7^th Annual Festivus

December 7, 2012

Each year we do our part to effect positive change for the leaders, healers, dreamers, and visionaries of tomorrow.  This past Friday, December 7—Ruby Peck’s birthday—we rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange and hosted our Seventh Annual Festivus on behalf of The Ruby Peck Foundation for Children’s Education. 100% of the net proceeds will benefit Junior Achievement of New York’s efforts to help local area children affected by Hurricane Sandy.
 
A dream is only as powerful as those who believe in it, and I would be remiss if I didn’t thank the sponsors and individuals who helped make this year’s event one of the best yet.  A special shout out to the fine folks at TD Ameritrade, NYSE Euronext, Interactive Data, CAC Industries, Lincoln Land Services, E*Trade , T3Live, Lightspeed, Heiberger & Associates, PC, PwC, The Bennet Sedacca Memorial Scholorship, Himan Brown Charitable Trust, Pension Partners, Buy & Hedge, Real Deal Decoration, Investing Channel, Entermedia Growth Partners, Platinum Maintenance, Maxim Group, HiTouch, Triangle Services, Dalan Management, Jordan Cooper & Associates, Popcorn Indiana, All-Star Security, and Barterhouse.
 
I would also like to personally thank the RP Foundation Board of Directors, the Minyanville staff, our professors and contributors, our partners and affiliates, Yahoo Finance (stay tuned for a slew of media segments), and our friends at The New York Stock Exchange for the privilege and honor of "ringing in" Festivus with some swagger!
 
Thank you for your continued support, and from our family to yours, have a healthy and safe holiday season and a prosperous new year!

R.P.

The Ruby Peck Foundation Celebrates its 7th Annual Festivus to Benefit Children’s Education at the New York Stock Exchange
Todd Harrison, Founder and CEO of Minyanville Media Inc. to Ring The Closing Bell®

December 5, 2012

Who/What:
On Friday, December 7, Todd Harrison, Founder & CEO of Minyanville Media and President of The Ruby Peck Foundation for Children's Education will visit the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to celebrate the 7th Annual Festivus to benefit Junior Achievement of New York's efforts to help local area children affected by Hurricane Sandy.

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The Ruby Peck Foundation Rings the NASDAQ Closing Bell

July 9, 2012

The Ruby Peck Foundation for Children's Education rang the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell. The event officially opened registration for this year's Festivus. Visit our Events page to sign up and join in the party!

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Wall Street Journal Spotlights Todd Harrison and The Ruby Peck Foundation

January 17, 2012

The Wall Street Journal wrote a feature piece on Todd Harrison and the Ruby Peck Foundation's work in raising funds for Children's Education. It is a cause that the entire Minyanville organization is passionate about and we wanted to share this article with you.

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6^th Annual Festivus

December 2, 2011

On December 2^nd, Minyanville hosted its 6^th annual Festivus celebration at the always wonderful Hill Country BBQ. The night was nothing short of spectacular as guests conversed, danced, ate, sang, hugged and laughed, all in the name of charity. Journey, Police and U2 cover bands provided the soundtrack for the evening, and Yahoo! Finance and Bloomberg filmed the party-goers throughout the night. Another year, another success!

5^th Annual Festivus

December 3, 2010

Minyanville hosted the 5th Annual Festivus Event, which was held at Hill Country BBQ. The Minyanville community gathered to celebrate life and holiday cheer to help tomorrow‘s dreamers, teachers, healers, leaders and visionaries.

Each year we gather to celebrate our collective journey, bringing our “Circle of Trust,” the Minyanville professors, partners, investors and employees together to share hugs, handshakes, ideas and perspective on the financial landscape and global environment. 100% on the evening‘s net proceeds benefit the The Ruby Peck Foundation for Children‘s Education. The foundation was created in the memory of Todd Harrison‘s grandfather Ruby Peck; the man who left a leagacy for the love of learning.

Festivus round 4!

December 4, 2009

The Minyanville community joined together at Hill Country BBQ to celebrate Festivus round 4! Aaron Task host of Yahoo‘s Tech Ticker was there interviewing notable Minyans like Atwater, Mish, Moses, Markman and Dwyer. Toddo led a commemorative speech dedicated to his fallen friend and esteemed MV professor, Bennet Sedacca. Todd also unveiled the Bennet Sedacca Memorial Scholarship at Rutgers University.

