Corey Ribotsky News

Here, you’ll see some of the amazing things that the Onyx and Breezy Foundation does to help animals to lead productive, healthy lives. Thanks to the generous support from their donors, including Corey Ribotsky, they are able to continue their important work.

In recent news, the Heather on Earth Music Foundation has given a grant of $34,000 to the Winthrop-University Hospital to create a Music Therapy Program for pediatric patients. The idea behind the new program is to benefit children in Winthrop’s Hagedorn Pediatric Inpatient Center and its Cancer Center for Kids.

The new program will be part of the Winthrop Child Life Program which works to minimize children’s anxiety and fear during their hospital experience. As AnnMarie DiFrancesca, Director of Winthrop’s Child Life Program explains, “The addition of a music therapy program will provide a unique alternative coping mechanism through which children may express their emotions, cope with their illness, and master their own hospital experience.”

The Heather on Earth Music Foundation is grateful to be able to provide this service, thanks to their many donors including Corey Ribotsky and others.

The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research is one example of the many outstanding things that the North Shore-LIJ Health System provides to New York, and to the health care industry in general. They are the research branch of the North Shore – LIJ Health System and they work to bridge the gap between their research and patient care. They use their resources to collaborate with clinicians through the system and to develop all sorts of new therapies and diagnostics.

At the moment, they have more than 800 scientists and investigators conducting research in a wide range of medical fields from pediatrics and oncology to genetics and psychiatry. The Health System, including Board of Trustee members such as Corey Ribotsky, believes in the medical work that they are doing and support their endeavors wholeheartedly.

This March there will be a fun and festive cocktail party and auction to raise money for the Sunrise Day Camp. The event will take place at the Glen Head Country Club in Glen Head, New York on Thursday, March 18^th, 2010. As part of the evening’s activities, Stacey and Corey Ribotsky will be honored with the Sunrise Community Partner Award for their many contributions.

Sunrise Day Camp is the only camp in the country that is dedicated exclusively to children with cancer and their siblings. Children between the ages of 3.5 and 16 can enjoy fun and friendship free of charge as a result of the fundraising efforts and generous contributions made my so many in the community.

The evening will include an open bar, dinner, a D.J. and dancing and a great auction.

Last week, a Long Island boy who was born with a totally blocked airway, heading home after four months in Schneider Children’s Hospital of the North Shore-LIJ Health System. This condition has only been reported 50 times in the past 20 years, and the family, Derly and Julian Olivares, were extremely thankful to the entire team that helped them over the past months.

In utero, the baby’s condition, known as CHAOS (Congenital High Airway Obstruction Syndrome) was detected during a prenatal exam at LIJ. The baby’s airway failed to develop, and doctors ended up inducing birth at 36 weeks and surgically creating an air passage for the baby while he was still attached to the placenta.

This happy ending is one example of the exceptional work that the North Shore/LIJ University Health System can take credit for with the contributions and support from people like Corey Ribotsky who is on the Board of Trustees.

The Children’s Medical Fund of New York (CMF) works tirelessly to ensure that every child receives the best medical care possible. As President of CMS and Managing Member of the NIR Group, Corey Ribotsky works with many other volunteers to see the center’s missions fulfilled.

Presently, CMF is hoping to expand in many ways. They are hoping to build a dedicated pediatric emergency center so that they will no longer have to share an emergency room with Long Island Jewish Medical Center. At the moment, seriously ill children need to go to Long Island Jewish, unnecessarily exposing them to illnesses and issues common to an adult facility.

In addition, the Children’s Medical Fund of New York is hoping to create a new space to meet the growing pediatric needs of children in the area. At present, the Schneider Children’s Hospital, which was built to accommodate 40,000 annual visits, actually sees 160,000 children a year.

On January 5th Cyberlux Corporation announced that it has resolved its litigation with the NIR Group and its affiliates.

The Chairman of the NIR Group, Corey Ribotsky, explained that, “Litigation is a last resort for our family of funds. We are encouraged by the progress that Mr. Schmidt (CEO of Cyberlux) and the Cyberlux team have made and we support their efforts to develop Cyberlux’s business.”

Mark Schmidt, the Chief Executive Officer of Cyberlux remarked, “We are pleased to conclude the litigation. Cyberlux will now be able to devote its full resources to developing and marketing its state-of-the-art lighting solutions.”

Cyberlux is a major provider of LED lighting solutions and technologies.

Children’s Medical Fund of New York (CMF) works to make sure that children on Long Island and in the New York area have the best pediatric care possible. They do so by raising funds to help build and equip state of the art facilities and by sponsoring vital programs.

Volunteers, such as Corey Ribotsky who is the current President of CMF and the managing member of NIR, and donors help children to live healthier, safer lives.

One major project that CMF is undertaking at the moment is the creation of a new space to meet the region’s growing demands for pediatric services. Their present building, the Schneider Children’s Hospital (SCH) was built in 1983 and was supposed to accommodate 40,000 annual visits. Today, it accommodates four times that amount!

Through his support of the Heather on Earth Music Foundation, Corey Ribotsky, as the managing member of the NIR Group of Roslyn, New York, helps relieve some of the fear, pain and suffering of seriously ill children and their families.

Because music reaches into the inner being of people, including children, music is able to inspire, relax, calm and distract the consciousness so that peace can be experienced.
Not only does this help pediatric patients emotionally to better cope with their situation, this inner peace can strengthen the immune system, decrease the perception of pain, reduce anxiety and improve cooperation with medical procedures and care givers.

The gift of music that Heather on Earth bestows, with the much needed and appreciated support it receives from Corey Ribotsky and the NIR Group, is a true gift which improves the quality life of children and their families.

The Heather on Earth Music Foundation, a unique support organization for young patients and their families, receives much appreciated help from Corey Ribotsky’s NIR Group, where he is the managing member.

By bringing the joy of music to children challenged by the crisis of serious illness, some of the pain, fear, and anxiety they and their families are experiencing is ameliorated.

Heather on Earth was founded in the memory of Heather Samone Fessler. She passed away in September, 1985, and since this tragic loss much joy has been bestowed on pediatric patients through music in her memory.