WHO ARE WE?
PRESENTATION OF THE ASSOCIATION
- Entraide Française is a non-for-profit corporation registered with the Charities Bureau of New York
as a 501(c) 3 organization since 1961.
- We are an independent, not-for-profit organization, assisting people living in the tri states area (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut), with the steadfast goal of ensuring local, personal contact.
- We are recognized as a charitable organization by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- We are run by a committee of Directors, out of which 4 members are executive committee. All of them are volunteers.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President, Michèle Altier
Vice-President, Gérard Epelbaum
Treasurer, Jean-Charles Chaigne
Jocelyne Ausseil, Jacqueline Bonnafous, Mary Cordier, Fabienne Cuter, Pascal Dadoun, Florence Degouge, Marie-Laure Dillies, Beatrice Dupont, Annabelle Favet, Pauline Galiana, Simone Galton, Salome Henderson, Catherine Laleuf, Joelle Larroche, Marguerite Mangin, Nicole Moulin.
OUR OFFICIAL PARTNERS
- Consulate General of France in New York
934 Fifth Avenue (corner of 75th Street), New York, NY, 10021, tel. 212- 606-3600
Fax. 212 606-3620 – www.consulfrance-newyork.org
- Social Service of the Consulate
Mr. Olivier-Antoine Reynes, Deputy Consul, Social Affairs,
10 East 74th Street, New York, NY10021, tel. 212-606-3602
social@consulfrance-newyork.org
www.consulfrance-newyork.org/spip.php?article256
Weekend and holiday emergency number: 1- 212-606-3667
Social Service is open to the public every morning Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
They provide information on scholarships and retirement. They intervene on behalf of ex-servicemen,
disabled persons, French citizens who are incarcerated, and provide assistance to French citizens
experiencing social difficulties.
- Honorary Consuls
Hartford, Connecticut: Mme Yolande Bosman, 250 Shadduck Road Middlebury, CT 06762,
Tel. 203- 262- 3231, or: 203- 758- 2042, Yolande.bosman@region15.org
Princeton, New Jersey: Dr Isabelle Darnis-Wilhelm, 604 Princeton-Kingston Road Princeton,
NJ 08540, tel. 609-430-9109, consulhonorairefrance.princeton@gmail.com
Buffalo, New York: Pascal Soares, 32 Admiral Road Buffalo, NY 14216, tel. 716- 903-7441, pascalsoar@aol.com
- And for French speakers looking for information we recommend the following consulates.
Please note that this list is not exhaustive.
Consulate General of Belgium, 1065 Ave. of the Americas, 22nd Floor, NY, NY 10018,
tel. 212-586-5110, www.diplomatie.be
Consulate General of Canada, tel. 212-596-1628
Consulate General of Ivory Coast, Honorary Consul, 1212 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10026
Consulate General of Republic of Haiti, 271 Madison Avenue #5, NY, NY 10016, tel. 212-697-9767
Consulate General of Dominican Republic, 1501 Broadway, Suite 410, NY, NY 10036,
tel. 212-768-2480
Consulate General of Senegal, 271West 125th St., NY, NY 10027, tel. 917-493-8950,
641 Lexington Ave., Suite 1435 NY, NY 10022, tel. 212-223-1735
Consulate General of Switzerland, 633 Third Avenue 30th Floor, NY, NY 10017, tel. 212-599-5700
A copy of our financial statement may be obtained directly from Entraide Française or from the Office of the Attorney General, NY State Department of Law, Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
En aucun cas l’Entraide Française et ses membres volontaires ne pourront être tenus responsables de quelque conséquence que ce soit dans l’évolution de toute situation exposée. Toute personne s’adressant à l’Entraide Française pour assistance est parfaitement au courant de cette décharge de responsabilité.
