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Club
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 Patchogue Kiwanis Kicks off Koin Kans For Kids Kampaign
In
order to raise funds for sending Kampers to Kamp Kiwanis this
summer, the club has purchased 50 Kans to be distributed to
retail establishments where change is generated by patrons at
a register. Kamp Kiwanis lacked sufficient Kampers last summer
to cover expenses. With the construction of the Patchogue
Kiwanis Kabin this year at the Kamp, it is essential that the
Patchogue club help assure the season with the maximum Kampers
possible. Kans may be obtained by calling Glen Charvat at
631-289-0557 or Walt Ladick at 631-289-0938.
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Patchogue Club Awards Anton Kaiser Fellowship
Robert Walch a Twenty Two year member and Vice President
Elect of the Patchogue Kiwanis Club is shown here receiving
the prestigious Anton Kaiser Fellowship from the Patchogue
Kiwanis Club. On the left is Past President, Kenneth Picard
who conducted the ceremonies and on the right is Christopher
Picini, President of the club. The Anton Kaiser Fellowship
is sponsored by the New York District
Foundation. Mr. Kaiser served as New York District Governor
and then
as President of Kiwanis International in 1978-79. The award
is the
cornerstone of the foundation which funds charities such as
Kamp
Kiwanis and the Pediatric Trauma Centers in New York State.
Kiwanis
is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing
the world
one community and one child at a time.
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May The Road Rise To Meet Ye 4 Miler
The Patchogue Kiwanis Club attracted 100 runners from as far
as Washington DC, by
sponsoring a 4 mile run moments before the start of the
Annual St Patrick’s Parade sponsored by the Village of
Patchogue and the Patchogue Chamber of Commerce. The run
commenced at Finest Fitness on East Main Street and
proceeded westerly through commercial and residential
streets and then finished in front of the Patchogue Fire
House. In addition, there was a ½ Mile Fun Run in which Kids
under 9 competed. Turning points were monitored by Patchogue
Kiwanians, Patchogue Medford High School Key Clubbers and
Venture Crew, and also by Bellport High School Key Clubbers.
Patchogue Kiwanis Race Chairman, Nick Harding awarded prizes
to the Winner of the Women’s Overall category, Mandie
Samuels, of Washington DC with a time of 26 minutes and 6
seconds and the Winner of the Men’s Overall category, Dan
McGrath of Lynbrook with a blazing time of 20 minutes and 29
seconds. Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers
dedicated to changing the world, one community and one child
at a time.
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Patchogue Club Gathers Toys
The Patchogue Kiwanis Club and the Patchogue Medford Key
Club joined in with the BrickHouse Brewery’s Annual Toy Trot
to raise funds and gather toys for needy kids at Christmas.
Annually, the Brickhouse Brewery sponsors a 5K Run and as
part of the admissions fee for participants requires a gift
toy. The Key Clubbers wrap and classify the toys by age and
sex for delivery to churches in the community for
distribution to the needy children. This year over 100
runners participated under the guidance of the Bohemia
Running Club. While the Key Clubbers wrapped the gifts, the
Kiwanians manned the roads for safety and guidance for the
runners. Good weather conditions prevailed for the runners
and the program was considered a success.
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Holiday Parade
The Patchogue Kiwanis, Patchogue Medford High School Key
Club and the Patchogue Medford High School Venture Crew join
together to march in the Patchogue Annual Holiday Parade.
Each year the Patchogue Kiwanis Club reconstructs and
decorates its float to participate in this gala event. Over
70 floats built by Community organizations plus dozens of
volunteer fire departments all gathered together to thrill
young and old parade watchers along Main Street in
Patchogue. This years theme was Charlie Brown and his
sidekick Snoppy. Santa Claus highlighted the event with his
appearance on the last float. Float chairman, Robert
Albanowski, said that this year the building and parading of
the float attracted the largest turnout of Kiwanis Family
participants.
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Patchogue Kiwanis Hosts Thanksgiving Dinner
Members of the Patchogue Kiwanis Club gathered with their
families and Patchogue Medford Key Clubbers on Thanksgiving
Day to cook and serve some of the community’s needy a full
Thanksgiving Dinner at the BrickHouse Brewery where the
Kiwanis meets weekly. The Patchogue Medford Key Club joined
in on the event by waiting on the tables and serving the
participants needs while the Kiwanians manned the kitchen
and welcomed the guests. They all took rotational shifts
working through the day giving up personal time to help.
(Picture 1) from the Left, Kiwanis Club President Chris
Picini, Past President, Jeffrey Vollmuth, and
President-Elect, Robert Walch are shown here cooking and
presenting the portions to be served by the Key Clubbers.
