A Gift for Brooklyn Seniors

On Monday, Brooklyn Community Foundation received a $10,000 donation check from Time Warner Cable, a gift meant to help the foundation’s programs for senior citizens.

The event, at New York Memory Center in Park Slope, was attended by Time Warner executives, as well as Assemblyman Jim Brennan, Brooklyn Community Foundation President Marilyn Gelber, Assemblywoman Joan Millman, New York Memory Center Director Christopher Nadeau, and Selfhelp Community Services Director Tova Klein.

The Brooklyn Community Foundation was founded in 2009 as a way to support the borough's most effective nonprofits, such as Arts for All, Caring Neighbors, Community Development, Education and Youth Achievement, and Green Communities.

The New York Memory Center and Selfhelp Community Services will each receive an additional $5,000 in funding due to the contribution.

“We are most grateful to receive this dedicated funding as it will allow us to enhance our operations through a new computer software program that will house most of our services within one system,” said Christopher Nadeau, Director at The New York Memory Center. “Planning and implementation will take hours instead of days, and allow us to integrate the full scope of our services as part of a comprehensive care plan.

“Brooklyn is a wonderful place to call home but for too many of our older residents the rising costs of health care, housing, food and other basic necessities of life make it difficult to enjoy the benefits of our wonderful community,” said Marilyn Gelber, President of the Brooklyn Community Foundation. “We are fortunate to have an excellent network of service providers to seniors but their resources have been eroded by public sector cutbacks, the weakened economy, and an ever growing demand for services.”