Mountain Scene
July 2, 2021
By PHILIP CHANDLER
A Queenstowner who died of cancer last week is leaving millions of dollars to environmental, animal welfare and children’s charities.
Former American Yevrah Ornstein, who was 70, has stipulated the sale of his Lakeside Estates solar home thought to be worth about $6 million and other investments go to four international charities along with New Zealand’s KidsCan and Save the Children NZ.
Donations from invested funds will be made annually in perpetuity.
Ornstein set up a foundation for the United States-based charities environmental-based Nature Resources Defense Council and Rocky Mountain Institute, Animal Welfare Institute and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and a charitable trust for the two Kiwi charities, whose purpose is ‘‘to serve and protect children in NZ’’.