[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17159]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING THE MOSES AND AARON FOUNDATION SPECIAL FUND FOR CHILDREN

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                          HON. JOSEPH CROWLEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 8, 2009

  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 the 
highest 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 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 seasons.
  The corporate and individual supporters of the foundation include 
Metropolitan Lumber Company, Mr. Robert Gans, and the Croton Watch 
Company. Concert Chairmen Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gans, Mr. Avi and Dr. 
Laura Greenbaum, Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Rothman, Mr. Mark Selden and Patti 
Shlesinger.
  On Saturday night August 1st, 2009 at the Sullivan County Community 
College, Lock Sheldrake, New York, the Moses and Aaron Foundation under 
the Honorary Chairmanship of Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, will sponsor 
its thirteenth Barmitzva 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 perform with the entertainers on stage. 
More than forty organizations, camps and schools serving the physically 
and mentally disabled children will be represented.
  The Chazak Concert and the Moses and Aaron Foundation's other 
programs demonstrate a caring and compassionate concern for the quality 
and dignity of life of others and merit the appreciation of all those 
who have benefited from its services.
  The program will feature a musical tribute in memory of Mr. Izzy 
Taubenfeld of Sameach Music, a lifelong friend and member of the Chazak 
family.
  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 an organization which exemplifies the generosity of spirit 
in American Society.

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