Tribute Funds for Peter Jennings

[LibraLiz1973]

Anchor's Family Asks Well-Wishers to Consider Donating to Groups He Supported

Aug. 8, 2005 — If you would like to show support, in lieu of flowers, Peter Jennings' family asks that you contribute to one of the organizations that he supported, worked for and believed in deeply:

Coalition for the Homeless
129 Fulton Street
New York, NY 10038
[phone]
Attn: Mary Brosnahan Sullivan
http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/



Women In Need
115 West 31st Street
New York, NY 10001
[phone]
Attn: Robin White
http://www.women-in-need.org/index.html

Teach For America
315 West 36th Street
6th Floor
New York, NY 10018
[phone]
Attn: Wendy Kopp
http://www.teachforamerica.org/flash_movie.html

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Lung Cancer Research Fund
Make checks out to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Thoracic Research Fund
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital
1275 York Avenue
Room H1018
New York, NY 10021
Or donate online and specify the program
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/12876.cfm




There are a lot of people who think our job is to reassure the public every night that their home, their community and their nation is safe. I don't subscribe to that at all. I subscribe to leaving people with essentially – sorry, it's a cliché – a rough draft of history. Some days it's reassuring, some days it's absolutely destructive.
~Peter Jennnings

[MalibuChloe]

1. I heard somewhere that he worked at a homeless shelter

...after he would leave the anchor desk, he'd go straight there.

:loveya:

[LibraLiz1973]

3. He also felt strongly about Teach America, because he was

a high school drop out.


I thought all of the charities he supported were worthwhile

[NNguyenMD]

4. yeah I heard Brokaw say that about Mr. Jennings on the Today show

[LibraLiz1973]

2. Kerry & Pelosi statements re: Jennings

Massachusetts senator and former presidential candidate John Kerry: One of the final long interviews I did during the campaign last year was with Peter Jennings in Des Moines. I will always remember his insight, his ability to explain the most complicated issues in the clearest form, and his grace and style. He was a tough interviewer but he was always fair. I enjoyed our conversations about politics and especially hockey. Peter Jennings put his own brand on broadcast journalism. He will be greatly missed.


House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi: All Americans are grateful for Peter Jennings' distinguished and trusted news broadcasts. The consummate reporter, Mr. Jennings worked hard to get the story and get it right, and Americans admired that he did it with grace and dignity. It is with great sadness and respect that I extend deepest condolences to Mr. Jennings' family, friends, and colleagues at ABC News. I hope it is a comfort to his family that so many people share their loss and are praying for them at this sad time.