The Jewish Community Housing Corporation of Metropolitan New Jersey

 

ANNUAL GALA

 

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 * 6:00pm

The Crystal Plaza

305 W. Northfield Road * Livingston, New Jersey

 

Please join us for an elaborate cocktail dinner reception,
live entertainment and an engaging program, as we celebrate JCHC’s good work,
while raising funds for our ongoing

Lester Senior Housing Community Capital Campaign.

 

 
 

GALA CO-CHAIRS 

Paula Barber

Robin Leitner

Jamie Ramsfelder 

 

SPECIAL GUEST EMCEE
Chris Wragge
Anchor, CBS 2 News
 
 
Chris Wragge co-anchors CBS 2 News This Morning and CBS 2 News at Noon with Mary Calvi.
Chris Wragge first joined WCBS-TV in 2004 as the station's 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 11 p.m. sports anchor.
In November 2006, he made the transition to news anchor and reported on major events such as the 2008 presidential election, the "Miracle on the Hudson" landing of U.S. Airways Flight 1549, Pope Benedict XVI's visit to New York and the Brooklyn tornado. Wragge also covered the scandal that led to the resignation of Governor Eliot Spitzer, the East Side crane collapse, the national recession and the rebuilding of the World Trade Center.

Wragge is the recipient of 21 Emmys, including three wins in the Best News Anchor category. In addition, he and his CBS News colleagues won an Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award for
"CBS Reports: Children of the Recession."

Prior to joining CBS, Wragge worked for NBC Sports. His assignments included covering the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, four years as sideline reporter for NBA game broadcasts and two years covering the WNBA. He also covered the PGA Tour for five years, Notre Dame Football, and the PBR. Additionally, he anchored NBC's Sportsdesk reports from 2002-04.

Previously, Wragge spent four years as a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight.  He also has been a host for HGTV, DIY and the Travel Channel.

Wragge's broadcasting career also includes positions with KPRC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Houston, Texas, WVIT-TV in Hartford, Connecticut and WMUR-TV in Manchester, New Hampshire. Wragge is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire where he attended on a football scholarship and
received a degree in Liberal Arts.

Chris is proud to be born and raised in the great state of New Jersey, where he currently resides
with his wife, Sarah and their two children.

 

 

 

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY

*Karen Mason*

Broadway’s Sunset Boulevard, Hairspray and Mamma Mia, to name a few!
14-Time MAC Award Winner (Manhattan Association of Cabarets)
Outer Critics Circle Award Winner
2-Time Drama Desk Award Nominee
www.karenmason.com
read Karen Mason article here
(click on photo to read full bio)

 

 

 

*Yago Vazquez Trio*
Yago Vazquez: Piano
Jeremy Powell: Saxophone
David Kingsnorth: Bass
(click on photo to read bio)