Hello and Welcome to the Dr. Samuel H. Kouffman Foundation.  The Kouffman Foundation is named in honor of my grandfather Sam Kouffman.  Born in Rhode Island 1912, the middle of 12 brothers and sisters; Sam Kouffman by no means lived an average life. From a very little age Sam worked in local stores and for his family and brothers for nickels a day.  Due to the largeness of the family Sam’s quality time with his father usually consisted of the both of them fixing things around the house.  My great-grandfather was a trained builder and Sam was his right hand man. 

      Sam later followed his older brothers footsteps and became a respectable Podiatrist.  However his life is just getting more interesting.  After finishing Med School, he enlisted in the Army during WWII.  He became a major in the Army and helped run a POW camp in Alaska.  He used to tell us stories about his time in Alaska.  The one thing I remember the most was what he used to tell his new prisoners: “There aren’t any walls around this prison for a simple reason—we don’t need them.  If you want to risk freezing and starvation, we aint going to stop you!”

      A bachelor until his early 40’s he finally settled down and married my grandmother Sarah Neiman Kouffman.  They had two kids; my aunt Judy and my dad Henry.  My dad followed in Sam’s footsteps and was his right hand man when it came fixing things around the house.  Whether it was: the refrigerator, the sink, the toilet, the roof, the tile, or the carpeting Sam fixed and my dad helped.  I was even lucky enough with my older brother Jesse to help our grandfather on his various tasks.  I still remember helping him patch up some parts of his roof on sunny afternoons in the hot Florida summers. 

      Thank you for taking the time to read this message and May God bless you and keep you, and grant you a safe passage through this mystical and majestic world. 
 

Sincerely, 
Jeremy Kouffman,   Founder/CEO    The Kouffman Foundation