You are cordially invited to the

Tenth Annual

Induction Ceremony Reception

Long Island Volunteer Hall of Fame

Sunday, February 5, 2012

11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Carlyle on the Green

Bethpage State Park

Farmingdale, New York

Sponsors

Bethpage Federal Credit Union

Molloy College

State Farm Insurance Companies

Honoring Long Island Volunteer Hall of Fame 2011 Inductees

Children and Youth Services

Patricia D'Accolti

Founder,Children’s Sport Connection

Education

Nancy & Rod Zuch

Founders,The Morgan Center

Emergency Services

Nancy Lynch

Founder,Pet Safe Coalition

Family Support

Glenda White-Hills

Founder, MilleniumSistahs

Health

Nancy Leupold

Founder, Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer

Homelessness

Larry Hohler

Founder,Hope Children’s Fund

Philanthropy

Dan Connor

Founder,The Gladiator Fund

Seniors

Sister Jeanne Andre Brendel, O.P.

Founder, Harvest Houses (run by The Emmaus House Foundation)

Special Needs

Dr. Deborah Benson

Founder,Common Ground Alliance

Inspirational Service Award

Victoria Ruvolo

Nominated by The Sunshine Center

Lifetime Achievement Award in Volunteerism

Jay Steingold

Nominated by EAC Mediation Center

Next Generation Awards

Emergency Services: Simeon Melman

Nominated by Good Samaritan Hospital

Leadership: Benjamin Jake Kornick

Nominated by Nassau County Youth Board

Visionary Philanthropy: Christopher Yao

Nominated by Daos Children’s Centre

Long Island Volunteer Hall of Fame Response Card

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Please list guest names:

# attending ______x $55.00 per person = $______

Attending for inductee ______

_____I cannot attend but enclose a donation of $______

In honor of inductee______

Name ______

Organization ______

Address ______

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Daytime Phone ______Fax ______

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Checks should be made payable to the: Long Island Volunteer Center

[The Long Island Volunteer Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, #11-3146795. Your contribution is tax deductible as provided by law.]

Send with response card with check to:

Ms. Laura Bissett Carr, Program and Adult Development Associate

Girl Scouts of Nassau County

110 Ring Road West

Garden City, NY 11530-3296

Directions to Carlyle on the Green, 99 Quaker Meeting House Road, Bethpage State Park, Farmingdale, New York

From the Northern State Parkway or Long Island Expressway: take Route 135/Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway South to Exit 8 (Powell Avenue). Make left turn off Exit ramp at Stop Sign (Powell Avenue turns into Plainview Road once you make the left). Continue to Traffic Circle and go half way around. Follow signs to Golf Courses and Clubhouse. Carlyle on the Green is located at the Clubhouse.

From the Southern State Parkway: Take the Bethpage State Parkway (Exit 31N). Continue north past Exit B4. Bear right and follow all signs to Golf Courses and Clubhouse. Carlyle on the Green is located at the Clubhouse.

NOTE: In case of inclement weather, please access or call receptionist at 516-501-9700.

Special thanks to 2011 Judges

The 2011 judges who selected the founder categories and youth awards were: Suzie Alvey of Garden City Patch, Katie Benaszak of Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Colette Coyne of Colette Coyne Melanoma Awareness Campaign (2010 Inductee), Lana Gluck of Long Island Volunteer Center, Brittney Hellinger of NYIT Carleton Group graduate, Miss Long Island 2012 Jessica Pinckney, Dianne Robinson of New York Blood Center, and Angela Zimmerman of Nassau County Department of Human Services Office of Youth Services.

The 2011 judges from the Association of Professional Volunteer Administrators who selected the candidates for Lifetime Achievement Award in Volunteerism and Inspirational Service Award were: Kathleen Fee of Mercy Medical Center, Susan Helmus of Long Island State Veterans Home, Judy Pockriss of Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Janet Romeo of The Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island, and Patricia Shea of Momma’s House (2006 Inductee).

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Special thanks to Long Island Volunteer Hall of Fame Organizers

Farmingdale State College - Frank Pomata

Girl Scouts of Nassau County - Laura Bissett Carr

Long Island Education Opportunity Center - Myra Breitburg

Long Island State Veterans Home - Susan Helmus

Long Island Volunteer Center, an affiliate of HandsOn Network - Cheryl Brancato, Dennis Diaz, Chris Fox, Lana Gluck, Joan Imhof, Anna Lyons, Patricia Moynihan, Tracy Murtagh, Diana O’Neill, Tenaya Parchment, Patti Polyn, Tina Sanacore, Patricia Sands,andAnne Sprotte

Molloy College - Dr. Sherry Radowitz

National Association of Black Women in Higher Education - Delores Smalls

SCO Family of Services - Kathy Sullivan

The EGC Group - Len Rothberg

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or call (516) 564-5482.