L-R: Joe Stout, Executive Director Westchester Parks Foundation (WPF), Jane Solnick, Vice Chair, WPF; Emily Reynolds, Store Manager, Wegmans; Eileen Andreassi, Director or Recreational Therapy & Adaptive Sports, Burke Rehabilitation; Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton; Dominick Montesano, President, Montesano Brothers Inc.; Elizabeth Bracken-Thompson, WPF Past Chair; Seth Mandelbaum, Chair, WPF.
Westchester Parks Foundation (WPF) hosted its 46th Annual Parks Are Essential gala Thursday, September 21, 2023, at Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle, NY. Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton received the inaugural Leadership Award, along with other honorees Montesano Bros, Inc., Wegmans, and the Adaptive Sports & Therapeutic Recreation Program at Burke Rehabilitation.
Over 450 people attended the event with funds benefiting the many WPF programs and services which preserve, enhance, and beautify Westchester County Parks including its recently launched Trails Are Essential Program and Merriwood at Camp Morty teen empowerment program. For more information on WPF log on to www.thewpf.org