The Community Service Award is designed to honor those who have done exceptional work in the field of community service around the Village of Sag Harbor. "There are many helping hands in Sag Harbor that together make it the vibrant and caring community it is," - Susan Mead, Sag Harbor Partnership
Evie Ramunno and the Volunteers at the sag harbor community food pantry
2020 COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENT
Evelyn (Evie) Ramunno, volunteer Executive Director and the extraordinary team of volunteers at the Sag Harbor Community Food Pantry was awarded the Sag Harbor Partnership’s Community Service Award for 2020 in honor of their outstanding commitment to those most in need in our community.
The committed group of volunteers nicknamed “the Corona Crew” include: MaryAnn Bennett, Gloria Brown, Tom Buckley, Jim Burns, Gregg Churchill, Joe Holder, Michi Ikeda, Pam Kern, Marilyn & Pat Knowles, Deanna Lattanzio, Judy Lattanzio, Nahir Nieves, Robyn Obler, Eden Sargent, Jean VanErk, Dianne Youngblood.
Special thank you to Southampton Town Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni, New York State Assemblyman Fred Thiele, Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming for their recognition of Evie Ramunno and the dedicated volunteers helping to make the holidays brighter for everyone in our community.
The committed group of volunteers nicknamed “the Corona Crew” include: MaryAnn Bennett, Gloria Brown, Tom Buckley, Jim Burns, Gregg Churchill, Joe Holder, Michi Ikeda, Pam Kern, Marilyn & Pat Knowles, Deanna Lattanzio, Judy Lattanzio, Nahir Nieves, Robyn Obler, Eden Sargent, Jean VanErk, Dianne Youngblood.
Special thank you to Southampton Town Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni, New York State Assemblyman Fred Thiele, Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming for their recognition of Evie Ramunno and the dedicated volunteers helping to make the holidays brighter for everyone in our community.
GREGORY N. FERRARIS 2019 COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENT
This award, which recognizes outstanding service to Sag Harbor and its community, is being given to Ferraris for his generosity in supporting many community endeavors, as well as having served as Sag Harbor’s Mayor.
Born and raised in Sag Harbor, Ferraris attended Pierson High School and obtained a Bachelor of Accounting at LIU–C.W. Post College. He began his career as a certified public accountant in 1991 after receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from Long Island University. Gregory was a tax and audit manager at a midsize CPA firm in Boston, Massachusetts prior to moving back to his home town of Sag Harbor, New York in 2008 to form the predecessor firm of Banducci, Katz and Ferraris.
Aside from being a CPA and a member of AICPA and NYSSCPA's, Gregory has also committed to his civic duty for the community by serving on several Boards. Gregory has formally served as the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Village of Sag Harbor, Chairman of the Planning Board and Ethics Board, President and Treasurer of the John Jermain Memorial Library, Treasurer and Board member of Bay Street Theatre, the Sag Harbor Charity Cup Challenge, Inc and the Mashashimuet Park and Recreation. Presently, Gregory is the President and Treasurer of the Sag Harbor Community Housing Trust, the Reutershan Educational Trust and Peconic Landing at Southold, Inc., a New York registered CCRC.
As Mayor of Sag Harbor, Ferraris helped draft a new zoning code and oversaw two Superfund waste cleanups, as well as the development of the Bulova Watchcase Factory condos. Gregory resides in Sag Harbor with his wife, Pia Olesen-Ferraris, VP of Critical Systems at Altice USA and their daughter, Haley Grace.
Our congratulations to Gregory!
We gratefully thank Baron's Cove and Sag Harbor Florist for their sponsorship.
Born and raised in Sag Harbor, Ferraris attended Pierson High School and obtained a Bachelor of Accounting at LIU–C.W. Post College. He began his career as a certified public accountant in 1991 after receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from Long Island University. Gregory was a tax and audit manager at a midsize CPA firm in Boston, Massachusetts prior to moving back to his home town of Sag Harbor, New York in 2008 to form the predecessor firm of Banducci, Katz and Ferraris.
Aside from being a CPA and a member of AICPA and NYSSCPA's, Gregory has also committed to his civic duty for the community by serving on several Boards. Gregory has formally served as the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Village of Sag Harbor, Chairman of the Planning Board and Ethics Board, President and Treasurer of the John Jermain Memorial Library, Treasurer and Board member of Bay Street Theatre, the Sag Harbor Charity Cup Challenge, Inc and the Mashashimuet Park and Recreation. Presently, Gregory is the President and Treasurer of the Sag Harbor Community Housing Trust, the Reutershan Educational Trust and Peconic Landing at Southold, Inc., a New York registered CCRC.
As Mayor of Sag Harbor, Ferraris helped draft a new zoning code and oversaw two Superfund waste cleanups, as well as the development of the Bulova Watchcase Factory condos. Gregory resides in Sag Harbor with his wife, Pia Olesen-Ferraris, VP of Critical Systems at Altice USA and their daughter, Haley Grace.
Our congratulations to Gregory!
We gratefully thank Baron's Cove and Sag Harbor Florist for their sponsorship.
