Orchard Beach
Our Chapter Summer Picnic
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Fred Gasior and Joe Mondello arrived early at Orchard Beach to establish our location, set up tables, start the BBQs, and set out the food and drink that they had purchased, a terrific effort and accomplishment!
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Fred and Alice Massa and Marty Edelman arrived at 9:40AM and finished setting up our area for 10AM arrival of our guests.
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Joe Mondello and Stuart Kaplan did most if the BBQ cooking.
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Marty set up Water Balloon Toss games and Beer/Soda Run games, providing Prize tickets to the winners.
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Fred Massa counted 56 men and women who came for our Picnic.
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They included
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Chapter members and spouses (17) - Fred Gasior, Joe Mondello, Marty Edelman, Joe Graham with Jen and Marie, Fred and Alice Massa, Monica Lacassagne, Peter Funk, Min Ho Lee, David Song, Paul and Mrs. Siegert, Mike Moreno with his niece Pauline, and Tom Martinez
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There were a dozen KAVVA veterans
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We had 21 Guests. 8 veterans from the VAMC Hospital in Manhattan, 5 veterans from Brons VAMC Hospital and 3 from the VAMC Hospital in Brooklyn folks Commissioner Hendon, plus Emily Toro and a few friends.
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Special Guest was Bronx Council Member Kristy Marmorato and an assistant.
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* We were honored with a visit by NYC DVS Commissioner James Hendon, who related that he continues to be delighted with the activity of our Chapter. He also enjoyed our food.
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Our 50/50 Raffle, handled by Fred and Alice Massa and Marty Edelman, and collected $380. The raffle winners share of the $190 was Monica Lacassagne who promptly returned the money for our Chapter parade. The Poppy Cans on the tables collected $40.
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Our guests started to leave around 3PM and we were able to leave a clean the area by 4PM.
* Our Chapter views were that the venue was terrific, and we were blessed with lovely weather, little traffic to get there and back home, and that the major costs were just food.
Let’s do it again next year.
