locations in Roslyn Heights, Manhasset and Westbury, is dedicated to strengthening the emotional well-being of children and families and leads the way in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, training, parent education and advocacy.

To learn more about the Guidance Center, please call 516 626-1971, ext. 337 or visit www.northshorechildguidance.org.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER Receives Grant from the Nassau County Criminal Courts Bar Foundation

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received a grant of $2,500 from the newly formed Nassau County Criminal Courts Bar Foundation. This grant will be used to support the Children's Center at Nassau County Family Court.

One hundred thousand dollars in state funding that had been budgeted for the Guidance Center to operate the Children's Center was recently reduced to $72,000 putting the Children's Center Program in jeopardy. The Criminal Courts Bar Foundation jumped in immediately to help. The Guidance Center has worked tirelessly to find additional sources of funding to maintain this critical program that provides a "safe haven" for children. As of today, that goal has been met and the Children's Center will remain open and fully operational through March, 2012.

Today is to celebrate this accomplishment and tomorrow is to move ahead with the hard work of advocating for a full restoration of funding in 2012. The fate of thousands of children from 6 weeks to 12 months, and their families, is at stake. Imagine the difference between a child sitting before a judge during heated interchanges involving the adults in their lives or being in a safe place with a kind and understanding adult reading to them or playing a game.

The Nassau County Criminal Courts Bar Foundation is the charitable arm of the Criminal Courts Bar Association of Nassau County. It was founded in 2010 to allow the attorney members who represent those accused of various crimes in Nassau County to give back to their community in an effort to educate and eliminate criminal activity among the youth of Nassau County.

For information about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center and the Children's Center at Nassau County Family Court, please call 516 626-1971 or visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org.

Photo Caption (L-R): Dennis P. O'Brien, Nassau County Criminal Courts Bar Foundation; Dana Grossblatt, Nassau County Criminal Courts Bar Foundation; Andrew Malekoff, Executive Director, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER Receives Donation from National Council of Jewish Women, South Shore Section

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received a donation of $10,000 from the South Shore Section of the National Council of Jewish Women. This donation will be used to support the Children's Center at Nassau County Family Court.

One hundred thousand dollars in state funding that had been budgeted for the Guidance Center to operate the Children's Center was recently reduced to $72,000 putting the Children's Center Program in jeopardy. The NCJW South Shore Section took action immediately to help. The Guidance Center has worked tirelessly to find additional sources of funding to maintain this critical program that provides a "safe haven" for children. As of today, that goal has been met and the Children's Center will remain open and fully operational through March, 2012.

The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is a grassroots organization of volunteers and advocates who turn progressive ideals into action. Inspired by Jewish values, NCJW strives for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children, and families and by safeguarding individual rights and freedoms.

For information about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center or the Children's Center at Nassau County Family Court, please call 516 626-1971 or visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org.

Photo Caption (L-R): CeCe Friedman, National Council of Jewish Women; Ellie Levinson, National Council of Jewish Women; Gale Wiener, National Council of Jewish Women; Andrew Malekoff, Executive Director, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center; Nellie Taylor-Walthrust, Director of Outreach, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER Received a grant of $1000 from the We Care Fund of the Nassau County Bar Association

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, the leading non-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island, has received a grant of $1000 from the We Care Fund of the Nassau County Bar Association. The grant will help support the Guidance Center's Advantage After-School Program.

The Advantage After-School Program is a collaborative between the Westbury Middle School and the Guidance Center. The program provides a safe, supportive, drug-free environment with caring adult supervision during the hours when youth are most at risk for negative behavior.

The WE CARE Fund is the nationally-recognized charitable arm of the Nassau County Bar Association. Founded in 1988 by NCBA Past President Stephen Gassman, WE CARE funds are raised by the legal profession and the community at large. The money is distributed through charitable grants to improve the quality of life for children, the elderly and others in need throughout Nassau County. Nurtured by the tireless efforts of lawyers and judges, the WE CARE program has matured into a nationally recognized model for similar programs instituted by
other bar groups. With the financial support and personal effort of so many, WE CARE has been able to serve the community in myriad ways. North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center Guidance Center is dedicated to strengthening the emotional well-being of children and families, and leads the way in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, training, parent education, and advocacy.

The Guidance Center helps families to raise healthy children and work with kids (ages 0-24) who are troubled, in trouble, or causing trouble and parents who need help in these stressful times. Difficulties range from depression and anxiety, developmental delays and school failure, and substance abuse to family crises stemming from illness, death, trauma, and divorce. For information about the Advantage After-School Program, please contact The Leeds Place at 516 997-2926. To learn more about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call 516 626-1971 or visit our website: www.northshorechildguidance.org

Photo Caption: Judge Elaine Stack representing the WE CARE Fund and Andrew Malekoff of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER - October 22, the Guidance Center hosted its annual gala, "Dancing With Our Stars." The event, with 275 attendees, raised over $230,000.

