Chamber Sets Plans For Pineapple Ball

The Pineapple Ball Committee (Photo by John Ellis Kordes)

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

Dr. Anthony Libertella, immediate past Chamber president and gala chairman, has announced that the highlight of Garden City's quintessential event will be the presentation of awards to Chamber honorees for 2008. They are: Citizen of the Year, Gerard P. Lundquist, immediate past mayor, current trustee, and Director of Construction, NYC & LI Region, KeySpan Energy; Community Achievement Award, Dennis C. Donnelly, former director of government and community relations, LI Region, Verizon Communications; and Business Person of the Year, Stuart H. Lubow, founder, chairman, president and CEO, Community National Bank. An added attraction will be the presentation of the annual Excellence in Business Education Scholarship to be awarded to Madison Horl, a senior at Garden City High School

Of the 33 members of the Planning Committee, 20 attended the January 3 meeting hosted by Adelphi University at the Alumni House. They are standing (L-R): Michael Ventre (Windsor Commercial RE); Gregory Hesterberg (Hesterberg & Keller L.L.P); Jim Hoolahan (Network Solutions); Stephanie Cullum, 2007 Business Person of the Year (Coach Realtors); Jan Di-Geronimo (Sperry Federal Credit Union); Liz Denby (Chamber of Commerce); Lois Tighe (The Pear Tree); Althea Robinson (Chamber of Commerce); Dale Brokaw (The Pear Tree); Suzanne Eigl (Taylor Warner RE); Connie Deckel (Kings Supermarket); Frank Livoti (Schwartz & Livoti, LLP); Donna Frasco (Community National Bank); and Bert Donley (Windsor Commercial RE). Seated (L-R) are Hillary Needle (Legendary Events); Dennis Donnelly (2008 Community Achievement Award re-cipient); Anthony Libertella, event chairman (Adelphi University); Stuart Lubow, (208 Business Person of the Year); and Gerard Lundquist (Citizen of the Year). Not pictured: Tracey Gittere (Legendary Events)

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