Dorothy E. Yewer, Benefit Chair/Co-Founder
Dorothy Yewer is a Scarsdale native and a lifelong Episcopalian having grown up at the Church of St. James the Less where she was baptized and where she enjoyed the wonderful programs as a child - Youth Choir, Pageant, Senior Youth Group, Confirmation, etc. Dorothy earned a BA from St. Lawrence University where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She was an Advertising Sales Executive at Creative Theatre Marketing in NYC before moving back to Scarsdale and raising her children. She married her husband David at St. James and their children, Tabitha and Brook (Kiki), were baptized there. Dorothy is currently the Junior Warden of the Vestry, having served a previous 3 year term. She taught Sunday School for five years, has been an usher, the Music Department liaison, the Publicity Chair and currently serves on the Stewardship Committee. She was the Committee Chair for the Literacy program of the Junior League of Central Westchester and served on the Nominating Committee there. She currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Amazing Afternoons in Mt. Vernon where she has been a mentor for the past 9 years in the after school program.
She is the Co-Founder and Chair of the Annual Children’s Benefit Concert, currently in its 10th year, which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to send over 400 “at risk” children to life altering camp. She currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Amazing Afternoons in Mt. Vernon where she has been a mentor for the past 10 years. In her spare time, Dorothy loves to sail, read and get kids to camp.
She is the Co-Founder and Chair of the Annual Children’s Benefit Concert, currently in its 10th year, which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to send over 400 “at risk” children to life altering camp. She currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Amazing Afternoons in Mt. Vernon where she has been a mentor for the past 10 years. In her spare time, Dorothy loves to sail, read and get kids to camp.