Photo Coverage: Friars Foundation's ADOPT A SCHOLAR Reception

The Friars Foundation was established in 1977 as the charitable arm of the Friars Club. It is a publicly supported Foundation and is the conduit through which the Friars accomplish one of its major goals: the betterment of society, particularly in the area of the performing arts. The mission of the Friars Foundation is to help performing arts groups create excellent innovative and affordable programs for the enrichment, education, and enjoyment of diverse audiences and participants.

Through the Adopt-A Scholar Program the Foundation helps to prepare the next generation of performers and musical artists by raising money to guarantee a college education for those students who aspire to a career in the performing arts. This program will award four-year scholarships and help build a capital base to expand the program for future generations.
Frank Sinatra (Friar Abbot 1975-1996) said about the Friars: "Their continuous good work for charity, rather than their great triumphs on the stages of the world, is the true glory of this band of earthly angels known as the Friars."

Check out photos from the Adopt A Scholar Reception below!

Photo Credit: Stephen Sorokoff

Mark Simone Friars Board of Governors

Friars Club Milton Berle Room

Barry Feirstein Friars Foundation President

Ambassador Joseph Zapppala, Chairman Friars Foundation

Michael Gaines Brooklyn College

Vasile Flutur Brooklyn College

Vy Vy Tran Wagner College

Tara Pacheco Columbia University

Julie Catano Fordham University

Micha Green Fordham University

Kristina Acheampong Hunter College

Audra Hans Hunter College

Friars Club

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Stephen's life seems to have always revolved around a camera and a piano. He studied at Manhattan School of Music and performed in the "Borsht Belt" during college vacations, where in the true DIRTY DANCING tradition he met his wife Eda. Stephen was a Board Member of the First All Children's Theater and his wife, a classical pianist, is a Board Member of Barrington Stage Co. In between he made time to be CEO of a multi national machinery company and President of a domestic Textile Mfg. Co. In retirement, he now takes pictures of his 5 grandchildren and various other performers.

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