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UpComing
Events
August 14, 2010 - 2nd
Annual Do One Thing For A Better World Concert
Roosevelt Public School, Roosevelt - 7:30pm
FEATURING:
MAD FEATHER GROUP and Friends
$5
suggested donation at the door
Organized by Cecelia Ticktin - cecelia@emilyfund.org
(Find out more on the Facebook
Event Page )
Do
One Thing - Video Contest - Prizes
every month for best videos
TRIBUTES
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July
18, 2010
First Annual EMILY Fund Benefit Luncheon
Mahzu Japanese Restaurant, East Windsor, 1:30-3:30
Organized
by family friend, Liz Huang Majorczyk,
more than 60 EMILY Fund supporters joined us for a benefit luncheon
of friendship, conversation and great food to support the work
of The EMILY Fund. Thank you all for sharing the day with us.
Program
(PDF)
/ Sponsors
More
pictures on Facebook
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June,
2010 - 2nd Annual Emily Silverstein
Awards For A Better World
Student Scholarships & Awards were
given for the 2nd year to promote and reward service to Community
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Hightstown
High School
$500 Scholarships
for best essays:
Erica
Humphrey
Ruchika Talwar
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Kreps
Middle School
$200 US Savings Bond
to Courtney Lenzo
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Roosevelt
Public School
For
Best DO ONE THING
PROJECT:
- $25 Gift Certificates to:
Traci Mitchell
Samantha Diamonte
- $10 Gift Certificates to:
6th Grade Students for outstanding Do One Thing Projects
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April
1, 2010 - Peace Garden & Peace
Pole Dedication - Gettysburg College
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Garden & Peace Pole Dedication
April 1, 2010
Gettysburg College A
Peace Pole and Peace Garden were planted at the center of the Gettysburg College
campus and dedicated to the life and legacy of Emily Rachel Silverstein. The Peace
Garden includes the weeping cherry tree Emily's high school friend Jessica Weidman
raised money for. This tribute serves as a permanent place on campus for students
and faculty to find a peaceful moment and inspiration to make a difference in
their lives. Program
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BENEFIT
CONCERT - Sunday, October 11
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Emily
worked at Dairy Queen in East Windsor (Rt. 130) throughout high school and during
summers when she was home from college. She loved everyone there like family and
they felt the same way, and they have kept a memorial to Emily up for all customers
to see since she died. On Sunday October 11 from 3-6 pm, the East Windsor
DQ sponsored a wonderful benefit in Emily's honor with live music, and of course
ice cream. |
September
21 , 2009 - Peace Day Celebration
- Roosevelt, NJ
The
Do One Thing Campaign brought Roosevelt residents together to celebrate the United
Nations International Day of Peace on September 21 and to honor Emily Rachel Silverstein's
legacy of working for a more peaceful, just and sustainable world. High school
junior, Sierra Duchai organized the planting of a recycled River Birch tree at
Emily's grade school for peace and dedicated to Emily's memory. Emily's friend
Cecelia and her mother Gail organized the showing of the inspiring film "The
Day After Peace" which documents one individual's efforts to promote the
International Day of Peace as a global ceasefire and day of peace in our homes,
our communities and between nations.
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August
- September, 2009 - Book Drive
- Roosevelt, NJ
As
part of the Emily Fund's DoOneThing campaign, family friend, Elizabeth Huang-Majorczyk
organized a Memorial Book Drive -- hundreds of books were collected for the Roosevelt
Public School Library in Roosevelt and Better Beginnings in Hightstown. Each of
the books includes a memorial plate in memory of Emily Rachel Silverstein.
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August
22, 2009 - Memorial Blood Drive
- Roosevelt, NJ
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part of the Emily Fund's DoOneThing campaign, family friend, Elizabeth Huang-Majorczyk
has organized a Memorial Blood Drive with the Community Blood Council of New Jersey
to be held in front of the Roosevelt Post Office on Saturday, August 22, 2009
from 9:30am - 2pm. New
Jersey's blood supplies have dropped below the critical five-day supply level.
People can do their part by being a blood donor and help save a life. All types
of blood are sought, but there is an especially strong need for type O-negative
blood. The bloodmobile is a self contained unit used for this purpose and would
just need 10 minutes of each person's time to donate blood. Eligible donors
should be at least 17, weigh 110 pounds and be in generally good health. A
Facebook Event page has been set up to confirm your participation:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107170314484&ref=search&__a=1
Drop-ins
are welcome but to schedule an appointment:
Elizabeth Huang-Majorczyk
732-299-6007
liz@emilyfund.org
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August
18, 2009 - One Day In Peace Play
- Hightstown, NJ
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Tuesday, August 18 - 3pm
Where: Better Beginnings, 318 North Main St.
