The Pineapple Ball Committee Members Of the Garden City Chamber of Commerce's Pineapple Ball Committee have scheduled a series of meetings to set plans for the Chamber's fifth annual Pineapple Ball gala to be held on Friday evening, April 20 at the Garden City Hotel.

Dennis Donnelly, event chairman, has announced some dazzling extras that promise once again to make this Garden City's quintessential event.

The highlight of the evening will be the presentation of awards to Chamber honorees for 2007. They are Robert J Rothschild, village trustee and senior vice president, real estate lending, Signature Bank, Citizen of the Year; Robert Salvatico, senior vice president of operations, JARALL Properties/Wingate Inn, recipient of the Community Achievement Award); and Stephanie Healy Cullum, associate broker/manager, Coach Realty, Business Person of the Year. An added attraction will be the presentation of a scholarship to a Garden City High School senior who will receive the Excellence in Business Education Scholarship Award sponsored by the Chamber Foundation.

Of the 35 members of the Pineapple Ball Committee, 26 attended the February 7 meeting graciously hosted by Richard Fromewick at the law offices of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C. They were Dennis Donnelly, chairman (Chamber director); Suzanne Eigl (Taylor Warner Realty) and Suzanne Saramak (AllState Insurance Agency), Journal co-chairpersons; Tracey Gittere (Legendary Events, Inc.) and Jennifer Poupis (Alpha Collision), silent auction and raffle co-chairpersons; Althea Robinson (Chamber executive director), publicity chairperson; Kharla Abamont (Garden City Chamber), Dave Allen (Mainly Marketing); Christine Archer (Community National Bank); Peter Bee (Bee Ready Fishbein Hatter & Donovan); Cynthia Bevington (Wingate Inn); Peter Blond (Meyer Suozzi English & Klein, PC); Dale Brokaw (The Pear Tree); Liz Denby (Garden City Chamber); Bert Donley (Windsor Commercial Real Estate, Inc.); Roger Eltringham (Allianceplus), Chamber president; Richard Fromewick (Meyer Suozzi English & Klein, PC); Gregory Hesterberg (Hesterberg & Keller L.L.P.); Kenneth Krieger (Sovereign Bank); Dr. Anthony Libertella (Adelphi University); Laney Liner (Poeticpetels, Ltd.); Marie Marcellino (Mainly Marketing); Russell G. Matthews (Albanese Organization, Inc.);Kathryn Reed (Law Office of Peter J. Tomao, Esq.); Sabra Sasson (Law Office of Sabra R. Sasson, PLLC); Lois Tighe (The Pear Tree); and Michael Ventre (Windsor Commercial Real Estate, Inc.).

For information about available sponsorships, journal ads or to receive an invitation to the Pineapple Ball, please call Tracey Gittere at Legendary Events at (516) 222-0550; or register on line at www.GardenCityChamber.org.