Ohel Gala Preview with David Mandel on JM in the AM

David Mandel is with us live via telephone. He is of course the CEO at Oel Oell Children's Home Family Services. OHL family. Oh's 57th annual gay le. Remember this is the one that I always say you must go to. Two, three dinners a year that always live up to their reputation. They always hit a home run. Uh our friends at Oel. Sunday, November the 22nd. Sunday, November 22nd at a brand new location, the Ziggfeld Ballroom on West 54th Street in New York City. Uh they will have a conversation with Omar Shmtov on the road to recovery. Guests of honor uh will include Kahal Mvakia Shemayasi Zakatinski is the rabbi, Aphry and Reena Kutner are being uh are being um honored. Oh Champions Award to Mikey Nagler. Special tribute to the amazing Gloria Kaye of Blessed Memory, the founder of Camp Kaylee. And it's all happening on the night of November the 22nd at the Ziggfeld Ballroom on West 54th Street in New York City. For more information, oh family.org/gala ohfamily.org/gala. If you insist on using a phone number, 718-972-9338. 718-972 9338. David Mandela, a pleasure to welcome you back to JM in the AM. >> Good morning, Nah. How are you doing? How's your family? How are your little ones? Hashem, >> thank God everyone's doing great. Hope you're doing fine and dandy. And it must be very busy at O'Hell this time of year. It's now November the 5th. Dinner coming up November the 22nd. I'm sure there is a tremendous amount of momentum and energy at Oel right now. >> I always like to quote um anything from M Shelman Oell's President Ameritus. One of his favorite comments were he always rude the day after the Oel Gala because the day after he had to start we all had to start working on next year's Gala. So it's a year round conversation not >> that's true but there is something special as the dinner is coming up and David I always say you heard me say it just now it's one of the two three dinners a year that I think are must go to why is it why is it that you always seem to put together a program that really touches the heart that really hits home with everybody even those who may not need the services of oh why is it that it's such a landmark dinner each and every year >> we'd like to think because it's provocative, um, interesting, insightful. The annual gayla course is not only a fundraiser for OHL, it is also an opportunity to educate the community, share with them our vision, what we're working on. Shento, the conversation with Omar is about the future. It's not about the past. >> Wow. It's not a conversation which so many people are familiar with about the atrocity of being a hostage for hundreds of days. Omar is speaking about his roads to recovery um the recovery from the trauma the moving forward how he's dealing with it um himself his family and of course the country Dr. Norman Blumenthal OHL's expert in trauma director of the Zack family national trauma center will interview live at that conversation. Nakam I just want to make one small correction. >> Sure. the Gala honores um um Mikey Neglo as you discussed it is a tribute to Gloria Kaye ala shalom and it is a celebration of 18 years of Cam Kaye uh celebrating Rashalum Rasna the manhani Dr. Tamar Rashna the medical director as um one of the many leaders of OHel. Um it is not this year um Kaki and Rab Sakadinski. Uh I know an earlier version of that was publicized. It is Mike and Negro. It is a tribute to Gloria and it is celebration of 18 years of Cam Kay. >> I apologize for that mistake. Again, they'll be celebrating Camp Kayle's Kai anniversary with recognition of her by Shalom Rosner, the Mani Guhani and Dr. Tamar Rosner, the medical director, the Oell Champion Award to Mikey Nagler, and the special tribute to Gloria Kaye. Those are the three pieces in terms of tributes that are happening that night. Oelfamily.org/gala. oellfamily.org/galla. the brand new conversation as David um as David outlined with Omar Shtov on the topic of the road to recovery and it's all happening November 22nd at the Zigfeld Ballroom in Manhattan. I apologize for the confusion but that as you just heard is the lineup and how the dinner the the the gala is going to work on November the 22nd. And so a lot of people have been following I mean you mentioned a moment ago that uh Camp Kaye is celebrating its high anniversary and the Rosners are being honored and a lot of people have been following the back and forth about the expansion of Camp Kaye. What could you tell us about all this David? >> Well in addition to celebrating the high anniversary of Cam Kaye, let's celebrate the opening anniversary of Camp Kaye too. uh Javi and Gloria Kay the founders of Kant Kay um in it's not it's there's no reason we can't have two right in in one conversation. >> Yeah. Why not? So, we're opening this summer hashem with the incredible support of the um Haley Hara Kaye um Haria Kaye family and Alicia Jacobe and Danny and Jacobe and their kids. We purchased the camp in Monttoello, [clears throat] the former camp Kennybrook, and we are working on making improvements in the Kaye fashion and looking forward to having an amazing second camp that we have been dreaming about for some time. >> So, this is and this and this is intended to be open in June of 27. >> No, June. Um, what are we now in June 26th? >> No, to June 28th. >> Sorry, November. Yes. Yes. Yes. In in the summer of 2027. June of 2027. Sorry, not get confused with the calendar. >> Well, that's soon. That that's seven, eight months from now. >> Yes, we