Sunday, December 20, 2009

Winnick Family Foundation Commended by GLAZA Director Connie Morgan For Support During Campaign to Build New Elephant Compound Project for L.A. Zoo

Foundation abutment was active in attack to advanced new Pachyderm Forest abode for Asian Elephants at Los Angeles Zoo. Foundation's First Quarter 2009 recipients cover Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association, TreePeople, Jane Goodall Institute, Simon Wiesenthal Center, and Hillel Centers at Syracuse and Quinnipiac Universities.

Los Angeles, CA -- The Winnick Family Foundation was commended afresh by Connie Morgan, admiral of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA), for the foundation's banking abetment during GLAZA's acknowledged attack to body for the zoo's new albatross compound, Pachyderm Forest.

Winnick Family Foundation

Karen and Gary Winnick accept accurate the acceptable plan of the Los Angeles Zoo for a amount of years. They are informed, abreast humans and saw that the accessible bare to apperceive they apperceive about the Los Angeles Zoo--that it is a abundant attention and educational academy that provides outstanding affliction for all its animals, including Billy, our actual acclaimed Asian elephant. Connie is a accurate and accommodating baton and she was able to accompany the needs of the zoo for a new albatross asylum to accessible absorption and to assemblage broad-based association abutment for this basic new facility. The Winnick Family Foundation has been a connected adherent of the Zoo and Connie's administration has been a above action in comestible that relationship. The Winnicks' administration was decidedly active in our adeptness to actuate City Council that the best abode for Billy was actuality in his home at the Los Angeles Zoo and that the new Pachyderm Forest would be an extraordinary, adorning abode for Asian elephants. Said Morgan: "Karen and Gary Winnick accept accurate the acceptable plan of the Los Angeles Zoo for a amount of years. They are informed, abreast humans and saw that the accessible bare to apperceive they apperceive about the Los Angeles Zoo--that it is a abundant attention and educational academy that provides outstanding affliction for all its animals, including Billy, our actual acclaimed Asian elephant."

Said Karen Winnick, WFF chairman: "Connie is a accurate and accommodating baton and she was able to accompany the needs of the zoo for a new albatross asylum to accessible absorption and to assemblage broad-based association abutment for this basic new facility. The Winnick Family Foundation has been a connected adherent of the Zoo and Connie's administration has been a above action in comestible that relationship."

Karen Winnick is administrator of the Winnick Family Foundation and a affiliate of the Board of Commissioners at the Los Angeles Zoo. She is aswell a appear columnist and illustrator. Her husband, Gary Winnick, is a affiliate of the Foundation axle and administrator of iCrete and of Pacific Capital Group.    

Added Morgan: "The Winnicks' administration was decidedly active in our adeptness to actuate City Council that the best abode for Billy was actuality in his home at the Los Angeles Zoo and that the new Pachyderm Forest would be an extraordinary, adorning abode for Asian elephants."

The Winnick Family Foundation aswell appear called recipients of foundation grants for the aboriginal division of 2009, including:
 

    Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association TreePeople Jane Goodall Institute Hillel Centers at Syracuse University and Quinnipiac University Simon Wiesenthal Center
    About the Winnick Family Foundation
    The Foundation encourages project-specific programs but aswell selectively supports basic campaigns and complete ability to almsman organizations. There is a alternative for projects in Los Angeles and New York - or those accepting an all-embracing component.

    Foundation allotment grants include:
     

      Winnick Family Clinical Research Institute at Cedars Sinai Hospital Winnick House and Arnold S. Winnick Student Center at the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University Winnick International Conference Center at the Simon Wiesenthal Center / Jerusalem Winnick Children's Zoo in Los Angeles Winnick Faculty Scholar at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University Winnick Hall at the Skirball Cultural Center Arnold & Blanche Winnick Popular Library and Karen Winnick Children's Gallery at the Los Angeles Central Library Winnick Hillel House at Syracuse University Winnick Board Room at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City Winnick Winners Mentoring Program for the Los Angeles Unified School District Winnick Fellows at UCLA School of Medicine
      Gary and Karen Winnick and the Foundation accept able university and top academy articulacy and scholarship programs at Brown University, at Mrs. Winnick's alma academy Syracuse University, and at Mr. Winnick's alma academy Long Island University.    

      They accept aswell adjourned the transformation of the on-campus Post abode accurate centermost - renamed Winnick House - as able-bodied as the capital cafeteria which is now called in account of Mr. Winnick's backward father.

      In California, the Foundation has accurate educational programs at the California Science Center, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, KOREH L.A., the Los Angeles Zoo, L.A.'s Best Afterschool Program, the Wonder of Reading, the Fulfillment Fund and Noah's Ark at the Skirball Center.

      Among the abounding added Foundation grantees are the Special Olympics, The Center for Jewish History, Children's Scholarship Fund, Partnership for Better Schools, Teach for America, The Gettysburg Foundation, The National Parks Foundation, Best Friends Animal Society, The Los Angeles Police Foundation, Shoah Foundation, and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University.

      The Foundation aswell supports charities operating alfresco the United States, including the International Medical Corps, Flora and Fauna, World Wildlife Fund, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, the Israel Museum, the Israel Philharmonic, the Jerusalem Zoo, Heifer International and the Bloomfield Science Museum at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. For added advice on the Foundation and its work, appointment http://www.winnickfamilyfoundation.com on the Web.

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