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PRESIDENT'S/PAUL HARRIS FELLOWS DINNER DANCE2007 Celebrate the Gift of Life! Each year, the President's/Paul Harris Fellows Dinner Dance is a time when we acknowledge the achievements and leadership of our Outgoing President and honor him or her with a Paul Harris Fellow. We also install our Incoming President and the Board of Directors as well as honor other Paul Harris Fellow recipients. This year we made our event extra special with the theme "Celebrate the Gift of Life" because, as a Club, we are so thrilled to be very active participants in the Gift of Life program. A third Paul Harris Fellow was awarded to Outgoing President Edward Hicks and special Paul Harris Fellows were awarded to 2 exceptional people who make great contributions to the Gift of Life program. The first was Dr. Suvro Sett, Chief of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery at Westchester Medical Center, for his dedication, skill and caring in saving the lives of Gift of Life children at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital through cardiac surgery. The second was Megan Charlop who, with her husband Richard Powers, has taken 4 children who have come for heart surgery with the Rotary Gift of Life program into her home. She was honored for her selfless dedication to these children and their parents who have traveled from other countries to face the open heart surgery that can give these children a new lease on life. It was a spectacular celebration and we were further blessed by having one of Bronx Rotary's Gift of Life children, Amela Zadeja, in attendance. But, let the pictures tell the story...
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...Outgoing President ..... Edward Hicks
Incoming President .. Salvatore P. Mastrocola..
........Paul Harris Fellow....... Dr. Suvro Sett
......Paul Harris Fellow....... Megan Charlop
Cheryl Simmons-Oliver enjoys her moment with Amela.
Dancing into the night rounded out the evening. |
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Valerie and Rev. Bill Kalaidjian
Ed Hicks takes a photo op.
Paul Harris Fellow Megan Charlop gives her main squeeze a squeeze.
PDG Gilda Chirafisi (l.) looks happy to attend the festivities.
Dr. Suvro Sett accepts his Paul Harris medal from Dan Nalven.
Sal Mastrocola recognizes Edgar Cornell for his long and faithful service.
Jim Romeo is not to be outdone.
Taylor cuts it up with her fiancé. |
Amela arrives with her mom Rita.
Mike Fix handles the cocktail hour with aplomb.
Megan Charlop and her husband Richard Powers receive their Paul Harris Fellow from Bill Gouldman.
DG Bob Cucinell cannot resist the charms of Gift of Life child Amela Zadeja.
Everyone wants a picture with "Pretty in Pink" Amela. |
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BronxNet covers the event. |
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