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Glamour Magazine Honors Douglaston Student with 'Amazing' Award
Founder of not-for-profit named by publication as one of the 21 Amazing Young Women of the year.
A Douglaston college student has been picked by Glamour Magazine as one of the 21 Amazing Young Women of the year for founding and operating a nonprofit that helps young women with eating disorders.
Kristina Saffron, who founded in 2008, will attend a Nov. 7 ceremony at Carnegie Hall during which Glamour Magazine will pay tribute to 21 young women from around the nation.
Liana Rosenman, one of Project HEAL’s co-founders, will also be honored during the ceremony.
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“I’m hoping it will be a wonderful publicity and networking opportunity,” Saffron said. “I’m very excited about it.”
She said she found out that she was being honored earlier this month.
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Saffron, Rosenman and Becky Allen formed their nonprofit after they underwent treatment for eating disorders.
The group, which is in Farmingdale, raises $30,000 each year to pay for a scholarship that will cover the entire cost of treatment for an eating disorder for one person.
During the ceremony, Glamour will also honor its 10 women of the year.
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