The Blue Card

Programs

The Blue Card provides aid to over 2,400 annually.^[4] Programs The Blue Card provides to the survivors include:

• The Holocaust Survivor Emergency Cash Assistance Program, which helps pay for essential goods and services such as food, homecare, medicine, and rent, and is funded by the Claims Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.^[5]
• The Curt C. and Else Silberman Dental Program, which funds the survivors' dental care.^[5]
• The Stipend Program, which sends monthly checks to survivors.^[5]
• The Jewish Holiday Program, which provides survivors money during Jewish holidays ($200 for Passover and High Holidays, $100 for Hanukkah).^[5]
• The Adolph and Lotte Rosenberg Summer Vacation Program, which provides a summer vacation to survivors in the New York area, including an itinerary, handicap-accessible accommodations, scheduled meals, and transportation.^[5]
• The Jakob Mogilnik Telephone Emergency Response Program, which provides an emergency response system to survivors who cannot pay for installation, service, and maintenance. The system is programmed in English, German, Hungarian, Russian, and Yiddish. During an emergency, such as a fall, the survivor will press a button around their neck or wrist which activates an automated speakerphone. The operator answers in the native language or the caller, asks if an ambulance is necessary, and follows up on the emergency.^[5]
• The Mazel Tov Birthday Program, which sends survivors a $100 check and a birthday card on their birthday.^[5]
• The Vitamins Program, which provides survivors with liquid meals, minerals, multivitamins, and supplements.^[5]
• The Sonia and Max Lonstein Bring a Smile Program, which provides additional support for terminally ill survivors.^[5]
• The Siggi B. Wilzig Fighting Cancer Together Program, which offers assistance to survivors diagnosed with cancer, including emotional support, nutrition, medical co-pays, and transportation to appointments.^[5]
• The Blue Card-Lissner Hospital Visitation Program, which offers hospital visits to survivors from volunteers.^[5]
• The Rita Berkowitz Nutritional Guidance Program, which educates survivors on proper nutrition and provides nutritional supplements and monthly food stipends.^[5]

Team Blue Card

Since 2009, The Blue Card has been an Official Charity Partner of the New York City Marathon. Team BlueCard is The Blue Card's endurance team, which participates in endurance events such as the 2011 TD 5 Borough Bike Tour in New York City and the 2015 Panasonic Life Time Triathlon. It is composed of participants from countries such as Argentina, Austria, France, Israel, Italy, Mexico, and South Africa. Team BlueCard has raised over $1,000,000 since 2009.^[6]

Events

The Blue Card participates in many fundraising events annually, including:

• The Panasonic Lifetime TRI NYC Triathlon, in which members of Team BlueCard participate in the Panasonic Lifetime TRI NYC Triathlon to raise money for the Blue Card.^[7][8]
• The Miami Marathon & Half Marathon, in which members of Team BlueCard participate in the Miami Marathon & Half Marathon to raise money for the Blue Card.^[9][10]
• The Jerusalem Marathon, in which members of Team BlueCard participate in the annual Jerusalem Marathon to raise money for the Blue Card.^[11][12]
• The Five Boro Bike Tour, in which members of Team BlueCard participate in the TD Five Boro Bike Tour to raise money for the Blue Card.^[13][14][15]
• Run for the Blue Card, in which members of Team BlueCard participate in the annual ING NYC Marathon to raise money for the Blue Card.^{[16][17][18][19]}
• The 2014 Young Russian Jewish Artists Give Back Art Auction Benefit, which was an art auction to raise money for the Blue Card.^[20]
• The Blue Card Annual Benefit Gala, which honors Jewish individuals with either the Max L. Heine Humanitarian Award or the Richard C. Holbrooke Award for Social Justice at a Gala fundraising dinner.^{[21][22][23][24]}
• The 2013 SoulCycle Charity Ride, which raised money for Holocaust survivors battling cancer.^[25]
• The Annual Blue Card Ping Pong Social, which includes a ping-pong tournament and a silent auction.^{[26][27][28][29][30]}