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Kiwanis Club members gather at Russo’s on the Bay for their 50th anniversary celebration.
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Kiwanis celebrates 50th anniversary
Kiwanis President Bob LoCascio toasts the audience.
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Kiwanis celebrates 50th anniversary
Queens Chronicle Publisher Mark Weidler, left, Forum Publisher Pat Adams and Joe Russo, owner of Ragtime Newsstand.
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Kiwanis celebrates 50th anniversary
Steve Sirgiovanni speaks about the impact the club has made.
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Kiwanis celebrates 50th anniversary
Bob LoCascio and his wife Nancy were thrilled to mark the group’s anniversary.
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Kiwanis celebrates 50th anniversary
Councilman and Kiwanis member Eric Ulrich, right, presents a City Council Proclamation to Immediate Past President Sirgiovanni.
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Kiwanis celebrates 50th anniversary
Clement Vicari award recipients, the Ferrara family, Joseph A., left, Joseph J., Leonard, Alex and Brian.
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Kiwanis celebrates 50th anniversary
Fifty-year charter members Anthony Russo, left, Karl Albrecht, Cosmo Giamundo and Eddie Ghossn.
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Kiwanis celebrates 50th anniversary
Kiwanis Club charter members Anthony Russo, left, Karl Albrecht, Cosmo Giamundo and Eddie Ghossn; member Mike Smith; 25-year member Wayne Scheriff; 35-year member Ron Carbone and 30-year member Nick Sciascia are all smiles at the fete.
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Kiwanis celebrates 50th anniversary
State Supreme Court Justice Augustus Agate, left, Sam Sartorio, Dino Bono, Steve Sirgiovanni, Bob LoCascio, and Councilman Eric Ulrich, all Kiwanis members, gather at the event that drew 280 attendees.
Posted: Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:00 pm
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Updated: 10:33 am, Thu May 3, 2012.
Kiwanis celebrates 50th anniversary
by Anna Gustafson, Senior Editor
Queens Chronicle
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The Kiwanis Club of Howard Beach celebrated its 50th anniversary last Friday with a dinner dance at Russo’s on the Bay, where 280 people feted decades of charitable works by the organization.
At the annual event, club members honored the group’s immediate past president, Stephen Sirgiovanni, and presented the Clem Vicari Service Award to the Ferrara family for their dedication to the community, including support for the South Queens Boys and Girls Club.
Numerous community leaders attended the event, including four of the Kiwanis club’s charter members —Anthony Russo, Karl Albrecht, Cosmo Giamundo and Eddie Ghossn.
Founded in 1962 by a group of businessmen who wanted to make an impact on their community, the Kiwanis club has gone on to do everything from raising money for diabetes research to sending children to summer camp.
The group has attracted people of all ages and walks of life, and members said the group is looking forward to growing even more.
The money raised during the event, which included entertainment by the Rick Mango Band, will go toward the various charitable organizations and activities the club supports.
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