WVI Success To Significance Jack Jacobs Event

September 27, 2018

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About the Success to Significance Dinner Series September 27th at the 3 West Club in Manhattan

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The Success to Significance dinner series honors prominent leaders in areas such as veterans’ causes, sports, tech, and culture who have achieved great success in their fields and have transitioned from success to significance through their exemplary contribution to society.

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Col. Jack Jacobs, Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation

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Introduced by Rear Admiral John Mustin, the hero of USNS Comfort, the WVI Dolphin Foundation (WVI DF) honored and recognized the service to our country of Medal of Honor recipient Col. Jack Jacobs.

Click here to view the event video.

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Testimonials: 

“For the Mohegan Tribe, our responsibility as an elected council is to sustain our tribe and future generation. I believe our ideals and values aligned completely with the WVI Dolphin Foundation and I am very proud to be a sponsor.” - Kevin Brown, CEO of the Mohegan Tribe

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“Learning about the WVI Dolphin Foundation has provided us with renewed energy and commitment to the mission of APK Charities. We realize that there is much we can do to support our veterans, active military and Gold Star Families in memory of our son, Capt. Andrew Pedersen- Keel.”  - Bob Keiser, APK Charities Corporation

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“We were honored to have been invited to be present at the WVI Dolphin Foundation dinner. We were very impressed by the people that we met and the stories that brought them to the dinner. Just to be in the same room with a Medal of Honor recipient was impressive and will be long remembered.” - Glenn and Janet Colley, Colley Family Office

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2018 NBA Legends attendees included Tom Hoover, Earl “the Pearl” Monroe, Sam Worthen, and Len Elmore

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Another high-impact Dolphin Foundation event honored NBA legends in 2018 – Tom Hoover, Earl “the Pearl” Monroe, Sam Worthen, and Len Elmore – and the work of their foundation supporting marginalized kids through basketball and education – NBA Night Among the Legends.

• NYC Chapter of the Legends of Basketball
  
  • WVI Dolphin Foundation hosted in partnership with Herrick Feinstein LLC and G. Pirozzi Consulting, the Night Among Legends. This event featured the above-mentioned NBA legends and guests. Funds were raised for the NBA Legends, a foundation that fosters growth and opportunity in underprivileged communities around the world. The chapter has estimated that it will receive $100,000 in funding as a result of this dinner. The Legends plan to fund The Legends Food Pantry in Red Hook, Brooklyn, the foundation’s pediatric HIV/AIDS efforts, and their work with children of the incarcerated. The group will donate money in excess of $100,000 to ongoing education and water projects in Mali and Senegal.

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