Community
Involvement
At Sheeley the expectation is to do well for clients and colleagues, and to do good for our fellow citizens. The team at Sheeley is committed to a variety of causes and social programs that serve the greater NYC area as well as the local communities where attorneys and staff live. While some team members donate meals and supplies to neighborhood kitchens and refrigerators that support families battling food insecurity, others donate their time for mentorship programs, clothing and gift drives, community clean-ups, and awareness events. Please review our attorney biography pages for additional information related to the individual initiatives in which they are involved.
The firm is a sponsor of annual events for the following organizations, which support women, children, diversity, and medical research. We invite you to learn more about each organization below.
In 2009, a solitary rider named Dovid Egert, a devoted Chai Lifeline volunteer, raised $10,000 in donations sponsoring a 135-mile bike ride from his home in Lakewood, NJ to Camp Simcha in Glen Spey , NY. His revolutionary ride provided the children of Camp Simcha with the summer of a lifetime and sparked an enormous innovation in fundraising. The following year Dovid was joined by 39 additional riders and Bike4Chai was established with proceeds to directly benefit the children and families of Chai Lifeline. Chai Lifeline has grown from a small, community-based summer camp program for children with cancer to one of the preeminent international health support networks to meet the unique emotional, social, and financial needs of families living with serious pediatric illness or loss.
The firm is a proud to sponsor rider Akiva Rudner during the annual 180-mile ride through breathtaking scenery in three states over the course of two days. The riders experience a cohesive, motivational ride of unity, knowing their physical undertaking supports Camp Simcha. The children of Camp Simcha, which translates to “joy,” are granted an unforgettable two-week reprieve from their pain, fear, and challenges of their serious or chronic illness. A summer in Camp Simcha is an extraordinary opportunity for hundreds of children to restore their fighting spirit and renew their determination to defeat illness and suffering.
Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) serves as the philanthropic voice of the insurance industry by raising awareness for and providing grants to local non-profit organizations meeting vital community needs in the areas of education, health and human services, military veterans, social mobility, the environment, disaster preparedness and more. The IICF provides insurance industry professionals opportunities to make an impact on the communities where they work, and to network with a sense of purpose at events that advocate and inspire leadership and diversity while fundraising. Since 1998 the IICF hosts the largest ongoing volunteer service initiative in the insurance industry, the IICF Week of Giving, during which professions from across the U.S. and UK participate in a series of volunteer projects serving an array of non-profits.
Sheeley supports the Northeast Division of the IICF, which launched in 2007 in New York City and has granted more than $9 million to community organizations. As a sponsor of the annual fall fundraising event, the firm supported IICF Northeast Division beneficiaries including the Read Alliance, which provides students with the building blocks to academic success through early literacy programs and mentorship opportunities, and Minding Your Mind, which provides mental health education and resources to adolescents, teens, and young adults.
Each year at the Montefiore Einstein Gala, Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine celebrate the institutions’ united vision to transform health while raising funds to illuminate a path for the future of science and healthcare.
Attended by the Sheeley team and more than 500 other guests, the annual gala is designed to excite, inform, and inspire by showcasing the Montefiore and Einstein teams’ cutting-edge innovation, exceptional care, community-driven approach and the people who drive their transformational vision.
For more than 115 years, WomenRising has been supporting women and their families in need of jobs, safety from domestic violence, freedom from houselessness, and safe lives for children. WomenRising meets these needs by providing supportive counseling, crisis intervention, workforce development and job placement, shelter for victims of domestic violence, outreach, advocacy, referrals, and much more.
Sheeley is a proud sponsor of the WomenRising’s Celebration of Service, held each October during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The annual Celebration of Service is the most important event of the year for WomenRising in terms of fundraising efforts and for the many friends and advocates of the organization to show support for the mission of assisting women and families through crisis to self-sufficiency.
