THE 98TH

YULETIDE BALL

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Marissa Alperin and John Lowe

Elizabeth Alsop and Timothy Ronda

Rachel Apthorpe

Denise Arbesu and Peter Meyer

Julie and Kyle Ashley

Jenny Hourihan Bailin and John Bailin

Christine and Donald Benson

Sarah and Tim Biggins

Jennie Blair

Clare and Jim Bradshaw

Jessica and Donald Brennan

Ashley and Rory Brown

Tracy Brown and Joe Kusnick

Paula Tancock Burrell and David Burrell

Heather and Peter Campbell

Emmeline Cardozo and Teo Quintana

Joanna and David Costantino

Desiree and Cory Davis

Kara Gustafson DeSilva and Neil DeSilva

Paula and Hayden Dunbar

Sylvana and Adam Durrett

Alexa Eccles

Carolyn Ellis and Lake Wise

Kathy and Henry Elsesser

Beth Fleisher and Christopher Claremont

Blake and Andrew Foote

Megan Fort

Chelseah Free

Becky and Tom Fruin

Sabrina Gleizer and Jonathan Keehner

Christy and Robert Haile

Carter and Bryan Hamontree

Mary Haskins and Harry Shulman

Hilary and Edwin Jager

Elena John

Liza and Shaw Joseph

Judith Keefer

Tania and Tony Kleckner

Carrie Lamb

Dona and James Laughlin

Alison and Joshua Lindland

Sarah and Michael London

Valerie and Joseph Louzonis

Carey and Joshua Macaleer

Marci and Stephen MacGuffie

Hannah Maddoff and Andrew Seiden

Marisa Marinelli and Brad Mulder

Clare Mcauliffe

Lindsay and Emmett McCann

Buffi and Clay McDonald

Kelly and Will Milam

Andrea Turner Moffitt and Steven Moffitt

Julia and Braden Neff

Claire and Samuel Nitze

Amanda Oakley

Maartje Oldenburg and Rustom Khandalavala

Louise and Lee Olive

Mia Parker

Joanne Rhoers

Yvonne Riley-Tepie

Sarah and Spencer Robertson

Sabrina Rodriquez and Stefan Pepe

Dyanne Rosado

Amy and Gregory Rowland

Margaret and David Sarratt

Jennifer Sinclair Schiff and David Schiff

Vicky and Jay Schippers

Jeanne Silkworth

Tara Sparks

Chrissy and Andrew Springer

Jaime St. Peter and Josh Pater

Alexa Suskin

Katherine and Eric Todrys

Colleen and Graves Tompkins

Meredith Townsend and Charlie Homet

Laura Trevelyan and James Goldston

Liza Velazquez and Timothy Milford

Susan Whiting and Bruce Van Dusen

Barbara and Timothy Wilding

Amerika and Bradd Williamson

Amelia and James Wilson

Natalia and Burke Wise

Jillian and Jordan Woods

Julia NeffCO-CHAIR

Lindsay McCannCO-CHAIR

YULETIDE COMMITTEE AND DINNER PARTY HOSTS

2018

LISTING AS OF DECEMBER 3, 2018

Happy Holidays to everyone at the Brooklyn Kindergarten Society + participating in the Yuletide Ball 2018! We are grateful to be part of this wonderful event again!

Cheers to a DELICIOUS 2019!

Happy Holidays to everyone at the Brooklyn Kindergarten Society. We are grateful to be part of this wonderful event again!

Cheers to a delicious 2019!

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A N D T H E 2018 Y U L E T I D E B A L L

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When you support the Yuletide Ball with a ticket or gift, your generosity provides

high-quality early education to children from low-income families.

For 127 years, the Brooklyn Kindergarten Society has worked to ensure children

receive quality education in a nurturing environment that cultivates

the skills to succeed in kindergarten and beyond.

We serve nearly 400 children and their families at BKS early childhood learning

centers in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, and Brownsville public housing.

Children receive full-day classes and enrichment programs. Families have access to

counseling, classes, and referrals that continue support beyond the classroom.

Your generosity works to stop the cycle of poverty where it does the most damage—in early

childhood.To learn more or to make a gift, visit bksny.org. Thank you!

BROOKLYN KINDERGARTEN SOCIETY

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C E N T E R PR O G R A M S

TOMPKINS CHILDREN’S CENTER SUMNER CHILDREN’S CENTER

NAT AZAROW CHILDREN’S CENTER BREVOORT CHILDREN’S CENTER

EDWARD L. CLEAVELAND CHILDREN’S CENTER

WEEKSVILLE GARDENS COMMUNITY CENTER HOWARD CHILDREN’S CENTER

PALANTES! MOVEMENT AND MUSIC NOEL POINTER FOUNDATION

BROOKLYN MUSIC SCHOOL BROOKLYN SEEDS

KINGS COUNTY TENNIS LEAGUE

Warmest Best Wishes from

Dino J. Veronese,

Brooklyn Kindergarten

Society

Honorary Board Member

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ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR FALL 2019

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Thank you to the following families for generously donating to

our Families Helping Families Fund. This fund provides an opportunity

to directly support programs in our centers such as weekly ESL classes,

early drop off and after school care and healthy eating instruction.

