Kiwanis Club President Arthur Anderson with St. Patrick's Luncheon Co-Chairs John T. Collins and Patrick Curry The Kiwanis Club of Garden City's 54th Annual St. Patrick's Luncheon will be sponsored by Flushing Bank. To continue the celebration of the opening of its full-service branch on January 20th at 1122 Franklin Avenue in Garden City, Flushing Bank will be the very first sponsor of the "World Famous" St. Patrick's Luncheon to be held Monday, March 16th at the Garden City Hotel.

Branch Manager, Nick Symanski announced, "I cannot think of a better way to reach out to the Garden City community than to be associated with one of Garden City's premier events." He added, "By launching our new Flushing Bank office on Franklin Avenue in Garden City, we have further expanded our branch footprint into Nassau County and enhanced our ability to serve this vibrant market area with a full complement of products and services to consumers, business owners and operators, professionals, commercial real estate clients and governmental entities. As a safe, secure financial institution that has been serving local communities for over 80 years, our goal is to build the trust and relationships so that customers will choose our bank for all their financial needs."

Flushing Bank Vice President Frank D. Pelliccione, Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager Nicholas G. Symanski and Kiwanis Club St. Patrick's Co-Chair John T. Collins The Kiwanis St. Patrick's Luncheon is regularly attended by nearly 500 people each year, and includes a dais of elected public officials from throughout Nassau County. The event includes a professional comedian, pipers, Irish fare, Irish singing, and the opportunity to win two round-trip tickets to Dublin Ireland and other raffle prizes.

Club President, Arthur Anderson, stated, "We are thrilled that the Flushing Bank has agreed to be the first-ever sponsor of our event. This will help our service club to provide more scholarships to high school seniors and to send more children to summer camp at Kamp Kiwanis."

All luncheon proceeds benefit the Garden City Kiwanis Foundation which provides scholarships to deserving Garden City graduating high school seniors. The luncheon also supports the Garden City High School Key Club and Adelphi University Circle K Club.

Flushing Bank Vice President Frank D. Pelliccione, Kiwanis Club St. Patrick's Co-Chair John T. Collins, Kiwanis Club President Arthur Anderson, Flushing Bank Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager Nicholas G. Symanski and Flushing Bank Business Specialist Ricardo Mercado. A table of ten may be reserved for $500 by contacting Co-Chairs John Collins 240-4361 or Patrick Curry 485-5577.