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President’s letter

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Dear Members,

I hope everyone is enjoying the warmer weather now that spring has sprung. This month please join us on Tuesday May 21st for our monthly dinner meeting as we will be voting on our slate of officers for 2019-2020. This is the time to come out and voice your support for the chapter.

Also at this meeting, we are going to have one of my favorite ceremonies. We will be awarding scholarships to four very deserving women from each of the four colleges on Staten Island: St. John’s University, Wagner College, The College of Staten Island, and St. Paul’s School of Nursing. Our guest speaker for the evening will be Coleen Kumar.

Mark your calendar, on Wednesday, May 8th the spring district meeting will be held at Café Bella Vita restaurant, I hope everyone will attend. This is a great opportunity to meet the members of other chapters and hear an update from State.

I hope to see everyone at our May meetings.
Wishing everyone a Happy Mother’s Day and Happy Memorial Day!

Sincerely,
Margaret Antoniello
President

Chapter activities

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MAY
ELECTION OF 2019-2020 OFFICERS

In May we will have the election of our 2019-2020 officers. It is very important that all members attend this very special meeting. If you would like to participate in your organization as an officer, please contact a member of the Nominating Committee and let them know.

2019-2020 Slate of Officers

President – Margaret Antoniello
Vice President – Nancy Sayeh Rooney

Recording Secretary – Rosemarie Mangano

Corresponding Secretary – Alexandria Fiorenza

Treasurer – Christine Olivieri Donahue

PRESENTATION OF SCHOLARSHIPS

Our Scholarship Committee will be presenting scholarships to students from College of Staten Island, St. John’s University, St. Paul’s School of Nursing, and Wagner College.

Angelica Salas from Saint Paul’s School of Nursing

Dea Korbeci from The College of Staten Island

Danielle Falco from Saint John’s University

Radwa Abbas from Wagner College

Board notes

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The Board approved a motion to make a donation to the Lung Force Walk requested by Nancy Rooney.

Donations of wine is being requested to create a basket for the Richmond Business Connections Bocce Event in support of ON YOUR MARK – requested by Alexandria Fiorenza & Diane Malagreca

A motion will be brought before the membership to transfer $4,000 from our checking account to investment account.

SUMMER BOCCE FUNDRAISER To benefit “On Your Mark”

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HOSTED BY LOCAL NETWORKING GROUP RICHMOND BUSINESS CONNECTIONS

Tuesday, June 4th
Il Pallino
4916 Arthur Kill Rd

$45 per person includes three hours of bocce ball, appetizers, and donation to On Your Mark 50/50’s and Raffles

Proceeds to go to On Your Mark

RSVP by May 24

Please Contact:

Alexandria Fiorenza of think mortgage

347-351-1932,

Diane Malagreca of DiTommaso Real Estate

Dmalagreca57@verizon.net

or

Ida Coohill of Northfield Bank

Great night of fundraising, networking and fun!

Entertainment

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FUTURE SHOWS AT THE LITTLE VICTORY THEATRE
www.littlevictorytheatre.com (for information)

The Odd Couple

June 14th through June 30th

Singin’ in the Rain

July 11th through July 28th

Dinner Package Available at Da Noi Restaurant 4358 Victory Boulevard –
Appetizer, Entree, Dessert – $20.00 Reservations can be made through the theater

The South Shore Artists Group
52nd Annual Art Exhibit

Conference House Park (located at the end of Hylan Boulevard)
Sunday, June 2, 2019 – 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Rain Date: June 9, 2019

SAVE THE DATE

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Saturday, June 29th at 3:00 PM

AMERICAN POPS

Richmond County Orchestra & Guest Performers

Tickets are $15.00 in advance and $20.00 at the door at Gateway Church,
200 Boscombe Avenue (Page Avenue & Outerbridge)

Latest in poetry

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By Ann Clinton

Spring Palette

Have you had a chance to go for a ride with no real destination on a sunny spring day?

What do you notice first?
Is it the trees in various shades of green with brand new leaves or
trees that are not green leafed but
are beautiful fruit trees flowering
in shades of pink, white and coral.

Some, depending on their type,
will have branches that grow up toward the sun,
and some have branches that will drape gracefully in an almost shy, bashful manner.

Roll down your window, the ride is not only a visual gift; it is also a gift for another sense. If your travels take you near lilacs, you will Be treated to their subtle fragrance – lilacs – leafy, lacy and luxurious!

And you may see some yellow daffodils and red tulips.

What a magnificent palette of colors offered by a spring adventure.

President’s letter

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Dear Members,

We have marked another proud moment in our history. On Sunday, April 7th, our chapter once again had a tremendously successful Women of Distinction Luncheon. We honored women in our community for their accomplishments in their career fields and their dedication to community and family. It was wonderful seeing so many members pitching in to make this year’s event a huge success.

A very special thank you to: Joanne Pietro and Barbara Strype, for all their hard work co-chairing this year’s event, and making sure all of the details were perfect; Christine Olivieri-Donahue and Patrick Donahue for putting the journal together – without them we would not have had the beautiful journal that we did; Elaine Croteau for taking RSVPs, payments, and table arrangements, etc.; Rosemarie Dressler for our beautiful program that kept our day flowing; Jill Holtermann-Bowers, Cathy DiStefano, Annette Fusaro, and Rosemarie Sienicki, for working diligently each week to make sure the baskets were beautiful; Nancy Rooney for arranging the wine pull, and Carol Belmonte for being our in-house photographer! Thank you to our committee and our members for all of your hard work, greeting and checking in attendees, selling raffles, setting up, and making sure our day was perfect. Without you, we would not have been able to have the successful event that we did.

Wishing everyone a Happy Easter and Passover!

Sincerely,

Margaret Antoniello

Chapter activities

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MARCH
WOMEN IN HISTORY

We had a very successful Women in History month program at our March meeting. A big thank you to co-chairs, Virginia Allen and Robyn Zappola for putting this program together. We had over 100 women participating from more than 20 women’s organizations on Staten Island. Our program included Victoria Munro, Executive Director – Alice Austin House as our guest speaker, a Parade of all of the Women’s organizations. and a hat contest. It was a very enlightening program.

APRIL
WOMEN OF DISTINCTION LUNCHEON

Our luncheon was another big success with more than 190 people in attendance. Along with certificates for all of the honorees from our elected officials we also received Proclamations for the Staten Island Chapter for our 100 Anniversary. The Borough President also proclaimed April 7, 2019 as New York State Women – Staten Island Day.

Entertainment

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FUTURE SHOWS AT THE LITTLE VICTORY THEATRE

www.littlevictorytheatre.com (for information)

Doo-Wop and Dance Music from the 50’s through 80’s May 5th

The Odd Couple
June 14th through June 30th

Singin’ in the Rain July 11th through July 28th

Dinner Package Available at Da Noi Restaurant 4358 Victory Boulevard –
Appetizer, Entree, Dessert – $20.00 Reservations can be made through the theater

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