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Founded in 1808, the HRO is the oldest continually performing orchestra in the United States. Its alumni group, the Pierian Sodality, oversees the budget and fund raising to avoid letting the orchestra fall through the cracks of hard times. HRO Treasurer Ariel B. E. Shwayder ’03 speculates, “Most of our money comes from ticket sales or donations from people…but I can’t see anything really drastic happening to us, because we have people who take care of us and we know we’re in good hands...
Rather than losing financial support, Shwayder says, “The events have effected [HRO] in the opposite way. We’re planning a national tour for next summer. We have discussed going to New York City and Washington, D.C. and making it a benefit tour; maybe donating to the United Way or the Red Cross.” Lee and the Concert Commission are considering a Benefit Fund, in which certain concerts are deemed benefit shows and proceeds go to affected families...
...Shwayder contacted Suzanne Davis, who worked for the J.M. Kaplan Fund. The foundation, in turn, enlisted the New York City police department and New York Cares, an innovative organization whose philosophy, according to executive director Kenneth Adams, is to create ways "for time-starved but civic-minded New Yorkers to take part in hands-on volunteer projects so there are no more excuses." This effort to combat compassion fatigue mainly involves scheduling activities like manning soup kitchens after regular business hours so that potential do-gooders can pitch in. But, Adams stresses, the key is for volunteers to feel they...
...same vision came to Elizabeth Yanish Shwayder, a sculptor from Denver, 11 years ago. Visiting her daughter in Toronto, she learned of that city's annual coat drive, which collects used winterwear and gives it to the needy. In 1982, as Denver suffered through a horrific winter storm, Shwayder brought the concept home. Seven years later, the coat drive had become a Denver institution, and Shwayder decided to go national. Her first target was New York City...
...worked even better than Shwayder hoped. In its first year the New York coat drive distributed 10,000 winter coats. This year the goal is 75,000. The coats are collected in boxes at police precincts and bank branches, at more than 50 companies and at major commuter points like Grand Central station. There New York Cares has set up a display of coats from such celebrities as New York Knicks star Charles Smith (a towering blue worsted) and Mayor-elect Rudolph Giuliani (a staid gray tweed) to tweak the conscience of suburbanites. The coats are turned over...