WCR Holiday Party
When December rolls around, there are lots of parties to attend. It is a time for friends, family and business professionals to gather by a warm fire and partake of scrumptious food, fine wine and fellowship. This year, at the annual Women’s Council of Realtors Holiday party, we had an added benefit.
Mr. and Mrs. Kaplan graciously allowed the local chapter of
Women’s Council of Realtors to hold their annual Holiday party in their gorgeous home. While the Kaplan home is stunning, I was moved more by the philanthropic work of Mr. and Kaplan than by the architecture of their home. The
Singer foundation , which operates out of the Kaplan home, was co-founded by Mr. and Mrs. Kaplan.
I had never heard of Harry Singer, until this party. Harry Singer was a common man who immigrated to this country in 1912 from a small village in Russia. He ran a small grocery store in Chelsea, Massachusetts with his wife and five children. He was an egalitarian. He was a man who believed in the equality of all people.
The focus of this foundation is on young people. The foundation works to develop programs to assist today’s youth withstand the peer pressure of gangs, violence addictive substances and irresponsible sex. As the foundations states “it is not enough to think, write and talk about the problems—we intend to show by active example what ordinary people are capable of achieving.”
The Harry Singer Foundation came into being because the descendants of the humble egalitarian believe today what President Woodrow Wilson said back in 1912: “Every country is renewed out of the unknown ranks and not out of the ranks of those already famous and powerful and in control.”
It was truly a lovely evening!
