Heights and Hills honors Patricia Kavanagh and Schwartz-Barnett-Greenfield family at 47th Annual Spring Benefit
A multigenerational family with a tradition of helping others and a neurologist dedicated to improving the brain health and mobility of older Brooklynites were honored at Heights and Hills 47th annual gala Monday night at the Brooklyn Historical Society.
The Schwartz-Barnett-Greenfield Family — Rita, Laura, Mark, and Jack Allen — were celebrated for their unstinting community service spanning three generations.
Rita Schwartz accepted the Mary Ellen Critchlow Award, presented by Hildy Simmons, for her family. Rita, with her late husband Allen, was there in the early days when Heights and Hills served seniors mainly in the Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill communities. She started by volunteering at one of the earliest Thanksgiving dinners 45 years ago, while Allen became involved in the Meals-on-Heels and Flower Fund.