NADA BARRY 2018 COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENT
Nada Barry at the Wharf Shop, Photo Credit: Christine Sampson
We are delighted to report that Nada Barry, longtime owner of the Wharf Shop and passionate supporter of children in Sag Harbor, received our annual Sag Harbor Partnership Community Service Award on Sunday, October 21, 2018 in Baron's Cove's beautiful Map Room. We thank Baron's Cove for their sponsorship of this event.
This private event honored a woman who has striven to make activities and enrichment for both children and Sag Harbor's Main Street a central focus of her life, participating in a myriad of community meetings and activities like the Library Board and the Sag Harbor Schools' Key Communicators Meetings. In an excellent Sag Harbor Express article by Christine Sampson on Ms. Barry, Nick Gazzolo, Sag Harbor Partnership's President, was quoted as saying, "She speaks to us and is sort of like the conscience of Sag Harbor. She is there to challenge us, to compliment us, remind us of how things used to be done where we might have forgotten or didn’t know. She is the keeper of so much Sag Harbor history and tradition.”
Besides the Wharf Shop, Nada helped start the Hayground School, the Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce, and the Sag Harbor Youth Committee, which led to sagharborkids.org, which is still going strong, as is she!
This private event honored a woman who has striven to make activities and enrichment for both children and Sag Harbor's Main Street a central focus of her life, participating in a myriad of community meetings and activities like the Library Board and the Sag Harbor Schools' Key Communicators Meetings. In an excellent Sag Harbor Express article by Christine Sampson on Ms. Barry, Nick Gazzolo, Sag Harbor Partnership's President, was quoted as saying, "She speaks to us and is sort of like the conscience of Sag Harbor. She is there to challenge us, to compliment us, remind us of how things used to be done where we might have forgotten or didn’t know. She is the keeper of so much Sag Harbor history and tradition.”
Besides the Wharf Shop, Nada helped start the Hayground School, the Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce, and the Sag Harbor Youth Committee, which led to sagharborkids.org, which is still going strong, as is she!
ED HOLLANDER 2017 COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENT
Members of the Sag Harbor Partnership honored Ed Hollander with a Community Service Award for his donations to the Sag Harbor community with a dinner hosted at Barons Cove Restaurant. Pictured left to right: Phyllis Hollis, Hillary Loomis, Nick Gazzolo, Judi Caron, Diana Howard, Ed Hollander, Barons Cove General Manager Tara Rothberg, April Gornik, Wendy Powers and Susan Mead. Photo by Michael Heller for the Sag Harbor Express
We were delighted to honor Edmund Hollander Sunday, October 29th, 2017 for his extraordinarily generous service to our community. Besides our Sag Harbor Partnership Community Service Award, he also received proclamations from Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming and Sag Harbor Mayor Sandra Schroeder for his volunteer work.
The event was hosted beautifully and deliciously at Baron's Cove Map Room, and we thank managers Tara Rothberg and Suzanne Behringer for their coordination. Additional thanks to Sag Harbor Florist for providing gorgeous bouquets for the tables.
Ed Hollander's contributions include the "Oaks for Oakland" clean-up for Oakland Cemetery, a similar clean-up of the St. David AME Zion Church Cemetery (both with the help of wonderful local volunteer tree companies), his designs for the proposed waterfront park at the base of the bridge, newly designed grounds for the Sag Harbor Whaling and HIstorical Museum (done in collaboration with Edwina von Gal of the Perfect Earth Project), and work begun for the revitalization of Long Wharf for the Village of Sag Harbor.
See the Sag Harbor Express for an article on the event.
The event was hosted beautifully and deliciously at Baron's Cove Map Room, and we thank managers Tara Rothberg and Suzanne Behringer for their coordination. Additional thanks to Sag Harbor Florist for providing gorgeous bouquets for the tables.
Ed Hollander's contributions include the "Oaks for Oakland" clean-up for Oakland Cemetery, a similar clean-up of the St. David AME Zion Church Cemetery (both with the help of wonderful local volunteer tree companies), his designs for the proposed waterfront park at the base of the bridge, newly designed grounds for the Sag Harbor Whaling and HIstorical Museum (done in collaboration with Edwina von Gal of the Perfect Earth Project), and work begun for the revitalization of Long Wharf for the Village of Sag Harbor.
See the Sag Harbor Express for an article on the event.
APRIL GORNIK 2016 COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENT
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Artist April Gornik was the grateful recipient of the first-ever annual Sag Harbor Partnership Community Service Award, presented to her at Baron's Cove on Sunday, October 23, 2016. The award itself was a spectacular blown-glass version of her whale image used for the Walking Tours, to which she has contributed, and commemorated her years of service to the community. She was a founding member of Save Sag Harbor as well as the Partnership, and her work has affected community, environmental, animal welfare and other causes.
Baron's Cove generously donated a spectacularly delicious meal, and Sag Harbor Florist kindly donated beautiful flowers for the tables. Funds were also raised towards the installation of the AME Zion Church Cemetery Fence. It was a warm and moving celebration, and reaffirmed the beauty of our community and its wide reach. |