Sailing Foundation receives grant from the Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust

​The Saratoga Lake Sailing Foundation is extremely happy to announce that we have received a grant for $13,500 from the Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust.  This grant will be used to replace 3 of the Club FJ sailboats used by the SLSC Junior Race program.  This is part of an ongoing plan to replace the entire fleet of FJs in the racing program as well as associated equipment used for travel to and from regattas.  The Junior Race team currently races using six Club FJ sailboats built in the 1980’s.  While these boats have served the team well for a number of years, they have reached a point where they need to be replaced.  This would not have been possible without the support of the Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust.  In honor of Mr. Solomon and his generosity to our programs as well as the Saratoga community as a whole, the Foundation will be donating the Alfred Z. Solomon perpetual trophy for the SLSC annual FJ Horse Race Regatta.   The winning skipper and crew names of each year will be engraved on the trophy which will be kept at SLSC in the Trophy Room.
 
The Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) was established to benefit nonprofit scientific, medical, educational, cultural, religious, and charitable organizations by funding project and programs in memory of the Trust’s founder, Alfred Z. Solomon. Mr. Solomon, a leader in the fashion industry, a horse racing enthusiast, and a philanthropist in Gansevoort, N.Y. and New York City, died on Sept. 4, 2004, at the age of 104, and founded the Trust in his Last Will and Testament.
 
We would like to personally thank Victoria Garlanda and Harry Snyder, trustees of the Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust for their support of our efforts.