are Hashem. Um, and we're going to have a month July this summer. This summer July full month. of Cam Kayley boys and Cam Kayley 1. Let's call it Cam Kaly Harvey for this conversation. And then the boys are going to move over for the second month into Cam Kaly 2. Let's call it Cam Kaly Gloria for this conversation. And then the reverse. The girls are going to start off at Cam Kali 2. And then they're going to go to Cam Kali 1. It's not too confusing. And then next time I met Hashem 2028 Cam Kaye um hobby will be in Wordsboro and Cam Kaye girls will be at the new Cam Kaly and that's the way we will go forward. The reason this summer only is because the capacity at the new camp we have to increase it as we have in the past. So that's why we're doing what we're doing. >> Interesting. All right. Uh a word about the honores. Uh your chance now to tell us a bit about the Rosners and their role. And of course Mikey Nagler. I think we we we have understood over all these years and from today's conversation the impact that the Kaye family and Gloria in particular have had on all of this. But you could say a word about about Mikey and about the Rosters. That would be much appreciated. >> Mikey has a smile on his face that can open the world. Actually, they should have asked Mikey Nagel to make peace in this world because he has such an outgoing personality, easy personality. Um, Mikey grew up essentially in Camp Daily as part of his life in the summers. Lives in West Hemstead. Just a wonderful, wonderful, special young man. um his parents, Marvin and Dena, the whole family, just um very very warm, special people. We're so happy to be able to recognize Mikey. And um so many people are going to be here um for Mikey. As a matter of fact, many people are going to many people are going to because I'm here for Mikey. >> Very nice. Um Gloria We often code glorious um words that have become a famous part of campa which is Cam Kale is a place where kids with special needs go home feeling typical. Kids who are special go home feeling typical and kids who are typical go home feeling special. >> Interesting. I like that. If you think about, you know, how deep how important those words are, Basham Cam Kay is full every single summer, sold out, waiting list. People ask the question, why would a typical kid want to go to a camp like Cam Kaye where, you know, 22 24% of the kids are kids with special needs? Because that's life. Because that's what's normal in this world. Because within our own families, our neighbors and our school and our school, we are exposed to different things in life. And Cam Kaye teaches you about life and Ellie Brazil talks about how Cam Kelly Kay teaches you about being a leader and shalomi um for since the beginning and Dr. as a couple, the medical director leading our medical nursing staff since the beginning. It's a tremendous opportunity to celebrate. We're celebrating now. >> Amazing. Hey, everybody out there, you know what I always say? It's a night you don't want to miss. Sunday, November the 22nd, Ziggfield Ballroom in Manhattan, West 54th Street. It's the OHL 57th annual Gayla. Wow. Sunday, November the 22nd, Omar Shtov, brand new conversation with Dr. Blumenthal. Topic is the road to recovery. Um, you'll celebrate Cam Kayle's high anniversary with Ari Rosner and Dr. Rosner. Uh, the OHL Champion Award with Mikey Nagler. Special tribute to Gloria Kaylee and her family of course will be there as part of it. And we're asking everybody to RSVP. Make your reservations and get involved. Ohalthfamily.org/gala. oalthfamily.org/gall. You can also use the phone number 718972-9338. 718-972 9338. David Mandel, I'll give you the last word. What else do you want to tell us? want to tell you that this summer has been a summer in that entire conversation that we don't have a month of time to go through it in terms of the opportunity to buy a second camp and David the president of Cam Kaye and Jay Kenbound the the co-president of Oel and Ellie Kleimman the chairman of the support of Cam Kayley. I want to acknowledge them and their support and their leadership and so many other people um and the leadership of Cam Kay and Oell Mel Vatican and so many others and helping and guiding Oel and Cam Kaling to be able to purchase this second camp with so many other people involved. um also accomplishes these things in the in the future because of our leadership and I just can't say enough about them. So, it's important to acknowledge them. >> Thank them. >> Yeah, they deserve it to say the least. They deserve it. Um everybody out there, get involved. Oh, is doing amazing work. It's incredible how they're doing it after all these decades and and the the conversation goes so far beyond just the Camp Kaye and just the daily uh services Oel provides. You can't imagine what they're doing at their residences and what they're doing year round for so many people 24 hours a day and for their family members. It it's just endless. Get involved. Start with by going to the dinner uh gala at ofamily.org or ofamily.org/gala or 7189729338. We'll talk more about this both before and after the dinner. Uh David Hatlah, hope a lot of people are there that night. We will be there. Please God, we would not miss it. and uh just call a kavode call for what you're doing and what oh is doing for the community. >> Thank you very much. I always look forward to seeing you. Thanks for the conversation. >> Pleasure. David Mandel everybody on a what is today? Thursday morning broadcast at JM in the AM.