Your Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center at Cohen Children's Medical Center ended the 2013-14 service year with one of its most successful Black & White Balls ever.
This annual fundraiser raised more than $20,000 to support the trauma center's treatments and preventative safety education programs. The foundation board would like to thank all the Kiwanis Clubs and individual Kiwanians who supported the event by taking an ad, presenting a KPTC Fellow or attending the ball.
On behalf of the KPTC Foundation, please accept my thanks to the donors and congratulations to the new KPTC fellows: North Shore: Catherine DeStio, Thomas W. DeStio; East Meadow: Rosa Principato; Massapequa: Susan Febbraro; All Island: Sean O'Sullivan; Chinatown: Wing F. Kwong, Sophia Ng, Jimmy Yee; Rosedale-Laurelton: Augusta Van Duzen, Robert Witherspoon; Howard Beach: Steven Sirgiovanni; Ozone Park: Paul Capocasale
KPTC Diamond Fellows: Riverdale: Bob Rubinstein; Mapleton: Nydia Corace; Five Towns: Rita Bevilacqua; Flushing: Linda Ng.
KPTC Second Diamond Fellows: Fordham: Dr. Rosemarie DeJulio, Past International President Thomas DeJulio.
In a first for our KPTC, several board members joined other Kiwanians on an extended Labor Day weekend trip to Jamaica to model our programs for our fellow Kiwanians in the Eastern Canada and Caribbean District. This program was coordinated by KPTC Director IPLG Ann Torcivia. More than 120 Jamaican children received safety training. A trauma kit and safety educational materials were given to the Kiwanis Club of Discovery Bay through a donation to KPTC from the Joey Foundation.
Kiwanians in the downstate areas served by the KPTC at Cohen Children's Medical Center are invited to our annual meeting on Nov. 13 at the hospital. This meeting is a great way to learn how your support of the trauma center is saving lives. At the meeting, the KPTC Board of Directors is elected.
Our KPTC Service Leadership Committee has also been especially active. Led by our new Chairperson Nicole Hallett of the WT Clarke Key Club, the committee has created a safety coloring book to be distributed to children who participate in the committee's Safe Kids workshops. The pages which reinforce the safety concept taught during the committee's safety workshops were created by committee members and local Key Clubbers. The Service Leadership Committee is grateful to the many Clubs, divisions and Kiwanians who supported the project. The committee also thanks the Huntington Kiwanis Club for donating crayons which will be distributed with the books.
The Service Leadership Committee is also holding a fundraiser at Levittown Hall in Hicksville at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2. The International Cook-Off and Talent Show will feature a sampling of dishes from around the world entered by K-family members and their families, and talent that showcases our world's diverse cultures. The Service Leadership Committee is currently seeking entries in either category. For an entry form, please email Service Leadership Liaison Rich Santer at rs2wdld@aol.com. Tickets will be $15 for Kiwanians and $10 for SLP members and children.
Column Posted on Web Site November 1, 2014
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