PHILANTHROPY
Asthe Vice President of Philanthropy, I have the amazing opportunity to plan our two main philanthropy events, Phi Hoops and After Dark. Phi Hoops is a three versus three basketball tournament raising money for the Elizabeth Glaser Foundation in the spring. EGPAF was started by a fellow AEPhi sister who unfortunately contracted AIDS during a blood transfusion. The mission of EGPAF is to raise money to find a cure for pediatric AIDS. After Dark is a late night gathering at the house benefitting Sharsheret, which supports women and their families across the nation who have breast and/or ovarian cancer. I am extremely passionate about philanthropy as well as raising money for these two wonderful organizations as they are both near to my heart!
LML,
Maya Gordon
Vice President of Philanthropy
OUR CAUSES
ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC
AIDS FOUNDATION
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation seeks to prevent pediatric HIV infection and to eradicate pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs. The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation was adopted as one of AEPhi’s national philanthropies in 2000. The Foundation was founded in 1988 by AEΦ Alumna Elizabeth Meyer Glaser and her two close friends AEΦ alumna Susie Bernstein Zeegen (Xi Chapter, University of Southern California) and Susan DeLaurentis, shortly after Elizabeth and her husband, Paul, discovered that she, along with their two children Ariel and Jake, were infected with the AIDS virus as a result of a blood transfusion. We are proud to support
this foundation.
SHARSHERET
Sharsheret, Hebrew for “chain,” is a national not-for-profit organization supporting young women and their families, of all Jewish backgrounds, facing breast cancer. Their mission is to offer a community of support to women diagnosed with breast cancer or at increased genetic risk, by fostering culturally-relevant individualized connections with networks of peers, health professionals, and related resources.