http://www.georgesoros.com/
Recently there was a heartwarming article all over AOL about a homeless Jewish holocaust survivor in NY living out of a shopping cart who died in her 90s - and left $100,000 to a major Jewish University in Jerusalem, where she had never been (apparently she hid a tin coffee can in her shopping cart- imagine the discipline not to touch her savings!).
Why wait till you die? (must have thought George Soros because look what is all over the news today)
Yesterday morning George Soros announced a 35 million gift to support low-income families across New York State. Back to School New York will help families buy supplies for the coming school year. A collaborative effort involving the State of New York and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the new program will provide $200 per child to the families of the more than 850,000 children receiving public assistance or food stamps in New York State. I thought you would be interested to read a few stories covering the announcement that George made at a New York City public school together with New York State Governor David Paterson and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, among others. You can also listen to an interview with George Soros this evening, August 12, 2009 on National Public Radio's All Things Considered at 6:08 and 8:08 p.m. Eastern Time. You can listen online at WNYC.org by clicking on "Listen Live," or at www.npr.org. Type George Soros' name in the upper right hand search box. Links to articles in the New York Times, Financial Times, and Wall Street Journal are below.
All best,
Michael Vachon
Soros Gift Allows Bonuses to State's Needy Students
New York Times
By JENNIFER 8. LEE
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/nyregion/08soros.html
"A $35 million gift from George Soros, the financier and philanthropist, will allow for a $200 back-to-school bonus for each of more than 850,000 low-income children in New York State this fall, state officials said on Friday..."
Soros donates $35m to 'back to school' fund
Financial Times
By Simone Baribeau in New York
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bf08ea32-85f6-11de-98de-00144feabdc0.html
"New York families on public assistance or food stamps are set to receive an additional $200 per child as part of a public-private partnership between the charitable foundations of George Soros, the state of New York, and the US Department of Health and Human Services..."
Soros Gives To Match Federal Funds for New York Needy
Wall Street Journal
By Shelly Banjo
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090810-716097.html
"New York (Dow Jones)--Global financier and philanthropist George Soros is giving $35 million to needy schoolchildren in New York, enabling the stat..."
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