We are very pleased to announce The Jennie Foundation is expanding it’s scholarship program for 2019! Our Secretary and Scholarship Coordinator, Joy LePera, has made arrangements for two $500 Jennie Foundation Scholarships, one each in the fields of Music and Nursing, to be awarded to students from John Jay Senior High School, in Hopewell Junction,Read more about August 2018 update[…]
Another quick thank you to our donors, who made our January distributions to the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital Family Resource Center and the Ronald McDonald House of the Greater Hudson Valley possible. The attached images show some of the goods we are able to provide thanks to your generosity. Details can be found on ourRead more about January 2017 Distributions[…]
2016 saw the launch of The Jennie Foundation as non-profit organization, dedicated to the memory of our daughter and sister, Jennifer LePera. Our mission is to help families of seriously ill children undergoing treatment at local hospitals cope with the financial burden this brings. We also raise money to award scholarships to local students, inRead more about 2016 Summary[…]
Yesterday we had the opportunity to visit the Ronald McDonald House in New Haven, Connecticut. This House serves the Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital. This is a beautiful House, fit into an old-style New England mansion, in the heart of downtown New Haven, and only a few blocks from the hospital. We were given aRead more about New Haven Ronald McDonald House[…]