Alice Beal and William Kuntz II

Krystyna and Dan Houser

Pamela Hutto

Brenda and Jonathan Insull

Emily J. Kingsbury

Lindsay and Emmett McCann

Julia and Braden Neff

Mary Stanton

Amerika and Bradd Williamson

Maggie Yates

Families Helping Families Fund

THANK YOU

AS OF DECEMBER 3, 2018

We’d like to thank the following individuals for their generous support

Alan Bernstein Realty ServicesJessica and Donald BrennanHarriet and Alan Dresher

Paula and Hayden DunbarJennifer and Steven Eisenstadt

Kathy and Henry ElsesserCarol Enseki and William Fulbrecht

Elizabeth Anne Fontaine and Robert Buckholz

Helena Lee and Richard KlapperSarah and Michael London

Grace Ray and Phillip KearnsLiza and Joseph Shaw

Barbara WildingAmelia and James Wilson

Jillian WoodsBarbara Zimmerman

YULETIDE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SPONSORSHIP SUPPORT

Kristin and Peter BeckerKrystyna and Dan Houser

Judy KeeferMichael Nugent

Louise and Lee Olive

Chrissy and Andy SpringerKerry and Jeffrey Strong

Colleen and Graves TompkinsRichard Yancey

ANGEL TICKETS

Elyce and Andrew AronsKatherine and Gary BartholomausVirginia Davis Blair and Jake Blair

Jane DebevoiseMichelle and Christopher Ewan

Salome Galib and Duane McLaughlinDavid Goodrich

Leslie Henshaw and Renny Mendez

Jenny Hunter-AstrachanNatalie and Peter Jaros

Carrie and Michael LambKatherine and Henry Mannix

Dana Mazo and Daniel SharfmanKristin and Austin RatnerKatherine and Eric Todrys

Michael Vaughn

BENEFACTOR TICKETS

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Congratulations to the

Brooklyn Kindergarten Society

Thank you for your tireless efforts, unwavering commitment and tremendous devotion towards making an important difference in the lives of so many children in Brooklyn.

 

  

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The holiday season is steeped in longstanding traditions: singing carols, sitting around a crackling fireplace, and crafting gingerbread houses. In Brooklyn, we have spent more than 95 years creating our own exciting holiday tradition…the glamorous annual Yuletide Ball in support of Brooklyn Kindergarten Society. Since the first-ever Yuletide Ball in 1920, the event has been a symbol of the spirit of the holidays, combining good cheer and doing good. Year after year, nearly 1,000 generous individuals come together to break the cycle of poverty where it does the most harm—in early childhood. Thank you for standing with us and supporting a vision for a better Brooklyn, a holiday tradition that is near and dear, indeed. The annual Ball has evolved over the years, just as our beloved borough has. Brooklyn seems to change more and more every day, and each year we are thrilled to see the Ball attendees grow and change with it. Our pre-ball dinners vary in every way imaginable: some are black-tie affairs in glorious century-old townhouses, others are casual affairs where people prefer to order in pizza. Some are in DUMBO lofts, others are in Manhattan high-rises. But all culminate on the dance floor of the Heights Casino, where we party the night away and celebrate the joy of giving. We would like to thank all of our pre-ball dinner hosts, as well as their families, for allowing us to defray the costs of the ball with their hospitality and generosity. We also wish to thank our co-chairs, Lindsay McCann and Julia Neff, whose passion and hard work contributed so much to this year’s success. Thank you as well to TD Bank and Brennan Real Estate for their generous underwriting support.

Enjoy the night, and thank you for making this holiday tradition so important to the children and families we serve.

Best wishes,The BKS Board and Staff

THE 98TH YULETIDE BALL

BROOKLYN KINDERGARTEN SOCIETY

We’re proud to call Brooklyn home.

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On behalf of the Brooklyn Kindergarten Society staff, board

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SPECIAL THANKS

Lindsay McCann and Julia Neff, 2018 Yuletide Co-ChairsJeanne Silkworth for her decorating genius

THANK YOUThe Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Board wishes to thank the Yuletide Ball Committee

and Dinner Party Hosts for making the 98th Yuletide Ball a great success!

SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO OUR PREFERRED PARTNERSBlanc & Rouge, Waterfront Wines & Spirits, Dish Food & Wine, Cobblestone Catering & Fine Foods, La Catrina Flower Studio,

Shen Beauty, Nova Octo, Jonathan M. Rackleff

B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S

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William Fulbrecht

Judy KeeferHope Lesane

Drew McGheeMarjorie NassirouJeanne Silkworth

Mary StantonLaura Trevelyan

Amerika WilliamsonRebecca YaggyWilliam Yates

Harry ShulmanPRESIDENT

Michelle DeFossettTREASURER

Benita R. Miller, Esq. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Jane Hamburger Gloria Lanza-Bajo Janet OffensendDino Veronese Michele Newman Genevieve Christy

Matthew CosentinoSECRETARY

HONORARY BOARD

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