(Picture 2) Key Club Advisor, Jeff Martin is shown with some
of the Key Clubbers prior to their serving duties. (Picture
3) from the Left, Justin Martin, Jeff Martin, Walter Pepper,
Alexandria Pepper, Katrina Hughes, Peter Devine, Nicholas
Harding, Jr. and Past President, Edward Hughes post duty at
the door to welcome the guests and show them to their
tables. Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers
dedicated to serving one community and one child at a time.
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Thanksgiving Baskets for The Needy. The Patchogue
Kiwanis Club joins with its Patchogue Medford High School
Key Club to assemble 100 food bags for needy families in the
Greater Patchogue area. The baskets included a turkey with
all the fixings. Here the assembly crew under the direction
of chairman, Glen Charvat, shows off a couple completed bags
as a sample of its work. Also, the Patchogue Club hosted
needy people for Thanksgiving Dinner at the Brickhouse
Brewery Restaurant where the club meets. The club strives to
work jointly with its sponsored youth to instill the spirit
of serving the community one child at a time.
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 The Patchogue Kiwanis Club inducts a new Hixson Fellow into
Patchogue’s Court of Hixson Fellow Recipients. George
Brush is shown here receiving his plaque and ribbon as the 17th
Hixson fellow in the Patchogue Club. Mr. Brush who has been a
Kiwanian for 21 years and is a Past President and currently
director of his club, earned his honor with strong and
reliable service. The award was presented to him by Diamond
Hixson Fellow, Walter Ladick Jr. and the other Hixson fellows
of the club. Observing the proceedings from the left in the
back row are also Hixson Fellow Past Presidents, Glen Charvat,
Jeffrey Vollmuth, Edward Hughes, Angelo Tarantino, Paul Vaas,
George Hoag and Thomas Keegan, Jr.. The ceremony took place at
Patchogue’s installation banquet held at Lombardi’s On the
Bay.
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Patchogue Treats Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck to Annual Barbeque.
Patchogue
Kiwanians under the leadership of Ken Kasper hosted the
campers at Camp
Pa-Qua-Tuck to a Steak & Kielbasa
dinner in Moriches. Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck is a local Rotary
Camp
for disabled children. This year besides building a new Cabin
at Kamp Kiwanis in Taberg, New York, the Patchogue Club
sponsored 8 Kampers there and provided its annual foodfest at
the Rotary Camp.
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New Cabin
Dedicated
During the Kamp Kiwanis Open
House on June 6, the Kamp's newest cabin, sponsored by the
Patchogue club, was dedicated.
At last
year's open house the cabin's future site was noted, but the
building is now virtually complete and will be ready for use
by kampers this summer.
District
Foundation President Sal Anelli thanked the Patchogue club for
its follow-through on its commitment to fund the construction
of the cabin, and the ma ny
volunteers from Patchogue and elsewhere who assisted with its
construction.
Pictured
above are Anelli (at left) and Patchogue President Angelo
Tarantino during the dedication. Behind them is the cabin,
wrapped in a red ribbon for the event.
The
lieutenant governors for 2009-10 and Gov. Elect David Booker
also gathered for their first meeting over the weekend and
participated in the open house.
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 Patchogue
Kiwanis Builds Kabin
Kiwanis Motto, “We Build”
being exemplified by the Patchogue Kiwanis Club. Shown here are members of the
Patchogue Kiwanis Club presenting a check for the construction of a cabin for
needy campers at KAMP KIWANIS in Taberg, New York. Albert Norato, Jr. (front
left), Patchogue Kiwanis Immediate Past President and Current President,
Joseph Barry (front right ) present check to Salvatore Anelli, President of
the New York Kiwanis District Foundation which runs the camp. Fellow
Foundation Board Member Kiwnanians join the celebration (second row from
right) Alan Alterman, Anthony Merendino, Joseph Battista and Mike Siniski.
Patchogue Kiwanians looking on (from the left next row) are Walter Ladick,
Jr., Edward Hughes, Frank Virno, Jr., Robert Albinowski, Angelo Tarantino,
Jeffrey Vollmuth, Brian Kieffer, Robert Walch, Thomas Keegan, Jr,, Chris
Picini, and Ken Kasper. The camp is administered by 90 counselors who
supervise over 700 campers each year.
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Raising
Funds For Children in Memory of J.P. Brown. Pictured here
are participants for twin fund raising projects by the Kiwanis
Club of Patchogue. From the left is club President, Angelo
Tarantino; chairman of the Patchogue Kiwanis Golf Klassic,
Chris Picini; JP Brown’s children, Donna Lunati and Scott
Brown and Special Projects Sweepstakes Co-Chairmen, Glen
Charvat and George Brush. Both projects culminated
simultaneously honoring the memory of JP Brown, who was Past
Lt Gov. of the Kiwanis Suffolk East Division, Past President
of the Patchogue Club and a George Hixson Fellow. Drawing of
the Sweepstakes and the Golf Klassic were held at the Bellport
Country Club. Recently, the Patchogue Club finished and
dedicated a cabin for campers at Kamp Kiwanis in Taberg, New
York. The cabin will house 40 campers at a time during this
summer’s season. Kiwanis is a global organization of
volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one
community at a time.
