Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Members of Genser Dubow Genser & Cona are on a mission – a mission to raise money and support for Long Island’s Fight for Charity.  We have put up one of our attorneys, Ken Kern, a/k/a “The Negotiator”, to get into the ring to raise money for The Genesis School, Long Island Community Chest and Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. (FREE).

Now in its sixth year, the Long Island Fight for Charity has become one of the most anticipated events on Long Island.  Local businessmen and women volunteer to train and box to raise money and awareness for various local charities on Long Island.  The event brings together dozens of participating businesses, sponsors, supporters and volunteers.  Over the past five years, the event has raised over $420,000 on behalf of local charities.  As the Fight for Charity has a broad reach, the funds raised impact the lives of thousands of families in our local community.

This year’s event will be held at the Long Island Hilton on November 24, 2008.  Ken has been training diligently with the Fight for Charity’s Eye of the Tiger boxing coaches to get prepared for the main event!

But now we need your support!  We have pledged to raise at least $5,000 in order to put Ken in the ring in support of these local charities.

Long Island’s Fight for Charity 2008 Benefiting Charities are:

♦  The Genesis School:  Established in 1995 as part of Eden II, an internationally known non-profit organization serving exclusively individuals with autism, the Genesis School provides a full-day program to people with autism from ages 5 to 21 at its premier school in Plainview.  Programming includes communication academics, social skills, self-help skills and the promotion of adaptive behavior.  For young adults, the school offers training in vocational skills, independent work habits and community integration.  The Genesis School focuses on encouraging and promoting people with autism to become productive and fulfilled members of our society.  For more information, visit eden2.org/eden2.html.

♦  Long Island Community Chest:  LICC provides short-term financial assistance to individuals and families who have experienced a traumatic, life-altering setback affecting their daily lives, such as a parent who can no longer work because of a sick child, or someone unable to pay unexpected medical bills.  LICC serves people who have exhausted all traditional means of help and have nowhere else to turn. For more information, visit licommunitychest.org.

♦  Family Residences and Essential Enterprises: FREE provides residential services, community services, adult day services, vocational programs, respite programs and medical services to over 3,000 people on Long Island who have developmental disabilities, mental illnesses or traumatic brain injuries.  For more information, visit familyres.org.

For more information on the Long Island Fight for Charity, please visit LIfightforcharity.com.

We hope that you will join us in support of the Long Island Fight for Charity’s mission to raise not only money, but awareness as well.  Together we can help these vital organizations maintain and expand their programs.  Help us reach Long Islanders in need!

Please be as generous as you can in support of these good causes.  Please make your checks payable to GDGC Charitable Events.  (Tax receipts will be mailed in January.)  All contributors will receive an honorary mention on the Genser Dubow Genser & Cona website at www.genserlaw.com.

Ken “The Negotiator” and the entire GDGC team greatly appreciate your generous gift and thank you on behalf of these worthy charities.

Please make donations out to GDGC Charitable Events and send to:

Genser, Dubow, Genser & Cona LLP
445 Broad Hollow Road, suite 19
Melville, New York 11747
attention:  Jennifer B. Cona, Esq.