Association for Neurologically Impaired Brain Injured Children and Goldman Sachs Community TeamWorks team up for a day of Gardening.

NEW YORK -- Goldman, Sachs & Co. and the Association for Neurologically Impaired Brain Injured Children (ANIBIC) will team up for a day of gardening and beautification Friday, May 11th at Mason Residence, a facility owned and run by ANIBIC in Oakland Gardens, Queens. As part of the firm's Community TeamWorks program, Goldman Sachs employees will volunteer their time to leave their business suits behind for a day of physical labor to help beautify the landscape of the residence. Through the Community TeamWorks, Goldman Sachs is sponsoring the cost of the renovations and providing much needed manpower. Nine volunteers from the firm will work along side ANIBIC staff and clients to plant shrubbery and flowers, lay sod and create an ornamental walkway.

"We are happy to have the support of Goldman Sachs and its employees," said Gerard Smith, Executive Director of ANIBIC. "Non-profits operate on very tight budgets and we welcome the generosity of individuals and the business community to help us supply services and amenities to our clients. This sort of collaboration between business and the not-for-profit community is an example of what makes this city great."

Neil Kaufman, Vice President at Goldman Sachs, is the team captain for the day's efforts. ANIBIC was brought to the attention of the firm by Neil through a program that allows employees to take a leadership role by designing a volunteer project of their choice that best reflects their interest and commitment to a nonprofit organization serving the community and/or a population in need.

"It's outstanding that our firm provides us with the opportunity to give something back to the community," said Kaufman. "We are delighted to help a nonprofit organization like ANIBIC that has such an excellent reputation for supplying high quality services to children with disabilities."

About ANIBIC

In 1958, a group of parents gathered to plan how to best advocate and obtain educational programs for their developmentally disabled children. Together they formed ANIBIC, and their advocacy was instrumental to the formation of the Special Education Programs that currently exist in the New York City public school system. Today, the organization serves the needs of developmentally disabled children, youth, young adults and their families with a range of services. Since 1990, ANIBIC has run Individual Residential Alternatives that offer developmentally disabled individuals the option of residing in their community while maintaining a great degree of independence and receiving necessary programmatic support.

About Goldman Sachs Community TeamWorks

Community TeamWorks (CTW) is Goldman Sachs' signature volunteer program that allows each employee one day away from work to volunteer on a team-based project with a nonprofit organization. Since 1997, CTW has offered innovative volunteering opportunities worldwide that make a tangible difference in our communities and that foster inter- and intra-divisional camaraderie within the firm. In 2006, over 18,000 Goldman Sachs employees, families and friends partnered with 619 nonprofit organizations in 1,422 volunteer projects, including working with the elderly, building homes, mentoring youth, and preserving and restoring the beauty of our environment.

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