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 Venturing
Leadership Award recipient Robert Borowski receives his
award for exceptional service to Boy Scouts, Venturing and for
outstanding service to the youth of the community. It is only
the third such award made by the Suffolk County Council since
Venturing started in 1998. Presenting the award from the left
is Joe Gallagher, Suffolk County Executive of the BSA and on
the right is Andy Calev, VP Program, SCC BSA. Mr. Borowski is
the advisor to the Venture Crew 1776 at the Patchogue Medford
High School which is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of
Patchogue. In addition, Mr. Borowski serves as advisor for the
Patchogue Medford Key Club. Mr. Borowski is a member and on
the board of directors of the Patchogue Kiwanis which also
sponsors the Patchogue Medford High School Key Club.
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Patchogue Kiwanis sponsors another Builders Club at Ocean Ave
Middle School.
Past
President President
Joe Barry joins in the fun at another milestone in Child
Service. Under the chairmanship of Mark Charvat, the club was
organized and charted with Jennifer Charvat and Mrs. Nolan as
Teacher Advisors. Shown here is the chartering group with the
new officers, banner and bell.
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 A Check For Crohn's
Helping Crohn's
& Colitis Foundation of America with a check for $5,000 as
part of the proceeds of Patchogue Kiwanis’ Annual Golf
Classic. Receiving an award of CCFA Appreciation (from left)
is Kiwanis Tournament Chairman, Chris Picini. Holding the
check from the left is Susan Gomberg, Development Director of
CCFA and Linda Berman, Development Manager of CCFA. Looking on
from the rear is Phil Muller of the Patchogue Kiwanis and a
Director of the CCFA. Looking on from the right is the
President of the Patchogue Kiwanis, Joseph Barry.
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 70
years of service to the children of our community celebrated
at the Annual Charter Night Banquet. Shown here are Legion
of Honor recipients being recognized for their years
of dedication and service. Murray Rosenblatt and Vitro Rizzi
received recognition for 50 years and Charlie Falkner for 45
Years. Vito and Charlie were not able to attend the charter
night, however, it was a great evening recalling years gone
by. Murray and Kathy flew in from Chicago to join the
festivities. Thanks to them both for their extra effort.
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 New
Furniture for the Pediatric Unit Family Waiting Room at
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital
Trying out a rocking chair is
Past President of Patchogue Kiwanis and Past Board Chairman at BMHMC, Walter Ladick, Jr.. Looking on from behind is Patchogue
Kiwanis President, Angelo Tarantino. On the right of Mr.
Ladick is Tammy Cornacchiulo, a registered nurse in the
Pediatric Unit. She was responsible for initiating awareness
of a need for a new appearance with new furniture and
curtains. The walls of the room are painted with a bright and
colorful country scene provided by the Spla shes of Hope art
group. Electronic games and a library of children’s books are
provided for the families who are visiting a pediatric
patient. Looking on from behind is a contingency of Patchogue
Kiwanis members who helped in providing the funds for the
purchase of special furniture and equipment required for the
room. The
Patchogue Kiwanis Club has provided nearly $500,000 in
assistance for the Pediatric Unit since the club’s chartering
of the 321 bed hospital in 1954. In recognition of Mrs.
Cornacchiuolo’s extraordinary concern, the club presented
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 Patchogue Kiwanians gather for a festive ladies night meeting. Chairman
Chris Picini, spearheaded an evening of good casual fun at the Bellport
Country Club. Almost 40 Kiwanians and their wives attended the affair.
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 Chris
Picini was installed by Lt. Governor Albert Norato, Jr. as
the Kiwanis Club of Patchogue 71st president at this year’s
installation dinner. Bob Borowski was honored by outgoing president Angelo
Tarantino as Kiwanian Of The Year.
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 Jim
Romeo Runs Terrific Valentine Party
Shown here
is Jim preparing the Antipasto tray along with volunteers of
the committee. Over 30 Kiwanians and guests celebrated the
holiday with a casual but fun time at the Suffolk Boat Club.
Each lady received a long stem red rose and a door prize of a
gift certificate to Pine Grove Inn was raffled. The event left
a good taste of relaxed fun and camaraderie traditional for
the club. More pictures of
this
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 Flipping
Flapjacks
The Patchogue Club is shown
here advertising it’s annual Pancake Breakfast at the Patchogue Firehouse on
Jennings Ave. Holding the sign is (from the left) President Angelo Tarantino,
Breakfast Co Chairman, Ed Hughes and President Elect Glen Charvat. Each year
the club invites it’s two key clubs and Venture Crew to participate and
jointly raise funds for the club’s sponsored youth initiatives.
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