VIPs Including Ric Clark, Brendan Gallagher and Arthur A. Klein, MD Come Together to Support Efforts to End Homelessness in New York
Press Release – New York, NY – Win celebrated its 23rd Annual Way to Win Dinner on Wednesday, May 8th with hundreds of New York City’s most influential philanthropists at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers. The event raised more than $2.8 million to help the thousands of mothers, children, and families who call Win home break the cycle of homelessness.
The funds raised at this year’s gala will support critical programs and services for the 4,600 homeless women and children who sleep in Win’s ten New York City-based shelters every night. Families with children represent seventy percent of New York City’s homeless population and every night in New York City, over 23,000 children go to bed with their families in homeless shelters. But few New Yorkers recognize the acute impact of homelessness on families: a new poll released by Win and HarrisX showed that a majority…