On October 22, the Guidance Center hosted its annual gala, "Dancing With Our Stars." The event, with 275 attendees, raised over $230,000.

Guests were entertained by six local community leaders and their professional dancing partners:
Dr. Constance Clark-Snead, Westbury Union Free School District
Debra Daniels, Bagel Boss of Roslyn and Port Washington
Helene Fortunoff
Jon Kaiman, Supervisor, Town of North Hempstead
Maggie Martinez Malito, Nassau County Youth Board
George Poll, Poll Restaurant Group

Well-known author and Board Member, Susan Isaacs, emceed.

The mission of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center Guidance Center is to restore and strengthen the emotional well-being of children and families.

To learn more about the Guidance Center, please visit www.northshorechildguidance.org,
Call our development office at 516 626-1971, ext. 320 or email: development@northshorechildguidance.org.

Photo Caption:

Dancing with the Stars - North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center Gala - October 22, 2011. From left to right our WONDERFUL star dancers (with their professional dance partners) - Maggie Martinez Malito, Helene Fortunoff, Debra Daniels, George Poll, Connie Clark-Snead, Jon Kaiman - A GREAT EVENING!! FOR A GREAT CAUSE!!

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER is proud to partner with Hofstra Men's Basketball at the home game against Manhattan College on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center (NSCFGC) is proud to partner with Hofstra Men's Basketball at the home game against Manhattan College on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.
As part of the partnership, Hofstra will donate half of the ticket revenue generated through the NSCFGC back to the organization. In addition, the NSCFGC will be well represented throughout the game including a game ball presentation, information table set-up in the lobby, and a public service announcement during the game.

To show your support for the North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, come out to the game for an exciting afternoon of college hoops! Tickets are only $10, with $5 of each ticket purchased going to the NSCFGC!

There are 3 ways to order tickets:
1. To purchase online, go to: GoHofstra.com, select the men's basketball game on Dec. 10 and use coupon code "NSCFGC".
2. To order over the phone, call 516-HOF-TIXX (463-8499) and make sure you mention the NSCFGC.
3. To receive a mail order form, please email development@northshorechildguidance.org and one will be emailed to you.

North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center helps families to raise healthy children and work with kids (ages 0-24) who are troubled, in trouble, or causing trouble and parents who need help in these stressful times. Difficulties range from depression and anxiety, developmental delays and school failure, and substance abuse to family crises stemming from illness, death, trauma, and divorce.

To learn more about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call
516 626-1971 or visit our website at www.northshorechildguidance.org.

NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER - October 22, the Guidance Center hosted its annual gala, "Dancing With Our Stars." The event, with 275 attendees, raised over $230,000.

Effective January 1, John Grillo, President & Founder of Executive Fliteways, Inc. (EFI), will begin his term as President of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center.

Mr. Grillo began his association with North Shore Child and Guidance Center in 2005 and has served on the Board of Directors since 2008. In addition, he has served as a member of the Budget and Finance committee and was selected to join the Guidance Center's Executive Committee as a Vice President in 2010.
Mr. Grillo brings a wealth of diverse experience to the Guidance Center. Upon graduation from Syracuse University, he served in the United States Air Force for eight years of active duty and an additional seven years in the Air Force Reserve. While in the military he flew the C-130E aircraft extensively throughout Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. He is the recipient of more than thirty military awards and commendations, including two Distinguished Flying Crosses and the Silver Star. After the war, Mr. Grillo was reassigned to Dover Air Force Base in Dover DE, where he flew the C-5A Galaxy aircraft, at that time, the largest aircraft in the world. While qualified in the C-5 aircraft Mr. Grillo flew extensively throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. He resigned his commission at the rank of Major to pursue a commercial flying career with American Airlines.
In 1999, after more than 20 years of distinguished service flying both Boeing 707 and 727 aircraft, he retired from American to put his full time effort into EFI, an aircraft management and charter company which he and two partners founded in 1981. As President and Chief Executive of EFI, Mr. Grillo served as a member of the National Air Transport Association, (NATA) committee for Air Charter, helping to establish both operational and regulatory standards for the aviation industry. After serving three years on the Board of Governors for the Air Charter Safety Foundation, (ACSF), Mr. Grillo currently holds the position as Treasurer of the ACSF.
Current Board President, Jo-Ellen Hazan, is stepping down after six and a half years in her leadership position.
North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center Guidance Center is dedicated to restoring and strengthening the emotional well-being of children and families, and leads the way in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, training, parent education, and advocacy.

To learn more about North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, please call 516 626-1971.

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John Grillo

480 Old Westbury Road • Roslyn Heights, NY 11577
Phone: (516) 626-1971 • Fax: (516) 626-8043