On June 3, BostonSight Board Member Kate Weingarten was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Westchester Children’s Association (WCA). She has been passionate about
helping children and youth in the Westchester community for decades. As a longtime member of the WCA board, she helped the organization build a solid foundation that allowed WCA’s leaders the flexibility necessary to create an effective and visible advocacy program for Westchester’s kids. She played an instrumental role in starting Keeps, an afterschool program for K-6 grade students in Mamaroneck that still supports children in the area. She recognized that having a safe haven for children was essential with so many parents in the workplace.
“Kate has been an outstanding supporter of WCA; I can recall her going the extra mile in our advocacy work to help improve the County’s Invest in Kids funding process,” said Ann Umemoto, Board Chair.
This year’s WCA honorees also included Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton with the Edith C. Macy Award for Distinguished Service; and Greater Hudson Valley (NY) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated and Westchester County (NY) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated with the Children’s Champion Awards.
Kate is an avid volunteer and supporter of BostonSight. She has been a BostonSight patient since 1994 and joined the BostonSight Board in 2013 where she serves as Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee and as a member of the Finance and Audit Committee, helping to provide strategic direction on the financial health of the organization. She is also a long-time supporter of BostonSight’s fundraising efforts as well as being a regular donor.
The BostonSight Board of Directors and staff congratulate Kate on this outstanding award.