On Thursday, January 25th, the Vera House Foundation
-2007 White Ribbon Campaign-
officially announced its Honorary Chair
Daniel Lowengard
Syracuse City Schools Superintendent
at a press conference hosted by National Grid
 

    
2007 White Ribbon Campaign Co-Chairs, Barry Weiss (Onondaga DA's Office) far left &
Michael Guerin (National Grid) far right - are joined by 2007 Honorary Chair Daniel Lowengard, Vera House Board & WRC Steering Committee member Denise McGraw (of underwriter
Time Warner Cable) and Vera House's Jerome Hall, Coordinator of the agency's new
Men's Outreach & Life's Work educational programs.
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Crouse Hospital CFO, Kimberly Boynton and the hospital's Marketing Director, Robert Allen
(and former VH Board member) are pictured with returning Campaign Co-Chair, Barry Weiss.
Crouse Hospital is one of eleven generous underwriters of the '07 White Ribbon Campaign.
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2007 White Ribbon Campaign Honorary Chair, Daniel Lowengard & VH Foundation Trustee, Warren Wolfson, representing underwriter Kinney Drugs Foundation
in the National Grid Auditorium for the 2007 White Ribbon Campaign press conference.
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Barry Weiss, pictured here with Robert Antonacci (who currently serves as a Vera House Foundation Trustee, a member of the WRC Steering Committee & representative of the Zebra Classic Basketball Tournament) standing in front of one of the striking new poster designs for the 2007 campaign, generously donated by Designworks Advertising, Inc.
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From l to r, Nottingham high school student Darlene Clarke, health teacher & White Ribbon
Teen Challenge student advisor Lucia Ashley, and Nottingham student Javier Garcia.
Under Ms. Ashley's leadership, Nottingham students hope to win in the city school division
of the Vera House sponsored Teen Challenge in 2007.
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Vera House Board President & Foundation Trustee, Jodi DeAugustine of HSBC Bank
is joined by new VH Board member John Stepanian of Novo Nordisk.
Behind them, another powerful poster design from Designworks Advertising, Inc.
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VH Foundation and White Ribbon Campaign Steering Committee member, Carroll Clark
discusses the successful press conference with newly announced '07 Honorary Chair,
Daniel Lowengard, at the National Grid Auditorium on January 25th.
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Daniel Lowengard and Vera House's Jerome Hall, joined here by Megan Grant,
representing White Ribbon Campaign underwriters Cadaret Grant, Inc.
Other underwriters of the 2007 campaign include Byrne Dairy,
Welch Allyn Employees Gifting Team, McDonalds of Dewitt,
Hancock & Estabrook, Wegmans and Carol Weiss.
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Vera House Foundation Trustee and WRC Steering Committee member
Miesje Havens of Partners Trust Bank - another generous campaign underwriter -
helps to highlight community support for the 2007 campaign with the help of
White Ribbon Co-Chair, Michael Guerin of National Grid.
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