[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 107 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1370]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING THE MOSES AND AARON FOUNDATION

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                          HON. JOSEPH CROWLEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 20, 2010

  Mr. CROWLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to call attention to a 
worthy organization--one committed to special needs children and their 
families. The Moses and Aaron Foundation's significant and enduring 
efforts under the direction and visionary leadership of president Rabbi 
Yaacov Kaploun and executive vice president Yehuda Kaploun deserve high 
praise, as do the philanthropists who have given of themselves to 
fulfill its mission.
  The Moses and Aaron Foundation Special Fund for Children, an all-
volunteer organization, is dedicated to assisting children with 
disabilities, or, as the Foundation prefers to recognize them, 
``Outstanding Children.'' The organization provides these children and 
their families with a wide range of programs, including social, 
physical, financial and wheelchair assistance, as well as counseling 
and guidance.
  It also provides scholarship funding to educational institutions; 
collects, purchases and distributes clothing for children in need; and 
remembers them with presents at holiday time or when hospitalized.
  The Foundation has arranged for sound and musical equipment in other 
institutions and has distributed gifts to thousands of children during 
the holiday season--including hundreds of toys given to the U.S. 
Marines Toys for Tots and local law enforcement agencies' programs.
  The corporate and individual supporters of the Foundation include 
concert chairmen Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gans, Mr. Avi and Dr. Laura 
Greenbaum, Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Rothman, the Jelly Belly Candy Company, 
Metropolitan Lumber Company, Mr. Robert Gans and the Croton Watch 
Company, as well as Ms. Rachel Sapoznik, Mrs. Janice Lipton, Mr. and 
Mrs. Yakov Bertram, Mr. and Mrs. Chaim Rubin, Ms. Patti Shlesinger and 
Esther Kaploun, who heads the Division of Volunteers.
  On July 24, 2010, at the Sullivan County Community College in Lock 
Sheldrake, New York, the Moses and Aaron Foundation, under the Honorary 
Chairmanship of Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, will sponsor its 14th 
annual Summer ``Chazak-Strength'' Concert honoring and paying tribute 
to Special and Outstanding Children and their families.
  The Guests of Honor will be the Special and Outstanding Children, 
many of whom will join the entertainers on stage to perform. More than 
forty organizations, camps and schools serving the physically and 
mentally disabled children will be represented.
  The Chazak Concert, like all the Moses and Aaron Foundation's 
programs, demonstrates a caring and compassionate concern for others' 
quality and dignity of life and merits the appreciation of all those 
who have benefited from its services.
  The Moses and Aaron Foundation was founded in memory of Rabbi Dr. 
Maurice I. Hecht of New Haven, Connecticut, and Aaron Kaploun, both of 
whom led lives of exemplary community service. It is in this sentiment 
of communal dedication that the Moses and Aaron Foundation has devoted 
itself to serving the needs of a unique group in the community.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in honoring the Moses and Aaron 
Foundation as an organization which exemplifies the generosity of 
spirit in American society.

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