June 14, 2013
The ninth annual Leonard W. Hatton Memorial Golf Classic will be held on Friday, June 14, 2013. The event is dedicated to New York FBI Special Agent Leonard W. Hatton, who gave his life while rescuing others at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
All proceeds will be donated to the Burchette, Conners, Ellington, Hereford, Lynch Memorial College Scholarship Fund. The Fund, a 501 (c)3 organization, provides college scholarships to the children of deceased FBI Special Agents.
The Hatton Classic will be held in Colts Neck, New Jersey at Pebble Creek Golf Club.
Sign up today to play, come to the BBQ, or become a sponsor by completing the registration form here and mailing it with your check to the Hatton Memorial Classic address below.
Hatton Memorial Classic, P.O.
Box 1955
New York, NY 10008
Pebble Creek Golf Club
40 Route 537 East
Colts Neck, NJ 07722
The 12th annual Christopher A Santora Educational Scholarship Dinner Dance will be held on Friday, June 14, 2013 from 7:00pm to 12:00am at Riccardo’s by the Bridge in Astoria.
Battalion Chief Jack Joyce and Battalion Chief Richard Salem will be honored as Men of the Year.
Tickets are $75.00 and support the many scholarships given in Christopher’s name annually. For more details, or to buy tickets, please click here.
FF Christopher Santora was a popular teacher and history buff who believed passionately in education. Scholarships that bear his name go to the winners of an annual essay contest. He was 23 and had been an FDNY fireman (his lifelong dream, following in his father’s footsteps) only 2 months on September 11, 2001.
Riccardo’s by the Bridge
2101 24th Avenue
Astoria, NY 11102
June 16, 2013
Save the date for the 12th Annual Deputy Chief Ray Downey “Forever Running” Memorial 5-K Run/Walk, which will be held on Sunday, June 16, 2013 in Deer Park, NY.
The fee to participate is $20.00 for adults and $15.00 for students K-12. To register, please click here. To learn more about the event, please visit its website.
The 5-K honoring FF Jeff Giordano will be held on Sunday, June 16, 2013 at Mt. Loretto on Staten Island. The race starts at 9:00am, with the free Kids’ Run beginning at 10:15am. Jeff’s Run is the second leg of the James Halverson Memorial Award.
Online registration is available here.
Jeff Giordano, a decorated FDNY firefighter, husband and father of three, was also an avid runner. He was the Vice President of the New York Firefighters’ Burn Center Foundation and was instrumental in creating the Children’s Playroom at the Cornell Burn Center which was later dedicated in his name.
Contributions to Jeff’s Run and other activities have enabled the FF Jeff Giordano Children’s Playroom at the Cornell Burn Center to implement many programs designed to aid children of burn injuries. Activities such as Dances with Wood, art and music therapy, Camp Phoenix and burn survivor support groups have enabled patients to move beyond their physical and emotional limitations, assisting them in returning to their daily lives.
Mt. Loretto
6450 Hylan Blvd.
Staten Island, NY
June 17, 2013
The Carl Vincent Bini Golf Outing will be held at 11:00am on Monday, June 17, 2013.
Please visit www.binifund.org for details.
June 20, 2013
Save the date! A Caring Hand’s annual Benefit will be held at the Central Park Boathouse on Thursday, June 20, 2013.
Details are coming soon. Please click here for more information.
A Caring Hand, The Billy Esposito Foundation
P.O. Box 1232
New York, NY 10276
212-229-CARE (2273)
The Loeb Boathouse Central Park
East 72nd Street and Park Drive North
New York, NY