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Friends Of Pel Bay Park Host Spring Fundraiser
In keeping with tradition, the Friends of Pelham Bay Park welcomed the spring season with its Summers of Fun: Spring Fundraiser on Wednesday, April 24 at the Pelham
Split Rock Golf Clubhouse, honoring four special friends who support the park. This year’s honorees included Assemblyman Michael Benedetto; Anthony and Paul
Ramirez, Mainland Media, From The Bronx, The Bronx Beer Hall & Taste the Bronx co-founders and Thomas X. Casey, Huntington Free Library president. The fun-fi lled
evening celebrated the timeless legacy of fun summers at Orchard Beach.
Thomas Casey (c) was honored by (l-r) Bronx Parks Commissioner Iris Rodriguez-
Rosa; Nilka Martell, FPBP president and Marianne Anderson, NYC Parks Pelham
Bay Park administrator.
Photo by Veronica Feliciano
Marianne Anderson (l) and Rodriguez-Rosa got into the summertime spirit.
Photo by Veronica Feliciano
There were many Bronx-centric raffl e prizes up for grabs at this year’s fundraiser.
Photo by Veronica Feliciano
Assemblyman Benedetto proudly accepted his award from (l-r) Nilka Martell,
Marianne Anderson and Commissioner Rodriguez-Rosa. Photo by Veronica Feliciano
Michael Max Knobbe (c) congratulated honorees Paul (l) and Anthony Ramirez.
Photo by Veronica Feliciano
Former FPBP president Judge
Lizbeth Gonzalez was given a
Loving the Bronx bag during
the celebration.
Photo by Veronica Feliciano
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