On Nov. 18, Westhab hosted its annual Building Communities, Changing Lives celebration dinner for its Dayspring Community Center at Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase, New York. The dinner, which raised more than $635,000 marked Westhab”™s 40th anniversary as well as the culmination of its Dayspring campaign.
The three honorees at the event included Slate Property Group, which received the Building Communities Award in honor of its generous support and partnership in building affordable housing; the Changing Lives Award was presented to Regeneron in recognition of its long-standing support for Westhab”™s work in the community as well as its trailblazing research; and The Reformed Church of Bronxville was honored with the Community Partnership Award in recognition of the congregation”™s deep-rooted support for Westhab and the important role it played in delivering the Dayspring Community Center to the Nodine Hill community in Yonkers
“This event was truly special as we celebrated Westhab’s 40 years of service and dedicated 100% of the funds raised to support our new Dayspring Community Center,” said Westhab President and CEO Rich Nightingale.
Westhab was founded in 1981 to address the affordable housing crisis in Westchester County. Since then, it has become Westchester’s largest provider of housing and services for the homeless and its largest nonprofit developer of affordable and supportive housing.