
Pine Family Legacy Fund
Jon Pine, center, with two friends enjoying conversation together after a HUI Tenants Council meeting: Ed Kirkland (left) and Andrew Kelfalla (right).
$4,882.27 of $100,000 raised
Donate to the Pine Family Legacy Fund in Memory of Jon Pine
Written by Danny Pine
We love and miss our beloved family member Jon Pine. Jon was a long-time tenant of Housing Unlimited’s lovely townhome in Rockville. In memory of Jon and in a show of support for Housing Unlimited (HUI), we kindly ask that you join us in making a donation to HUI. All gifts to HUI in memory of Jon will be credited to the Pine Family Legacy Fund. Our Fund’s fundraising goal is $100,000. When we achieve our goal, we look forward to gathering with you for a celebratory naming of HUI’s Rockville townhome as the “Pine Family Legacy Home.” Jon’s legacy, and yours, will be memorialized through a donation of $250 or more, but any amount is deeply appreciated. All donations, unless wishing to remain anonymous, will be listed on this page.
HUI’s mission is to provide affordable housing in Montgomery County for adults in mental health recovery, HUI empowers tenants like Jon to thrive in their communities as neighbors, friends, employees, students and volunteers. Today, HUI serves 90 homes with over 247 individuals. To take a virtual tour of one of HUI’s homes, please click here to watch a short video.
We lost dear Jon on July 21st, 2022. The entire family, including his “family” at HUI, deeply miss him. A man known by many as a gentle giant, Jon was an avid reader and loved to discuss books, especially books about sports. It was very important to Jon to give back to the community. Throughout his 20-year tenure as a HUI tenant, Jon took great pride in his role as a HUI public education paid intern and proudly represented HUI at housing and mental health resource fairs. He also spoke movingly to community groups—including many school and religious school youth groups—about the importance of his HUI housing and his journey of mental health recovery.
Jon particularly wanted young people to understand the harm that can be caused by bullying. He spoke candidly about his own very painful experience with bullying and challenged the students to swiftly intervene and prevent any bullying in their classroom. At the end of all of his presentations, Jon loved to invite the audience to test his encyclopedic knowledge of sports trivia. He fielded any and all questions, but no one was ever able to stump him. He pitched a perfect game.

Big Train Supporter Ezra Pine throws out first pitch.
Our Deepest Gratitude to the following Pine Family Legacy Fund supporters.
Your financial gifts will ensure that individuals, like Jon, will have the opportunity to live independently in a healthy community, making friends and grateful for a life fully lived.
2022 Gifts
Abbott Laboratories - EGC
David Anolick
Barbara Bartison
Robin Beasley
Carol Brazen
Melissa Brotman
Malcolm Busch
William Carrington
Lauren Cernea
Jonathan Cohen
Paula and Matthew Cohn
Edwin Cook
Lynne Coven
Lisa Cullins
Mollie Davis
Chana Engel
Lisa Felber
Tom Frolick
Beth Glicker
Joshua Goldman
Richard Gross
Jamie Hennelly
Mary Deborah Hennelly
Robert Hennelly
Hillel at FIU
Sheryl and Bob Isaacs
Lucy Justement
Louise Kemper
Hanna Keren
Parmis Khosravi
Miryam Kiderman
Linda Leffman
Krystal Lewis
Gloria Lieberman
Ellen Lindenbaum
Harry Macks
Diane Milavetz
Reut Naim
Linda Nathan
Maryland Pao
Susan Perl
Daniel Pine
Rabbi Debra Pine
Jen Platt
Janet Rauer
Naomi Ronis
Joseph Rosenthal
The Ross Center
Nancy Roucher
Sheila Russian
Lori Scott
Carole Seidman
Ira Sills
Wendy Silverman
Aviva Snyder
Morgan Stanley
Linda Strauss
Ilana Tanowitz
Sandra Teitelbaum
Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele
Laurie Wakschlag
Lynda and Jerry Weinstein
Jo Ann Windman
Esther Winikoff
Anderson Winkler
Jonah Zinn