48 The Queens Courier •january 3, 2013 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com people making a buzz s COMPILED BY TONIA N. CIMINO Send us your announcements & pictures to: The Queens Courier c/o making a buzz: 38-15 Bell Blvd., Bayside, NY 11361 • [email protected] subject: making a buzz BOARD MEETING HONORS & AWARDS The Queens Council 2012 Salute to Women in Leadership Awards Dinner was held on December 17 at Vetro in Howard Beach. The event celebrated Lifetime Achievement honoree Claire Shulman, president and CEO, Flushing Willets Point Corona LDC; Patricia Ornst, American Airlines; Connie De Laigle, Port Authority of NY & NJ; Cassandra Hill, Delta JFK; and Sonia J.T. Saleh, Uplifting Nonprofits. Photos by Mike Savitsky The South Queens Boys & Girls Club board members gathered for their meeting/ luncheon at Arturo’s in Floral Park recently. At the gathering, George Russo pre- sented an award to Joseph Liana. BENEFIT CONCERT On December 19, Futures in Education of the Diocese of Brooklyn held a sold out con- cert with the New York Tenors, Michael Amante, Philippa Karteron; Mustafa Islam; Jerry Spampanato, accepting the award for Claire Schulman Andy Cooney and Daniel (Lifetime Achievement honoree, president and CEO, Flushing Willets Point Corona LDC); Rodriguez, to benefit the Alexander Santisteban children affected by Sandy and the Superstorm Sandy Educational Relief Fund. Proceeds from the sold out “The Spirit of Christmas” concert will go to the families that have been most affected or displaced by Sandy. This benefit will help these families keep their children in the same school environment, with the same friends they have grown up with, while everything else around them continues to change and be full of uncertainty. Proceeds will also benefit public school students who were displaced by Sandy and are now attending the Catholic schools of Brooklyn and Queens. Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello, Vicar for Development of the Diocese of Brooklyn and organizer of the concert, said, “The children of the Rockaways and southern Brooklyn have experienced traumatic change due to the tempo- Jason Tewes, District Director for Boy Alexander Santisteban, Sonia J.T. Saleh, Mustafa Islam, rary or permanent loss of their homes and devastation to their neighborhoods, Scouts of Queens; Philippa L. Karteron, Philippa Karteron many parents have the extraordinary expenses of rebuilding and others have Council for Airport Opportunity lost their jobs in the aftermath. This concert will ensure that these children do not have to face yet more change and disruption if they are unable to attend their school due to a financial need.” He went on to emphasize, “In a time of so much turbulence in the world let peace being with us as we remember the mothers that lost their children in Sandy and the mothers that lost their children in Sandy Hook Connecticut.” To learn more about the Superstorm Sandy Education Relief Fund or how make a donation visit www.futuresineducation.org. CELEBRATIONS Plaxall celebrated its holiday party on the roof at Hunters Point Plaza. The event also served as a 90th birthday party for Tony Vaccaro, a famous photog- rapher who lives in LIC. Photos Courtesy Tony Fajar Alexander Santisteban, Connie De Laigle, Mustafa Islam, Philippa Karteron Alexander Santisteban; honoree Patricia Alexander Santisteban, Cassandra Hill, Mustafa Tony Vaccaro and Nigel Rollings Andrew Kirby, president of Plaxall Ornst; Mustafa Islam; Philippa Karteron Islam, Philippa Karteron
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