ANDRUS'S LIGHT UP THE NIGHT Honors Westchester Community Member

Pictured (left to right): Director of Economic Development for Westchester County William M. Mooney III, Yonkers Mayor Michael Spano, ANDRUS Acting President and CEO Bryan R. Murphy, Honoree Andrew Malcolm and Honoree Dan Bena from PepsiCo.

ANDRUS’s Light Up the Night fall gala raised $140,000 to benefit its programs and sensory therapy work serving children and families throughout the New York metro area. On October 24th, more than 160 guests gathered with benefit Co-Chairs Jon Dorf, Lori Henry and Susan Guma, at Westchester Country Club to raise funds for ANDRUS and celebrate two incredible members of the community; New Rochelle resident, Dan Bena of PepsiCo and Andrew Malcolm, a 1948 graduate of ANDRUS.

The Andrus award recognizes Mr. Bena’s decades of advocacy for children on the global stage through his sustainable development and operational outreach work for PepsicCo Global Operations.

Dan has spent 30 years at PepsiCo, which supports & enables his passion for solutions to global water insecurity and the development and empowerment of youth. He was instrumental to a collaboration that enabled PepsiCo to provide 3 MM people with access to safe water, a critical impact considering that a child dies every 20 seconds from a waterborne disease. Last year, Dan provided an opening address to 1,200 youth ambassadors from over 100 countries at the United Nations Youth Assembly. Before that, he led the PepsiCo Foundation sponsorship of the Spirit of Innovation Awards, to engage high school youth in STEM education. He currently serves on the Board of the Creative Visions Foundation, whose Rock Your World program engages middle and high school students in the UN Declaration of Human Rights, and provides them tools to become agents of social change. We are inspired by his generosity of spirit and his dedication to improving the quality of life for so many.

ANDRUS nurtures social and emotional well-being in children and their families by delivering a broad range of vital services and by providing research, training and innovative program models that promotes standards of excellence for professional performance in and beyond its service community.

Founded in 1928, ANDRUS today is a family-centered organization offering an array of innovative programs to help children, families and communities meet their full potential. Serving Westchester County from 14 locations, ANDRUS’s main site is a 107-acre campus in North Yonkers, where the agency offers residential and day treatment for local children as well as surrounding counties. ANDRUS also operates the Andrus Center for Learning and Innovation and the ANDRUS Sanctuary Institute, which has provided training and consultation to over 300 organizations worldwide in the use of a trauma-sensitive model for treatment and organizational change. Visit www.ANDRUS1928.org for more information.