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Jean Shafiroff With Lenni Benson Lenni Benson With Liz Shafiroff The Safe Passage Project held cocktails at Bistro Seven recently. Safe Passage Project, a registered 501c3 not-for-profit, was created to address the unmet legal needs of indigent immigrant youth living in New York by providing these indigent youth with basic advice and assistance. They work with volunteer attorneys to provide representation for unaccompanied minors in immigration court. Safe Passage provides training, resources, and mentoring to volunteer attorneys regarding Special Immigrant Juvenile (“SIJ”) status as well as other possible immigration alternatives for children. MORE ABOUT SAFE PASSAGE: Each year thousands of children have been apprehended by U.S. immigration officials while entering the U.S. illegally. In 2014 more than 63,000 have immigrated into the United States. Many of these children are unaccompanied and are seeking refuge from abuse and maltreatment. ...

Cole Rumbough Jingle and mingle with the NYC Mission Society’s Junior Society on Tuesday, December 2nd at a holiday party to benefit the nonprofit’s annual toy drive for underserved children. NYC Mission Society’s annual toy drive aims to collect toys this season to distribute to 1,500 children in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx this December. The Junior Society has organized a cocktail party – complete with champagne and sweets – at Pilotage Fun & Hobby at 5 East 36th Street from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on December 2nd – a date selected because it marks the third annual #GivingTuesday, a national day to support charitable causes. At the event, Pilotage will donate 20% of any toy purchase to NYC Mission Society’s toy drive. The event is organized by Junior Society co-founders Brooke Laing and Cole Rumbough as well as members Allison Ecung, Angelena Brack, Antonella Lemos, Liz Shafiroff, Natasha Das, and Taylor Burns. In addition to Pilotage, even...