“One Day in Peace”, an adaptation of play by Robert Alan Silverstein and
Steve Diamond, will be presented by PACT (Peacemakers and Counselors in Training),
and Better Beginnings’ School Age group, with the hope that our young people
will continue Emily’s dream of a “better world”. They will also sing, “We
are the World, We are the Children”, and offer their ideas for how we can make
ours a “better world”. Free and open to the public.
http://princetonol.com/groups/bbcdc
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August
14, 2009 Benefit Concert at The Elks Club, East Windsor, NJ
Emily’s
friends, Erin Higgins and Cecelia Ticktin organized a Benefit Concert on Friday
August 14 from 7:30-10:30 pm. More than 200 people attended. The event officially
launched The Emily Fund's global "Do
One Thing" campaign. There were heartwarming speeches, food and drink,
a slideshow, and most importantly inspiring music to celebrate Emily's life performed
by more than a dozen people whose lives Emily touched. VIDEOS PHOTOS | | | | | | | These
and more than 100 more
pictures can be seen
on
Facebook
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April
13, 2009 Memorial at Roosevelt Public School April
15, 2009 Memorial at Gettysburg College
May
1, 2009 Benefit Concert at Penn State
May
2, 2009 Walk a Mile In Her Shoes
June
2 , 2009 1st Annual Emily Silverstein Award for a Better World
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year, The Emily Fund also launched the annual Emily Silverstein Award for a Better
World - a $200 bond awarded to a graduating eighth-grader at Emily's
middle school, Melvin H. Kreps Middle School. Benjamin Benson was chosen as the
first recipient by his teachers based on his community and civic involvement. |
June
10 , 2009 1st Annual Emily Silverstein Scholarship for a Better World  | This
year, The Emily Fund launched the annual Emily Silverstein Scholarship for a Better
World - a $1000 scholarship awarded to a graduating senior at Emily's high
school, Hightstown High School. Ian
Henderson was selected for the first annual award based on his essay on the theme:
"What I have done and intend to do with my life to help create a more
peaceful, just and sustainable world." |
June
13 , 2009 1st Annual Emily Silverstein Award for a Better World  | This
year, The Emily Fund also launched the annual Emily Silverstein Award for a Better
World - a $100 bond awarded to a graduating sixth-grader at Emily's
elementary school, Roosevelt Public School. Eric Diamonte was chosen as the first
recipient by his teachers based on his community and civic involvement. |
MORE
MEMORIALS DO
ONE THING SONG - Riding on a Wave of Hope
Emily's
10 year old cousin Samantha dedicated her May 3, 2009 performance at the 15th
Anniversary Concert of the New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra | 
A
donation was made to the Arbor Day Foundation to plant 25 trees in the Plumas
National Forest in Emily Rachel Silverstein's Memory. | 
A
Tree Has been planted in Israel in Memory of Emily Rachel Silverstein. |
Nick
and Liz set up a Kiva Lending Team in memory of Emily.
Kiva
lets you lend small loans to empower people to lift themselves out of poverty. |
One
of Emily's favorite places on campus was Musselman's Library, so Francesca and
Sally, two of Emily's college friends, worked with her college library director
and staff to create a memorial book plate to be placed on the first page of a
selected list of books that reflected Emily's academic interests and passions. | 
A
donation was made to Better Beginnings Child Development Center in memory of Emily. | 
A
contribution in memory of Emily was made to Susan G Komen for the Cure.
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Family
friend, Larry Auld, made a donation to plant a tree in Emily's
honor in New York City as part of the restoration project Million
Trees NYC, founded by Bette Midler.
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Thanks
to Alex Pendjurin.
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POEMS,
SONGS, ETC.
Emily's
Big Love - Leo Babeu (Emily's Uncle)
Emily's
Plan - Leo Babeu (Emily's Uncle)
Only
What You Want - song by Sarah Lightman for Emily LETTERS
of Condolence
Governor
Jon Corzine
PDF (435K) | 
Governor
Edward Rendell
PDF
(316K) |
Thanks
to Anukul Gurung for the fairy image of Emily
Thanks to Fletcher Grayson/Gray
Media for creating The Emily Fund logo
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