LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring Shana Novick upon the occasion of her
designation by the Council of Jewish Organizations of Flatbush as the
recipient of the Judge Charles A. Posner Bnos Chesed Award at its 30th
Anniversary Community Legislative Breakfast on March 15, 2009

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize and
commend those illustrious individuals of the State of New York whose
purposeful endeavors serve to enhance the quality of life in their
communities; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and fully in accord with its long-
standing traditions, it is the intent of this Legislative Body to
commend Shana Novick upon the occasion of her designation for special
honor by the Council of Jewish Organizations (COJO) of Flatbush as the
recipient of its 2009 Judge Charles A. Posner Bnos Chesed Award; and
WHEREAS, Shana Novick, Executive Director of the Hebrew Free Loan
Society, will be honored at the Council's 30th Anniversary Community
Legislative Breakfast, to be held at The Kings Terrace in Brooklyn, New
York, on Sunday, March 15, 2009; and
WHEREAS, Since 1979, the Council of Jewish Organizations of Flatbush
has coordinated the efforts of all parts of the Jewish community,
including educational, healthcare, religious, social welfare and other
organizations and institutions, and has acted as an advocate for the
communal and individual needs of the entire, increasingly diverse,
Southern Brooklyn community; and
WHEREAS, Its 30th Anniversary Community Legislative Breakfast provides
an opportunity to pay tribute to those who have supported the Council
and have helped to further its efforts, as well as those who exemplify
its mission of improving the quality of life of the citizens it serves;
and
WHEREAS, Born in Chicago and raised in the Midwest and in Montreal,
Canada, Shana Novick graduated from Barnard College and went on to earn
a master's degree in social work from Yeshiva University's Wurzweiler
School of Social Work, and a law degree from the New York University
School of Law; and
WHEREAS, Her first jobs were at Moadon Shalom in Jerusalem, a unique
community-based project serving chronic mental patients, and at the
Jewish Family Service in Manhattan; and
WHEREAS, After law school, Shana Novick worked for the Proskauer Rose
Goetz & Mendelsohn law firm and then at the Ford Foundation on a loan
program supporting cutting-edge philanthropic projects across the United
States and abroad; and
WHEREAS, In late 1995, Shana Novick was named Executive Director of
the Hebrew Free Loan Society, a UJA-Federation of New York affiliate and
America's largest free loan association; and
WHEREAS, Working with the Society's Board of Directors, she has devel-
oped an innovative array of new loan programs, including a comprehensive
microenterprise program and retraining, higher education and special
education loan programs intended to help economically vulnerable groups
within New York's Jewish population, such as Russian-speaking immigrants
and the ultra-Orthodox community; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that when individ-
uals of such noble aims and accomplishments are brought to our atten-
tion, it is appropriate to publicly proclaim and commend them for the
edification and emulation of others; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor Shana Novick upon the occasion of her designation as the recipient
of the Council of Jewish Organizations of Flatbush's Judge Charles A.

Posner Bnos Chesed Award at its 30th Anniversary Community Legislative
Breakfast on March 15, 2009; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Shana Novick.