Atlantic's Peter Fine honored at "Heart and Soul" dinner.Peter Fine, president of the Atlantic Development Group, one of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's leading developers of affordable housing, was the guest of honor at The Educational Alliance's annual black-tie benefit dinner "Heart and Soul" in support of the social service organization's work throughout Downtown Manhattan. This year's gala was the most successful in the organization's 117-year history, with proceeds topping $1 million, significantly beyond the year's goal. The event was held at Gotham Hall on 36th Street and Broadway in Manhattan and was attended by more than 600 leading lights in the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. philanthropic community. Fine was honored for his work on Project ORE, the organization's thriving homeless outreach project which has served over 3,000 clients to date. He helped launch the initiative twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. ago as an employee of The Educational Alliance. ORE--an acronym acronym: see abbreviation. A word typically made up of the first letters of two or more words; for example, BASIC stands for "Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. for OutReach to the Elderly--also means "light" in Hebrew. Each day, between 40 and 70 homeless or isolated Jewish elderly are served hot meals and offered a range of support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services including on-site social workers, phone and mail service, art classes, programs in health and wellness, and much more. "Tonight's honor is especially significant to me as I started my career as a social worker with the Educational Alliance twenty years ago," said Peter Fine, principal of the Atlantic Development Group. "While it is always gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to raise money for worthy institutions in the City, the ability to go back home to one's former place of work and make a difference is a unique privilege. I know that the $1,000,000 that was raised this evening will further their mission. Lastly, I would like to thank the Board and staff of the Ed Alliance for giving me this special opportunity." Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau accepted The Educational Alliance's Family Legacy Award on behalf of his family, in acknowledgement of Henry Morgenthau Henry Morgenthau may refer to:
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