He is also a past President of The Variety Club, an international charity serving children with disabilities.
Farber began raising funds for cancer research with the Variety Club of New England in 1947.
He later won the Variety Club of Great Britain award for this show.
"He performed on numerous occasions for the Variety Club, and raised thousands of pounds for us over the years."
He has received a number of Variety Club of Australia awards for his work.
He also wrote, produced, directed and narrated fundraising films for the Variety Clubs of America.
In 1978 he was honoured with a special award by the Variety Club of Great Britain.
He also said he would continue working with the Variety Club, an organization that helps Buffalo's inner city children get involved in hockey.
From 1939, Lewis was a member of Variety Clubs and served as international press officer.
He was a board member of the Variety Club, which was a professional broadcaster's group.