After a moment of silence; it was time to celebrate with friends, food and festivities. Minyanville CMO Charlie Mangano dusted off his guitar and played alongside his band The Rolling Bones. We graciously thank your head sponsors Atlantic Advisors, BTIG and Hill Country Asset Management. Due to our generous donors we were able to surpass our expectations for the season and raise a large sum of money for The Children‘s Aid Society. As the purpose of the journey is the journey itself, we thank you for sharing the journey with us!

Our annual Holiday Festivus

December 4, 2008

Two days after winning our Emmy, Minyans from all over the world reunited and returned to Hill Country BBQ to celebrate our annual Holiday Festivus. Yahoo‘s Tech Ticker was there interviewing great minds in finance like Macke, Adami, Shobin, Saut and Dwyer. Minyans chowed down, gambled and boogied the night away. Charlie Mangano led the tunes as his band the Rolling Bones kicked off the party. Even in our tough economic times, Minyans generously donated alongside our sponsors TD Ameritrade, BTIG and Atlantic Advisors. We were able to surpass the amount we raised last year for the Children‘s Aid Society and Stony Brook Foundation! As always, we thank you for sharing the journey with us and look forward to celebrating with you at Festivus 2009!

Holiday Festivus 0n Ruby Pecks Birthday

December 7, 2007

Two days after winning our Emmy, Minyans from all over the world reunited and returned to Hill Country BBQ to celebrate our annual Holiday Festivus. Yahoo‘s Tech Ticker was there interviewing great minds in finance like Macke, Adami, Shobin, Saut and Dwyer. Minyans chowed down, gambled and boogied the night away. Charlie Mangano led the tunes as his band the Rolling Bones kicked off the party. Even in our tough econmic times, Minyans generously donated alongside our sponsors TD Ameritrade, BTIG and Atlantic Advisors. We were able to surpass the amount we raised last year for the Children‘s Aid Society and Stony Brook Foundation!  As always, we thank you for sharing the journey with us and look forward to celebrating with you at Festivus 2009!

Critters Choice Awards

December 31, 2006

We are delighted to conclude that the birthed concept of the Critters Choice Awards was an astounding success!! This long awaited awards benefit bridged the worlds of finance, sports, music and entertainment to honor Trent Tucker for his outstanding achievement in creative education. With a musical performance by the lovely and talented Wendy Starland, as well as special appearances by our guest of honor Trent Tucker and notable guests such as Patrick Ewing, John Starks as well as NFL star Howard Cross and HBO‘s Entourage star Emmanuelle Chriqui, this was indeed a magical night!

Minyans in the Mountains III

August 21, 2006

We are excited to announce that donations received during Minyans in the Mountains III, totaled over $7,300! Thank you to all the Minyan Mountaineers who made contributions in Vail.

All-Star fender Stratocaster Winner

December 17, 2005

We are pleased to announce the winner of the All-Star fender Stratocaster is Minyan Brooks who‘s winning pledge was for $57,300. These funds will help charities such as Jacob‘s Cure, Little Kids Rock and Free Arts New York.

Katrina Drive

October 26, 2005

We are proud to announce that The Ruby Peck Foundation for Children‘s Education in conjunction with efforts from Minyanville Media, Inc. has raised $55,220 for the September Katrina Drive. We selected the National Education Association as the beneficiary of our September hurricane relief efforts. 100% of these funds will be distributed amoung 16 schools that were affected by Hurricane Katrina. The contribution will be used to fund schools with severe to catastrophic damage in rebuilding destroyed classrooms, labs and libraries.

Press Coverage

Click here to see Hedgeworld‘s article covering the origins of The Ruby Peck Foundation and Minyanville.

The Wall Street Journal‘s article "Deals & Deal Makers" featured the Fender Stratocaster auctioned off to raise funds for the Ruby Peck Foundation.

The Ruby Peck Foundation was also featured in both the Sunday New York Times and Barron‘s in these December 2005 articles announcing news of the bidding on the Fender Stratocaster signed by the Financial world‘s biggest names.