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Another Successful Puffin Project: Teaneck Celebrates Opening of the Michelle Obama Interdisciplinary Outdoor Garden at Thomas Jefferson Middle School
April 22, 2014
First Lady Mrs. Michelle Obama has challenged our nation’s youth, parents, educators, and community leaders to make strives to reduce childhood obesity through her “Let’s Move!” campaign. Mrs. Obama’s efforts have contributed to the decline in obesity rates among preschoolers in many states. Inspired by the First Lady, in 2013 Read More
Puffin/ALBA Award For Human Rights Activism Given To Bryan Stevenson
April 22, 2014
The Lincoln Brigade Continues Bending the Arc Towards Justice New York — On Sunday, April 27, 2014, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) will present the fourth ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism to Bryan Stevenson, the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative. ALBA and the Puffin Read More
Whole Foods Select Bergen County Audubon as recipient of 5% day & TCC benefits
April 8, 2014
Tuesday April 8th 2014 Whole Foods Market select Bergen County Audubon (BCAS) as recipient of next 5% day and Teaneck Creek Conservancy will benefit! Whole Foods Market created 5% Days to give back to local communities by providing support to nonprofit organizations whose programs directly benefit the communities surround Read More
Puffin Women’s History Month Online Gallery
April 7, 2014
A selections of photos from our March gallery exhibit are available to view online at the Puffin Cultural Forum website here. “Photographs taken by Bev Grant, one of the original activists who participated in the September 6, 1968 Miss America Protests, a watershed moment that pushed the Women’s Liberation Movement Read More
Perry and Gladys Rosenstein of the Puffin Foundation, Ltd. honored at ACLU of New Jersey Dinner
April 1, 2014
On Tuesday, March 25, The ACLU of New Jersey hosted The Lights of Liberty Awards Dinner. They presented the Roger N. Baldwin Award to Perry Rosenstein and Gladys Miller-Rosenstein of The Puffin Foundation Ltd. for making social activism and human rights priorities in their philanthropy and the Honorable Virginia Long Read More
Statement of the Puffin Foundation on the City at the Crossroads of History Mural by Mike Alewitz
March 27, 2014
Statement of the Puffin Foundation Regarding The City at the Crossroads of History Mural And the Museum of the City of New York February 10, 2015 The Puffin Foundation is a proud supporter of artistic freedom. One of the many artworks we have funded is the mural The City at Read More
NRDC Petitions Federal Government to List Tufted Puffin Under Endangered Species Act
February 18, 2014
Petition Seeks “Endangered” Protections for the Seabird’s Ailing U.S. Pacific Coast Population NEW YORK (February 12, 2013) – The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) seeking Endangered Species Act listing for the California, Oregon, and Washington population of the Read More
Bryan Stevenson wins ALBA/Puffin Award
February 6, 2014
Bryan StevensonwinsALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism New York — On Sunday, April 27, 2014, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) will present the fourth ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism to Bryan Stevenson, the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative. ALBA and the Puffin Foundation, which Read More
ACLU Annual Report: Puffin Foundation Spotlight
December 23, 2013
Gladys Miller-Rosenstein spent her childhood in Manhattan, paging through books about labor unions and marches for justice. Perry Rosenstein spent his in the Bronx, taking part in demonstrations hoisted on his father’s shoulders. For the Rosensteins, the seeds of social activism planted in their childhood continue to blossom years later Read More
Perry Rosenstein: WSJ Donor of the Day
December 9, 2013
Donor of the Day Grants for Artists Outside Mainstream The Puffin Foundation Teams Up With the Nation Institute By Melanie Grayce West connect Dec. 8, 2013 8:51 p.m. ET From protecting ancient trees to supporting artists, musicians, dancers, peace activists and investigative journalists, Perry Rosenstein is supporting work outside the Read More