The Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (MSAHC), a pioneer and leader in the treatment of adolescent-specific health services, will celebrate its 11th annual Breakfast of Legends benefit on Thursday, October 23, from 7:30 to 9 am, at The Plaza.
Funds raised at the Breakfast of Legends enable the MSAHC to provide free comprehensive health care—medical, mental, dental, optical, reproductive, and health education—to more than 11,000 adolescents from New York City and surrounding areas.
This year, the MSAHC will recognize the following honorees for their ongoing service to young people:
- David L. Reich, MD, and Mr. Keith Marran; Dr. Reich is President of The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens;
- John B. Steever, MD, Assistant Professor, Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai;
- Peggy Papp, LCSW, a senior faculty member of the Ackerman Institute for the Family, a leading training institution for family therapists. Ms. Papp will be presented with the Dr. Joan E. Morgenthau Lifetime Advocate for Youth Award; and
- The New York Women’s Foundation, a cross-cultural alliance of women working to improve the lives of women and families in New York City.