April 2023 Newsletter

SPECIAL EVENT MAY 18th at 7pm See flyer below and be sure to RSVP to Evelyn

Our Community Garden Initiative now has over 25 volunteers. We are there on Tuesday’s at 11am. If you like to join us please contact Phil Binder, for instructions.  Let us know if you are interested in volunteering for this project.

Our Farrell Summer Camp gift certificate raffle brought in $280. Congratulations to Michelle Romano! Save the date: June 13th Dine Out at Canlon’s.

The winning tickets were purchased by Linda Pignataro and Phil Binder. Linda chose to support the PS19 Jr Giving Circle and Phil selected the Community Garden project. Each charity will recieve $225. The winner(s) donates to his/her favorite charity; it is not kept by the ticket holder. To participate, go to our website and donate via PayPal or Venmo using @StatenIslandGIvingCircle. We suggest $60 (for six months or $120 for the year.).

Monetary donations we received this month: Lynne Persing for Nourish the Service

Steve Shapiro and Mike Raimondi of Rolling Thunder were our guest speakers. Rolling Thunder’s major function is to publicize the POW-MIA issue. To educate the public of the fact that many American prisoners of war were left behind after all past wars. To help correct the past and to protect the future veterans from being left behind should they become Prisoners Of War/Missing In Action. We are committed to helping American veterans from all wars. Rolling Thunder, Inc. is a non-profit organization and everyone donates his or her time because they believe in the POW/MIA issue.

See details below for details of our special May meeting. Please RSVP to Evelyn if you plan to attend. Copies of our book “Learning About Giving” will be available for sale at our next meeting. The price of $10 per copy will help to cover the printing cost.

To make a donation please use the following:Venmo: @StatenIslandGivingCirclePayPal:SIGivingCircle@aol.comChecks may be mailed to:Staten Island Giving CirclePO Box 120301Staten Island NY 10312

PLEASE KEEP US ON YOUR SHOPPING LIST, WE ARE COLLECTING: BATHING SUITS, POOL TOWELS AND FLIP FLOPS Use our Amazon Wishlist to have your donation sent directly to us: Click here for AMAZON WISHLIST In addition, if you received a gift for the holidays that you would like to pass along, please contact us. We are looking for new items we can use for our Fundraising events.

We get inquiries for teens looking to score service hours to satisfy school requirements. We have been recommending the students organize a collection of food (cereal, granola bars, fruit cups) to be used for our Food Insecurity initiatives. Students can create flyers, host the collection and deliver to the recipient for their service credit. Please contact us for a list of items needed.

Michele Yacovello 917.733.7937 MicheleSIGC@gmail.com Evelyn Kormanik H: 718.980.4862 C: 646.240.7486 sigivingcircle@aol.com

Our meetings are held at Oakwood Heights Community Church, 345 Guyon Avenue..  The meeting is at 7pm, in person and Zoom. Please see schedule below for upcoming dates.