Get Involved with Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

 

Benjy Orbach is a resident of Methuen, Massachusetts and a former operations management executive who also has broad experience in real estate portfolio management. A dedicated philanthropist, Benjy Orbach volunteers with several charitable organizations and runs in Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure events.

The Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation offers multiple avenues for people to participate and contribute to the efforts to reduce breast cancer deaths. The most straightforward way is to participate in one of the numerous events around the country and show your support.

If you’d like to help Susan G. Komen by fundraising, it offers a DIY fundraising platform. You can choose the type of event that you’d like to host and all the tools are laid out for you. You can also volunteer at one of the many affiliates across the US or seek volunteer opportunities within the administrative framework of the foundation. And, if you’re in a position to do so, you can become an advocate for legislative change by engaging with your local or state government on relevant issues.

The Salvation Army’s United States Overseas Child Sponsorship Programs

Sales and operations management professional Benjy Orbach resides in Methuen, Massachusetts, where he most recently served as a sales manager. An active philanthropist and community volunteer in his free time, Benjy Orbach supports charitable organizations that include Toys for Tots and the Salvation Army.

Since 1865, the Salvation Army has helped meet the needs of humans around the world without discrimination. The organization, which currently operates in 130 countries, touches the lives of 23 million Americans each year through over 1.5 million members.

The Salvation Army offers several ways for individuals to provide support, from donations and fundraising to corporate support and child sponsorships. Child sponsorships at the Salvation Army operate through the organization’s United States Overseas Child Sponsorship program. The program is divided into four regions across the United States: a central territory, an eastern territory, a southern territory, and a western territory. Each region coordinates financial gifts from donors that provide necessities for people with disabilities as well as those who suffer from poverty and abandonment. The program provides food, clothing, activities, educational materials, and spiritual nurturing.

For additional information on the program or to sponsor a child, visit www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/sponsorship.

A Brief History of Broadway

Benjy Orbach resides in Methuen, Massachusetts, and is an experienced business professional with expertise in operations management. Aside from his career-related endeavors, Benjy Orbach enjoys a diverse range of personal interests including traveling, playing sports, and attending concerts and performances on Broadway.

Located in Manhattan, New York, Broadway is a world-famous, 13-mile long street known for its impressive stage entertainment. Broadway boasts a long history that began in the 1700s when the first stage was constructed in New York City, primarily to host Shakespeare performances. By 1798, many of New York City’s theatres were built, ending a 23 year-long period of no theatre in the city following the American Revolutionary War. Two of the oldest remaining theatres on Broadway include the Lyceum Theatre and New Amsterdam Theatre, built in 1903 and 1902, respectively.

Today, Broadway remains one of the most significant highlights in the city for tourists to visit and includes 40-plus theatres and impressive sets. Broadway offers some of the world’s greatest stage entertainment including musicals, 3-D movies, and IMAX films, and draws in some of the best stage actors on the planet.

Toys for Tots Native American Program

A former operations manager with one of the South's largest retail importers, Benjy Orbach oversaw ten stores and several customer service centers. More recently, he served as a sales and operations manager for a popular New England snack food company. Benjy Orbach resides in Methuen, Massachusetts, where he supports charitable organizations locally such as Toys for Tots.

Operated by the United States Marine Corps since 1947, Toys for Tots has distributed more than 560 million toys since its creation. Alongside its traditional toy collection efforts, the organization’s Native American Program donates toys and books for children living in poverty on Native American reservations.

Created in 1980, the program originally distributed items throughout the Navajo Nation, which comprises 25,000 square miles across three states. Since then, it has expanded to include Native American populations such as Apaches, Hopi, Yaqui, Zuni, and Tohono O'odham. In 2019, the Native American program worked with reservation police departments and state branches of the National Guard to distribute more than 310,000 toys to over 155,000 children across ten states.