On December 4, 1981, Mark Brent Dolinsky, who was then 15 years old and a high school sophomore, was returning home on his bicycle. As he turned into his driveway, he was struck by a speeding car. The car's driver was driving with a suspended license. He was rushed by EMS to a local hospital where he was connected to life support equipment. After three days, a trauma expert concluded that Mark would not survive. The family made the courageous decision to donate Mark's organs to people with life threatening disabilities.
But the family's courage did not end there. To further turn this tragedy into a constructive social force, Mark's father, Dr. Aaron Dolinsky, a practicing psychiatrist in White Plains, announced at the funeral chapel that the family would establish a charitable foundation in Mark's memory. The Foundation would fund programs for Westchester County adolescents, both with and without disabilities.
Since its creation, the Mark Brent Dolinsky Memorial Foundation has awarded more than $275,000 to individuals and organizations whose mission it is to serve young people, and by its own estimate, more than 4,000 people's lives have been positively affected by the foundation. In recognition of its efforts, the foundation received the Jack and Ina Marash Distinguished Service Award in 1986 and the 1993 Presidential Citation of the New York State Recreation and Park Society Therapeutic Section.
(Bio is from http://www.dolinskyfoundation.org with all respects).
But the family's courage did not end there. To further turn this tragedy into a constructive social force, Mark's father, Dr. Aaron Dolinsky, a practicing psychiatrist in White Plains, announced at the funeral chapel that the family would establish a charitable foundation in Mark's memory. The Foundation would fund programs for Westchester County adolescents, both with and without disabilities.
Since its creation, the Mark Brent Dolinsky Memorial Foundation has awarded more than $275,000 to individuals and organizations whose mission it is to serve young people, and by its own estimate, more than 4,000 people's lives have been positively affected by the foundation. In recognition of its efforts, the foundation received the Jack and Ina Marash Distinguished Service Award in 1986 and the 1993 Presidential Citation of the New York State Recreation and Park Society Therapeutic Section.
(Bio is from http://www.dolinskyfoundation.org with all respects).
On December 4, 1981, Mark Brent Dolinsky, who was then 15 years old and a high school sophomore, was returning home on his bicycle. As he turned into his driveway, he was struck by a speeding car. The car's driver was driving with a suspended license. He was rushed by EMS to a local hospital where he was connected to life support equipment. After three days, a trauma expert concluded that Mark would not survive. The family made the courageous decision to donate Mark's organs to people with life threatening disabilities.
But the family's courage did not end there. To further turn this tragedy into a constructive social force, Mark's father, Dr. Aaron Dolinsky, a practicing psychiatrist in White Plains, announced at the funeral chapel that the family would establish a charitable foundation in Mark's memory. The Foundation would fund programs for Westchester County adolescents, both with and without disabilities.
Since its creation, the Mark Brent Dolinsky Memorial Foundation has awarded more than $275,000 to individuals and organizations whose mission it is to serve young people, and by its own estimate, more than 4,000 people's lives have been positively affected by the foundation. In recognition of its efforts, the foundation received the Jack and Ina Marash Distinguished Service Award in 1986 and the 1993 Presidential Citation of the New York State Recreation and Park Society Therapeutic Section.
(Bio is from http://www.dolinskyfoundation.org with all respects).
But the family's courage did not end there. To further turn this tragedy into a constructive social force, Mark's father, Dr. Aaron Dolinsky, a practicing psychiatrist in White Plains, announced at the funeral chapel that the family would establish a charitable foundation in Mark's memory. The Foundation would fund programs for Westchester County adolescents, both with and without disabilities.
Since its creation, the Mark Brent Dolinsky Memorial Foundation has awarded more than $275,000 to individuals and organizations whose mission it is to serve young people, and by its own estimate, more than 4,000 people's lives have been positively affected by the foundation. In recognition of its efforts, the foundation received the Jack and Ina Marash Distinguished Service Award in 1986 and the 1993 Presidential Citation of the New York State Recreation and Park Society Therapeutic Section.
(Bio is from http://www.dolinskyfoundation.org with all respects).
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