The Catskill Chronicle

LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY (June 5, 2012) – “Finding New Hope Community for her son Jeremy was like a miracle,” says Marianne Goldman, newly appointed Chair of the NHC Foundation and Vice Chair of New Hope Community Board of Directors.

Marianne was very familiar with the Catskills, having grown up in Ellenville as Marianne Ladenheim. After living in Dallas, Texas, where Jeremy was born with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Goldman relocated a few years ago to northern New Jersey.

The highest priority in relocating was to find a good place for Jeremy to live as independently as possible. When she met Dan Berkowitz, Former Executive Director, at New Hope in Sullivan County and toured the grounds, she knew she had found the right place. Soon Jeremy moved into one of the homes located on the Loch Sheldrake campus.

Less than a year into her association with NHC, Berkowicz suggested to Goldman that she would be a great asset to the organization as a member of the Board of Directors. Marianne accepted the challenge. Goldman has also worked as a member of the NHC Foundation for the last five years prior to and up until her recent appointment as Chair.

Established in 1989, the NHC Foundation’s purpose is to raise funds and develop relationships that will enhance the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.