(GLEN COVE, NY) The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) announced today that it received a $100,000 contribution for a new state-of-the-art classroom. With building already underway, the classroom will be housed in the Claire Friedlander Education Institute.
The new classroom, with a seating capacity of up to 25 students, will offer state-of-the-art audio-visual aids and cutting edge technical equipment that augment the educational experience of HMTC visitors. Using the new classroom, HMTC staff will offer specialized Holocaust video-conferencing programs and provide a wide variety of workshops for students, educators, employers and law enforcement personnel.
Photo (L to R: Howard S. Maier, HMTC Chairman Emeritus; Barry Skolnick, Skolnick Family Charitable Trust Trustee; David S. Rosen, HMTC Vice Chairman; Steven Markowitz, HMTC Chairman; Peter J. Klein, HMTC Board Director; Jennifer Carpenter Low, HMTC Director of Development)
“I can think of no greater investment we can make in our collective future than education,” said Skolnick Family Charitable Trust Trustee Barry Skolnick. “As a global society, we will only be able to realize our potential by continually learning about the lessons of the Holocaust and how each of us can make a positive impact on others and help to build more inclusive communities. HMTC has a tremendous amount of knowledge to share in that endeavor.”
“The new classroom in the Claire Friedlander Education Institute is crucial for HMTC to reach additional educators, students and other community members in our continued work to teach universal lessons that combat prejudice, bigotry and intolerance,” said HMTC Chairman Steven Markowitz. “We are grateful to the Skolnick Family Charitable Trust for their generous support of the Institute, which we hope and expect will be extremely valuable to our region.”
The Claire Friedlander Education Institute is scheduled for completion in January 2014.
About the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County
The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County is the pre-eminent Holocaust resource on Long Island, with a contemporary museum and is one of the largest and most comprehensive education program providers in the region. Since 2007, nearly 210,000 students, educators, employers and law enforcement personnel have participated in the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center’s education programs.
With the Louis Posner Memorial Library, the Center offers over 7,000 volumes of Holocaust, genocide, multicultural, anti-bias and anti-bullying material for youth and adults, from Kindergarten through post-graduate researchers. It is the largest such collection on Long Island. Additional information is available online at: www.holocaust-nassau.org
About the Skolnick Family Charitable Trust
Founders Allen and Connie Skolnick established the Skolnick Family Charitable Trust. Formerly known as the CAMBR Charitable Foundation, there are three principal areas of interest. The first is education; from the broadest prospective including all age groups and all areas of study. Second, medical research which includes, but is not limited to, complementary medicine therapies; and, third, scientific research with a particular emphasis on nanotechnology, stem cell research, alternative energies and related fields.
The Trust continues to support a combination of Jewish-sponsored institutions and activities, as well as various secular and non-denominational programs.
For more information about this release and the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, please visit www.holocaust-nassau.org
