Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and the town board recently held a special ‘Women of Distinction’ ceremony to recognize exceptional women who have significant contributions to our community. This year’s “Women of Distinction” honorees included Kim Melkun of Farmingdale.
(Photo courtesy of the Town of Oyster Bay)
Melkun is an avid New York Rangers fan. She created and oversees a ticket exchange program for sports enthusiasts who may not be able to otherwise purchase tickets for thehokcey games. Since the pandemic began just a few months ago, Melkun spearheaded the non-profit ‘Cover Your Faceoff’—whose main objective is to produce and distribute face masks to essential employees across the world who are in need. Because the team that works with her on this initiative was built on a foundation of die-hard hockey fans, they have collected hundreds of Rangers t-shirts and produced masks that have been sold to fans. This has allowed them to donate at a one to one ratio—for every mask sold, one mask is donated to an essential employee.
—Submitted by the Town of Oyster Bay
