It takes a great and varied committee to plan for the Garden City Chamber of Commerce’s Pineapple Ball gala “celebrating the alliance and vitality of business and community. Considered to be Garden City’s premier business and social event of the season, a series of planning meetings are in process leading up to the ball’s 13th anniversary. The gala will be held on Friday evening, May 8 at the Garden City Hotel.
The highlight of the evening will be the presentation of awards to four extraordinary individuals. They include Vinny Muldoon, “Citizen of the Year”; Robert Cunningham, recipient of “The Community Achievement Award”; “Patrick Longo, “Business Person of the Year”; and Dr. Robert A. Scott, recipient of the “President’s Award.” The Chamber Foundation, its charitable arm, will also present the “Althea Robinson Excellence in Business Education Scholarship Award” to Garden City High School senior Dana Aprigliano.
Back this year by popular demand will be the renowned Alex Donner Orchestra, whose goal is to create a ball that is musically magical, fun and exciting. Also in the planning and new this year will be a live auction in addition to the traditional silent auction boasting an array of amazing prizes along with a 50/50 Raffle. Proceeds will benefit both Chamber community programs and the charitable missions of the Chamber Foundation.
The Chamber gratefully acknowledges the sponsors whose generous contributions contribute to the success of the ball and to its missions. They are: Excelsior: Old World Quality Corp.; Gold: Adelphi University, Albanese Organization, Inc., Coach Realtors Garden City, Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty and SMPL Technologies; Silver: Flushing Bank, MAPFRE Insurance, Securities Consultants, LLC and Windsor Commercial Real Estate, LLC; Leadership: Kenneth A. and Joanne K. Adams and Walsh Markus McDougal DeBellis LLP; Patron of the Chamber: Astoria Bank, Becker & Poliakoff LLP, Bee Ready Fishbein Hatter & Donovan LLP, Citi Bank – John Perfetti, Jr., Home Lending Officer, Jacqueline & Roger Eltringham, Fairchild Sons Funeral Home, Garden City Turkey Trot Race Committee, Meyer Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., Tarr Home Improvements, Inc. and Patricia and John Wilton; Friend of the Chamber: Gold Coast Bank, John F. Craven CPA LLC, Jones and Jones Attorneys-at-Law, M. John Pittoni, LLC, RTS Print Services LLC and Van Buren Buick GMC.
For an invitation to the Pineapple Ball, to be added to the sponsorship roster and/or journal ad information (deadline April 23), please call Tracey Gittere Gittere at 516- 222-0550. Information may be viewed or downloaded from the Chamber’s website: www.gardencitychamber.org.
—Submitted by the Garden City Chamber of Commerce
