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| Keane & Beane, P.C. is committed to community service.
The firm, as a whole, and its staff and attorneys individually, support several local, state and national non-profit and charitable organizations. We endeavor to build
a better and stronger community through a hands-on approach. To this end our members and employees are involved in the following groups: |
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| www.alzheimers-westput.org | | The national Alzheimer's Association is dedicated to assisting Alzheimer patients and their families. Services provided include a telephone helpline, referrals, caregiver support groups, family counseling, community outreach programs, educational programs, newsletters, and respite services. A primary fundraising event aimed at helping to offset the costs of these services is the yearly Memory Walk. For several years Frances M. Pantaleo has been actively involved in the Alzheimer's Association committee that organizes this annual walkathon "party," offering a variety of activities for participants and their families | | | | www.arthritis.org | | The Arthritis Foundation, through its New York chapter and "The New York Arthritis Reporter," strives to educate the public, reports on current research regarding medical breakthroughs and offers updates on governmental issues concerning the disease. For the past five years, Keane & Beane has participated in the Arthritis Foundation Mini Grand Prix and Family Fair held annually in White Plains, New York. This event brings attention to the Foundation by involving the community in a fun-filled day of mini-car racing that winds through the streets of the city. Our ace drivers and pit crew, composed of attorneys and staff, help to raise money for this worthy cause. Steven A. Schurkman, a member of Keane & Beane, is a director on the Foundation's Board and Chairman of the Planned Giving Committee and Speakers Bureau of the Foundation. He also has received the Foundation's Planned Giving Award (1995). | | | | | The Child Abuse Prevention Center, located in White Plains, New York, was established in 1983 by the National Exchange Club Foundation for the Prevention of Child Abuse. Cases are referred to the Center, a non-profit corporation, by the Westchester County Division of Social Services ("DSS"), hospitals, therapists and private social service agencies. In addition the DSS investigates reports phoned into the Child Abuse Hotline. The Center, through its trained volunteers, augments treatment offered by public agencies and is able to visit families in Westchester County in an effort to prevent child abuse and neglect. Services provided include assistance from a parent aide who instructs members of the family in alternative disciplinary actions, problem solving and household management. Telephone counseling is also available through the Parent Helpline. Edward F. Beane, a founding member of Keane & Beane, acts as legal counsel to the Center and is a member of its Board of Directors. | | | | | The Westchester County Legal Aid Society provides a variety of services to indigent litigants. The Society provides indigent criminal defendants with representation by in-house attorneys at Legal Aid or through the Society's utilization of a panel of outside attorneys. The Society offers legal advice and makes court appearances on behalf of indigent civil litigants in family law and related matters. Joel H. Sachs, a member of Keane & Beane, has served as President of the Westchester County Legal Aid Society for a number of years. | | | | www.nthp.org | | The National Trust for Historic Preservation, established in 1949, has as its primary goal, saving and restoring our country's historic landmarks. The Trust offers advocacy as well as technical and financial assistance through regional offices. The sole National Trust property in Westchester County is Lyndhurst at Tarrytown, the former home of the nineteenth century railroad entrepreneur Jay Gould. Joel H. Sachs, a member of Keane & Beane, has served as a trustee of Lyndhurst. | | | | www.pace.edu/lawschool/ | | The Pace Women's Justice Center (formerly the Battered Women's Justice Center), a New York State not-for-profit organization, was established in 1991. The organization's work has grown to encompass assistance not only for abused women, but also for the elderly, women with low incomes and victims of sexual assault. The Center's goal is to protect and save lives, pursue economic solutions and to educate, in an effort to prevent violence against women. Through training programs held nationally for attorneys and volunteers, the Center has helped to establish a network in the community that can respond to individual crises. Additionally the Center offers civil legal assistance to qualified applicants, legal workshops and telephone counseling. Steven A. Schurkman, a member of Keane & Beane, and Frances M. Pantaleo, of counsel to the firm, are both active in the Westchester Division (formerly the Women's Justice Center of Westchester) of this organization. Other attorneys at Keane & Beane also have assisted the organization pro bono. | | | | | The Westchester Public/Private Partnership Fund For Aging Services, Inc. is a unique partnership of government, business and voluntary service agencies. Established in 1991 by the Westchester County Office for the Aging, the Partnership is a not-for-profit organization. The goal of the Partnership is to enable senior citizens to remain independent and active members of their communities. To this end the Partnership works to develop resources such as senior transportation, health and wellness "how to" workshops and educational, cultural and entertainment activities. Through the establishment of such programs as the Senior Adult Day Care Coalition and the Senior Outreach to Seniors Program, the Partnership is able to reach literally thousands of seniors in the community. Volunteers and social work interns have brought programs and services to senior residences. Seniors in return are called upon to volunteer in programs such as "The Open Book" in which seniors themselves become a vital resource for the community by participating in reading programs with young children. Steven A. Schurkman, a member at Keane & Beane, is an active participant in the Partnership. | | | | | The Westchester County Legal Aid Society provides a variety of services to indigent litigants. The Society provides indigent criminal defendants with representation by in-house attorneys at Legal Aid or through the Society's utilization of a panel of outside attorneys. The Society offers legal advice and makes court appearances on behalf of indigent civil litigants in family law and related matters. Joel H. Sachs, a member of Keane & Beane, has served as President of the Westchester County Legal Aid Society for a number of years. | | |
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